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SEN Centre
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Darell Resourced Provision caters for
children with learning difficulties from across the
borough of Richmond. The special unit takes up to eight
Statemented children between the ages of four and seven
referred to us by the Special Educational Needs Panel of
the local education authority. Six with moderate
learning difficulties and 2 with severe learning
difficulties.
The unit has its own classroom with toilet facilities.
It provides the children with a period of intensive
teaching targeted at their individual needs. All the
children have Individual Education Plans and speech and
language targets as appropriate. Teaching is individual
and in small groups, and the children are encouraged to
learn to work independently where possible. |
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Staff
The staff includes a full-time teacher in charge and a
part-time teacher, 1 day a week. There are two part time
classroom assistants who operate a job share. They
support the teaching staff and look after the children
in the playground and at lunchtime. They both hold first
aid certificates. There is also a part time teaching
assistant who supports integration into the mainstream.
The special unit also has a speech and language
therapist one day a week, provided by the health
authority, who works with the unit staff on programmes
tailored to the needs of individual children. The staff
also liaise with other support services such as
occupational therapy, physiotherapy and the educational
psychology service. The school nurse also visits the
special unit and liaises closely with staff. |
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Curriculum
The children follow a broad topic-based curriculum which
meets the requirements of the Foundation Stage and
National Curriculum at an appropriate level. We work
intensively to develop basic skills in reading, writing
and mathematics and we use a balance of group and
individual work designed to encourage language
development and social skills. |
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Role play |
"Finding out" in maths |
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We have a daily snack time, weekly
cooking and swimming sessions and have access to an
outdoor learning area. |
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We have a lesson each week with a
specialist music teacher and enrich the curriculum with
a wide range of trips and visits. (see trips and visits
section). |
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Performing for the
school and raising money for charity |
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The children join in school
assemblies and take their turn in leading a class
assembly where work is shown to the whole school and to
parents. |
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Unit Trips and Visits
Please click
here
to view photographs of the numerous trips we have
been on. |
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Integration
The children are very much a part of the Darell School
Community. They join the mainstream children for
playtimes and lunch times, assemblies, performances and
other school events as appropriate to the tutor. |
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Each child has a programme of
integration. The unit group, with the staff when
appropriate, join a mainstream class for PE each week
and individual children may have additional integration
sessions into classes if appropriate to their needs.
Individual integration is always discussed and agreed
with parents beforehand. Groups of mainstream children
also join the children from the special unit for some
sessions as part of our integration programme. |
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Involving parents
Here at Darell, we are committed to working in
partnership with parents. Staff are available to talk to
parents at any reasonable time before or after the
school day and appointments are always available during
the week for longer meetings if required. All children
have a home/school diary so that information can be
passed daily between home and school. Parents and
friends are invited to class assemblies and
performances. As well as annual reviews, termly meetings
are held to discuss the children's progress towards
meeting their educational targets. Parents are welcome
to visit the classroom and look at the children?s work
at any time. We are always pleased to have parents
helping out in the classroom and all parents are very
welcome to become involved in PTA activities. |
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Transport
Richmond Education Authority provides transport for some
children, depending on where they live, together with an
escort to supervise the children between school and
home. The escort brings the children directly to the
special unit staff and collects them from the classroom
at the end of the day. At no time are the children left
unsupervised. |
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Transfer
Each child's learning is closely monitored. Formal
meetings with parents are held regularly so that all
concerned can discuss progress and decisions can be
taken on the appropriate next steps for the child. When
a child is ready to move on to another educational
setting his/her transfer is carefully planned.
Some of the children transfer into mainstream education,
some go on to other special settings. The transfer from
the unit is managed according to each child's needs.
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Please contact the school if you
would like to arrange a visit:
Darell Unit
Darell Primary School,
Darell Road,
Richmond
Surrey TW9 4LQ
Tel: 020 8876 6721 |
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Teacher in charge |
Sue Richardson |
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Teaching assistants |
Jill Regan, Faith Polya, Naj Fox |
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Speech and language therapist |
Josie Paget |
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