Additional Learning Needs

Our Aims for ALN

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We are determined to deliver a fully inclusive education system for pupils at Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi.  We aim to provide a system where needs are identified early and addressed quickly, and where all learners are supported to reach their potential.

Individual Development Plan’s (IDP) allows the opportunity for pupil’s views to always be considered as part of the planning process, along with those of their parents/carers. It is imperative that pupils see the planning process as something which is done with them rather than to them.

The emphasis of IDPs will be on making provision that delivers tangible outcomes that contribute in a meaningful way to the pupil’s achievement of their full potential.

The new IDP system encourages improved collaboration and information sharing between agencies, which are essential to ensuring that needs are identified early and the right support is put in place to enable children and young people to achieve positive outcomes.

Learning Zone

The Learning Zone was set up in September 2016 to provide those pupils with Additional Learning Needs an alternative learning environment where they follow an adapted timetable specific to their needs. 

The Learning Zone is a quiet welcoming classroom aimed at providing a safe environment in which pupils are given intensive support by the ALNCO and a team of learning support assistants. 

All Learning Zone pupils have either an Authority Individual Development Plan or School-Based IDP and are closely monitored with feedback given at the annual reviews. 

There are currently 15 pupils attending the Learning Zone ranging from year 7 to 8. There is a strong emphasis placed on Literacy, Numeracy and Lifeskills which are all delivered in a caring, calm, and inclusive manner.

The pupils feel safe, confident and part of a team, all while being allowed to learn at their own pace in a familiar yet appropriately challenging learning environment.

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Literacy Room 

We launched our new literacy room in September 2020. Pupils requiring literacy support will have access to the literacy room on a weekly/daily basis depending on the need. 

Nurture

Our Nurture group is a small group of up to 15 pupils. Nurture offers a short term, focused intervention which addresses barriers to learning arising from behavioural, emotional or social difficulties (BESD), in an inclusive, supportive manner. Pupils continue to remain part of their own class group and usually return full time within 4 terms. Nurture offers pupils breakfast when they arrive at school, followed by a flexible curriculum comprising of arts and crafts, literacy and numeracy support, and ELKLAN sessions. There is also a chill-out space within the Nurture room that is equipped with bean bags and sensory lights. 

All pupils accessing the Nurture room will have a Boxall profile. The Boxall Profile is an online resource for the assessment of pupil’s social, emotional and behavioural development.  The Boxall Profile is a two-part assessment tool designed to track the progress of cognitive development and behavioural traits of children through their education. The two-part checklist, which is completed by staff who know the pupil best, is quick — and, very importantly, identifies the levels of skills the pupil possess to access learning.

Many children in school are insecure about their worth and often may not be able to articulate their feelings. Instead, they show their discomfort through their behaviour, examples of which may include self-withdrawal, achieving much less than they could, not making good relationships. Alternatively, they may engage in behaviour which is considered as 'acting out', disrupting others' learning, uncontrolled outbursts of destructive behaviour, put simply 'seeing red’.

Whatever the behaviour, the result is that they do not positively engage in education. Understanding what lies behind their behaviour can help all teachers to be confident in understanding individual pupil's behaviour, and ultimately help them with managing their class dynamic, which is where the Boxall Profile comes in.

The Boxall Profile helps with: 

• Early identification assessment - supporting staff to develop their observational skills and their understanding of children and young people's difficulties

• Target setting and intervention - setting individualised, achievable targets that reinforce target behaviour and skills

• Tracking progress - helping staff review children and young people's target behaviour

• Whole-class dynamic - understanding trends in behaviour can support staff to create bespoke learning plans to support whole class learning.

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ALN PROVISION MAP

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Please click on the link below to view our provision map that includes further information such as entry and exit requirements for each of the interventions listed above: 

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