If you require more information about East Ayrshire’s Dyslexia Friendly School process, please click here.
Please click the link below for East Ayrshire’s Dysleixa and Literacy Difficulties Assessment Guidelines (SC102).
“All children and young persons have an equal opportunity to achieve excellence, to have the highest expectations set for them and to have their achievements valued in the environment which suits them best.” SOEID (1998): Professional Practice in Meeting Special Educational Needs (A Manual of Good Practice). These principles are reflected in both the Additional Support for Learning Act 2004 and the Curriculum for Excellence.
All staff at Barshare Primary School are committed to ensuring that the additional support needs of pupils with dyslexia and other literacy difficulties are met, leading to successful inclusion of these pupils thus allowing them to achieve their potential.
Dyslexia Scotland defines dyslexia as:
“a continuum of difficulties in learning to read, write and/or spell, which persists despite the provision of appropriate learning opportunities. These difficulties often do not reflect an individual’s cognitive abilities and may not be typical of performance in other areas.” Dyslexia Scotland 2011
We at Barshare Primary School recognise that although dyslexia cannot be cured, many of the barriers that dyslexic learners face can be overcome. Each individual child and young person with dyslexia will have his/her own individual combination of strengths and difficulties and it is our duty to harness the strengths and help pupils to utilise them to their full capacity while also helping them to overcome the difficulties they may encounter.
One person in ten is thought to be dyslexic with 4% of the population believed to be severely dyslexic. In order to meet the needs of dyslexic pupils, as well as other pupils experiencing literacy difficulties, we aim to be dyslexia aware and vigilant while ensuring that every class provides a dyslexic friendly environment.
Making appropriate provision is a whole school responsibility and this policy should make clear how it will meet the needs of the children / young people with dyslexia.
Our School aims:
To facilitate and encourage
- Whole school awareness of what dyslexia is and how we can support it.
- Whole school responsibility for supporting children / young people with literacy difficulties including dyslexic difficulties.
- Empowerment of teachers to meet the needs of all their pupils.
- Dyslexia friendly learning environments.
- Early identification of children /young people at risk of developing literacy difficulties and appropriate intervention strategies suited to meet individual’s needs.
- Confidence and consistency in using the Staged Intervention Model embedded within East Ayrshire’s Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties Assessment Guidelines.
- Effective monitoring and tracking systems to record pupil’s literacy development.
- Effective networking for sharing and celebrating good practice.
- CLPL opportunities for staff.
- Resilience in pupils.
- Development of children / young people’s empathy and awareness towards dyslexia.
- Positive and effective parent / carer partnership.
You’ll find some handy information in this booklet – Dyslexia Parents Booklet
We believe that Digital Technologies and accessible technology is an important part of the education system. Below are some links to some popular websites that will help support learning:
