Here you will find all of the relevant material relating to the Enhanced Deaf Provision within Elderbank.
EDP Vocabulary Enrichment Outline Term 1 2025 26
EDP Term 2 – Curriculum Outline
September 2025 Update
A massive thank you to one of our parents who organised a super fundraising event to support the school’s hope for a mini-bus of our own. Between a morning of activities, raffles and an amazing prize from from a local shop, they raised an outstanding £5000! The children are so excited to go an visit places of interest, with the Scottish Parliament top of the list 😁👍
Sportsability
We were invited by Active Schools to enjoy a day at Sportsability at Kilmarnock College. We enjoyed six different sporting activities from table tennis, bowling and boccia to curling, athletics and karate. We developed new skills and challenged ourselves by trying out new games. We met some lovely volunteers who helped us learn. We all took part very well and tried our best.
October/November 2025
smiLE – Strategies and Measurable Interaction in Live English
This is a learning programme to assist the children with their functional language and communication through everyday life. It gives Deaf students a structured and meaningful way to learn essential communication and social skills for everyday use in a hearing world. Now used across many different educational establishments from primary, through secondary and beyond 18, across the UK.
We invited our parents and carers in to learn about it. How we support their child and how they can help continue the learning and experiences at home. We had a super turnout and everyone seemed very interested. The children showed their parents and carers what they have achieved so far.
November 2025 
November saw the 25th Deaflympics event in Japan. Started in 1925, the competition brings Deaf athletes and sports champions from all over the world together to compete and perform at the highest level. To mark the occasion we visited Greenwood Academy where our Deaf friends led activities for us to enjoy. We earned medals, had fun and thanked them for their hard work.
Back at Elderbank, we organised our own Deaflympics and invited the peers from our classes to come and experience a little of Deaflympics fun. The children led all the activities, flying their country’s flag high. They demonstrated for others, they joined in with their friends, they made sure everyone took a turn and they even timed some of the activities. All helped by Euan, Lauren and Niomi from Active Schools. It was great fun.
for 2026! From all at Elderbank Enhanced Deaf Provision 💚
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