{"id":1114,"date":"2020-02-13T11:08:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/girvanprimary\/?page_id=1114"},"modified":"2024-02-24T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T15:32:56","slug":"dyslexia-friendly-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/girvanprimary\/dyslexia-friendly-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyslexia Friendly Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Dyslexia Friendly Schools<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/library\/WhatIsDyslexia.pdf\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">What is Dyslexia?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Supports, Interventions and Resources<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\">All classes at Girvan Primary use Dyslexia Friendly approaches in their teaching and learning. All classes in the school have their own individual trolleys including a range of resources, such as literacy mats, maths mats, letter and number formation resources, fidget toys, a range of different coloured overlays and finger grips etc. There are also resources available for all children to use in the library, Nurture room and Learning for Sustainability too. Every child in the school identified with a literacy difficulty has their own personalised learning toolkits for use across the school. These are kept in class however packs can be made for home use upon request to pupil support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Concerns about my child<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">If you have concerns around your child\u2019s learning, in the first instance please contact the Class Teacher. The Class Teacher, through discussion with the Support and Wellbeing Team, can then work to determine appropriate next steps. If it is identified that assessments to identify barriers to learning are required, these are carried out by the Class Teacher and Pupil Support Teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Dyslexia Inclusive Practice Award<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">We have been awarded the new South Ayrshire Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice Award. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">As well as continuing to build on our good practice within the school, we are focusing on the following areas to further improve: resources (including ICT), Continued Professional Development and parental involvement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Our strategic leads for this are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"List_0020Paragraph\"><span class=\"List_0020Paragraph__Char\">\u00b7<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"List_0020Paragraph__Char\">Mrs Murdoch \u2013 Depute Head Teacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"List_0020Paragraph\"><span class=\"List_0020Paragraph__Char\">\u00b7<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"List_0020Paragraph__Char\">Miss Lucas \u2013 Cluster Pupil Support Teacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"List_0020Paragraph\"><span class=\"List_0020Paragraph__Char\">\u00b7<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 Mr Mair<span class=\"List_0020Paragraph__Char\">\u00a0\u2013 Literacy Lead<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dyslexia Friendly Schools What is Dyslexia? Supports, Interventions and Resources All classes at Girvan Primary use Dyslexia Friendly approaches in their teaching and learning. 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