Holy Family Catholic School

SEND Information

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCo): Miss Sarah Scott e:sarah.scott@salford.gov.uk

There are four broad areas of need:

Communication and Interaction
Sensory and Physical Need
Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties
Cognition and Learning

SEN Support for Parents - Click the link for websites and advice regarding various areas of SEN.

SEND Information

SEND Information Report

SEND Policy

SEND Local Offer

To access the Local Authority Local Offer page, please click here.

Salford’s ‘Local Offer’ for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities

If you have children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, visit www.salford.gov.uk/localoffer You’ll find a huge range of information on things like health services, things to do, support and advice, travel and transport, getting involved and having your say and much more. Every council in the UK has a Local Offer to help you take more control over how your child’s needs are met, keep you informed and help you make the most of services and support in your area.

SEND Coffee Mornings

We held our first virtual coffee morning 18th February 2022. Thank you for joining us, we hope you found this useful and informative. Our Coffee Morning's are to be informal gatherings for parents, staff and even parents of future Holy Family pupils to discuss what we do for our SEN children in school and as an opportunity to chat to other parents and share advice and tips.

Next coffee morning dates are below, we looking forward to seeing you then.

Friday 11th March 10am

Friday 8th April 10am

SEN Home Learning

Please find below resources to support children across the four main areas of need.

1. Communication and Interaction

Advice and resources regarding Speech, Language and Communication can be sought from NHS Speak Up Salford.

Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT)

Below is a guide to Blank Levels. Download the Quality Interactions document here.

The following Blank Level Home Learning Packs have been produced by Salford's Speech and Language Therapy service.

SaLT Level 4 - Inference

SaLT Level 4 - Why? Because...

In addition to these resources, below are some useful links to support language and communication skills,

BBC - Tiny Happy People - Recommended by Salford's NHS Speech and Language Service.
Speech & Language Kids - Find some free resources here.
Colourful Semantics - Here is a wealth of free resources to support early language and sentence construction.
The Communication Trust - Find many links to different resources for parents and schools (some free). Free training is also offered.
Do 2 Learn - A resource for individuals with special needs.
The Communication Trust - Find many links to different resources.
Bitsboard App - Click to find information and to download the app.
Silly Sentence Maker
Name 5 Things
Inference Cards

2. Sensory and/or Physical Needs

Here are some ideas to support fine and gross motor skills:

Get moving with Joe Wicks' PE sessions, or Cosmic Yoga every day. Search for Joe Wicks or Cosmic Yoga on You Tube.

Dough Disco is great for fine motor skills

BBC Dancemat supports typing skills

Here are some more activities and resources:

3. Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties

Find more information about mental health in children at mentalhealth.org.

Find resources on mental health and wellbeing from the BBC.

Wellbeing apps can useful to teach children calming strategies. Find the best ones here at The School Run.

Below are some brilliant wellbeing activities suitable for all:

Wellbeing Pack

My 'I can' Journal

If I'm feeling... I can...

Mindfulness Challenge Cards

Feelings Chart

I am an amazing person

Emoji Self-Assessment

Feeling Anxious Cards

A Jar of Courage

Grounding Technique

ASC (Autistic Spectrum Condition)

Many of the activities found under the SaLT, SEMH and Motor Skills headings may be useful too.

Find some free sensory planning with multisensory activities and messy play here.

Timestables.co.uk is a great alternative to Times Table Rockstars. There is no requirement for login details and children do not have the time pressure that some find tricky.

Social Thinking can also provide some free resources.

Please find some additional resources below:

Visual Timetable

Calming Myself Poster

Meeting Sensory Needs

4. Cognition and Learning

Dyslexia and Processing:

SOS Spelling is a Dyslexia friendly approach to learning spelling.

Timestables.co.uk is a great alternative to Times Table Rockstars. There is no requirement for login details and children do not have the time pressure that some find tricky.

Please find some additional resources below:

Listen & Do-2-word

Listen & Do-2-word (2)

Listen & Do-3-word

Listen & Do-3-word (2)

Listen & Do-4-word

Listen & Do-4-word (2)

Listen & Do-5-word

Listen & Do-5-word (2)

Listen & Do-Advanced

Listen & Do-Advanced (2)

Listen & Do-Advanced (3)