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OUR ADDITIONAL

LEARNING NEEDS TEAM

Here at Chepstow School, we embrace and provide in developing their literacy skills. We are also very
an inclusive education and school experience for all fortunate to have a range of wellbeing provisions such
of our learners. Our Additional Learning Needs (ALN) as ELSA, Thrive, Mindfulness and counselling and
team are here to help and support you by listening mentoring schemes to support pupil’s wellbeing and
to your views, your worries, and how you want to emotional mental health.
progress further. Our dedicated ALN Co-ordinator
works closely with all the primaries in the cluster so Within the ALN department, we are fortunate to have
that we as a school are ready to tailor our provision an inclusive nurturing space called the Hwb that
specifically to your child’s needs. allows pupils a safe place to be before registration
and at break and lunch. Within our Hwb provision,
Our ALN Team values the opportunity to attend your pupils can access breakfast club, make new friends,
child’s review meetings in Year 5 and 6 to help build develop their social communication skills, and access
a rapport with you and your child. support with their academic studies. Our friendly ‘Paw
Patrol’ (therapy dogs) love spending time in the Hwb
At Chepstow we offer a wide range of resources with our pupils, and love the sensory spaces as much
and provisions to support pupils access a broad and as our pupils.
varied curriculum and develop their resilience and
independence. We have laptops, translators and Here at Chepstow School, we welcome you with
reader pens readily available for pupils to use within open arms. With the right attitude, provision and
lessons and assessments. Our wonderful team of resources, every child can achieve their goals, and
Teaching and Learning Assistants (TLAs) provide we looking forward to supporting you through your
interventions such as accelerated reader, rainbow education journey.
readers and precision teaching to support pupils

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