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27/03/24

🐣We celebrated our Young Carers by holding an Easter egg hunt in the forest area followed by a VIP dining experience at lunch. Huge thanks to the PTA for providing the Easter eggs and to the catering team for their VIP treatment of our wonderful little humans!💚 pic.twitter.com/5LSSNxXGaL

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26/03/24

🔥Year 1 had a fantastic time at the Tower of London learning all about the Great Fire of London! They represented the school incredibly and had a wonderful day! pic.twitter.com/06nFh5Nd9e

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22/03/24

☕️ Well done to the wonderful children who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday! Keep up the fantastic work!Have a lovely weekend 💚 pic.twitter.com/WJBwI51fx4

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19/03/24

🎶 What an inspiring way to start the day! 🥁 Our Rocksteady pupils put on a fantastic performance and showed the school what they’ve been working on this term! 🎸 pic.twitter.com/7gfy3hLZnL

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15/03/24

🏃 Well done to our Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Cross Country teams today! You represented the school so well and showed great teamwork! 💚 pic.twitter.com/GcXEryXCT7

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08/03/24

📚 We had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day today! Thank you to all our parents & carers for providing such wonderful costumes!💚 pic.twitter.com/KDy0P5lkk6

08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jo Wilson 🙌 Office Assistant (Attendance) ➡️ Office Assistant (Communications) ➡️ Safeguarding Admin Assistant ➡️ Student Services and Safeguarding Lead at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/W7s28CW1b8

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08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jo Wilson 🙌 Office Assistant (Attendance) ➡️ Office Assistant (Communications) ➡️ Safeguarding Admin Assistant ➡️ Student Services and Safeguarding Lead at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/W7s28CW1b8

08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jess Farrell 🙌 Trainee Teacher ➡️ Maths Lead ➡️ Assistant Headteacher at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/Of2b2MIFHv

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08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jess Farrell 🙌 Trainee Teacher ➡️ Maths Lead ➡️ Assistant Headteacher at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/Of2b2MIFHv

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08/03/24

📚 World Book Day fun has officially begun at Cooks Spinney! The children are having a fantastic morning participating in a range of book-related activities! 📚 pic.twitter.com/vNKeMZaQYR

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01/03/24

☕️ Well done to the wonderful children who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday! Keep up the fantastic work! 💚 pic.twitter.com/oQCiaKR6U9

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28/02/24

🏃 After presenting an amazing assembly, Olympic athlete delivered a round of energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport 🏅 pic.twitter.com/va9fIq8xY9

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16/02/24

☕️ Well done to our pupils who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday this afternoon. What a delicious way to end the half term! 🍫 Have a lovely half term all. Thank you for your continued support. 💚 pic.twitter.com/aZTPvXmYez

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16/02/24

🧮 The children enjoyed a STEM-focused day where they got to test out their mathematical and scientific knowledge! 🧪 ✈️ Pupils took part in a range of activities, from designing robotic hands to building parachutes, planes and cars. 🪂 pic.twitter.com/xyVJhEfjaz

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15/02/24

🎶 We started the day yesterday with a fantastic music assembly! Each year group performed the song they’ve been working on this half term! 🎤🎵 pic.twitter.com/tDLZaa0HLm

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13/02/24

🏃‍♀️ After learning all about Shrove Tuesday, Unicorns and Sprites Class took part in the ultimate pancake race!🥞 pic.twitter.com/RdSgqoq90B

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09/02/24

🏅 Today we welcomed European champion to Cooks Spinney. Tommy led a whole school assembly and then provided a fitness lesson for each KS2 class 🏃 pic.twitter.com/44X7cCuyRF

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09/02/24

☕️ Well done to our pupils who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday! What a fantastic end to the week! 💚 pic.twitter.com/MoLzi9juN8

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02/02/24

We’re looking for new members to join Cooks Spinney PTA!💚We’ll be holding a coffee morning on Monday 12th February to welcome new members and to also discuss exciting, upcoming events with current members! pic.twitter.com/1fY8y2LtJ0

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Special Educational Needs and disabilities

Cooks Spinney Primary School and Nursery, as part of Burnt Mill Academy Trust, is committed to providing an appropriate and high quality education to all the children living in our local area. We believe that all children, including those identified as having special educational needs and/or disabilities have a common entitlement to a broad and balanced academic and social curriculum, which is accessible to them, and to be fully included in all aspects of school life.

In summary, our approach to supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities can be divided into four strands and our full Special Educational Needs Policy is available to view or download HERE. If you have any questions regarding special educational needs at Cooks Spinney, please contact Mr. Girvan (SENDCo) on 01279 437590. 

High-Quality Teaching

•Consistently good, inclusive teaching, regularly monitored by the Senior Leadership Team covering a range of subjects.

•Specialist teachers teaching subjects such as P.E, languages and Art. Regular pupil progress meetings to monitor progress of all pupils.

•Rigorous feedback policy providing clear next steps and opportunities for pupil response.

•Interventions from the teacher/co-educators to quickly address any misconceptions, Class strategies including visual timetables, EAL (English as an additional language) strategies, SENCo advice, SEN awareness training.

•Oracy and collaborative learning approaches to promote self-esteem, communication, growth mindset and social awareness.

Monitoring and Referral

If a child is identified as needing extra support in class, class teachers will monitor them. Teachers will try a range of strategies in class to meet arising needs and use the provisional guidance to seek strategies of support.

Teachers may also meet with parents and carers to discuss their child's needs if they feel needs could be supported at home.

Intervention groups may be approriate depending on need.

Class Teachers may make a referral to the SEN team if they feel further support is needed via a One Plan.

One Plans

A One Plan is a person-centred approach with individual outcomes and provision mapping. All One Plans are overseen by the SEND Team with termly meetings held between the child, parents, class teacher, co-educators and SEND Team.

Targeted interventions can be offered including Phonics, Plus One Maths, fine and gross motor skills, social skills, life skills, and speech and language support.

Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP)

Some children with 'high needs' may require an Education Health Care Plan statutory assessment providing a detailed assessment of the childs needs, setting outcomes with input from an Educational Psychologist and other external agencies. These are reviewed annually.

EHCPs are reviewed and granted by the Local Authority (Essex County Council).

If an EHCP is granted by the Local Authority, there may be additional funding released to support the child and an annual review of the plan becomes statutory. Annual EHCP reviews should involve all persons working with the child including the SENDCO, Local Authority staff and the child's family. 

Specialist training and support for the SENDCo and other focus adults is often provided alongside EHCPs. 

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