Wheatley Hill Primary Teaching & Learning policy

- 7. Standing, Prone & Gym ball Writing Equipment – Each classroom will have at least one standing desk available for pupils to use when needed. Classrooms will also have lap trays that will allow children to write seated on the floor or in a prone position if this is beneficial to them. Classes will have access to a gym ball for pupils to sit on when writing if this is useful. Children are welcome to write in other positions other than formal seated, providing their handwriting and work quality remains high.
- 8. A Wide Range of Accessible Maths Resources – In order to support our practical maths approaches, each class will effectively manage, care for and deploy a wide range of maths resources i.e. numicon, place value counters. These resources will be well presented and appealing to use.
- 9. High Quality Pupil Resources – This refers to ensuring that there are always enough pens, pencils and rulers for children. This also includes ensuring you have enough whiteboards, scissors, glue sticks etc. to enable teaching in your classroom to operate smoothly. There is also an expectation that these resources are well managed, stored carefully and clear pride is taken in ownership of these i.e. defaced and damaged.
- 10. Zones of Regulation Display – This display will be used to support pupil’s emotional regulation and will be taught directly through sessions and embedded into the daily classroom routines. Children will be able to use this display interactively to communicate their emotional needs to staff. Children will also have access to ‘tools’ to help regulate their behaviour if needed i.e. sand tray, squeeze toys to enable pupils to be Ready to Learn.

*Please see our ‘Zones of Regulation at WHP document’ for further information

- 11. Visual Timetable – Classrooms will be issued with consistent symbols to utilise in classroom visual timetables. These will operate vertically with the first item being at the top.

*Please see our ‘Symbols at WHP document’ for further information

- 12. Choice Board and boxes– Each base class will have a choice board, which will show symbols / words of activities that can be accessed by pupils following the completion of their work – linked to Work Systems.
- Children will also have an individual choice/busy box. These will have things in them which the child likes. For example, word searches, colourings, snap cards, lego, sensory fidget toys etc.
- 13. Floor books and journals – Base classroom floor books will be on display and accessible to visitors and pupils, where appropriate, as will their learning journals. Teachers may allocate Room support staff time to keep up to date with the journals and floor books as these need to be as current as possible.
- 14. Home / school diary – Each child will have a home school diary. The purpose of this book is for communication between home and school. Some of our children travel in on school transport and are non-verbal so we understand it is difficult for parents to find out what fun things the children have been doing at school that day. Staff will complete the home / school diaries each day and will let parents know any new interests the children have developed or new skills they have acquired. These books are also great for parents to let us know about anything which may help support their child that day for example, if they have not eaten breakfast or have not slept well the night before

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