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Slough Summer Holiday Activities

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This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council’s Early Years and Prevention – Slough Family Information Service for the attention of all Schools and Early Years settings in Slough.

Active Slough

The Active Slough team aim to be the inspiration behind a healthier lifestyle for the local community through supporting our sports clubs, organisations, volunteers, charities and groups in delivering local sport and physical activities for all ages across the town. Our aim is to aid the development and enhancement of new and fun play, sport and physical activity opportunities all over Slough.

Special Voices | Newsletter Issue 68

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This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Service Lead for Early Years and Prevention, Michael Jarrett, for the attention of Schools and Early Years settings to share with parents/carers.

Special Voices | Newsletter Issue 64

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This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Early Years and Development Service Lead, Michael Jarrett, for the attention of all Early Years settings.

Commissioned Services

Slough Borough Council (SBC) commissions services including on behalf of schools to benefit from economies of scale.

Commissions include Sophos, Egress and SaLT. Contact: Service Lead for Commissioning, Partnerships & Performance, Rodney D'Costa:- rodney.dcosta@slough.gov.uk.

Family Information Service (FIS)

Slough Family Information Service (FIS) offers FREE impartial information and guidance about a wide range of services for children, young people and their families in response to statutory duty placed on local authorities.

Integrated Support Service (ISS)

ISS works with schools, colleges and other agencies to provide advice, guidance and support to ensure the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) are met within an educational context.

SEND Guidance Documents

High quality teaching: ‘Quality First Teaching’. QFT originates in the then DCSF’s guide to personalised learning published in 2008 which summarises its key characteristics as: Highly focused lesson design with sharp objectives, High demands of pupil involvement and engagement with their learning, High levels of interaction for all pupils, Appropriate use of teacher questioning, modelling and explaining, An emphasis on learning through dialogue, with regular opportunities for pupils to talk both individually and in groups, and An expectation that pupils will accept responsibility for their own learning and work independently.
Regular use of encouragement and authentic praise to engage and motivate pupils.

SEND in Slough

National statistics show that up to 20% (14.4% in 2017) of all children/ young people have some level of SEND. Most children/young people with SEND attend a mainstream school and are supported by resources, which form part of the school’s core budget.