Further information on the school’s SEND policies, including the school’s SEN Information report and SEND profile, can be found in the Key Info section of the website.
Dear Parents and Carers,
I would like to welcome you to our SENCo page, and I hope that you find the information we share here useful to your child, yourself and your family.
Firstly, to introduce myself and my role, my name is Sharon Medler and I am the SENCo for both Tunstead Primary School and St John’s Primary School, Hoveton. I was very pleased to take on the responsibility as the school’s SENCo as part of my role. I have completed the Level 7 National Award for SEN Co-ordination, along with a range of other courses to help best support pupils with additional needs.
In my role as SENCo, my main responsibility is to support pupils, parents, staff and external agencies in working collaboratively to help all children achieve to the best of their abilities. I really enjoy working openly and closely with families, even when this may require working through difficult topics and frank conversations.
Resources will be added to this page for you to read throughout the year; this will include links to external agencies. Please follow the padlet link below for more information:
padlet.com/send-supports-for-families
Should you ever have any questions, concerns or thoughts on anything to do with your child’s needs or SEN provision, then please contact me via the school office or on email at: senco@greenshoots.norfolk.sch.uk
Kind Regards,
Sharon Medler
Recommended Resources
Norfolk SEND Guide For Parents And Carers
Supporting Your Neurodiverse Child
Free Online Training Events for Parents/Carers
Assessment and Intervention Toolkit
iPad Apps for Learners with Dyslexia/Reading and Writing Difficulties
Autism Eye
Autism Eye Winter 2024 Issue 56
Autism Eye Autumn 2024 Issue 55
Family Voice/SENDIASS
Family Voice Norfolk December 2024
Family Voice Norfolk November 2024
Family Voice Norfolk – October 2024
Family Voice Norfolk – September 2024
SENDIASS Newsletter January 2023
Family Voice Newsletter April/May 2022
Family Voice Newsletter March 2022
Family Voice Newsletter December 2021
Family Voice Norfolk upcoming ‘Let’s Talk’ events
Family Voice Newsletter February 2021
Family Voice Newsletter December 2020
Family Voice Newsletter January 2020
Just One Norfolk
Norfolk SEND Partnership
Resources
Dyslexia/Cognitive Difficulties
The Dyslexia Outreach Team has provided some valuable resources to support children with literacy and maths difficulties.
Please use the link: https://www.dyslexiaoutreach.co.uk/resources/strategies-for-parents/ for support ideas.
The attached word documents I feel are particularly helpful.
Autism Awareness
Provision Expected at SEN Support
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Childline has a good range of resources to support children to feel calmer https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/calm-zone/
Speech and Language
Supporting Literacy at Home
Further Links
General Information
Norfolk Local Offer – information about SEND in Norfolk
www.norfolkparentpartnership.org.uk – Information to support parents locally
www.familyvoice.org.uk – Information to support parents locally
Other Organisations
www.asthma.org.uk – Information about Asthma
www.autism-anglia.org.uk – Information about Autism (this includes information about ADHD)
www.diabetes.org.uk – Information about Diabetes
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk – Information about Dyslexia
www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk about-dyspraxia – Information about Dyspraxia
www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx – Information and support around wellbeing
www.norwichmind.org.uk – Mental Health Information
www.sleepcouncil.org.uk – Children’s sleep
www.4dyslexics.com – Local, private assessment for dyslexia and dyspraxia