The students receive the majority of their lessons within a single class room, taught by a reduced number of teachers and a high degree of Teaching Assistant support.The Opening Minds pilot is an SEN intervention aimed to support students through recognising the relationships between learning, feelings and behaviour in an endeavour to support them to be more resilient. It is designed to encourage students to learn that the best way of getting what they want is to behave in ways that are considerate of other people’s feelings.

Impact to date has been evidenced by feedback from parents, both formal and informal. Attainment has begun to progress and students are telling us that they are enjoying the experience.

Secondary SEAL is an approach to learning that promotes the social and emotional skills that underpin effective learning, positive behaviour, regular attendance, staff effectiveness and the emotional health and well-being of all who learn and work in schools. It aims to promote, in students the capacity to understand and manage emotions, thoughts and behaviours. If people have these skills they are more likely to:

• be effective learners
• be self-motivated
• make and sustain friendships
• deal with and resolve conflict effectively and fairly
• solve problems with others or by themselves
• manage strong feelings such as frustration, anger and anxiety
• be able to promote calm and optimistic states that promote the achievement of goals
• recover from setbacks and persist in the face of difficulties
• work cooperatively
• recognise and stand up for their own rights and the rights of others
• understand and value differences and commonalities between people, respecting the right of others to have beliefs and values different form their own.

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                        What we did

When we went in on Tuesday morning we had to wash our hands and put an apron on. Then we all got into groups and prepped the veg whilst Ms Bibby put the turkey in the oven. After break we all started putting the food on to cook.

When everything was ready we carved the meat and put everything on serving plates and put it all on the table that the boys had got ready. Then we all sat around the table and ate our dinner. After we ate, we opened presents then we had some ice cream and tidied everything up. Finally we said thank you before we went home.

Willow Richardson 9SM