Welcome to the Resource Base page 

Our Infant Resource Base provides a welcoming, nurturing and inclusive environment for children who require additional support to access their learning. We recognise that every child is unique, with their own strengths, interests and individual needs, and we work closely with children, families and professionals to ensure that each child is supported to thrive.

Our approach is centred around relationships, communication, independence and positive learning experiences. Children are supported by a highly skilled team who take time to understand each child's individual profile and use this knowledge to create learning experiences that are purposeful, accessible and engaging.

The curriculum is carefully adapted to meet the needs of each child while ensuring that they have meaningful opportunities to access the wider school curriculum. Learning takes place through a balance of direct teaching, small-group activities, continuous provision and individualised support. Children are encouraged to learn through exploration and play, while adults provide carefully planned opportunities to develop key knowledge, skills and understanding.

We place a strong emphasis on developing communication and language, social interaction, emotional wellbeing and independence. Visual supports, practical resources, sensory approaches and personalised strategies are used where appropriate to help children communicate their needs, understand expectations and participate confidently in learning.

Children are supported to develop their independence and celebrate their achievements, however small. We provide opportunities for children to make choices, develop friendships, build confidence and learn strategies that help them to manage different situations.

Where appropriate, children are included in learning and experiences within the wider school community, working alongside their peers and developing a strong sense of belonging. We value the contribution that every child makes to our school and believe that inclusion benefits everyone.

Our aim is for every child in the Resource Base to feel safe, valued, understood and successful, developing the confidence, communication, independence and skills they need to enjoy school and make progress towards their individual goals.

Beaver Class - Miss Calder

Otter Class - Mr Talbot

Useful information

Phonics - we use Unlocking Letters and Sounds to deliver high quality Phonics lessons. Each lesson follows a key process to ensure children are successful in their learning. The lesson begins with a revision session (to revise pervious learning) and then new learning is introduced. The children are then given opportunities to read and write words linked to the new learning and then read a sentence where this learning is applied. Throughout the day, they are then provided with opportunities in all areas to

Below is information about our learning this term as well as links to useful websites to support learning at home

Our Autumn Term Focus

In Beaver Class, the beginning of the year will focus on relationships, routines, communication, independence and wellbeing. We will take time to understand each child's individual needs, interests and strengths so that learning can be personalised and purposeful.

Children will be supported through consistent routines, visual resources, sensory approaches and carefully planned provision where appropriate. We will celebrate each child's achievements and work closely with families and professionals to ensure that children feel safe, valued, included and ready to learn.

In Year 1, children will build on the foundations developed in Reception and continue to develop their independence, communication and learning behaviours. Our curriculum will provide a balance of direct teaching, continuous provision and personalised support, with opportunities for children to explore, play and apply their learning at their own pace.

Year 2 children will continue to develop their confidence and independence as learners while building on their individual strengths and previous learning. We will provide carefully adapted learning experiences that support children to access the Year 2 curriculum, develop communication and social skills, and prepare them for their next steps in education.

Our Autumn Term Focus

In Otter Class, the beginning of the year will focus on relationships, routines, communication, independence and wellbeing. We will take time to understand each child's individual needs, interests and strengths so that learning can be personalised and purposeful.

Children will be supported through consistent routines, visual resources, sensory approaches and carefully planned provision where appropriate. We will celebrate each child's achievements and work closely with families and professionals to ensure that children feel safe, valued, included and ready to learn.

Our Reception children will be focusing on building secure relationships, developing confidence and becoming familiar with the routines of school. Through play, exploration and carefully planned adult-led activities, children will develop their communication, independence and early learning skills in a safe and nurturing environment.

In Year 1, children will build on the foundations developed in Reception and continue to develop their independence, communication and learning behaviours. Our curriculum will provide a balance of direct teaching, continuous provision and personalised support, with opportunities for children to explore, play and apply their learning at their own pace.

A typical day in Beaver Class

 

We start our day completing our morning activities these include reading with an adult, fine motor skills, Bucket time and opportunities to revisit our prior learning.

 

We then come together as a class for maths, phonics, dough disco, jabadao, drawing club input, circle time and snack. During circle time, we learn about our word of the week.

 

The drawing club table opens and we create our own masterpieces using our imagination. In addition to our drawing, we write codes where we apply our phonics and maths knowledge.

 

We practice the life skills of getting on our waterproofs and boots as independently as we can before heading out to the Resource Base playground. On the playground, we take part in a variety of activities based upon different areas of the curriculum and learn about the world around us.

 

When we get back to the classroom it is time for good learning. We have lots of opportunities to learn through play.  

 

Then it is time for lunch, we practice life skills, such as using cutlery, and the word of the week through the use of core boards, Makaton or verbally.

 

In the afternoon, it is time for good learning. We may be in the classroom, outside or may join a main school class. We have opportunities to practice our word of the week, learn through play and work on our speech and language targets.

 

At the end of our busy day, we get our home things ready and have a story before meeting our adults.  

 

A typical day in Otter Class:

We start our day with a group dough disco where we work on our fine motor skills, following songs to complete different actions. Then we move into our phonics lesson where we focus on learning a new sound and practicing to read words through segmenting and blending.. 

After phonics the children have time to complete different activities that have been set out for that day. While the children are accessing the activities They will be completing speech and language, letter formation and a range of different English activities in small groups or 1:1 with an adult.

We then come back together for Tac Pac time where the children learn what different sensory experiences they enjoy and learn to communicate this to the adults. Once this has finished, we prepare our snack for the day where the children are encouraged to learn different skills to prepare their own snack.

After this it is time for our sensory story where the children learn our story or text through engaging in different sensory experiences as the story is being told. The children are encouraged to join in with the story and remember the key parts.

After a break outside we come back to complete our maths lesson and some maths activities before lunch time.

In the afternoon, we complete another phonics lesson where we focus on writing sounds we have learnt and putting them into words.

We then start to look at our key question for the term where the children are able to choose different activities that explore our key question. The children are able to follow what interests them about our learning. The activities are planned out so the children are exposed to the full wider curriculum.

At the end of the day we get our bags ready for home time and read a story together.