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EAST SPECIALIST INCLUSIVE LEARNING CENTRE

Partnership - Whitkirk

East SILC pupils are an integral part of the mainstream school; they proudly consider themselves part of the Whitkirk school community which is an indicator of how included we are in school life.

To be on the role of the East SILC Partnership pupils need to have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The class have a wide range of individual needs and are from across the primary age range. We meet pupil’s learning needs by covering the KS1 and KS2 curriculum with education tailored to meet their individual needs. In addition to this, other professionals visit the Partnership where needed to assess and monitor pupils and set up individual programmes which are then delivered by East SILC staff during the school day.

The main opportunity for the East SILC Partnership pupils is that with the support of specialist East SILC staff they are included in learning, enrichment, social and day to day activities with mainstream peers.  Pupils have a curriculum planned to meet individual needs, in the class we use total communication, to enable pupils to most effectively access learning, communicate their needs, wishes, choices, opinions and feelings etc. Almost all of the pupils in the class use verbal communication but a few pupils use Makaton, symbols and non-verbal gestures.  

Pupils are included in a mainstream classroom setting working co-operatively in a group with their mainstream peers and are encouraged to take part in larger group events such as assemblies and school performances.

Pupils are timetabled to attend lessons in a mainstream class as part of their personalised Individual learning Pathway Plan (ILPP). They are supported by a member of the East SILC Partnership staff team but are encouraged to work as independently as possible with mainstream peers. In addition, they join their inclusion class for enrichment days and activities, educational visits and assemblies. The East SILC pupils have lunch (which is a canteen arrangement) and playtime with the main school. At lunch playtime, the East SILC Partnership pupils join friends from the wider school to play a variety of activities, including football, basketball, playground games, ‘Scrapshed’ resources for imaginative play and they also use the climbing areas. Whitkirk has a very active PTA who organise many fund-raising events and social activities after school which the East SILC Partnership pupils can also attend such as Halloween disco and summer fair. The East SILC also have their own PTFA, hosting cinema nights, discos and school fairs based at the main East SILC John Jamieson site. East SILC Partnership pupils are also welcome to join these events. 

 

School Hours

Start - 9.00am

Finish - 3.15pm

Staff

 To see East SILC Whitkirk staff, please see the 'Our Staff' page

Term Dates

East SILC Term Dates 2024-2025

Autumn Term

Autumn term 1 starts - Wednesday 4th September 2024

Autumn term 1 ends - Friday 25th October 2024

 

Autumn term 2 starts - Monday 4th November 2024

Autumn term 2 ends - Friday 20th December 2024

 

Spring Term

Spring term 1 starts - Monday 6th January 2025

Spring term 1 ends - Friday 14th February 2025

 

Spring term 2 starts - Monday 24th February 2025

Spring term 2 ends - Friday 4th April 2025

 

Summer Term

Summer term 1 starts - Tuesday 22nd April 2025

May Bank Holiday - Monday 5th May 2025

Summer term 1 ends - Friday 23rd May 2026

 

Summer term 2 starts - Monday 2nd June 2025

Summer term 2 ends - Friday 18th July 2025

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School training days for academic year 2023-24

Monday 2nd September 2024

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Monday 2nd December 2024

Monday 21st July 2025

Tuesday 22nd July 2025

 

Uniform

Please visit the Whitkirk Primary school website for details of the uniform which has to be worn. Shoes must be black but an exception is made for the Partnership pupils if they have specialist footwear from the hospital. 

https://www.whitkirk.org/parents/uniform/ 

 

Photo Gallery

All photos taken by Lottie Bone Photography - https://www.lottiebonephotography.com/ 

Whitkirk

All photos taken by Lottie Bone Photography - https://www.lottiebonephotography.com/