Partnership - Whitkirk
East SILC pupils are included and feel an integral part of the mainstream school; they proudly consider themselves a Whitkirk pupil which is an indicator of how included we are in the school. To be on the role of the class pupils need to have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) but the pupils have a wide range of ability. Although our pupils are from across the primary age range, we meet their learning needs by covering the KS1 curriculum with learning tailored to individual needs and enrichment weeks from both the KS1 and KS2 curriculum. In addition to this, other professionals visit the Partnership if 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 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. Each pupil in the Partnership is attached to one of their year group classes in the main school which they then stay with until they leave primary at the end of year 6. All the Partnership pupils have their core learning in the base where learning is 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, feelings etc. Almost all of the pupils in the class use verbal communication but a few pupils use Makaton, symbols and non-verbal gestures.
The Partnership pupils have a range of needs and ability but are all able to be included in a mainstream classroom working co-operatively in a group with mainstream peers and be able to take part as part of a large group of pupils for events such as assemblies. In addition, they are able to be flexible to cope with the changes that occur as part of daily life. They attend lessons in their mainstream class two afternoons a week, supported by a member of the Partnership class but working as independently as possible with mainstream peers. In addition, they join their inclusion class for enrichment days and activities, educational visits and assemblies. Our class has lunch (which is a canteen arrangement) and playtime with the main school. At lunch playtime, the Partnership pupils join friends from the wider school to play a variety of activities, including football, basketball, playground games, skip, use ‘Scrapshed’ resources for imaginative play and they use the climbing areas. Whitkirk has a very active PTA who organise many fund raising and social activities after school which the Partnership pupils also attend such as Halloween disco, summer fair, film nights, etc.
School Hours
Start - 8.45am
Finish - 3.15pm
Staff
To see Whitkirk staff, please see the 'Our Staff' page
Term Dates
Autumn Term
Autumn 1 starts - Monday 5th September 2022
Autumn 1 ends - Friday 21st October 2022
Autumn 2 starts - Monday 31st October 2022
Autumn 2 ends - Friday 16th December 2022
Spring Term
Spring 1 starts - Tuesday 3th January 2023
Spring 1 ends - Friday 10th February 2023
Spring 2 starts - Monday 20th February 2023
Spring 2 ends - Friday 31st March 2023
Summer Term
Summer 1 starts - Monday 17th April 2023
May Bank Holiday - Monday 1st May 2023
Summer 1 ends - Friday 26th May 2023
Summer 2 starts - Monday 5th June 2023
Summer 2 ends - Friday 21st July 2023
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School training days for the academic year 2022-23:
Friday 21st October 2022
Friday 31st March 2023
Friday 7th July 2023
Monday 24th July 2023
Tuesday 25th July 2023
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/
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