Hello and welcome to The Hub!
We are very excited to be able to introduce The Hub. The Hub is a dedicated space within our school where we are able to offer children a higher level of adult support, tailored to their individual needs. Our aim is to create a nurturing environment that promotes learning, social interaction and life skills.
At Southwick Community Primary School, we understand the importance of providing children and families with a secure learning environment emphasised by our professional, approachable and friendly staff.
Our Hub staff are:
Teachers:
- Mrs Mahone: Monday-Wednesday
- Mrs Foxton: Wednesday-Friday
Teaching Assistants:
- Miss Cogdon
- Miss Guthrie
- Miss Knowles
- Miss Robson
- Miss Jeffrey
Dates for you Diary
- Monday 7th September- Return to School for Autumn 1
- Friday 23nd October- Break up for half term
- Monday 2nd November- Return for Autumn 2
Things to Remember
- Ensure children have any self-care items they need in their backpack on a daily basis or see staff if you would like to send in bulk items.
- Snacks will be provided at school each day, but feel free to bring in some snacks that your child enjoys eating. We will incorporate times to share these during the school day.
- Children to bring a water bottle to school every day (filled with their preferred drink).
- Ensure that everything, including coats, water bottles and shoes, have name labels on them.
- Send children with weather appropriate clothing. Always send your child in with a coat for our very unpredictable weather! Wellies and waterproofs would also be really helpful as we are planning to be outdoors in all weathers, taking our learning experiences outside. These can remain in school and won’t need to be brought in daily.
- As we will be completing messy play activities spare clothes would be really useful to have in school at all times. This could be brought in with their backpack daily, or stored in school.
- In the summer, sunscreen and a hat are essential! Please apply sunscreen at home and if needed we can reapply from a bottle with your child’s name on it.
Our School Day
The Hub provides a range of carefully designed learning environments, with children working in different rooms tailored to meet their individual needs. Throughout the day, the children have opportunities to explore our two classrooms, calm room and sensory room, alongside a variety of engaging learning experiences including sand, water, play dough, construction, creative activities, fine motor activities, music, small world and role play. Our learning environments and activities are thoughtfully designed to stimulate, support and challenge each child, providing opportunities for them to develop their communication, independence, sensory regulation and learning skills in a safe and nurturing environment.
Your child will have the opportunity to work in these areas every day where they will be able to use a wide range of resources to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in all areas of the curriculum.
Throughout each day there will be small group times, child led exploration times and 1:1 adult led activity times for children in our setting. We aim to foster a sense of independence and will provide developmentally appropriate activities for children.
Ongoing Assessment
Your child’s progress and achievements in all areas of the curriculum will be observed and assessed daily. Staff will focus on strengths and areas for development that children may encounter, to enable them to make progress toward the next stage of learning and their individual targets.
Useful Links
Below are some links that provide local places to visit or useful websites…
- Special Lioness– https://www.thespeciallioness.com/
- Daisy Chain– https://daisychainproject.co.uk/family-support-service-sunderland/
- The Sensory Place- https://www.thesensoryplace.net/
- Grace House – https://gracehouse.co.uk/
- Rainbows Sensory Space Ltd- https://rainbows-sensoryspace.com/
- Sensory Play Den- https://www.thesensoryplayden.com/
