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English and Children with Special Educational Needs in Key Stages 1 and 2The English National Curriculum: meeting the needs of children with a range of special educational needs
Teachers in primary classrooms encounter the widest spectrum of needs – whether in an inclusive mainstream classroom or classrooms in specialist provision. The following pages discuss ways of making accessible the main areas of the National Curriculum to children with a variety of special educational needs:
- Speaking and Listening
- Reading
- Writing
It is helpful to draw students’ attention to both the original National Curriculum documents http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-1-and-2/inclusion/index.aspx and to the additional guidance for supporting children with special educational needs, Responding to pupils' needs when teaching English, which states that:
‘In particular, English offers pupils with learning difficulties opportunities to:
- develop the ability to respond, to listen and to understand
- interact and communicate effectively with others in a range of social situations
make choices, obtain information, question and be actively involved in decision making
- develop creativity and imagination
- have access to a wide range of literature to enrich and broaden their experience.’
The links below all related to the former National Curriculum website which no longer exists. Clicking on them now will direct you to the home page of the new NC site.
For the full text of Responding to pupils' needs when teaching English, visit
http://www.nc.uk.net/ld/En_respond.html
For learning opportunities for children with SEN in KS1 visit
http://www.nc.uk.net/ld/En_oppk1.html
and for learning opportunities for children with SEN in KS2 visit
http://www.nc.uk.net/ld/En_oppk2.html
For performance descriptions for children working towards Level 1 – P Levels – both across subjects and in English, visit http://www.nc.uk.net/ld/En_perf.html
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