Supporting children with difficulties
If your child is having difficulties with, for example, speech, learning, development or behaviour, there will be an opportunity for you to discuss this with staff. Staff will put an Additional Support Plan in place for your child and this will be updated at least once a term. This is in line with the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. {ASL Act}. Additional support is a fundamental right for children and a plan can be put in place for a number of reasons and these can be short or long term. We can put you in touch with agencies such as speech therapy and psychological services that can offer support and advice. This will never be done without your permission. We aim always to work with you to support any difficulties that may arise. If you think your child requires additional support for any reason you can ask for assessment to be carried out.
Working together to support learning
The most important theme that runs through the curriculum document is that you are the first educator of your child. We want to promote a genuine partnership with you so that your child can reach their full potential. When your child starts at nursery you will complete a transition record with your child’s key worker so that you can tell us about your child. We are developing the way we share information about the curriculum and are developing sheets with simple activities that you could do at home and also gives you the opportunity to contribute to your child’s learning.