Hermitage Primary School

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Dooley, Mrs Robertson and Mrs Northwood

The Pod and The Hub are our SEND and Pastoral Provision within school. Our aim is to support children with additional needs to access mainstream education, reigniting a love of learning and re-engaging with their education.

Within the Pod and Hub, we use a specilist curriculum which is tailored to individual needs. Children also access a range of interventions; such as Attention Autism, ELSA and Sensory Circuits.

We understand that homework can be difficult for many of our children. For that reason, our expectations regarding work at home are different. Your child still have access to Century for Maths and English, Times Table Rockstars if they would like to use this, and we can provide additional work if you feel that you child will cope with this. 

However, we still expect that you will read with your child at least 3 times a week. This can be reading a story to them, listening to an audiobook, or listening to them read a book,. newspaper, or any literary material which engages them.

For this, we will follow the whole school reading reward system and your child's reading at home will be celebrated in a way which they value. 

We have chosen to use Dojo Points in our classroom as a way of rewarding children for the choices they make; including following instructions, joining in and working hard. The children have all been able to create an avatar at home and they can visually see their points increasing. So far, we have found that this is really motivating our children and they are more engaged in their work and the choices they make.

We are currently aiming for 50 points each.  When each child reaches this, they will recieve a prize of their choosing. When everyone in the class has achieved this, we will walk to the local park for a class treat!