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Al Ain English Speaking School
Parents Guide |
Overview
At AAESS we accept our responsibility to provide a broad and
balanced curriculum for all students.
We do so by:
a) Setting suitable learning challenges
b) Responding to students' diverse learning needs
c) Overcoming potential barriers to learning and assessment
for individuals and
groups of students
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The school’s philosophy
We believe that each pupil has
individual and unique needs and that some pupils require
more support than others. If these pupils are to achieve
their full potential, we must recognise this and plan
accordingly. We acknowledge that a significant proportion of
pupils will have special educational needs at some time in
their school life. Many of these pupils may require help
throughout their time in school, whilst others may need a
little extra support for a short period to help overcome
more temporary needs. Our school aims to provide all pupils
with strategies for dealing with their needs in a supportive
environment and to give them meaningful access to the
curriculum.
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English as an
Additional Language (EAL)
At AAESS we believe
that pupils with EAL are entitled to the full National
Curriculum programmes of study which form the basis of the
school’s curriculum.
All our teachers have a responsibility for teaching English
as well as subject content.
We use English as our common language. At the same time we
celebrate and value the variety and diversity of the
languages that our children bring to our school.
Our aim is to ensure that children who have English as an
Additional Language will:
• Use English confidently and competently
• Be able to access the full curriculum.
• Use English as a means of learning across the curriculum
• Build on knowledge that they already have of other
languages and cultures
We recognise the importance of the role of parents/carers/guardians
in EAL learning and look to work with them in partnership.
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Individual Learning
Needs (ILN/SEN)
A pupil has an
individual learning need if he or she has a learning
difficulty that calls for individual learning provision to
be made for him or her. This may mean that a pupil has a
significantly greater difficulty in learning than the
majority of pupils of the same age in school, or a
disability that makes it hard for them to access facilities
within the school. Individual learning provision means
provision that is additional to, or otherwise different
from, that which is made generally for pupils of the same
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Admissions
We strive to be an inclusive school. All applications for a
place at our school will be examined and a decision made
upon the individual merit of each case. Regrettably, at this
time we may not have the specialist facilities required by
some children with moderate, severe or profound learning
difficulties
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