Speech and Language

Meet the Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SALTA) Team

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Kyra Nicola Emma

Kyra is the full time SALTA for Team Africa which is; Lions, Elephants, Pangolins and Zebras.

Nicola is the full time SALTA for Team South America which is; Anacondas, Jaguars, Llamas, Toucans and Caimans.

Emma is the part time SALTA for Team Asia which is; Pandas, Dragons and Sharks.

We aim to deliver all sessions with pupils on a weekly basis however, there are on occassion due to unforeseen circumstances when we are required to support in class. If this continues for any length of time we will inform parents/carers of the change.

We have all worked for Springwell School for a number of years and we each have had a variety of experience in the different areas of school.

Our role in school is to liaise with parents and carers, teachers, teaching assistants, NHS speech therapists and any other professionals who may be involved with the child.

We currently have many children on our case load and we see them on a 1-1 basis, group therapy and whole class sessions.

These sessions are structured around the assessments which the childs NHS therapist has carried out. We try to make each session fun and engaging, no matter what the objectives are. This way the children are eager to join in and learn new strategies to help them with their communication and understanding without realising.

At the moment sessions include:

1-1 therapy
communication aids - communication boards, Picture exchange (PECS)
Makaton signing support around school
Eye Gaze
Communicate in Print

And more to be added throughout the year.

We as a team also make resources for around the school, in classes and for home.

Timetables
Rewards
Story props
Social Stories

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on the school number 01429 280600. We will always try our best to help.

This week's signs of the week (19/5/25) are:

Previous Makaton signs of the week are:

To learn 2/9/24 To help 9/9/24

Pirate 16/9/24 Glasses 23/9/24

Autumn 30/9/24 Postman 7/10/24

Food 14/10/24 To be calm 21/10/24

Ghost 28/10/24 Fireworks 4/11/24

Teddy 11/11/24 Kind 18/11/24

Winter 25/11/24 Milk 6/1/25

Shop 13/1/25 School 20/1/25

Moon 27/1/25 Pizza 3/2/25

To cuddle 10/2/25 Lady / Woman 3/3/25

Special Olympics 10/3/25 Socks 17/3/25

Sugar 24/3/25 To laugh 31/3/25

Brother 7/4/25 Easter 14/4/25

To run 21/4/25 Ballet 28/4/25

VE Day 5/5/25 Mental Health 12/5/25

Flower 19/5/25

We also have our own Springwell set of Makaton signs which we cover 2 signs each week alongside the official Makaton sign. We have split these signs into 4 categories; School, Colours, Farm animals and Classes. We have already covered the following signs:

School

Bus Drink Swimming Breakfast Trampoline/Rebound Walk

Bubbles Dinner Swing Coat Spoon Wash hands

Fork Knife Go Help Chair Brush teeth

Climb Bag

Colours

Pink Orange Purple Red Yellow Green Blue Brown White Black

Farm animals

Turkey Sheep Peacock Cow Horse Duck Pig Rabbit Chicken Goat Donkey

Classes

Lion class Elephant class Pangolin class Zebra class Anaconda class Jaguar class

Llama class

I think you can agree we had a lot of fun in sensory play this week in Team Africa

Week beginning 14.10.24

This week our children have been trying really hard with their different ways of speaking to us.

Here is one of our lovely boys asking for his favourite toy, Peppa.

Peppa

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Week Beginning 30.9.24

Team Africa have had lots of fun exploring different cause and effect toys

Week Beginning 23.09.24

It has been a very busy week, lots of sessions have taken place.

Everybody has worked hard and lots of learning & fun has taken place.