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Working with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities was the topic at a recent meeting of teachers.
Hosted by the Wellington College Teaching Alliance, the event welcomed 15 teachers and Learning Support Assistants to the college on Thursday, January 26.
Organised in collaboration with partner schools Carwarden House in Camberley and Kennel Lane School in Bracknell, topics included SEND in mainstream schools and teacher wellbeing.
Maria Ramsay from Carwarden House, a school with 160 students with complex learning and additional needs, talked about Quality First Teaching for SEND students.
Viks Ralfs, from Stepping Stones DS, an organisation that supports children and young people with Down syndrome to fulfil their potential, talked about Down syndrome children in mainstream schooling.
Charlie Sutton, housemaster at the Stanley boarding house at Wellington College, also spoke, along with some boys from Stanley.
They are involved in a friendship scheme with sixth formers at Carwarden House, along with students at another Wellington boarding house, Orange.
He said: “It was such a privilege to speak at the SEND Teach Meet session on the wonderful partnership that the Stanley and Orange have with Carwarden House.
“Students Harry, George and Miles were amazing, talking about how they have made new friends at Carwarden House and how schools working in partnership can benefit all pupils.”
The collaboration between Wellington and Carwarden House began in 2013 and sees students from the two schools get together every Wednesday afternoon to enjoy each other’s company.
This week they enjoyed a karaoke night and other events have including dancing and pumpkin carving.
