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Use a daily routine to prepare, start work, self-check and request help, then reflect across five days.
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Prep learning support assistant
Peter Chandler-Vane
A familiar visual timetable, calm language and clear steps can help a pupil know what to expect as the setting or activity changes.
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I support pupils with additional learning needs across Years 3 to 6. My work may take me into different classrooms, so consistency matters. A familiar visual timetable, calm language and clear steps can help a pupil know what to expect as the setting or activity changes.
Support is most useful when it fits the classroom and the teacher’s plan. I want strategies to be simple enough to repeat and specific enough to show what the pupil is practising. A small change can take time to notice, so it helps to record what was tried and what the pupil did next.
I look for resources that make routines visible without turning them into rigid scripts. A prompt can help an adult keep language consistent, while the pupil’s response guides what to do next. I value handovers that let different teachers continue the approach and keep the support grounded in the pupil’s real learning context.
How I approach a lesson
Use consistent visual and verbal routines.
Carry strategies between classrooms through clear handovers.
Record what the pupil practises and how they respond.
Templates I'd use with my class
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