All staff at Roe Valley Integrated Primary School share an inclusive ethos, that every pupil has the right to develop their full potential while being educated alongside their peers.
Educational Provision at RVIPS addresses children’s particular and individual learning need and style. We provide educational experiences which develop all pupils’ achievements and recognise individuality. We value diversity and embrace it to support the learning of all.
As an integrated school we work towards identifying and minimising the barriers to learning and provide equal opportunities for all. We provide a broad, balanced, relevant and appropriately challenging curriculum suitably differentiated to meet individual needs.
It is important to remember that any pupil can experience a difficulty at some point of their school career. We create personalised learning plans to identify specific targets for pupils to achieve their potential. Our teachers are quick to recognise difficulties, plan for focused support, and evaluate progress. We analyse data precisely, highlight underachievement as well as low attainment, whilst also identifying our gifted and talented pupils.
Support can take a great deal of forms, these can be both short term and long term. We provide focused learning support for the Curricular Areas as well as providing support for children who may have difficulty in concentrating, following instructions or routines, behaviour challenges, or whose fine or gross motor skills are impacting on their learning. Reasonable adjustments can be put in place to support a child socially, emotionally, behaviourally and academically. We are also very fortunate to have a Learning Support teacher within school, supporting the academic needs of the children.
Alongside the Senior Leadership Team, Mrs Claire Boyd leads Additional Needs provision at Roe Valley IPS as part of a highly trained whole school staff. As well as access to a specialised Learning Support Room for groups or individuals to work with members of staff, we welcome outreach support from external providers from out LIT (Local Impact Team) as part of the new Graduated Response framework, as well as RISE NI and our local Dry Arch Hubs.
Our Sensory Space is a room that is utilised well by our children and supports the pupils regulation sessions, aiding them to access their school day more effectively.
