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Learning Support is available to assist students who are struggling academically.

All students in the Junior School are tested for literacy and numeracy at the beginning of each year. If the results show the need, further diagnostic testing is carried out for individual students and the necessary steps are taken to ensure that appropriate assistance is given.

This assistance may involve individual or group work with the Learning Support Teacher. Alternatively, assistance may be supplied in the classroom by the Learning Support Teacher, or by other appropriate people under the guidance of the classroom teacher and the Learning Support Teacher. In some cases, work is prepared for the child to complete at home with their parents. A differentiated curriculum is developed to meet the needs of the student.

Consultation is carried out between the classroom teacher, the Learning Support Teacher and the parents, together with outside agencies when appropriate. Some students benefit from the use of assistive technology, such as "Alphasmarts", and appropriate educational software.

Periodically, classroom teachers meet with the Learning Support teacher to formally discuss every child in the class to ensure that nobody "slips through the net."