Hello, my name is Laura Keefe and I am the SENDCO at Muschamp Primary School.
This is a page about our Language Opportunity Base which is for children who have a prime need of speech and language difficulties.
It is a fantastic base that allows these children to access small group work as well as the therapies that they need to support them. We have 52 spaces across the school and these are divided into three base classes:

London base is for early years and KS1
Canberra base is for years 3 and 4
Vienna base is for year 5 and 6

Our setting 

The base specialises in teaching children with speech, language and communication needs. Our children integrate into their mainstream classes and receive specialist teaching and speech therapy at specific times during the day, this is either on a 1:1 basis, as part of a group or even going into their lessons and supporting the children within their familiar setting. The base teachers and the speech and language therapy team work together to plan and set individual targets for each child.
London base sessions are planned and organised to give children a wide variety of play opportunities both in the classroom and in our outside area. London base is set up with a series of rooms, this means there are rooms to suit the needs of our children. We have a room for play activities and two quieter rooms for learning. The children integrate into the mainstream classes, with support from the base, in the afternoons.
Canberra base and Vienna base are set up more like a classroom and both have their own outside areas. They are taught topic lessons in the small group specialist environment in the mornings as well as receiving speech and language therapy. Children then integrate with support from the base into their mainstream classes where appropriate in the afternoons.

Resources

At our school we have an amazing sensory room which all the children in the base are able to use on a regular basis. They have a timetable slot each week but they can use it ad hoc when required. In this space there are lights and pictures as well as soft cushions and a large bubble tube. Another great resource we have is the reading forest which support the children’s communication needs.

Therapies

We also have an occupational therapist on site to support developing the children’s fine and gross motor skills. The occupational therapist works with the class teachers to implement occupational therapy provision throughout the school day. We also have a play therapist 3 days a week who is able to work with a variety of children across the school. As well as this we have intensive interaction therapist one and half days a week who works across our base with children individually and within groups.

For further information please follow this link to our local offer:

https://www.sutton.gov.uk/info/200611/suttons_local_offer/2401/primary_schools/30

Advice and Resources for parents 

https://www.cognus.org.uk/services/cognus-therapies/advice-and-resources/