Jargon Buster
We have compiled a list of words and acronyms that are frequently used around our school.
| Blue Buttons | Learning skills for Growth Mindset and independent learning that are rewarded with House Points |
|---|---|
| Champion Challenges | The activity at the end of a discovery curriculum topic that brings together skills and understanding. |
| DDSL | Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead |
| DSL | Designated Safeguarding Lead |
| EHCP | Educational Health Care Plan. Children on the SEN register that have an EHCP will also have a SNA to work with them and have specific targets to attain |
| Expected Standard (EXS) | The appropriate standard that a pupil should be working at for that time in the year |
| EYFS | Early Years Foundation Stage |
| GLD | Good Level of Development (assessment description in EYFS) |
| Golden House Point | House Points awarded for Warlingham Village Star behaviour around the school |
| Greater Depth (GDS) | Pupils working beyond the expected standard for that time in the year |
| House Points | Rewards given in school for good general behaviour and learning behaviour |
| ISP | Individual Support Plan. Every child on the SEN register will have one of these with targets to achieve each term |
| KS1/KS2/UKS2 | Key Stage 1(years 1 & 2)/ Lower Key Stage 2(years 3 & 4)/ Upper Key Stage 2 (years 5 & 6) |
| Provision Map | Chart of extra provisions for pupils to support them in achieving their targets |
| Pupil Asset | Our online data & behaviour management system |
| School Code | Warlingham Village Star Behaviour Code (see Behaviour Policy) |
| SENco |
SEN Leader |
| SEN Support | Children that are on the Special Educational Needs register for requiring more support than the universal teaching that the teacher and teaching assistant can provide. They will have specific targets to achieve. |
| SNA | Special Needs Assistant (attached to a child with an EHCP or a specific learning difficulty in the school such as speech & language) |
| SMCS | Spiritual, moral, cultural and social education |
| Star Challenge | Questions given to a pupil at the end of their expected work for them to challenge themselves and apply their understanding (Indicated with a green star in pupil book) |
| TA | Teaching assistant (attached to a class) |
| Thrive | Support in place for social and emotional development in the form of Thrive groups and Thrive 1:1 sessions |
| Uplevelling | Children correct & add to their work in this time |
