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Technology and Peer Tutoring in a Primary/Secondary
Liaison Programme for SEN

Why was this partnership activity necessary - concerns, aims, difficulties etc?
Three main aims of this project are to develop …

• good working relations between SfL staff and pupils with SENs entering S1
• their confidence vis a vis the move to high school and ensure there is already a 'kent face'
• their ICT skills so they can use the Brother portable computers to help with their work.

Where does this partnership operate?
In each of our four associated primaries - Dykehead, Alexander Peden, Allanton and Stane Primary Schools.

When does this work happen?
One afternoon per week between January and Easter , during the timetabled S5/S6 Peer Tutor class run by Support for Learning.

How does the scheme work? How is it maintained, sustained and evaluated?
Three or four S5/S6 pupils from the Peer Tutor Group are selected to work in each primary. By January these pupils are familiar with both doing Peer Tutoring and using the course materials and the Brother wordprocessors. They travel to the primary school with either a Support for Learning teacher or a member of subject department who is in our Extended learning Support Team. All pupils and staff involved take part in the project evaluation.

What are the benefits? What difference does this partnership make?

• increase in pupils' confidence about the move to high school
• SfL staff know these pupils well before S1 entry and have direct experience of strengths/needs
• senior pupils also gain confidence and develop personal and social skills through their involvement in this project as well as taking Working with Others intermediate 1.

2.6 Calderhead High School, Shotts