This afternoon we welcomed a large number of parents to our Speech and Language + Phonics Parental Workshop.

The S+L element was led by Rachel Dickson of Let’s Expand Communication. Rachel is our in-school S+L therapist who works with our children on a weekly basis. 

Its primary focus was the development of S+L in the foundation years. Areas explored included: sound development, definitions of speech and language, parent/child interactions, communication pyramid, tips to help S+L development, supporting language at home along with games and ideas.

Miss Byrne, our P1 teacher and Literacy subject lead, then conducted on Phonics and how it is taught in school. Phonics terminology, phases, blending, tricky words and writing tips were all presented on.

Thank you to all those parents who attended the workshop. The presentations from both Rachel and Miss Byrne will be disseminated to everyone in due course. Again, we thank them both for leading today’s initiative.

Let's Expand Communication - Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy NI