Welcome to our Speech, Language and Communication page.
This page will be dedicated to giving our families ideas, hints and tips for how to support children's speech, language and communication.
At Hollin, we are pleased that we have a school based Speech and Language Therapist, Rachel Holden. Rachel has worked in Rochdale for 7 years, in both primary and secondary schools.
Rachel will be working at school on Wednesdays, working with staff and children across the school.
Here are links to useful videos and resources.
What is a commissioned speech and language therapist? Click here.
What you do if you are waiting for speech and language therapy. Click this link to find out more.
A recorded Q+A with a speech and language specialist. Click here to view.
Why do schools talk about speech and language? Click here to find out more.
Click here to view our Rochdale Speech and Language toolkit.
WellComm is a speech and language toolkit, that provides age appropriate activities to support language development. Both the Early Years and the Primary toolkits enable us to quickly and easily identify children needing additional support with speech, language and and communication skills. Throughout school, our staff have received training, so that they are able to deliver WellComm for our pupils.
All pupils in Nursery and Reception are screened at the beginning of the school year, to support us in identifying pupils who may require support, at the earliest opportunity. Additionally, the toolkits are used in other year groups for any pupils who have been identified as requiring additional support for their speech, language and communication skills.
In January 2023, our speech and language therapist, Rachel, delivered the first of two Sign Along training sessions, for members of Hollin staff. The second sessions, will be delivered in the coming weeks.
Sign Along is a key word sign-supported communication system based on British sign language and is used in spoken word order.
Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child’s language skills. There are so many activities and play ideas to try at home, with lots of ideas to help your child’s talking
ICAN gives families information about what to expect as your child’s language develops. ICAN offer ideas of how to support your child’s language at home.
Greater Manchester, 10 Tips for Talking offer tips for how to support your baby’s language development. The tips have been also been translated into a small number of languages, other than English
