1.1 Explain The Importance Of Legislation Relevant To The Study

There are many barriers within primary education which can inhibit a child’s learning however teachers are able to deploy a range of different strategies within the learning environment in order to ensure that children are still able to progress within their learning. The use of different strategies allows the teacher to help the children to overcome the barriers and get the most out of their learning in spite of any barriers they may face.
Special educational needs and disabilities
One of the barriers that children may face are special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), these include a wide range of impairments and disabilities and can cause developmental delays and may therefore affect the children’s learning. The government has
Clarke and Phethean identify the idea that ‘children’s learning is underpinned by ideas they already hold’ and therefore that planning of learning should be informed by the enquiries of the children and what they want to learn and what they have not learnt yet. Informative assessment can include questioning to find out what the children already know as well as work sheets to see what they are yet to learn. This therefore can be used to help inform lesson planning in order to ensure that not only all aspects of the curriculum are met but also that the learning is based on what the children want to learn also. Formative assessment not only helps to plan in advance based on previous lessons but it also allows the teacher to alter aspects of a lesson if the formative assessment methods show that the learning may not be as successful as desired. Summative assessment helps the teacher to see whether or not the learning has been successful and helps to get an overall image of whether or not the learning has been successful. This may include a test about a particular topic that draws upon all of the learning to evaluate the successfulness of the overall teaching of the topic to inform the teacher if there is any particular area which needed improving
One of the ways that the learning can be differentiated is through the support given to the children. This could be whether or not they get adult support as well as the support offered through the use of worksheets and resources. Resources that could be implemented in order to ensure that lower ability students are still able to progress in their learning include, key word banks, work sheets with additional support e.g sentence starters and flashcards. By implementing these resources and support systems it allows the lower ability students to achieve the same lesson objectives just with additional guidance. This method of differentiation allows all of the children to be able to complete the same tasks and reach the same objectives but helps to ensure that they are all supported and is therefore a positive method for keeping up their self-confidence and helping them to progress in their own learning. However, the additional support may prevent the children from being able to work independently and therefore could prevent the growth of key independence and enquiry skills if these support strategies are not implemented effectively with the children being in control of the access to this support independently. Differentiation may also include differentiation through outcome