Our Aims are to:

 

• recruit and train university and college students, and adult volunteers, to deliver the Speech Stars programme in schools as a volunteer or as part of their course placement. 

• develop children’s skills in listening and attention, oracy, vocabulary, sentence building and turn taking using engaging activities to build confidence and resilience.

• promote inclusive, quality interactions for children with both adults and their peers by delivering group sessions and supporting children within the continuous provision. 

• impact on Early Years and KS1 outcomes in Communication and Language, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Early Reading, Oracy and Literacy. 

• improve recruitment and retention in the areas of Speech and Language Therapy, Early Years and Education.

• ease pressures of waiting lists and referrals and assist in the development of a graduated approach to SALT services.

 

Speech Stars programme

Our programme focuses on 5 key areas using the STARS acronym.

Speaking, Turn Taking, Active Listening, Rhymes and Storytelling, Sentence Building and Vocabulary. 

 

 

Contact Nicola.addison@kirklees.gov.uk or Claire.pinkos@kirklees.gov.uk to attend from 10-12 on Monday 13th November at John Smith’s Stadium, Business and Leisure Complex, Huddersfield. HD1 6PG.  01484 221000.