Wave 1 refers to the universal offer for all children at Allens Croft Primary School.

When teaching and learning is pitched and scaffolded correctly for every child through their preferred learning styles, there is a reduced need for additional support later on through wave 2 and 3 approaches. 

Resources in the classroom may include visual symbols, visual time tables, now and next boards, task boards, emotion cards, coloured overlays, ear defenders, seating aids, writing slopes, pencil grips, word banks, spelling mats to name a few. 

Adult support to begin a task or checking in throughout the lesson is also part of our universal offer. 

Our main guidance as to determining what is universal support is the Ordinarily Available Guidance which is available to download below.