
Welcome to Banksy
Our dedicated Inclusion & Pastoral Team
Click here to watch our video of Banksy
Contents
- Who are we
- What our parents and pupils say
- Our aims
- What we do
- Pastoral support
- APDR Assess Plan Do Review
- Links to parent courses
- Useful links
Who are we?
- Miss A. Russell: Inclusion Lead and SENDCo (email: inco@greenlanes.herts.sch.uk)
- Mrs M. Panter: Pastoral Lead & Herts Steps Tutor (email: mpanter@greenlanes.herts.sch.uk)
- Mrs Patel: Inclusion Assistant and Herts Steps Tutor
- Mrs Stevens: Inclusion Assistant
- Miss Thompson: SpLD intervention
- Mrs Toms: SpLD intervention
- Mrs Little: SpLD intervention
- Miss Toms: NESSie Support
What our parents and pupils say ...
" Banksy is for when you are sad, you talk and they make it better " ~ Year 3 Pupil
" The Inco Team at Green Lanes have provided much needed support for both of my children and our family as a whole. They always listen and help in anyway they can but are never judgemental. The whole team are fantastic! The understand my children and I am constantly learning from them in ways to help adapt and cope with everyday life. The journey of seeking a diagnosis for your child is not an easy one but I feel so much more confident with the team " ~ Parent
" I like it because you can have a break and feel better and the teachers make you feel happy and smile " ~ Year 6 Pupil
Our aims ...
- To support children in Green Lanes to feel safe, secure and happy
- To provide an environment that enables children to explore their identity and develop their self-awareness, self-esteem and self confidence
- To ensure that needs of all children are met and every child is given the tools they need to succeed.
- To promote independent learning behaviours
- To provide opportunities for children to achieve and succeed, enabling them to hold a positive view of themselves and those around them
- To enable children to develop emotional awareness, emotional understanding and the skills required for self-regulation
- To enable children to develop positive relationships with their peers and adults
- To support the development of an accessible curriculum enabling children to develop their literacy, numeracy and SEMH skills
- To help children feel fully involved in Green Lanes and enjoy being at school
- To support communication between children, parents and school
- To work with other professionals to support staff, children and parents
What we do ...
SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) 
| - Learning support referrals/interventions
- Visual support
- Staff training
- Inter-agency working
- Regulation support
- Sensory diet
- Emotional well-being support
- EHCP and APDR completion and support with target setting
- Supporting staff in scaffolding and supporting all children in accessing the curriculum
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SEMH (Social and Emotional and Mental Health) 
| - Referrals for Mental Health support
- Social skills groups
- Protective behaviours
- Check ins for children that need support
- Time to talk
- Art therapy
- Boxall profiling and support achieving outcomes
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Behaviour 
| - Social skills group
- Super skills
- Herts Steps staff training and support
- Positivity charts
- Target setting for children
- Regulation support
- Lunch club and space to calm down
- Emotional literacy work
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Sensory 
| - Sensory circuits
- Referrals for sensory needs
- Physical development interventions
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Staff support
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Working with parents and professionals 
| - Half-termly sub review meetings
- Referrals and triages
- Courses for professionals and parents
- Work closely with Pastoral Support Lead
- Assist with referrals and forms
- Develop links and keep updated on training
- Catch ups to support parents emotionally
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View our Special Educational Needs page here
Family Worker
At Green Lanes we provide pastoral care, not only to the child but the family as a whole. Our Family Worker, Mrs Panter is available to provide strategies and support in many different areas.
- Support with routines and consistency in the home and at school
- Support around financial issues (including foodbank vouchers)
- Support with eating issues
- Anger / anxiety issues
- Family disputes or arguments
- Bereavement
- Signposting to other agencies, parent courses etc.
Mrs Panter is available to speak to on 01707 262556 or by email mpanter@greenlanes.herts.sch.uk (Monday to Thursday).
Parent Courses & Workshops
There are a wide variety of parent courses run by external organisations. These courses can be found on the DSPL 5 website.
To browse courses available click Parent Courses and Workshops

Welwyn Garden City & Hatfield Schools Partnership
Who are they and what do they do? Click on the link below to view their video!
WGC & Hatfield Schools Partnership
