Welcome to the May edition of SEND Matters.

This half term saw our year 6 students taking part in their SATs, I have been blown away by the stories from our schools and parents about how amazing the children coped, I hope they know that no matter what the outcome we all proud of them.

To quote a poem I saw this year “SATs don’t measure sports, SATs don’t measure art, SATs don’t measure music, or the kindness in your heart…. So sitting at your table, with a pencil and your test, remember SATs aren’t who you are, remember you’re the best”.

I would also like to take the opportunity to wish all of our young people sitting their GCSE’s and A Levels over the next month the very best of luck, you’ve got this!

I really hope that you enjoy this edition of SEND Matters, I am delighted that Bedford Borough is launching Summer of SEND 2022 and I hope that you find lots of things to ‘get involved’ with over the next 3 months.

Our July edition of SEND Matters will have even more information on the summer holiday activities that we are putting on so keep watching this space for even more exciting news!

In the meantime I hope you all have a restful May half term and that the sun shines on us here in Bedford Borough.

Best wishes,

Chris

Chris Morris

Manager for the SEND Programme, Bedford Borough

May Half Term

As with every half term and school holiday, our Local Offer Officer has been hard at work pulling together a dedicated page filled with activities and ideas for keeping your children entertained in the school holidays.

For more information see the full edition of SEND Matters.

Summer of SEND

Bedford Borough is delighted to be hosting Summer
of SEND 2022. After the overwhelming success of
Summer of SEND 2021 this year’s event is shaping up
to be even bigger and better!

To find out more about this year’s Summer of SEND by reading the full edition of SEND Matters.

Bedford Borough Inclusive Parks

Bedford Borough Council has been working with Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum on developing an inclusive playground to be built at Russell Park and after putting the top two designs to a vote within the Parent Carer Forum Membership.

To find out about the winning design see the full edition of SEND Matters.