Additional Learning Support - Northbrook College
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Additional Learning Support
Northbrook
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We are the additional support team at Chichester college group. We have a wide range of skilled support staff who can provide effective learning support during your time here at college on all campuses. The services we provide are:
Out of class support - you can access a small group for tutoring once a week for support with: maths, English, study skills and overlearning.
In class support - we had to go to learning support assistance you can assist your learning within the classroom.
Exam concessions -If you have previously concessions at a previous school or college you can book an exam concession assessment to be assessed for extra time, reader, scribe or use of a laptop. Please speak to an assessor if you have a learning difficulty or experience difficulties that affect your exams.
Mentoring - we provide a safe environment for you to come and see one of our support staff to discuss any concerns or issues you may be facing during your time at college. We are not trained counsellors but We are here to help if you need someone to talk to.
Overlearning - we provide support for you to go over information that has been covered in your classroom to clarify your understanding
Social support - we can provide sessions to help students develop their social communication skills
Life skills - we can provide sessions to help students develop their life skills in areas such as finance, cooking, employability and independence.
Northbrook Location:
West Durrington Campus:
Room 102
Contact 01903 273504
09:00-17:15 Monday to Friday
ALS teaching room number 148
Broadwater Campus:
Room 2
Contact 01903 273508
09:00-17:15 Monday to Friday
Shoreham Campus:
Contact
09:00-17:15 Monday to Friday
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Exam Concessions: If you have previously had exam concessions at a previous school or college you can be assessed for use of extra time, reader, scribe, use of a laptop or other arrangements. If have not had exam concessions but feel that you have a learning difficulty or experience difficulties that can affect your exams, you can also refer yourself to be assessed.
Please complete the Self Referral Form and the Data Protection Notice to put yourself forward for these assessments. You will be contacted after these have been received:
Student Exam Arrangements Self Referral: https://forms.office.com/e/ZXAzzJNma8 Online Data Protection Notice: https://forms.office.com/e/xd2FmHBwk2
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ClaroRead is a simple, easy-to-use software program that helps you to read, write, study and increase your confidence. You can read any on-screen text out loud and improve your writing.
Claroread software is available on PCs in college and supports reading and writing. You will find the shortcuts on the desktop. Or go to Start and Programs.
ClaroRead Plus
ClaroRead SE
Basic version
For use in Exams
ClaroRead Extension
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Text-to-Speech: Read what is typed including individual words, passages, or whole documents aloud. 
Spellchecker: Speaking spellcheck lets you select the word you want by hearing the alternatives. 
Voice recognition 
Save text to audio: for listening later
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Theses days we are all about our phones
Now you can get apps on your mobile phone to help you wherever you go and at any time.
There are many different apps out there, all with different benefits.
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Office Lens
Organise your class notes - this scanning app organises your notes, removes glare from photos & transforms scans into Word and PowerPoint.
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Quizlet
Quizlet is the easiest way to practice and master what you’re learning. Create your own flashcards and study sets or choose from millions created by other students.
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SimpleMind
Mind mapping helps you organize your thoughts, remember things and generate new ideas. We've created a beautiful, intuitive app, so you can mind map wherever you are and whenever you want.
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Maths Watch
Interactive revision to aid solving maths equations and problems, comply with UK exam boards
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English Revision Questions
Quality assured and comply with UK exam boards, search by topic, question type and difficulty to answer revision questions
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BBC Bitesize
Quality assured and comply with UK exam boards, search by subject
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ATracker
Tracks daily routines, tasks, reminders, notes for each activity, completion log to track what has already been completed
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Wunderlist
To-do list and task manager for shopping lists to assignment tasks, syncs with your phone, tablet and computer
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I Can't Wake up! Alarm Clock
Complete different wake up tasks which don’t let you snooze or turn it off until you solve
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Total Recall is the simplest and most elegant mind mapping solution on the iPhone and iPad. You will instantly create beautiful mind maps and share them with colleagues and friends.
