--- title: "Cognition & Learning" url: "https://richardcrosse.staffs.sch.uk/our-school/send/cognition-learning" school: "Richard Crosse Primary School" --- # Cognition & Learning ### ![](https://anson.staffs.sch.uk/images/sendpictures/cognitionandlearning.png) ## **Cognition and Learning** Within the [SEND code of practice](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25), cognition and learning is defined as follows: **Paragraph 6.30** > *‘Support for learning difficulties may be required when children and young people learn at a slower pace than their peers, even with appropriate differentiation. Learning difficulties cover a wide range of needs, including moderate learning difficulties (MLD), severe learning difficulties (SLD),where children are likely to need support in all areas of the curriculum and associated difficulties with mobility and communication, through to profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), where children are likely to have severe and complex learning difficulties as well as a physical disability or sensory impairment.’* **Paragraph 6.31** > *‘Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) affect one or more specific aspects of learning. This encompasses a range of conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia.’* Cognition and learning needs may encompass most of the curriculum, such as for pupils with MLD (moderate learning difficulties) or SLD (severe learning difficulties). However, cognition and learning needs may only impact on specific areas such as reading, writing, spelling and mental calculations. Cognition and learning needs generally account for difficulties in curriculum-related areas such as: - reading, writing and spelling - numerosity - comprehension - processing difficulties such as sequencing, inference, coherence and elaboration - working memory - short term verbal memory - other types of executive function difficulties ### Useful Websites include: ![](https://anson.staffs.sch.uk/images/sendpictures/useful_links.png) #### **Dyslexia:** [www.thedyslexia-spldtrust.org.uk](http://www.thedyslexia-spldtrust.org.uk/) **Dyspraxia** #### **Memory Games for Kids** ### Cognition and Learning Resources Verb Word Mat [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Verb_Word_Mat.pdf) Reading Challenge cards [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Reading_Challenge_cards.pdf) Multiplication square 62 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Multiplication_square.pdf) Multi Sensory Spelling activities [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Multi_Sensory_Spelling_activities.pdf) Memory game activities [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Memory_game_activites.pdf) High Frequency word Wordsearches [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/High_Frequency_word_Wordsearches.pdf) High Frequency word Word Mat [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/High_Frequency_word_Word_Mat.pdf) High Frequency word Checklist [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/High_Frequency_word_Checklist.pdf) handwriting booklet 1 phonics linked [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/handwriting_booklet_phonics_linked.pdf) handwriting booklet 2 phonics linked [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/handwriting_booklet_phonics_linked_2.pdf) Confusing letters p and q [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Confusing_letters_p_and_q.pdf) Confusing letters k and r [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Confusing_letters_k_and_r.pdf) Confusing letters j and i [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Confusing_letters_j_and_i.pdf) Confusing letters h and n [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Confusing_letters_h_and_n.pdf) Confusing letters b and d [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Confusing_letters_b_and_d.pdf) Handwriting Capital letters [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Book-7-The-Capital-Letters.pdf) Handwriting other letters [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Book-6-The-Other-Letters.pdf) Handwriting vowels [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Book-5-The-Vowels.pdf) Handwriting lumpy letters [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Book-4-The-Lumpy-Letters.pdf) Handwriting long letters [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Book-3-The-Long-Letters.pdf) Handwriting Tall letters [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Book-2-The-Tall-Letters.pdf) Handwriting The-Anticlockwise-Letters [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Book-1-The-Anticlockwise-Letters.pdf) B_and_D_workbook [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/B_and_D_workbook.pdf) Adverb Word Mat [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Adverb_Word_Mat.pdf) Adjective word mat [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Adjective_word_mat.pdf) 100 number square [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/100_number_square.pdf) ![Richard Crosse Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/images/logo/Richard-crosse-footer-logo.png) ### Richard Crosse Primary School Kings Bromley Burton on Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JE 01543 472245 © Copyright 2019–2026 Richard Crosse Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://richardcrosse.staffs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)