For schools and settings

Calm, connection and a reason to come in.

Snoop visits with Sasha to work with individual children, small groups and whole classes. Every visit is planned around your setting, and around him.

What we can do together

Six things a dog mentor does that a visitor with a dog cannot.

Regulation
A whole class 'Snoop ready' routine: feet on the floor, hands still, breathing. Your staff can keep using it when we are not there.
Attendance and EBSA
Meet and greet at the gate, small steps back in, and anchors that hold a child between visits without creating dependency.
Reading and curriculum
Reading to Snoop. Counting through wait and rhythm. Prepositions, left and right, clock faces. A bilingual dog for MFL.
Speech, language and confidence
Talking buttons recorded in the child's own voice. Phonics practice with a very patient audience. Sentences built one click at a time.
Life skills and sensory
Laces, teeth, trying new foods. Hidden senses work on a long lead for children who push, pull and cannot sit still.
Staff wellbeing
Decompression sessions, staff briefings, a quiet corner on exam results day.

How a visit works

1
Enquiry and a call with Sasha
What you need, who for, and what the building is like.
2
Risk assessment adapted to your site
Snoop's assessment is written for each setting. Fire pits, forest schools and mechanical gates all change it.
3
Staff briefing or assembly
So everyone knows how to be around him before he arrives. Ten minutes is enough.
4
A short first visit at a quiet time
No transitions, no swarms. He learns the building before he meets the children.
5
Review and plan the next block
What worked, what to grow, what to hand to your staff.

What we ask of you

A quiet room
Water, his blanket and somewhere he can switch off.
No transitions at pinch points
We move between lessons, not during them.
Head teacher backing
Needed for any whole class regulation work. It only works if the adults do it too.
Consent
For any photos of children. We never publish faces without written permission.
Tell us up front
Allergies, phobias, faith considerations, other dogs already in school.
Tidy floors
Glue sticks, pencil sharpenings and dropped lunch are all things a dog will investigate.

Safeguarding and paperwork

DBS checked handler
Risk assessment written for your setting, shared on booking
Public liability insurance for a working dog
Snoop's eight page dog assessment, available to booked settings
Vaccination, worming and welfare record kept up to date
Training and accreditation through The Dog Mentor, with a named contact you can call

From £80 an hour

for handler and dog

Half day blocks and weekly packages available.
Assembly plus classroom regulation plus a block of sessions can be booked as one package.
Taster visit for local schools.

Prices are indicative. Every setting is planned individually.

What settings say

Quote from a tester school goes here.
Name, role, school

Tell us about your setting and we will come back within two working days.