Supporting Learning (SL) believes education should be engaging, fun, creative and achievable for all. We want you focusing on building relationships and engaging your students rather than creating resources and curriculums, so our workbooklets are visual, active, practical and affordable and the SL themes are relevant, flexible and engaging. We make sure it is about the RIGHT resource, for the RIGHT student at the RIGHT time!!! Enjoy browsing!
Supporting Learning (SL) believes education should be engaging, fun, creative and achievable for all. We want you focusing on building relationships and engaging your students rather than creating resources and curriculums, so our workbooklets are visual, active, practical and affordable and the SL themes are relevant, flexible and engaging. We make sure it is about the RIGHT resource, for the RIGHT student at the RIGHT time!!! Enjoy browsing!
The LITERACY SKILLS (2) - WRITING TO COMMUNICATE unit of work and student workbooklet is filled with a wide range of modern and young adult topics to engage students in writing to communicate ideas, facts and opinions. The workbooklet covers planning, composing, revising and editing writing, expressing ideas for a purpose and to different audiences, organising ideas in text, different language styles for writing, using conventional English and common technical errors etc.
This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also LITERACY SKILLS (1) - READING TO UNDERSTAND and LITERACY SKILLS (3) - SPOKEN INTERACTIONS workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes an Assessment for Learning feedback sheet.
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME (1) - HYGIENE unit of work and workbooklet is 16 pages full of 20+ interesting tasks, ideas, personal hygiene, hygiene routines, organisation, products, self-care, female hygiene and problem solving tasks for SEN students. HYGIENE is an important topic that can be different for everyone. This workbooklet focuses on how and why we shower or have a bath, brush our teeth and wash our clothes to make sure we are clean and smell great every day. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also IT'S ALL ABOUT ME (2) - GETTING READY. This theme also links to IT'S ALL ABOUT CARING workbooklets series - (1) SELF-CARE, (2) CARE FOR OTHERS, (3) CARE FOR PETS
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
DESIGN IT (1) - SOFTER MATERIALS is a fantastic 34 page workbooklet filled with simple, visual and active tasks all about seeing objects around us and working out how they were made, with what materials and what each object’s purpose is. The booklet covers basic design ideas, use of soft material with paper/fabric/wool/food sections and a special design project. Some of our everyday objects are simple and easy to use, can save us money and other objects can have fancier or special features made from SOFT materials. Sometimes an object may look ordinary but simple design elements we don’t notice at first. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (1) - HARD (RESISTANT) MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT is a fantastic 28 page unit of work and workbooklet for SEN students filled with simple, visual and active tasks all about re-purposing and re-designing objects around us using practical, fun tasks. The UPCYCLE IT workbooklet is all about seeing objects around us and working out how we can take some parts of it and change their purpose and change its look to a new or fresher object. The object often becomes more useful or nicer than it previously was. This fantastic new workbooklet helps students find some ideas for changing some objects and looks at different uses of an object. It is full of creative tasks and their imagination will enjoy exploring new ideas! And maybe they will even be able to make some cheap and fun gifts to give to people so they can enjoy UPCYCLING too!This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (1) - HARD (RESISTANT) MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (2) - SOFTER MATERIALS.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
MEASURE IT (1) - WEIGHT is 11 pages full of practical every day measuring tasks where we use weight measurements to identify weights of different items etc. We use measuring weight and estimations in everyday activities like cooking, baking, building and travel. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also MEASURE IT (2) - LENGTH, MEASURE IT (3) - VOLUME and MEASURE IT (4) - WORK IT OUT
A PERFECT PLAN is a 34 page technology focused workbooklet filled with over 45 tasks that focus on simple design ideas, concept ideas, hard and soft material planning, adapting materials, understanding needs and wants tasks and how to make plans to start and complete projects. t is full of creative tasks and their imagination will enjoy exploring new ideas! And maybe they will even be able to make some cheap and fun gifts to give to people so they can enjoy UPCYCLING too!This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (1) - HARD (RESISTANT) MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (2) - SOFTER MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT workbooklets
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
SAFETY FIRST (1) - PERSONAL SAFETY workbooklet is 12 pages with 14 key tasks about keeping safe. This workbooklet is all about practical strategies for keeping safe every day. We often face hazards and have to react quickly to keep ourselves safe and it is often a good idea to have thought about solutions to problems before we have to act quickly. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also SAFETY FIRST (2) - CYBER SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST (3) - ROAD SAFETY and SAFETY FIRST (4) - WATER & TRAVEL SAFETY workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
RESEARCH IT (3) - SKILLS MAKING SENSE s a 21 page workbooklet with 25 practical research tasks, and research skills to use. It is useful to know the different ways we can search for information to answer our questions or to look up facts and evidence to back up a point. The tasks in this booklet help you to identify and show your knowledge about searching for information, identifying sources, gathering and selecting information and reviewing it.
Key topics include: ideas to research, information gathering and organisation, sources, referencing and reviewing research as well as some research projects. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also PRESENT IT (2) - TOOLS & SPECIAL PROJECTS and RESEARCH IT (1) - SKILLS & THE WIDER WORLD workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.
ORGANISE ME (3) - ROUTINES is an active, visual and practical workbooklet for students with special educational needs. It offers 13 interesting tasks that explore understanding routines, different types of routines, practicing routines and more. The workbooklet is flexible to deliver by different levels of staff, encourages self-directed learning and has learning checklists and learning feedbacks to provide evidence for assessments.
GROWING UP (1) - FRIENDSHIPS workbooklet is 10 pages full of interesting tasks, ideas, research about friendships and growing up. GROWING UP is an important topic that can be different for everyone. We all experience different feelings and relationships and this workbooklet is a start to think about growing up for each student. We all have a range of different friends that we interact with, and these friends can change over years or as we move around. Sometimes it is good to appreciate what being a good friend is and how we can improve friendships. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also GROWING UP (2) - RELATIONSHIPS and GROWING UP (3) - CONVERSATIONS
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.
GROWING UP (2) - RELATIONSHIPS workbooklet is 11 pages full of interesting tasks, ideas, research about friendships and growing up. GROWING UP is an important topic that can be different for everyone. We all experience different feelings and relationships and this workbooklet is a start to think about growing up for each student. There are many types of relationships we form over our lives, from friendships, to family or work relationships or it could be romantic relationships. It is useful to think about what are positive aspects of relationships and areas we can improve over time. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also GROWING UP (1) - FRIENDSHIPS and GROWING UP (3) - CONVERSATIONS
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.
MEASURE IT (2) - LENGTH/DISTANCE is 12 pages full of practical every day measuring tasks where we use measurements to identify the length of different items or distances etc. We measure length and use estimations in everyday activities like building, travel sport, design etc. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also MEASURE IT (1) - WEIGHT, MEASURE IT (3) - VOLUME and MEASURE IT (4) - WORK IT OUT
HELP ME (1) - SYMBOLS & SIGNS workbooklet is 17 pages with a wide range of interesting tasks about symbols and signs at home and at school. This workbooklet helps you get familiar with what you see each day, or when you are out in the community. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also HELP ME (2) - SEEKING HELP and help me (3) - SUPPORT workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
SAFETY FIRST (4) - WATER SAFETY workbooklet is 12 pages with 18 great tasks about keeping safe in or near water. The WATER SAFETY workbooklet is all about practical strategies for keeping safe every day for students needing simple, visual material to understand everyday challenges. We hear many stories about people getting into trouble in the water or when they are boating. We want to make sure people think first about situations that could get them into trouble in the water and have the right skills and equipment to keep themselves and others safe. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also SAFETY FIRST (1) - PERSONAL SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST (2) - CYBER SAFETY and SAFETY FIRST (3) - ROAD SAFETY workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
CHANGING FACES (3) - SUPPORT for emotions is a workbooklet with 16 practical every day tasks, ideas, research about our emotions, reactions and who can support us. This workbooklet introduces how we react in our life every day and deal with others people’s emotions too. Sometimes it’s hard to communicate how we feel and what makes us feel a certain way and we may need some support and guidance to help us manage our emotions. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also CHANGING FACES (1) - EMOTIONS and CHANGING FACES (2) - EMOTIONS & REACTIONS workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.
READ IT (1) - is a 26 page workbooklet with many practical every day reading tasks designed for special education needs students. READ IT is all about communicating with those around us in a range of ways. It is useful to be confident in using reading in everyday situations so that when it happens, students already have some ideas of what to do. Picking out key words, headings and ideas in notes, pictures, videos and text helps us all to quickly understand what key messages are.
Key topics include: types of reading, when we read, reading tools, everyday reading, reading comprehension, putting it all into practice. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also the corresponding literacy WRITE IT (2) and SPEAK IT (3) workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.
SAFETY FIRST (1) - PERSONAL SAFETY workbooklet is 12 pages with 14 key tasks about students with special educational needs keeping safe. This workbooklet is all about practical strategies for keeping safe every day. We often face hazards and have to react quickly to keep ourselves safe and it is often a good idea to have thought about solutions to problems before we have to act quickly. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also SAFETY FIRST (2) - CYBER SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST (3) - ROAD SAFETY and SAFETY FIRST (4) - WATER & TRAVEL SAFETY workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.
WRITE IT (2) - is an 18 page workbooklet with many practical every day writing tasks written for students with special educational needs. WRITE IT is all about communicating with those around us using writing. We often write small amounts of information to communicate with others and we often have to write/type short notes to share with others. Sometimes we combine both different skills and add reading, speaking to communicate with others.
Key topics include: types of writing, when we writing, writing tools, everyday writing, putting it all into practice. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also the corresponding literacy READ IT (1) and SPEAK IT (3) workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.
The LITERACY SKILLS (3) - SPOKEN INTERACTIONS unit of work and student workbooklet is filled with a wide range of modern and young adult topics to help students work through speaking and interaction skills. The workbooklet has a variety of tasks for active participation, contributing ideas to interactions, holding dialogues, non-verbal behaviours, feedbacks, one-to-one situations, small group situations, thinking about behaviour, language and tone in conversations and who and when we interact with etc.
This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also LITERACY SKILLS (1) - READING TO UNDERSTAND and LITERACY SKILLS (2) - WRITING TO COMMUNICATE workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes an Assessment for Learning feedback sheet.
EXPLORE IT (3) - is a 20 page workbooklet filled with tasks about using technology and apps around us. EXPLORE IT is all about how we use technology, apps and software to explore different ideas and how it can help us listen and watch more easily. This workbooklet helps show how you can find out information by watching and listening, as well as exploring using new technology and comparing it to technology in the past.
Key topics include: different styles of film, popular films, actors/actresses, making documentaries, documentary ideas etc. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also the corresponding literacy EXLORE IT (1) - SOUNDS & MUSIC and EXPLORE IT (2) - FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES workbooklets.
With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning.
This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.