A 'one-side-of-A4' guide, with a description of Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) and classroom strategies, designed for secondary school subject teachers of students with this kind of learning disability.

Continuum, a pdf book offereing a comprehensive reference for busy teachers, parents, and caregivers striving to support children’s individual learning differences. Contents About the book About the author Specific Learning Difficulties ADHD Autism Dyscalculia Dysgraphia Dyslexia Dyspraxia/DCD General classroom strategies Executive functions Classroom management Glossary Resources

Complete No-Prep lesson with exam questions, tasks and answers on Specific Heat Capacity for AQA GCSE (9-1) Science / Physics. Rewritten and improved 16.05.22. Specific Heat Capacity is included in the exam specification in two separate places: Energy Topic (Physics 4.1.1.3 / Combined Science 6.1.1.3) where it is followed by a required practical. Particle Model of Matter Topic (Physics 4.3.2.2 / Combined Science 6.3.2.2) The exam spec points are virtually the same for each. I have written this lesson so that it can be taught in either place, however the required practical means it is likely to be taught in the energy topic. As a Secondary Science teacher, Deputy Headteacher, writer and examiner for many years I make high quality no-prep lessons so busy teachers can teach outstanding lessons without spending hours planning. This high quality lesson includes explanations, different types of in-lesson assessment (all with answers) and unique exam questions. My lessons are ideal for non-Physicists - as a Biologist who retrained as a Physics teacher I know how to take learners on a journey that builds up their understanding step by step, while still going into a lot of depth. The preview video shows a representative sample of slides from the resource so that you get a good idea of what it includes before you buy. What’s Included: • Starter / Do Now Activity with answers • Explanation slides in “chunked” sections with animated diagrams. • Worked examples of calculations / questions. • Multiple questions in different question styles and difficulties - no need for worksheets. Each “chunked” explanation section typically includes a set of “learning check / quick questions” followed by a set of in-depth questions on the learning from that “chunk” of the lesson. All questions have answers. • Exam-style questions on the whole lesson at the end of the lesson- these are unique, based on real exam questions but not just copied from exam boards. • Answers for all questions • All easily editable to adapt to your teaching or to use in existing lessons. . Learning objectives: Describe the difference between thermal energy and temperature. Define specific heat capacity. Describe the factors that affect the amount of energy stored in or released from a system as its temperature changes. Explain how specific heat capacity can affect temperature changes and energy stored or released for different substances. Use the equation below to determine the temperature change, mass or specific heat capacity of an object, or the change in thermal energy. Change in thermal energy = Mass x Specific Heat Capacity x Temperature Change The lesson was written for AQA GCSE Science / Physics but is very likely to be applicable to other exam specifications. Please leave a rating / review and all other feedback gratefully received!

A-Level PE – Skill Acquisition: Lesson 4 Difficulty & Organisation Continuums (Simple–Complex + Low–High Organisation)** This complete lesson introduces students to two key A-Level PE skill classification continuums: Difficulty and Organisation. Through clear breakdowns, real sporting examples and exam-focused tasks, learners build the ability to classify skills accurately and justify their reasoning with strong AO2 and AO3 responses. Perfect for OCR, can be adapted for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC specifications, this lesson includes a high-quality PowerPoint and a fully aligned student notes booklet, allowing for structured, consistent delivery. ✔ Lesson 4 Covers: The Simple–Complex continuum The Low–High Organisation continuum How to analyse skills using perceptual load, decision-making and sub-routine structure Why skill organisation impacts coaching and practice choices Misconceptions around continuous skills and organisation Exam-style justification and reasoning tasks Included in this download: PowerPoint Presentation – Lesson 4: Difficulty & Organisation Clean, engaging slides featuring: Clear definitions and diagrams Real sport examples (tennis, golf, sprinting, gymnastics) Skill-sorting tasks “Common misconception” clarification Application questions and discussion prompts A series of exam-style questions Student Matching Notes (Word Document) A detailed student booklet that follows the PowerPoint exactly, including: Guided notes for each continuum Continuum placement activities Justification tasks (AO3 focus) Applied coaching questions Extension tasks to deepen learning Exam-style questions (2, 3 and 6 marks) Plenary questions + exit ticket Why teachers love this resource: Breaks down complex concepts into accessible steps Builds strong AO2/AO3 exam technique early in the course Aligns seamlessly with the first three lessons in the Skill Acquisition unit Supports independent learning and revision Fully ready to teach — no preparation required Ideal for: A-Level PE teachers delivering Skill Acquisition Classes needing a clear structure for understanding classification Departments wanting consistency across all teachers and groups Part of the Complete Skill Acquisition Series This lesson follows Lesson 3 (Continuity & Pacing) and prepares students for Lesson 5 on Practice Types, where classification knowledge is applied to coaching methods.

NEWLY UPDATED FOR 2025/26 SPEC. Students examine the work and organisation of H Division police and use this to explain why policing the Whitechapel district was so difficult. The lesson resources include: 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) 1 x A4 Source Enquiry help sheet 1 x 22 Slide Main Power Point Lesson The main 22 slide power point includes: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Outline of lesson aims and key questions Slide 3: Recap & think - Why would police find the historical environment of Whitechapel difficult to police? Slide 4: Source based starter activity with prompt questions (visual source) Slide 5-6: Background information about the role and organisation of H Division police in Whitechapel Slide 7-8: Task - Instructions and printable worksheet for students to explain how the environment of Whitechapel and limits of the police made policing Whitechapel a challenge. Slide 9: Challenge questions Slide 10-11: Exam Focus - Examples of the ‘One feature’ question and printable resources Slide 12-14: Exam Focus - Examples of the ‘how useful’ question with printable resources Slide 15-17: Exam Focus - Examples of the ‘follow up’ question with printable resources Slide 18: Learning Review - What’s the question Slide 19-20: Learning Review 1 - Statistics multiple choice quiz with answers Slide 21: Lesson Fact Sheet Slide 22: More from RA Resources This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you. This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.

This resources is aimed at pupils with high complex needs and trying to use PE as a means to engage them. This would be suitable for pupils with multiple learning difficulties such as sensory impairments, global learning delay and physical disabilities. This resource is a 6 week block of lessons that slowly add complexity to familiar tasks over the course of the unit. The unit uses Ball games as a means to help engage the pupils in their physical development. The resource also includes an outline of the unit that could be submitted as part of a medium term plan.

This introduction to Specific Learning Disorders provides an introduction for teachers, TAs, LSAs and SENCOs. Includes detail on Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia. Runs to 61 pages and 2 hours of Professional Development. A specific learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.

This resource is for teachers in Special Schools delivering PE to complex needs pupils. Included is a unit outline, pupil outcomes, lesson plan and a record sheet for staff to use. The resource is aimed at developing the individual movement of complex needs pupils and their general physical literacy. Sessions are geared towards classes with high staffing where the teacher acts a facilitator to the learning taking place and helps to guide the staff working with individual pupils.

Equip your students with the confidence and skills to master Specific Latent Heat calcuations with this “Shed Loads of Practice” (SLOP) worksheet, focused on calculating energy for changes in state, masses and the specific latent heat of fusion or vaporisation for different substances. Our SLOP Calculation worksheets feature questions which mimic the typical style of calculation question on AQA papers. Through 9 worded questions, students will independently practice applying the idea of energy changes when substances change state, converting from grams and kJ, while also practicing rearrangement. Some questions also feature values in standard form. Worked examples and solutions are included to help you to support students in demonstrating the key skills of substitution and rearrangement, maximising their marks. Perfect for Exam Preparation: This worksheet is an excellent tool for preparing students to tackle calculation questions typically found on AQA Physics Paper 1, and could be equally valuable for other exam boards. Files: Ready-to-print worksheets and solution documents (.pdf) Editable version of worksheets (.doc) Worked examples and solutions PowerPoint (.ppt) using our clean Resistance Physics Layout. Featuring: Worked Examples: Model the methods for calculations and problem-solving. Clear FIFA Routine Expectations: Solutions follow the FIFA approach (Formula, Insert, Fine-tune, Answer), supporting students in applying key mathematical skills such as substitution, rearrangement, and unit conversion. Progressive Difficulty: Questions gradually increase in demand. Fuss-free Feedback: Solutions and answers are provided in a ready-to-print formats and as a projectable PowerPoint slide deck. Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom learning, homework, cover work, or revision. Adaptable for Edexcel and OCR. Similar resources: Elastic Potential Energy Calculations SLOP Kinetic Energy Calculations SLOP Power Calculations SLOP GPE Calculations SLOP P1 Energy Multi-Step Calculations Worksheet P2 Electricity Equation Worksheet Bundle P5 Forces Equation Worksheet Bundle

A step-by-step guide in the form of a question and answer checklist helping you to identify problems and suggesting a range of practical technology focused solutions to support pupils with writing difficulties. The infograph is available as an A2 poster, and also as a PDF with clickable links that take you to sources of information on the internet.

Fully editable word document to help support parents with a teenager with Executive Function difficulties. This can be adapted to include your own Schools Logo and address, and the colour scheme can also be changed to suit your own needs There are 16 Parent guides in the series, which can be purchased separately, or as a whole series for a discount. Each guide has a section with practical tips for parents, as well as a section signposting websites that have free resources, support and communities to widen the support available to parents. The guides are written for Teens, but could just as easily be used for parents of younger children.

This is a pack of a few word maps and then four games to help children with word finding difficulties or word retrieval difficulties to 'file' words in their mind for later use. The games focus on children connecting words through rhyming words, starting sounds, categories and parts of items to ideas and words they already know. It contains: - 3 pages of a word map with a clipart image of a dog, cat or frog in the centre for children to work on by answering the questions in the shapes around. - 1 blank word map. - 1 game board using starting sounds. - 1 game board using rhyming words. - 1 game board using 'parts of...'. - 1 game board using categories. - 1 game board for the syllables game. - 1 game board for the 'where you find it' game.

A Mind Map, created in PowerPoint, that works as a poster or as a mini presentation that could be used as part of staff training or to build awareness. This list of difficulties is not exhaustive but is a flavour of some of the issues that can affect students with dysgraphia.

A Mind Map, created in PowerPoint, that works as a poster or as a mini presentation that could be used as part of staff training or to build awareness. This list of difficulties is not exhaustive but is a flavour of some of the issues that can affect students with dyspraxia.

This booklets covers all times tables from 2-12 with various activities that students can engage with to help them learn their times tables independently. The booklet is designed to increase in level of difficulty as students work through it. I have also included all time tables ‘diploma’ sheets to test students once they feel they have learn a particular times table. As well as mini times tables test that can be used to help students identify the particular times table they need to work on Students can work at their own pace through the book or focus on certain specific times tables.

This is a 4000 word assignment looking at the effectiveness of the Phonological Assessment Battery in assessing SpLD difficulties. Lots of useful research on SpLd difficulties.

A good book for both handwriting and early phonics work, Learning First letters is perfect for pupils just learning to associate phonemes and graphemes. It covers all the alphabet and contains one-letter-per-page worksheets with accompanying sheets of pictures for cut and stick work. A large number of additional worksheets can be easily and quickly made from the picture sheets: instructions are included. The sheets are ideal for early learners and for older children in need of learning support. Includes alternative letter forms for some letters. Learning First Numbers is also available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

This pack of 13 pages contains grids to support: Long multiplication for 2 by 2 digits Rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 Vertical number line 2 differentiated place value boards to aid multiplying and dividing by multiples of 10 and aligning sums correctly Bus stop division with remainder Bus stop division with decimal answers All boards except the vertical number line come with an instruction sheet to guide how to use the board. Please note that I have also provided a grid for long multiplication 2 digits by 1 digit, which is available as a free download to try out. I have developed these boards through my work with students with difficulties in maths including dyscalculia. I have found these structured guides support learning and allow processes to be understood. They aid students to learn using this scaffolding approach, which can be taken away when they feel more confident. These boards are ideal for laminating so they can be used repeatedly.

The resource is designed and created in PowerPoint to help all professional bodies working with children. They can be used as a poster or within a presentation regarding SpLD. These mind maps can assist SENCO's, teachers, support staff etc within primary or secondary education as part of staff training or building awareness. There are four posters all together: Dysgraphia Dyslexia Dyscalculia Dyspraxia

Help children build confidence, coordination, and independence with Balance It Out, a comprehensive digital toolkit designed for educators, therapists, and families supporting children with motor difficulties, including those with Dyspraxia (DCD). This downloadable resource includes: Practical, easy-to-follow exercises for home or school Colour-coded traffic light system to differentiate difficulty levels Customisable progress trackers and motor assessments Creative Idea Jars and sensory-motor activities Dyspraxia Checklist and profile mapping tools Strategies for inclusion, handwriting, organisation, and more Perfect for intervention groups, individual support, or integration into PE and classroom learning. Developed by expert educators with decades of SEN experience. Format: PDF Licence: Permitted for use with multiple children in one educational setting. Not for resale or sharing.

•12 sets of pec cards for children and adults with special needs. Including Autism. •Each set is lightly different so that they can be easily identified. •Great to use for those who struggle with verbal communication or changes in routine. Good for praise, behaviour modification and general day to day understanding. •Can be made into fans or keyrings or used separately to plan routines. •Example of each set is shown on the picture but each set includes more than just the cards shown, with full details shown below. •Every person has differing needs – should you want extra pictures added into any of the sets, please just let us know and we will add them in for you free of charge. •The 12 sets are as follows: •Autism awareness: explains to others what Autism is and helps with interaction. Cards include: explanation of Autism, explanation of behaviour, explanation of verbal understanding, cards to be completed by carer – things I like, things I don’t like, I get upset when…, the calm down when…, ways I communicate…, photo of me, my address is, my school is… •Behaviour cards – traffic light think, red light, yellow light, green light, well done, good, stop, think. •Dangers: cards include – danger, electricity, do not touch, do not eat, do not drink, sharp, slippery, hot, yes, no, stop, poison •Difficulties: cards include – too hot, too cold, it hurts, too crowded, noisy, smelly, messy, too bright, tastes bad, tired, sick, hungry, lonely, angry, sad •Going out: cards include out, home, dog, walk, car, bike, bus, taxi, school, shop, park, doctors, hospital, dentist, family, holiday, train, swimming, bowling •Emotions: cards include – happy, sad, confused, angry, scared, tired, excited, surprised •Medical and help needed: cards include – medicine, tablets, bandage, crutches, injection, help, wheelchair, teacher, doctor, nurse, nappy, insulin, sanitary towel, tampon, underwear, bin, first aid, glasses, hearing aid, plaster •Home to school routine: cards included – wake up, get dressed, wash, teeth, hair, breakfast, school bag, car, seat belt, school, home, homework, toilet •Instructions: cards include – ask, sit, quiet, choose, listen, wait, line, tidy, eat, drink, sleep •Lessons: cards include – maths, English, science, reading, library, music, PE, computers, group work, art, writing, outside, lunch, snack, home, assembly, religion, cooking, swimming, history, geography, blank card to add extras. •Toilet routines: cards include – need toilet? Shut door, pants down, sit down, change, wee (girl), wee (boy), poo, wipe, throw tissue, stand up, pants up, wash hands, dry hands •Morning routines: cards include – wake up, toilet, wash, dry, brush teeth, comb hair, get dressed, breakfast, shoes, coat.