This PowerPoint was used as part of TPL for teachers on setting SMART targets for students with SEND. It is detailed and used to ensure that all staff are invovled in the writing and setting of targets on IEPs/PLPs. Staff feedback on the PowerPoint was positive and teachers felt it helped them with target setting and learning outcomes.

This is a PowerPoint on inclusion. It looks at the key areas of ‘Integration, Segregation, Exclusion and Inclusion’ whilst exploring the impacts of this on school.

A differentiated resource for students with a reading age of between 7-11. This resource enables students to think about writing a recount, using past tense, first person and chronological order. It also enable students to see examples of what a good recount looks like. The tasks are accessible and engaging and are a good way to start Year 8 (English Year 7).

This is a resource for students in English class in Year 8 (English Year 7). It is a differentiated resource for those whose ability ranges from a reading age of 7-10. The tasks are accessible and interesting and students enjoy this unit of work. Students enjoy learning about this genre and the end goal is to get them writing through the eyes of Theseus who faces the Minotaur. They also get to create their own mythical creature and explore colloquial langauge through a drama activity.

A unit of work for Year 9 (English Year 8) on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Involves some aspects of drama, inference, knowledge on the plot and characters of the play and is created in a format which will enable teaching the unit whilst not taking the entire year to read and understand the play. Students enjoy the basic overview of the story, and the elements of performance. The unit includes a mix of group work, paired work, debate and performance. It also includes some writing, and response to Shakespeare’s language whilst also making it accessible to stuents who struggle with reading. The resource package also includes some teacher notes on how to approach each of the tasks.

This resource is the first part of a scheme of work dealing with helping Year 7 students to settle in. This resource will work well for students with ADHD and for those who find getting organised or into a good routine for school; challenging. It is a simple resource for a 30 minute lesson which will make students think about their day time routine to help them become organised for school. It could be used in a Personal Development lesson or for General Studies classes where students are challenged to think about their barriers to learning.