Back After Half-Term: SEN English Lesson

Your first SEN English lesson after half-term, ready to teach: a visual mystery, four differentiated levels and no compulsory writing.

Special Delivery gives your class a reason to look, wonder and join in. A mysterious parcel has arrived. Pupils investigate clues, meet Pip and choose how to help the visitor get home.

What this gives you

• A ready-to-project hook when you need an engaging first lesson back.
• A clear five-step visual routine to support returning to classroom learning.
• One shared story with four learning levels, so you can teach the group together.
• Ways to participate through pointing, gesture, speech, AAC, drawing, dictation or writing.
• A teacher guide showing what to say, when to hand out each sheet and possible responses.

Exactly what you receive: 3 PDFs

• PROJECT Adventure: 14 landscape pages with visual clues, two story routes, a shared map mission, a complete ending, retelling and an optional continuation.
• PRINT Activities: 15 A4 pages: 12 pupil activity pages (three per level), a communication board, an optional shared finish and a cover.
• START HERE Teacher Guide: 6 pages with the quick start, handout timings, prompts, possible responses and selected England National Curriculum English links.

Four clearly labelled learning levels

• 1 / Early KS1 - red: pictured choices and supported responses.
• 2 / KS1 - green: word banks and sentence frames.
• 3 / Early KS2 - gold: clues, predictions and reasons.
• 4 / KS2 - blue: alternative explanations and a short continuation.

These describe learning demand, not chronological age. Designed for mixed-attainment SEN groups, including learners aged 11-14 working on foundational English; also suitable for primary classes where the content matches pupils’ needs.

Open. Project. Teach.

Follow the suggested 15-minute screen-only route, or extend to approximately 25-35 minutes with selected activities. No cutting, laminating or special equipment. No internet needed after download. Pupils may watch first; writing is optional.

Practise vocabulary, prediction, giving reasons, sequencing and retelling through one complete adventure. Adult read-aloud and modelling are expected. Timing depends on your class.

Static PDFs with optional internal navigation; no PowerPoint or editable files. Original illustrated communication supports, not a licensed symbol system. Text is selectable; PDFs are not fully tagged. Original resource with AI-assisted illustrations, edited and checked by Mrs Nadal SEN Resources.