pdf, 3.28 MB
pdf, 3.28 MB

This module is designed to support pupils with booking train tickets and catching a train. It is ideal for teenagers and young adults with special educational needs (SEN) who are learning essential life skills.

Developed with accessibility in mind, this resource provides authentic, practical activities that prepare learners for real-world train travel. It works particularly well alongside Network Rail’s Our Autism Friendly Guide to Travelling by Train (free to download online).

What’s included:

  • Glossary of common train travel terms
  • Realistic online extract of train times and prices
  • Reading comprehension questions about buying tickets
  • Examples of both paper and digital tickets
  • Packing activity: what to take on a train journey
  • Questions on what to do at the station
  • Train seating plan with comprehension tasks about choosing seats
  • Role-play and discussion prompts for handling common travel challenges

Skills developed:

  • Understanding different types of train tickets
  • Planning journeys in advance
  • Interpreting signs, maps, and diagrams
  • Problem-solving when things go wrong

Most of the text is presented in a dyslexia-friendly font (14pt) to support accessibility and ease of reading.

This is an engaging, highly practical module that helps SEN learners build confidence, independence, and essential life skills through realistic, relatable activities.

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SEN Life Skills Bundle – Organisation, Travel, Budgeting & Medicine Labels

Support teenagers and young adults with special educational needs (SEN) in building confidence, independence and essential life skills with this value bundle of four resources. Perfect for SEN teaching, Functional Skills preparation, or PSHE lessons, this bundle provides realistic, accessible activities to help learners apply literacy and numeracy skills to everyday situations. This bundle includes: **Schedules & Organisation SEN Life Skills** * Learn to read timetables, calendars and letters * Create to-do lists and timelines * Practise organisation for school, medical, and social events **Catching a Train SEN Life Skills * Explore train timetables, tickets and station facilities * Glossary of railway terms * Role-play different travel scenarios **Supermarket Budgeting SEN Life Skills*** * Compare prices and offers with authentic grocery sheets * Loyalty card activities and application form * Budgeting and decision-making tasks **Reading Medicine Labels SEN Life Skills** * Interpret medicine labels and instructions * Practise safe decision-making * Comprehension and problem solving activities Why this bundle? * Real-world, relatable contexts * Dyslexia-friendly font (14pt) for improved accessibility * Develops literacy, numeracy and problem-solving * Encourages independence and everyday confidence Skills covered: * Reading timetables, signs and labels * Budgeting and cost comparisons * Planning and organisation * Safe choices with medication * Problem solving and flexibility Perfect for SEN support, life skills sessions, Functional Skills prep, or independent living programmes.

£10.00

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