FREE ASN SEND Admin & IT Lesson: Excel

Try Lesson 1 of Paws Rescue Centre: Office Helper free. It is a complete, ready-to-teach Admin & IT lesson written for pupils with additional support needs (ASN) and SEND, not a sample with pages missing.

Pupils become the office helper at an animal rescue centre. In Meet the Animals they update the centre’s animal list in Excel: they add three new animals, change two details and delete a row. Every step is one short instruction with a genuine Microsoft 365 screenshot and a CHECK, so pupils can see they are right.

Who it is for

S1–S3 at CfE Second to Third Level, KS3 SEND, nurture groups, ASN bases and National 3 or National 4 Administration and IT groups.

Built for ASN from the start

• One instruction per step (15 words or fewer), a screenshot and a CHECK.
• Arial 14pt+, 1.5 spacing, no italics, cream PDF versions.
• Supported, Core and Extend routes shown by symbol as well as colour.
• Visual timetable, First/Then board and a now/next strip on every slide.
• A5 task cards: one skill per card, with a screenshot.
• A paper version of the task, and a scribe or Dictate route.
• Speaker notes on regulation, reducing demand, language, and checking without cold-calling.
• No animations; checked with the Microsoft Accessibility Checker.

What is included

• A slide deck with full speaker notes.
• A lesson plan with 60- and 50-minute timings, stop points and look-fors.
• A one-page PSA briefing.
• Task sheets (white and cream) and A5 task cards for all three routes.
• Pupil files and teacher solutions for each route.
• Printables: visual timetable, First/Then board, route cards, key word cards, exit ticket and the paper animal list.
• A teacher guide with adjustments by need, accessibility tools in Microsoft 365 and a curriculum map.

Ready for Monday

Read the lesson plan, copy the pupil files to a shared area, print the task cards and open the slides. The lesson has two stop points, so pupils who need more time can finish next session.

Curriculum

CfE TCH 2-01a and TCH 3-01a; National 3 and National 4 IT Solutions for Administrators 1.1 (editing a worksheet); KS3 computing.

The full unit

Adds sorting, AutoSum and charts in Excel, a Word business letter with a picture and alt text, Outlook email with an attachment and a calendar event, a practical check with mark scheme and an I can tracker. Search “Paws Rescue Centre” in my shop.

Paws Rescue Centre is fictional. Microsoft 365 is a Microsoft trademark; not endorsed by Microsoft.