Whole-school physical aids resources

This presentation is aimed to highlight what is required under the new Local inspection and has been compiled following research into other Local inspection and pathfinder outcomes. This presentation identifies requirements to ensure the Local authority is meeting the needs of its stakeholders under the new SEND Code of Practice.

FOUR fantastic units of work for SEN students focusing on using simple design ideas with different materials. DESIGN IT - A PERFECT PLAN is technology focused for hard/soft materials, adapting materials simple design concepts, need/wants and planning projects. DESIGN IT (1) - HARD or RESISTANT materials has wood, metal, plastic projects. DESIGN IT (2) has SOFTER material projects like paper, fabric, wool, food etc. DESIGN IT (3) combines a lot of the ideas to upcycle and use simple craft skills with materials around us. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver all these workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning as they work through tasks. Each workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.

DESIGN IT (1) - HARD or RESISTANT MATERIALS is a fantastic 29 page unit of work and workbooklet filled with simple, visual and active tasks all about seeing objects around us and working out how they were made, with what materials and what each object’s purpose is. The booklet covers basic design ideas, use of objects, plastic/metal/wood sections and a special design project. Some of our everyday objects are simple and easy to use, and other objects can have fancier or special features made from HARD materials. Sometimes an object may look ordinary but have little buttons or switches we don’t notice at first. DESIGN IT (1) HARD MATERIALS is all about looking at the object carefully and what it has been designed to do. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (2) - SOFTER MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.

A 42 page science unit of work and workbooklet for lower secondary science, primary science or special education students. Filled with active, visual and practical tasks about water sources & supply, water cycle, transpiration, evaporation, drought, floods, erosion, rocks, caves, fossils, rock cycle and more. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist science teacher can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, science teachers can add ideas, and many student will self-direct their learning. Workbooklet also includes Additional Teaching Suggestions, Learning Checklists, Learning Feedback sheets.

A 26 page workbooklet for lower secondary science, primary science or special education students. Filled with active, visual and practical tasks about the earth's structure, plate tectonics, earth processes, earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, landform features, national case studies, global case studies and more. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist science teacher can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, science teachers can add ideas, and many student will self-direct their learning. Workbooklet also includes Additional Teaching Suggestions, Learning Checklists, Learning Feedback sheets.

A 30 page unit of work and science workbooklet developed for special education students. Filled with active, visual and practical tasks about describing light, images, light observations, light reflections, refractions, senses for light, eye structure, colour & filters, describing sound, ear structure, sound & vibrations, hearing sound and more. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist science teacher can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, science teachers can add ideas, and many student will self-direct their learning. Workbooklet also includes Additional Teaching Suggestions, Learning Checklists, Learning Feedback sheets.

A 41 page unit of work and workbooklet for special education students. Filled with active, visual and practical tasks about different types of matter and uses, elements, atoms, periodic table, neutrons, electrons, particles, measuring matter, chemical and physical change, mixtures and separating mixtures and more. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist science teacher can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, science teachers can add ideas, and many student will self-direct their learning. Workbooklet also includes Additional Teaching Suggestions, Learning Checklists, Learning Feedback sheets.

EXPLORE IT (3) - is a 20 page workbooklet filled with tasks about using technology around us. EXPLORE IT is all about how we use technology, apps and software to explore different ideas and how it can help us listen and watch more easily. This workbooklet helps show how you can find out information by watching and listening, as well as exploring using new technology and comparing it to technology in the past. Key topics include: different styles of film, popular films, actors/actresses, making documentaries, documentary ideas etc. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also the corresponding literacy EXLORE IT (1) - SOUNDS & MUSIC and EXPLORE IT (2) - FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES workbooklets. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.

Suitable for Pre schoolers, Reception and SEN. Enables learners to demonstrate an understanding of numbers that are bigger and smaller. There are 3 worksheets suitable for less able learners and there are 3 worksheets suitable for more able learners. If laminated the worksheets can be reused over and over again. There are also numbers included from 1-30 that can be laminated and reused if students find writing numbers difficult.

Save yourself £5.00 with this 5 lesson Life Skills Bundle! Only £1 per lesson :) This bundle focuses on Introducing the Course, Interacting with Others, Personal Hygiene, Success and Drink/Drugs/Smoking. Each lesson is unique and uses an array of different tools, activities, plans and case studies to get it's messages across. I am also on hand if you need any further advice/support or tweaks!

This session has been developed to support and refine functional hand use and appropriate receptive and expressive communication strategies of students with SLD and PMLD through the medium of sport. The story uses repetition and rhyme to encourage early anticipation skills through changes in tone of voice. As you will see on the slides the part where ‘Ready set’ is repeated should start as a whisper and get louder and louder to support this anticipation. The story gives a range of suggested activities which can be adapted according to what resources are available in your setting.

In this lesson, students are introduced to good hygiene, and are asked to judge others based on their personal hygiene. This gives them an awareness of their own hygiene levels. They learn the importance of good hygiene, and when they need to practice it, as well as showing them the skills to practice good hygiene with. This lesson has been rated outstanding. Included is the lesson plan for this, which shows differentiation, other tasks you can try, and a step-by step guide to the lesson. There is also a whole lesson powerpoint, and a hygiene activity to the students to complete, discuss and hand in! I am also on hand if you need any tweaks, help, or additional guidance! Enjoy :)