A sensory story with some halloween activity ideas. Created for my PMLD learners - as I realised I hadn’t done anything for Halloween tomorrow! : ) … and thought I’d share in case anyone else was thinking the same. If you have a class or young person that enjoys sensory story activities this might be useful or I hope a handy starting point. It could also be easily adapted to a massage story or something similar. I’ve added some helpful links/URLs to music that I’d play during the suggested activities. At the bottom of each slide is also the story line and an activity idea to explore. Happy Halloween!

A short reading activity for use on an interactive board. Using eight words from a pre-primer Dolch Word list: blue, red, yellow, small, run, play, jump and see. Could be used as a starter activity within a reading lesson. The slides have a photo, an incomplete sentence and a small selection of words. Students press the correct word from the choice of eight to watch it move into the correct place in the sentence.

For students learning about prepositions, this presentation uses the words describing the position of something. This powerpoint is for use with an interactive board or class computer. Students locate the correct word (from a choice of six) to describe whether the cat is in, on, under, behind, beside or in front of the objects. Select the wrong word and it fades to grey, select the correct word and it moves into the correct space in the sentence. This powerpoint also includes printable flash cards where students can match the pictures of the cat with the correct corresponding preposition - in, on, under, behind, beside or in front.

This is a printable PDF of flashcards containing 100 sight words. This also contains a progress tracking sheet for seven lessons, for reviewing every half term. The words on these sheets are an adapted version of the Fry sight word list. This is the first of four lists and contains the words below. the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for, are, as, with, his, they, I, at, be, this, have, from, or, one, had, by, words, but, not, what, all, were, we, when, your, can, said, there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their, if, will, up, other, about, out, many, then, them, these, so, some, her, would, make, like, him, back, into, time, has, look, two, more, write, go, see, number, no, way, could, people, my, than, first, water, been, called, who, blue, sit, now, find, long, down, day, did, get, come, made, may, part.

This is a printable PDF of flashcards containing 100 sight words. This also contains a progress tracking sheet for seven lessons, for reviewing every half term. The words on these sheets are an adapted version of the Fry sight word list. This is the third of four lists and contains the words below. high, every, near, add, food, between, own, below, country, plant, last, school, father, keep, tree, never, start, city, earth, eyes, light, thought, head, under, story, saw, left, don’t, few, while, along, might, close, something, seem, next, hard, open, example, begin, life, always, those, both, paper, together, got, group, often, run, important, until, children, side, feet, car, mile, night, walk, white, sea, began, grow, took, river, four, carry, yellow, once, book, hear, stop, without, second, late, miss, idea, enough, eat, face, watch, far, green, real, almost, let, above, girl, sometimes, mountains, cut, young, talk, soon, list, song, being, leave, family, it’s.

This is a printable PDF of flashcards containing 100 sight words. This also contains a progress tracking sheet for seven lessons, for reviewing every half term. The words on these sheets are an adapted version of the Fry sight word list. This is the second of four lists and contains the words below. over, new, sound, take, only, little, work, know, place, years, live, me, back, give, most, very, after, things, our, just, name, good, sentence, man, think, say, great, where, help, through, much, before, line, right, too, means, old, any, some, tell, boy, follow, came, want, show, also, around, form, three, small, set, put, end, does, another, well, large, must, big, even, such, because, turn, here, why, ask, went, men, read, need, land, different, home, us, move, try, kind, hand, picture, again, change, off, play, spell, air, away, animal, house, point, page, letter, mother, answer, found, study, still, learn, should, red, world.

A PowerPoint presentation for students to use on a touch screen computer or class interactive board. This also includes 2 sets of printable dominoes one with images of coins and one with the corresponding prices. This is an activity for students learning 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, and £1 coins and the corresponding prices. Touch/press the correct price from a choice of three and a ‘Well done!’ slide appears with a thumbs up image. Created for money handling activities with students with special needs. To be used with any class learning to recognise coins and how the value is shown in prices.

This is an activity book for Mother’s Day. It can be used in tutorial time or for a day of activities to celebrate Mother’s Day. The book includes cut out sections to create a portrait of their Mother and a guide to writing a poem for their Mother’s Day card. This activity book also includes a word search of Mother’s names from cartoons and children’s movies: Marge Simpson, Lady Gothel from Tangled and Elastigirl from the Incredibles are some of the names to be found. The book is 7 pages long and can be printed in black and white with a front cover for students to colour-in.

This is a printable PDF of flashcards containing 100 sight words. This also contains a progress tracking sheet for seven lessons, for reviewing every half term. The words on these sheets are an adapted version of the Fry sight word list. This is the fourth of four lists and contains the words below. body, music, colour, stand, sun, questions, fish, area, mark, dog, horse, birds, problem, complete, room, knew, since, ever, piece, told, usually, didn’t, friends, easy, heard, order, red, door, sure, become, top, ship, across, today, during, short, better, best, however, low, hours, black, grandma, happened, whole, measure, remember, early, waves, reached, listen, wind, rock, space, covered, fast, several, hold, himself, toward, five, step, morning, passed, vowel, true, hundred, against, pattern, grandad, table, north, slowly, money, map, farm, pulled, draw, voice, seen, cold, cried, plan, notice, south, sing, war, ground, fall, king, town, I’ll, orange, purple, certain, field, travel, wood, fire, upon.

Interactive PowerPoint presentation for students to use on a touch screen computer or class interactive board. Using the song ten green bottles students count along, answering how many bottles there are. Touch the last bottle in the line and it disappears with a smashing sound. Each of the bottles wobbles when pressed and the correct numbers when selected increase in size with an applause sound effect. Press the wrong number and it fades to grey. Created as a Maths starter activity for students with special needs. To be used with any class learning to count numbers 1-10. Audio for song is not included.

A fun musical freebie I made last year. Each class is to be given a classic Christmas song from one of the slides in the PowerPoint and then create their own music video or musical performance version of it. This was created with an end of term assembly in mind last year, so even when socially distanced in bubbles etc. all pupils could join in. Each slide has an image of a musician/band and is hyperlinked to their song on YouTube (right-click the image) this is for pupils to watch for inspiration. I recommend if pupils are making music videos you then link the pupils versions. Each class can then watch each other’s performances in their class or at an assembly and vote for their Christmas number one - not voting for their own performance of course! You can adapt this in many ways - as an intro to do live performances or perhaps use it for just a bit of fun for staff in the run-up to the holiday. Hope you enjoy!

Whether your class has twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping or nine ladies dancing - this calendar has twelve surprise Christmas songs selected for them. This is a structured way to introduce songs to pupils, they can be used for twelve classes to create their own musical performances or as themes for the last twelve days of school in the run up to the Christmas holiday. Each door/slide will reveal a new picture - right-click over it to see the hyperlinked song choice. The songs linked in this PowerPoint are aimed for primary aged pupils and SEN schools but could work with a range of age groups and settings. Songs include: Frosty the snowman Jingle bells Holly jolly Christmas Santa got stuck up the chimney O Christmas tree Sleigh ride We wish you a merry Christmas

Here is a pupil passport template I use to support my PMLD students. Each year I receive multiple specialist reports for each of my students and share the information with staff working with my class. These passport cards are a very easy way to share the relevant info in simple terms for any staff member that comes into the classroom - So they will know easily how each student communicates, where best to place themselves should they be working with a young person with visual impairment for example etc. Easily add in the key information to support each young person and edit as new information becomes available. These have been helpful in supporting my students and staff and I hope you find them useful too.

A PowerPoint presentation for students to use on a touch screen computer or class interactive board. Sorting activity with 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins. Touch/press the correct coin and it flies into the jar with an applause sound effect and if the wrong coin is pressed it fades in colour. This PowerPoint presentation also includes flashcards to support the activity with images of the coins and the written amount. Created for money handling activities with students with special needs. To be used with any class learning to recognise and sort 1p - £2 coins.