A selection of resources which have been created to use with students of varying ages and ability levels. Aimed specifically at supporting those with SEND or working at foundation levels who are 14+ or post-16
Many units can be adapted to you curriculum, including assessments and can form the basis of schemes of work for your organisation.
A selection of resources which have been created to use with students of varying ages and ability levels. Aimed specifically at supporting those with SEND or working at foundation levels who are 14+ or post-16
Many units can be adapted to you curriculum, including assessments and can form the basis of schemes of work for your organisation.
5 page workbook on the subject of developing confidence and self esteem for entry level 2 and 3 students with special educational needs.
Covers criteria such as:
Ways that being confident can affect your day to day life
The meaning of confidence and self esteem
How to be more confident
How confidence and self esteem can be damaged
How to build confidence
Feelings linked to self esteem
Set of 7 PowerPoint lesson plans for the unit including timed tasks with music and video clips.
Also includes the 18 page assessment workbook. Used for students at entry level 2 and 3 although can easily be adapted for different levels. Fits OCN West Midlands criteria but can be used for other awarding bodies, RARPA or Asdan type qualifications.
Criteria covered include:
Labelling different types of food
Perishable foods
Contamination
How to store different types of foods
Long lasting foods and how to store them
Safe handling of food
Chopping boards/colours
Use-by dates and best before dates
How to tell whether food is still fresh
An 11 page workbook aimed at Level 1 students on the topic of personal career planning. Contains 9 separate tasks.
Features a vocational scenario which encourages students to think about their own abilities, strengths and qualities, as well as planning a careers campaign. This part of the assignment can be used as much or as little as possible to stretch the unit over more weeks of delivery.
Covers criteria which link with OCN/AIM qualifications but can easily be tailored to individual awarding bodies, non-accredited programmes of study, RARPA etc.
Easily differentiated by task and editable to enable it to be changed to best suit individual students.
Learning aims:
Understand own strengths, qualities, skills and abilities
Understand sources of information, advice and guidance for career planning
Understand how own abilities relate to potential learning progression and career opportunity
Know how to plan for transition to the next stage of education, training or work
Continuation of Applying for jobs and courses lessons including workbook. Topics covered include:
Positive attitudes and behaviours at work, the difference between positive and negative behaviours, comparisons of expected behvaiours at work compared to school/college.
Pack of 8 lessons including worksheets and assignment booklet on personal health. Designed to be delivered to foundation students at entry level 2 and 3. Can be used with OCN West Midlands units or as PSD. Can be adapted to suit needs of individual students.
Cover topics such as:
Common illnesses, symptoms and how to look after yourself,
Healthy lifestyle choices,
How much sugar is in the food and drink we consume,
Pulse and heart rate after activity and plotting results into a graph.
Full workbook/assignments, differentiated for entry levels 2 and 3 on using domestic appliances. Includes 10 week scheme of work with references to E&D, maths and English, assessment and activity suggestions.
A useful resources to use with students who are 14+ with SEND to support them in using appliances safely within the home, educational or work environment. Linked to the OCN specification for Living Independently should you wish to use it for formal assessment however can easily be adapted for RARPA or other awarding bodies.
Criteria includes:
What domestic appliances are and what they are used for
What are the risks and control measures
Practically showing the students can use appliances safely
Safety guides, risk assessments
Supplementing activities suggested in scheme of work.
An 18 page workbook containing 11 comprehensive tasks covering the following learning outcomes:
• Extract the main events, in continuous, descriptive, explanatory and persuasive text
• Extract detail and inferred meaning from texts
• Identify the different purposes of written texts
• Identify how language is used to support the purpose of texts
• Identify specific points and arguments in texts, showing how they are presented
• Respond to information from a text
• Use organisational features to locate information
• Use secondary sources to assist in understanding meaning
Created to work alongside AIM qualifications Reading unit which is 3 credits. Delivered to SEND students 16+ however can be adapted to suit as needed.
17 page workbooks at entry level 2 and 3 on personal presentation, used for students with special educational needs.
Fits with the OCN West Midlands Living Independently unit but can easily be adapted to other awarding bodies to create a scheme of work and lesson plans.
Covers criteria such as:
Why personal presentation is important
Main features of the face and skin
Complexion types
Face and skin care products
Hair care
Washing, drying and styling hair
Using equipment safely
Risks and risk management
14 page workbooks at entry level 2 and 3 which can be differentiated for other levels if needed. Based on the topic of personal hygiene and making choices.
Used to support students with special educational needs and can be used to create a whole unit scheme of work and lesson plans.
Can also be split into two units (1 x making choices and 1 x personal hygiene)
Fits with OCN West Midlands criteria for Living Independently courses however can be easily adapted to other awarding bodies.
Contains criteria such as:
Understanding the need for good personal hygiene
Routines
Toiletry products and their uses
Different choices that we make in our lives
Washing clothes
Oral health and products available
Consequences of choices that we make
Workbook to be used with entry level students with special educational needs based on household shopping. Entry levels 2 and 3.
12 page workbook covering criteria such as:
Types of shop
Items that can be purchased
Planning a shopping trip
Scenarios
Short and long term planning for items to purchase
An 18 page workbook including 17 comprehensive tasks to meet the following outcomes:
• State sources of income
• State items of personal expenditure
• Give examples of essential and non-essential expenditure
• Outline difficulties of coping on a limited budget
• Give examples of ways to minimise difficulties above
• Give examples of financial transactions
• Outline methods of paying for goods or services
• Outline methods of paying money into an account
• Identify items on a payslip and financial statement
• Outline benefits of and ways to save money
• Create and analyse a budget plan
• Outline personal spending
Created to fit alongside delivery of AIM qualifications unil: Personal budgeting and managing money, delivered to L1 learners with SEND however can easily be adapted by levle and need.
7 page workbook on using buses and trains safely - aimed at Entry level 2 students with special educational needs.
Can be used to support with a whole unit of study. Contains aims such as:
Preparing to travel - planning routes, using timetables and websites
Long and short journeys
Practical of travelling on a bus or train with a tutor observation record
Scenarios about travelling safely
Hazards that you may spot and how to reduce them
10 page workbook to support students in identifying their skills and achievements in order to set targets for development.
Links to career progression as key part of the assignment is to research careers that students are interested in and look at the skills/qualifications and qualities required for these.
Planned to use with OCN /AIM L1 skills for living and work but can easily be adapted to suit different awarding bodies or used as standalone non accredited work with groups or one to one.
Initial lesson included as a guide to how this has been delivered.
A 12 page workbook with varied tasks to support students in developing their understanding of how to approach problems in the workplace.
Can be used to support students on employability programmes, or those with paid/voluntary jobs/apprenticeships or work placements.
Uses a vocational scenario to encourage thinking and problem solving approaches. Embed English, maths and employability skills.
Written to be used with the OCN/AIM learning outcomes however can easily be amended to suit different awarding bodies, independent study, one to one teaching or home learning.
Originally created for use with students during the lockdown period but would be suitable for 1 hour lessons in class. Created for students working at entry level 3 and level 1, foundation studies in further education.
Four PowerPoint presentations covering healthy lifestyles:
Lesson 1 - What makes a balanced diet? Food groups.
Lesson 2 - Impact of a healthy/unhealthy lifestyle on health and more detail on some health conditions.
Lesson 3 - Benefits of exercise + what happens to the body when you exercise.
Lesson 4 - What vitamins A-K and Iron to for the body and health conditions that can be caused by a poor diet.
Lesson 5-7 - emotional, physical and mental wellbeing.
This follows and links to the unit of Healthy Lifestyles from the OCN Skills for Living and Work qualification but can be easily adapted to suit other curriculum.
Workbook for all activities included.
Workbooks for choosing clothing and footwear at entry level 2 and 3.
Based on OCN West Midlands spec. but can easily be adapted to suit a range of foundation qualifications including RARPA, ASDAN, Pearson etc.
Main outcomes are:
Understanding size, shape and clothing styles
Suitable clothing and footwear for different seasons and weather conditions
Where to purchase clothing and footwear
Workbooks contain a range of tasks including:
Posters
PowerPoint presentation
Cut and stick
Sentence writing
Labelling diagrams
Free writing Q&A
Can be used to create a scheme of work or weekly lesson plans using tasks in order.
A 20 page workbook aimed at Foundation level students (Entry level 3 and L1). Covers the following outcomes:
Outline your personal skills and qualities and explore how these may influence and support your progression choices.
Be able to use advice and guidance for own learning needs.
Apply, prepare for, and take part in an interview for chosen course/s.
Reflect and review your progress and identify any ongoing support needs.
A good tool for those who are unsure of their next steps and allows additional support input/advice and guidance to be given and recorded.
Used for young people with EHCP’s and additional needs however can be adapted to specific EHCP outcomes or individual targets.
Can be adapted for different schools/colleges to fit in information about your specific careers guidance.
An 18-page workbook designed to meet the following criteria:
Read and understand different types of texts
Understand that language and structure affect purpose
Respond to main points and ideas in a text
Use organisational and structural features to locate information
Covers topics such as:
Continous, descriptive, explanatory and persuasive texts
Detail and inferred meaning
Purpose of text
How language supports purpose of text
Arguments in a text
Respond to information from text
Organisational features in a text
Using secondary sources
A 14 page workbook including 7 comprehensive tasks to meet the following learning outcomes:
• Reading short text on familiar topics
• Identify purpose of different texts
• Recognise key words, symbols and signs in texts
• Use headings, illustrations and captions to find information
• Sequence information in alphabetical order by first letters
Step by step guide to creating a voiceover on your PowerPoint presentations.
Also covers how to export this into a video to send to your students including some tips and tricks.
Basic step by step guide, you can do more with adding timers, YouTube clips and annotating the screen however this should be enough to get you started.
Useful for virtual learning.