I teach a mixed SLD/PMLD class in secondary school working below the national curriculum. I use a multi-sensory, personalised approach to teaching. My background is also in early years and I think most of my resources are suitable for both as I always plan practical, fun activities.
I teach a mixed SLD/PMLD class in secondary school working below the national curriculum. I use a multi-sensory, personalised approach to teaching. My background is also in early years and I think most of my resources are suitable for both as I always plan practical, fun activities.
Animal pictures ready to cut out. I gave them to children in small groups and called out the different ways I wanted them to sort them. We were specifically focusing on animal attributes. Eg has wings / doesn’t have wings, has two legs / doesn’t have two legs.
Cute Dear Santa letter writing work sheet with visual of Santa. I put a photo of the student at the end of the letter too by the line to write their name. My students loved this and their parents did! Very motivational and engaging.
LO: Compare pictures of young and adult animals / Attempts to match pictures of young and adult animals
This was made for my SEN class but perfect for foundation.
Front cover for a duckling observation diary. I made this when we had duckling eggs and made observations every day. The students can see the life cycle from the picture on the front cover that can be coloured in.
Hygiene worksheet with visual cues. Complete the sentences by writing in or sticking in the missing words. Focuses on brushing teeth, washing face and hair. Used in special needs school but suitable for EYFS or lower primary. Great PSHE resource.
LO: I can find out how the weather affects what people wear.
First we watched a weather forecast on youtube and talked about the symbols used. We looked at these together. The class then completed the first page worksheet. I asked the children to describe what they would say for each symbol relating it to clothes, ie "It's sunny so wear a hat". They wrote a sentence for each symbol. In small groups I gave them each a strip of the weather symbols (page 2) to colour in. They then presented a weather forecast, sticking their symbols on the map and saying what they had written for their symbol. This worked really well.
Powerpoint for an assembly about charity. I used this in my special school. There is an activity for the students to play music linked to how giving all adds up. Simple and sensory!
Visually stimulating, lots of pictures, simple to read and understand. I made them for my secondary SEN class but perfect for primary age. Great to start lessons and recap at the end or revisit next lesson.
Useful information handouts to promote discussion about Native American Indian clothes -the patterns etc and another information handout specifically about headdresses. I gave these out to each student, discussed them in small groups and then made our own clothes by printing designs on material and headdresses using feathers. 2 lessons from these.
Worksheets to sort, cut and stick pictures (included) and matching worksheet all about the earth, moon and sun. B squared Science Earth and Space P7, P8 and NC level 1 -specific learning objectives on worksheets. Suitable for special needs and EYFS.
Use these as a number line, book, visual in a song etc. 10 posters of African animals in their natural habitat -all different. ie 1 tiger, 2 lions, all the way to 10 lemurs.
I use these to laminate and make into books for my secondary SEN class. The focus is initial sounds. I make the books using the letters of their names as these are the most important letters for them.
