4th year teacher sharing classroom resources! Currently working at a SEN secondary school for pupils with MLD, ASC, and SEMH needs. The majority of the resources here will be primary curriculum edited for secondary pupils, or secondary resources simplified.
4th year teacher sharing classroom resources! Currently working at a SEN secondary school for pupils with MLD, ASC, and SEMH needs. The majority of the resources here will be primary curriculum edited for secondary pupils, or secondary resources simplified.
A visually supported year reflection, allowing pupils to choose which topic in Maths, English, and Science they enjoyed the most, along with one thing they are proud of and one thing they are excited for next year. This is an editable template aimed at SEN year 7, but that uses the primary KS1/2 curriculum.
Year 7 SEN activity sheet to support a lesson in understanding the power and importance of music in films. Pupils explore different movie clips, with and without music, and identify how they feel. Next pupils answer some simple questions, and then write or draw some films with music that they enjoy.
This follows the KS 2 National curriculum.
An editable homework grid aimed at SEN Year 7, following the KS1/2 curriculum. Every subject has a visual and an activity, and these can be changed to suit your class.
An SEN science lesson about how fossils are formed in sedimentary rocks, from the KS 2 National Curriculum.
Opening activity are some questions about rocks to recap (with prompts), a quick speaking and listening task, some key learning, a BBC bitesize video, and a worksheet activity (fill in the blanks, experiment, story board for fossils being formed)
Using bread, pupils can put a gummy on, add another slice, add a gummy, etc. When pupils press the bread down the way sediment would be compacted, and then lift off the bread, they will see the imprint of their gummy very clearly. This is how a fossil is made.
An SEN Year 7 science lesson from the KS National curriculum about the earth’s structure. Includes 4 recap questions about rocks, some key learning, a bbc bitesize video, and the investigation prompts. Two adapted worksheets with/without visual symbols are included.
Using oreos and oat biscuits (for different rocks) crumbled and crushed into a plastic cup with vegetable oil (plant matter) gummy worms or bears (animal matter) and coco powder, pupils can make their own soil and then eat it if they wish.
A SEN Year 7 worksheet but based on the KS2 curriculum topic of the Mayan civilisation. Using clips from the BBC bitesize video about the change in Mayan society pupils will either fill in the blanks, or fill in the blanks and draw pictures to explain what happened to the Mayans
A SEN Year 7 lesson matched to the National Curriculum, investigating how long it takes for white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate to melt. Briefly looks at the science behind why one might melt quicker than the other. Worksheet has hypothesis, method, labelling a diagram, filling in a table, and a conclusion. PPT includes a speaking and listening warm up, 2 videos to go along with teaching input.
I’ve made a visual step by step instruction to help pupils understand telling the time past the hour, and 2 the hour, in 5 min intervals, as they find it quite tricky. Aimed at SEN year 7, suitable for any KS with pupils learning to tell the time.
This lesson is a life skills one aimed at Year 7 SEN pupils. It would also be suitable for KS 1/2. This lesson touches on why adults need to be prepared for the event of an emergency, how these things help until emergency services arrive, or how they can be used to stop other help from being needed. Pupils then have a research task, using ipads, to google basic first aid items (plasters, gauze, medical scissors, smoke alarms, torches, etc) to see how much these things cost in real life. There are questions to promote discussion as well.
This is a complete lesson aimed at answering the question: What was Mayan culture like? It was taught to a year 7 SEN group and follows the KS 1/2 National Curriculum. There are 5 quick recap questions to start (with visual prompts to scaffold learning) and then the lesson is based around the BBC Teach videos and using a sheet with visuals and sentence stems to gather information about what a day in the life of a Maya person would be like. The day in the life sheet is attached and all videos are linked in the ppt.
This is a lesson based on Brene Brown’s Video about Emapthy (Kid friendly) version. It is aimed at SEN year 7 pupils, so would be suitable for SEN or KS 1/2. It defines empathy, identifies the 4 steps in empathy, and presents social scenarios where empathy would need to be used, and offers scaffolds to support responses.
This is a complete lesson to go with the Texts that Teach book, Penguins. Included is a ppt with a speaking and listening warm up, a recap of past learning, differentiated learning for 3 levels, pupil activity sheets, and adult instructions for supported scaffolding / assessing learning.
Essential Learning Question: Can I identify nouns / verbs / adjectives for my innovated research? Warm up: Can I make sentences that make sense? Can I identify features of sentences from my imitated text?
This is a lesson that was taught for year 7 SEN, but is following the primary Texts that Teach sequence!
This is a complete lesson covering rock hardness, permeability, and an acid test. This includes a 5 min speaking and listening activity asking pupils to describe some rocks, a ppt with a quick recap of past learning (alive vs not alive, grains vs crystals, etc), before guiding learning for the lesson. Adult instructions are included for the teacher and / or other class adults, including questions to ask to scaffold and assess learning. A recording sheet for pupils is included, and there is a stretch activity if needed as well.
This lesson was made for year 7 SEN class, however, the learning objective is from the KS2 science curriculum!
This is a complete lesson (lesson plan, powerpoint, warm up activity with visuals, worksheet) for 3 adapted groups within the texts that teach sequence. Pupils work in their groups, with their texts, to box up their writing.
Essential Learning Question: Can I write up my innovated text?
Warm up: Can I make sentences that make sense? Can I sequence sentences in order from the text? Can I identify past tense verbs?
This is a full lesson on road safety for ks3 pupils, or pupils with SEN who are learning the importance of road awareness and safety. This includes a starter speaking and listening activity with visuals to support, group discussions, activities, and a reflection to assess learning. This lesson focuses on drivers, passengers, and pedestrian responsibilities when using the road, the risks each might face, the impacts of choosing safe or risky choices, and how to prevent risky choices.
These are 3 A4 boards set up to be used as ALD’s, for pupils to communicate how they are feeling and identify a strategy to help them. I use them in my classroom with verbal pupils, which has had a really positive impact with independence, regulation, and communication. Great as a display, or a print out to use
A homework grid set up as optional, but learning based, activities for pupils to complete at home over the spring 1 half term. Each box is related to a subject, with visuals to help. Aimed at KS1-2, or SEN pupils, but this is editable!
