Supporting Learning (SL) believes education should be engaging, fun, creative and achievable for all. We want you focusing on building relationships and engaging your students rather than creating resources and curriculums, so our workbooklets are visual, active, practical and affordable and the SL themes are relevant, flexible and engaging. We make sure it is about the RIGHT resource, for the RIGHT student at the RIGHT time!!! Enjoy browsing!
Supporting Learning (SL) believes education should be engaging, fun, creative and achievable for all. We want you focusing on building relationships and engaging your students rather than creating resources and curriculums, so our workbooklets are visual, active, practical and affordable and the SL themes are relevant, flexible and engaging. We make sure it is about the RIGHT resource, for the RIGHT student at the RIGHT time!!! Enjoy browsing!
HELP ME (2) - SEEKING HELP workbooklet is 15 pages with a wide range of interesting tasks about seeking support from different people at home and at school. This workbooklet helps a student identify different problems they may face both at school and in the community. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also HELP ME (1) - SYMBOLS & SIGNS and HELP ME (3) - SUPPORT workbooklets.
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.
SPEAK IT (3) - is an 16 page workbooklet with many practical every day speaking and listening tasks for students with special educational needs. SPEAK IT is all about communicating with those around us using verbal or speaking skills as well as understanding body language and listening skills. We often read or write small amounts of information every day and we often have to share with others. Sometimes we combine reading, writing and speaking skills and to help others understand our thoughts. We often use speaking skills without realising it, so this workbooklet will help you understand what skills you already use when speaking and learn some new ones!
Key topics include: types of speaking, when we speak or listen, speech tools, everyday speaking, putting it all into practice. 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 READ IT (1) and WRITE IT (2) 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.
CHANGING FACES (1) - EMOTIONS is a 19 page workbooklet with over 20 practical every day tasks, ideas, research about our emotions and expressions. This workbooklet introduces how we use emotions in our life every day and deal with others people’s emotions too. We often have to deal with situations that can trigger STRESS, ANGER, FEAR & GRIEF so there are tasks that specifically work through each emotion and strategies for how to manage them. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also CHANGING FACES (2) - EMOTIONS & REACTIONS and CHANGING FACES (3) - SUPPORT 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.
PRESENT IT (2) - TOOLS & PROJECTS is a 15 page workbooklet with practical every day tasks, ideas, basic presentation skills for students to use. It is all about what we do with information after we have found it and how we communicate it with other people! Every day there is new information around us that we hear for the first time, we link to what we know or it adds to our knowledge. There are different ways we can present our information and in the modern world, there are many different tools and apps to help us. This workbooklet is going to help link ideas to the world around us and then present ideas in a variety of ways.
This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also RESEARCH IT (1) - SKILLS & THE WIDER WORLD and LITERACY (3) - SKILLS MAKING SENSE 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.
READ IT (1) - is a 26 page workbooklet with many practical every day reading tasks. READ IT is all about communicating with those around us in a range of ways. It is useful to be confident in using reading in everyday situations so that when it happens, students already have some ideas of what to do. Picking out key words, headings and ideas in notes, pictures, videos and text helps us all to quickly understand what key messages are.
Key topics include: types of reading, when we read, reading tools, everyday reading, reading comprehension, putting it all into practice. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also the corresponding literacy WRITE IT (2) and SPEAK IT (3) 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.
WRITE IT (2) - is an 18 page workbooklet with many practical every day writing tasks. WRITE IT is all about communicating with those around us using writing. We often write small amounts of information to communicate with others and we often have to write/type short notes to share with others. Sometimes we combine both different skills and add reading, speaking to communicate with others.
Key topics include: types of writing, when we writing, writing tools, everyday writing, putting it all into practice. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also the corresponding literacy READ IT (1) and SPEAK IT (3) 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.
SAFETY FIRST (2) - CYBER SAFETY workbooklet is 12 pages with 12 great tasks about SEN students keeping safe. The CYBER SAFETY workbooklet is all about practical strategies for keeping safe every day for students needing simple, visual material to understand everyday challenges. As we face modern challenges with technology, it is important to learn ways to keep ourselves safe. It is often a good idea to have thought about solutions to problems before so we can act quickly. 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 SAFETY FIRST (1) - PERSONAL SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST (3) - ROAD SAFETY and SAFETY FIRST (4) - WATER & TRAVEL SAFETY workbooklets.
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.
SAFETY FIRST (4) - WATER SAFETY workbooklet is 12 pages with 18 great tasks about SEN students keeping safe in or near water. The WATER SAFETY workbooklet is all about practical strategies for keeping safe every day for students needing simple, visual material to understand everyday challenges. We hear many stories about people getting into trouble in the water or when they are boating. We want to make sure people think first about situations that could get them into trouble in the water and have the right skills and equipment to keep themselves and others safe. 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 SAFETY FIRST (1) - PERSONAL SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST (2) - CYBER SAFETY and SAFETY FIRST (3) - ROAD SAFETY workbooklets.
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.
CHANGING FACES (1) - EMOTIONS is a 19 page workbooklet with over 20 practical every day tasks for SEN students about about our emotions and expressions. This workbooklet introduces how we use emotions in our life every day and deal with others people’s emotions too. We often have to deal with situations that can trigger STRESS, ANGER, FEAR & GRIEF so there are tasks that specifically work through each emotion and strategies for how to manage them. 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 CHANGING FACES (2) - EMOTIONS & REACTIONS and CHANGING FACES (3) - SUPPORT 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.
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 PERFECT PLAN is a 34 page technology focused workbooklet for SEN students filled with over 45 tasks that focus on simple design ideas, concept ideas, hard and soft material planning, adapting materials, understanding needs and wants tasks and how to make plans to start and complete projects. t is full of creative tasks and their imagination will enjoy exploring new ideas! And maybe they will even be able to make some cheap and fun gifts to give to people so they can enjoy UPCYCLING too! 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 (1) - HARD (RESISTANT) MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (2) - SOFTER MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT workbooklets
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.
MEASURE IT (1) - WEIGHT is practical every day measuring tasks for SEN students where we use weight measurements to identify weights of different items etc. We use measuring weight and estimations in everyday activities like cooking, baking, building and travel. 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 MEASURE IT (2) - LENGTH, MEASURE IT (3) - VOLUME.
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.
GROWING UP (1) - FRIENDSHIPS unit of work and workbooklet is written for SEN students with interesting tasks, ideas, research about friendships and growing up. GROWING UP is an important topic that can be different for everyone. We all experience different feelings and relationships and this workbooklet is a start to think about growing up for each student. We all have a range of different friends that we interact with, and these friends can change over years or as we move around. Sometimes it is good to appreciate what being a good friend is and how we can improve friendships. 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 GROWING UP (2) - RELATIONSHIPS and GROWING UP (3) - CONVERSATIONS
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.
ORGANISE ME (1) - TIME is an active, visual and practical workbooklet for students with special educational needs. It offers 15 interesting tasks that explore reading time, understanding time, when time is important, planning events and more. The workbooklet is flexible to deliver by different levels of staff, encourages self-directed learning and has learning checklists and learning feedbacks to provide evidence for assessments.
ORGANISE ME (2) - CALENDARS is an active, visual and practical workbooklet for students with special educational needs. It offers 8 interesting tasks that explore different types of calendars, using calendars, recording events and more. The workbooklet is flexible to deliver by different levels of staff, encourages self-directed learning and has learning checklists and learning feedbacks to provide evidence for assessments.
ORGANISE ME (1) - TIME is an active, visual and practical workbooklet for students with special educational needs. It offers 15 interesting tasks that explore reading time, understanding time, when time is important, planning events and more. The workbooklet is flexible to deliver by different levels of staff, encourages self-directed learning and has learning checklists and learning feedbacks to provide evidence for assessments.
CHANGING FACES (2) - EMOTIONS & REACTIONS is a workbooklet with over 21 practical every day tasks, ideas, research about our emotions and reactions. This workbooklet introduces how we react in our life every day and deal with others people’s emotions too. Sometimes it’s hard to communicate how we feel and what makes us feel a certain way. There are lots of things that can combine to make us feel a certain way. These can be symptoms or triggers. It can be useful to identify situations that trigger stress, anger, fear and grief and the symptoms that are created. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also CHANGING FACES (1) - EMOTIONS and CHANGING FACES (3) - SUPPORT 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.
The EXPRESSING NEEDS & WANTS workbooklet is 12 pages of simple and interesting tasks about a student knowing & communicating their basic needs & wants. This workbooklet helps a student communicate what they need, basic communication tools, making requests 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.
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.
ORGANISE ME (3) - ROUTINES AND PLANNING is an active, visual and practical workbooklet for students with special educational needs. It offers simple and interesting tasks that explore understanding routines, different types of routines, practicing routines and more. The workbooklet is flexible to deliver by different levels of staff, encourages self-directed learning and has learning checklists and learning feedbacks to provide evidence for assessments.
The LITERACY SKILLS (2) - WRITING TO COMMUNICATE unit of work and student workbooklet is filled with a wide range of modern and young adult topics to engage students in writing to communicate ideas, facts and opinions. The workbooklet covers planning, composing, revising and editing writing, expressing ideas for a purpose and to different audiences, organising ideas in text, different language styles for writing, using conventional English and common technical errors etc.
This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also LITERACY SKILLS (1) - READING TO UNDERSTAND and LITERACY SKILLS (3) - SPOKEN INTERACTIONS workbooklets.
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 an Assessment for Learning feedback sheet.