Friday 4th October 2024: ‘Do Something Different Day’

Please find below a list of useful resources and websites that you can use for home-based activities with your children during the school closure. These resources focus on engaging, inclusive and adaptive learning activities, as well as ideas of places to go and things to do in our local area for your children to enjoy and ‘do something different’!

These resources provide a mix of learning, sensory and play activities that can help to keep your child’s day engaging, structured and educational during this unexpected school closure.

 

1. Twinkl

  • Website: www.twinkl.co.uk
  • Overview: Twinkl provides a wide range of printable worksheets, activities, and resources for children with SEN, covering subjects like literacy, numeracy, sensory play, and communication. They also offer resources tailored to specific learning needs, such as autism, ADHD, and speech & language difficulties.

2. BBC Bitesize SEN

  • Website: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/parents/send
  • Overview: BBC Bitesize has a section dedicated to children with SEN, offering videos, games, and learning materials to support various subjects like English, maths, and science. The content is engaging, accessible, and differentiated to suit different learning abilities.

3. Inclusive Teach

  • Website: www.inclusiveteach.com
  • Overview: Inclusive Teach offers free resources and activity ideas for children with SEN, including sensory stories, visual aids, and communication tools. They provide a variety of creative and practical activities that can easily be done at home.

4. Speech and Language Kids

  • Website: www.speechandlanguagekids.com
  • Overview: This site provides activities designed to support speech, language, and communication development in children with SEN. Parents can find games, flashcards, and exercises to help children develop their speaking and listening skills.

5. SEN Teacher

  • Website: www.senteacher.org
  • Overview: SEN Teacher provides free downloadable teaching resources and games that are particularly helpful for children with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Resources include interactive maths tools, literacy games, and activities that promote fine motor skills.

6. Topmarks

  • Website: www.topmarks.co.uk
  • Overview: Topmarks offers interactive educational games and activities for children with SEN, especially in numeracy and literacy. The activities are designed to be accessible and engaging, with content suitable for a wide range of abilities.

7. HelpKidzLearn

  • Website: www.helpkidzlearn.com
  • Overview: This platform provides accessible learning activities and games for children with a variety of SEN. The website includes cause-and-effect games, early learning skills, and communication-focused activities.

8. Autism Speaks – Visual Schedules and Daily Routines

  • Website: www.autismspeaks.org
  • Overview: Autism Speaks offers downloadable visual schedules and supports that can help children with autism and other developmental disabilities to manage daily routines and transitions. These resources help structure the day and reduce anxiety during unexpected school closures.

9. Occupational Therapy Activities (OT Plan)

  • Website: www.otplan.com
  • Overview: OT Plan provides a variety of fun, sensory-based activities to support the development of motor skills, sensory integration, and self-regulation in children with SEN. These activities are simple to set up at home with everyday materials.

10. National Autistic Society (Sensory Play Ideas)

  • Website: www.autism.org.uk
  • Overview: The National Autistic Society offers a range of sensory play ideas that can be done at home, helping children with autism and other sensory processing difficulties to engage with their environment in a calming and structured way.

 

Please also find below links to other resources we have curated that you can explore with your child/ren:

Website: www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/school/learning/virtual-learning/sensory-stories

Website: www.inclusiveteach.com/sensory-story-collection/

Overview: Online sensory stories and resources based on a range of themes and topics.

 

Website: www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zjwf8xs

Website: www.literacytrust.org.uk/resources/celebrate-black-history/

Overview: Black History Month resources

 

Website: www.visiteppingforest.org

Website: www.elhap.org.uk

Website: Events | London Borough of Waltham Forest

Website: Home - William Morris Gallery (wmgallery.org.uk)

Website: Lloyd Park | London Borough of Waltham Forest

Overview: Places to visit in our local community, to explore, play, get active, enjoy some fresh air and enjoy nature, including parks, a gallery and library sessions.

 

Website: www.whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/home-learning

Overview: Online maths resources.

 

Website: www.jollylearning.co.uk/school-closure-support-for-parents/

Overview: Online phonics resources.

 

Website: www.stayhome.walker.co.uk

Website: www.worldofdavidwalliams.com

Overview: Reading activities.