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Newbridge School
Barley Lane
Goodmayes
Ilford

Essex
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0208 503 8773
Initial enquiries to Suman.Virdee@redbridge.gov.uk







Monday 29 March 2010

Great new teacher resource website - have you seen it yet !

http://www.pencilstreet.org/index.asp

Welcome to Pencil Street, created to deliver teachers a one-stop solution to all the primary teaching resources you need from the early years, Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2. Pencil Streets resources are a rich mixture of teaching worksheets and general classroom teaching resources, including wall displays, games and activities
Pencil Street is new and we are populating the classroom resources over the forthcoming months. In January, topic and numeracy primary resources will be available, with literacy and science following soon after. These will include classroom resources for the Early Years, infants and juniors.

How to get ideas down on paper ! KS 2 KS 3 KS 4

http://www.teachyourchildrenwell.ca/Freebies/QuickWrite/lessons2.html

A proven approach to getting students to get their ideas down on paper and extend their writing
Take a look - worth a five minute read or could be easily printed out to give to support staff

Good numeracy and literacy homework link - I minute day and no writing !

http://www.aminuteaday.co.uk/
A-MINUTE-A-DAY is a series of two photocopiable books for parents and teachers. They offer intensive, focussed practice of key skills - which are the building blocks of phonics and maths, using precision-teaching based games.
Each game requires the child to give 30 correct verbal responses within one minute. No writing skills are required. The games are widely used in both mainstream and special needs education.


A minute a day phonics and maths - may be a good alternative to tutor to offer parents

Divorce / familiy breaking up - good site for pupils to access

http://www.itsnotyourfault.org/




Practical info for children, young people and parents going through a family break-up
In children's section there are good short audio clips for students who are struggling with reading.

Memory games for all ages

http://www.easysurf.cc/menu.htm



The best memory site I have found – offering over 20+ games to develop all areas of working memory. Suitable for all ages.

A wide range of free resources / games to support KS 1 Numeracy, Literacy, Science, History and RE

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Key-Stage-1.html
Great visually clear and simple games
Would provide a great  reinforcement tool for areas of study.
I really liked
- Fire of London Cloze Pro
- Seaside past and now
- Plant labels
- Body parts
- Card flip
- Digit workout
Great free cross curricular games on this site

Scissor skills / Fine Motor printables

http://www.scissorcraft.com/
Free activities to download and print out to develop fine motor and scissor skills
A range of subjects that are not 'too young'

Great free visually clear SEN resources- take a second look at Sparklebox- new resources up loaded

I have recommended this site before. I had a look today and they have some lovely new resources all free to download, so may be worth a second look.

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/cll/index.html

 
I really liked the earth / sky writing paper, traffic light fans ( in SEN section in  Class management), swimming changing cards, school trip visual timetable cards and i loved the nose picking social story !!!

Also they have a new section where you can upload resources you have made to share- take a look it may save you spending time making !

If working with older students take a look at KS 2 resources - the link is on the left hand side.

Free educational Early Years / SEN games

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
Early Years pupils need lots of variety and visually stimulating games
Take a look at this Crick link as lots of free games here
- body parts
- number ordering / labelling
- sequencing
- comparison
- dressing up teddy

These free games are the same as many you would buy - take a look and save your budget !
Good link to give to Foundation / Nursery staff, also might be nice to give to parents if they have a computer at home.

Hearing impairment - free resources - posters, games and resources

http://www.deafbooks.co.uk/FREE-Downloads_B4-4.aspx
A range of free downloads from this site to support pupils with a hearing impairment.
Playground signs, finger spelling posters, and a range of free games and E books to download.

Dyslexia video- good refresher for good practice / early identification

http://www.teachers.tv/video/2847

A really useful reminder of good practice and early identification processes.
This would be a good refresher for experienced staff or as a training tool for new staff.

3 min animated clip explaining Aspergers Syndrome - excellent, clear and to the point !

http://www.teachers.tv/video/37382
In this video, a seemingly well-behaved and well-performing school student, describes the emotional distress he felt as his Asperger's syndrome caused him to struggle socially at school.



3 minutes long- ideal for staff training / opening discussion in an awareness session or to watch with students

Make your own board games/ powerpoints - quick and easy to use


http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/gameboard.htm

Easter holidays are here ......fancy making some games to use next term ... have a look at this site



Great site- prepared templates for board games and power points – quick and easy to print out. Easy to adapt and make your own games. I have used this and it makes board games / activities look very professional – looks great laminated.

P Scales matched to software and hardware list

http://www.northerngrid.org/index.php/component/content/article/81-sen/399-matching-software-to-p-scales?q=software+scales

Myles Piling has formed a list suggesting software and hardware activities that can be matched to P scales for students working on low level P scales and with PMLD.

PE progression steps for pupils with PMLD

www.northerngrid.org/index.php/component/content/article/81-sen/401-pmld-pe-awards?q=pmld
An award scheme produced by Colin Gladstone. It has nine structured levels and could be used to show evidence of progression through physical exercise for pupils with PMLD.

Thursday 4 March 2010

Roles of support staff in schools

www.tda.gov.uk/support.aspx
This site outlines the roles and responsibilities for support staff.

Autism You tube Clip

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOA_O-gT5E

Gd autism clip to encourage discussion- good way to start training or awareness session

It's World Maths Day this week...here are some recommended links to help develop support in numeracy...

www.mathsisfun.com

Online games and activities to support overlearning of numeracy skills.