Below you can find our library of resources and downloads ranging from mental health workbooks to homeschooling timetables. As well as creating our own workbooks and activities, we have been researching and reviewing resources, sites and apps to be able to recommend them to our parents. Rather than having a specific academic focus these activities aim to be fun, engaging, inclusive and to focus on your child or young person’s strengths, abilities and life skills so works very well for parents of children who have additional communication, social, emotional and/ or learning needs.
Developed by the Essential Skills Taskforce, the Skills Builder Universal Framework is available to anyone including employers, organisations, individuals and young people. It uses a common approach to enable young people and adults to develop transferable, essential skills which can be used ‘by almost everyone to do almost any job.’ The framework also enables employers to identify and develop these skills within their candidates and employees.
Chatterpack provide speech, language, communication (SLCN) and special educational needs and disability (SEND) resources for teachers and families. The list below details all the free resources available:
Including virtual tours of museums around the world, music, literature, online courses/learning & wellbeing
Free online audiobooks ready to stream to your laptop, desktop, phone or tablet for children and young people of all ages. Have you opened a new location, redesigned your shop, or added a new product or service? Don't keep it to yourself, let folks know.
Suitable for over 7's, kids can design, code, create, problem solve and have fun
Online learning resources, Khan Academy also have some really good apps to download on android or iphone (all ages) which are engaging for young children and free of charge.
Creative writing and thinking site. Gives a different idea every day or you can scroll through to find one that appeals to your child. Aimed at 7 plus.
Working and information sessions for families on lots of different topics
Suitable for ages 4-16 family activities including a space project, look at how technology makes movies look realistic and how to train like an astronaut.
On twitter only, a teacher posting daily creative ideas and challenges (all areas including maths and science) to do at home, primary school age.
Resource site with work sheets and online learning for all ages. Huge amount of resources although you need to spend some time looking through for resources its well worth the time.
Have some great resources and after a quick, free sign up you can access a really good SEND activity passport for children whose learning ages are years reception to year 6. With both Adventurer and Explorer awards free to download and lots of activities that can be done in the garden.
In a way this a tool to help parents identify and understand your child’s strengths and abilities and to help them progress to the next stage. It can help professionals and parents document the areas that children and young people struggle with and toolkits are available for all developmental ages.
For children with special educational needs in key stage 2 and 3 an amazing resource relating to appropriate friendships and relationships online and in person is the STAR SEN toolkit, covering Safe Sharing, Trust, Action and Respect (STAR). Safe Sharing works well 1:1 up to around page 23 with printable worksheets and is an invaluable resource for any parent.
An amazing online resource that usually charges a subscription free but is currently free of charge. This is a phonics and comprehension programme for children from nursery age to year 2 chronologically so may suits lots of children and is an exciting way for them to learn.
A Windows based programme which is also free of charge and amazing! It enables you to create picture boards and stories for visual learners, children who need to be able to communicate and with free picture boards relating to the Coronavirus to help nonverbal learners.
Another great idea for some young people is to engage their photography skills, give them two topics a week, for example the colour yellow, or ‘things that go’ to encourage their creative side. You could set this as a family wide project with mini competitions with grandparents or cousins for example as a way to engage them.
An online group chat application which means you can speak to several family members at once.
This is a free app that helps people with cognitive special needs thrive and gain independence. The app teaches life skills through story telling and can help children of all ages learn everyday activities like shopping, doing laundry and how to use a cash machine for example. Players collect digital Card Decks as they learn.
Stockport Council have created a SEND E-Learning course which is aimed at everyone who works with children and young people aged 0-25. It can be completed by anybody who has an interest in developing their knowledge and understanding of special educational needs and disabilities - SEND.
Below is a list of suggested visual timetables to help organise your week whilst homeschooling. We also have lists of resources and downloads for each age group.
(If you would prefer to create your own timetable, we have a blank visual timetable too)
Remember to take some time for your breaks and lunch throughout the day!
100+ videos of traditional Nursery Rhymes with lyrics arranged alphabetically: The animal fair...to Humpty Dumpty...to Wind the bobbin up! All videos include the words on screen and a lyric sheet to print out.
A selection of stories from popular picture books - including some 'classics' - and read by well-known voices: Paul Copley, Jane Horrocks, Josie Lawrence and Kerry Shale. Each story is richly illustrated with music and sound effects for children to enjoy.
Free Nursery school closure home learning resource pack from Twinkl
Nusery and Preschool literacy resources by World Book Day
Classroom resources for teaching children at Key Stage 1
Twinkl has thousands of resources for all ages to help with home learning. You can sign up for a FREE account to access tonnes of material or you can use the code CVDTWINKLHELPS for a free month of the premium Twinkl
KS1 literacy resources by World Book Day
A library of worksheets for all ages
Carol Vorderman's fun and interactive maths lessons are now free whilst schools are closed
Classroom resources for teaching pupils at Key Stage 2
Twinkl has thousands of resources for all ages to help with home learning. You can sign up for a FREE account to access tonnes of material or you can use the code CVDTWINKLHELPS for a free month of the premium Twinkl
KS2 Literacy Resources by World Book Day
A Library of worksheets for all ages
Carol Vorderman's fun and interactive maths lessons are now free whilst schools are closed
Classroom resources for teaching KS3, KS4 and GCSE
FREE taster packs of resources for KS3 and KS4 from Twinkl
Secondary literacy resources by World Book Day
A library of worksheets for all ages