Resources and Downloads

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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.

 A great resource for 14-24 year olds looking for work.

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

Free online audiobooks daily

For older teenagers,  Science, Art and Technology  

 Learning Resources under 5s- learning resource pack and phonics workbook 

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.  

Free pintable worksheets and activities for under 5s 

 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

With Marc Jackson - 2pm every Wednesday

Themed yoga sessions for kids, for example Frozen and Pokémon. 

An endless library of children's books

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.   

 Free half hour PE training session every morning at 9am on YouTube.  

 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.  

 For ages 17 and under- write a novel in a month  

Fun online Lego games to play whilst taking a break

 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. 

SEND resources

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.