Colour by Numbers/Pencil Skills

Colouring activities could be great for developing fine motor skills, or maybe you need help encouraging students to change colour within a picture?

These great colour by numbers could be just for you (courtesy of @TES_SEN)!

Colour by Numbers -
 http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Colour-by-Numbers-TEACCH-Activities-6295786/

And some lovely Christmas colour by numbers activities -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Colour-by-Numbers-TEACCH-Activities-Christmas-6303328/

And here are some Pencil Skills activities which would be great to build students fine motor skills - 

Chirstmas Pencil Skills Activities -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Christmas-Themed-Pencil-Skills-Activities-6303426/

Pencil Skills -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Pencil-Skills-Activities-6301559/

Dinosaur Themed Pencil Skills -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Dinosaur-Themed-Pencil-Skills-Activities-6319461/

Space Themed Pencil Skills -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Space-Themed-Pencil-Skills-Activities-6319229/

Easter/Spring Themed Pencil Skills -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Easter-Spring-Themed-Pencil-Skills-Activities-6311972/

All of these activities are great TEACCH/Workstation resources and could help you start to build a great bank of resources! Make these your holiday laminating project!

Enjoy :)

TEACCH actvities for workstations

I spend at least 2 days in every holiday designing workstation tasks for students and I have been able to create a huge bank of resources over the last 3 years...BUT...it takes some doing!

So take a look at these resources and take the stress out of designing workstation tasks!

TES Autism (@TES_SEN) Has designed some fantastic workstation activities which can all be found here - just print, laminate, Velcro and they are ready to use! Well worth the time and effort to put them together as they are top quality resources that you will be able to use again and again!

http://www.tes.co.uk/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=2572464 - My favourite resources are the Counting or 'How many...' resources. These are incredibly simple and well made resources. So...I had a go at making my own and you can find mine here -

How many Cubes - 
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/How-many-cubes-TEACCH-activity-6322797/

How many People (Paper Chains) -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/How-Many-Paper-Chain-TEACCH-Activity-6322998/

How Long (Cubes) -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Long-and-Short-TEACCH-tasks-6322798/

How Long (People - Paper Chains) -
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Long-and-Short-Paper-Chains-TEACCH-Activity-6323000/

I have also designed a template (using Widgit symbols) for Independent Reading Comprehension - Have a look, it could be just what you need for your workstation:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Independent-Reading-Comprehension-Activity-6322803/

Enjoy the resources - Hope they help to cut out some of the work in the holidays and I will post more ASAP!

:)

Mr Thorne Does Phonics - phonics games activities

Phonics Fun!

Linked from TES - Mr Thorne is the resident phonics expert and he has placed some great videos here which demonstrate some phonics games to play with your group to jazz up your phonics lessons. They are a great example of how to make phonics fun!

http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6066304

You can also follow him on twitter here: @MrThorne

There are loads of great games and the short videos demo the games with a Y1 group so there is no confusion!

Enjoy!

Literacy: A few handy story PowerPoints

So I have added a few handy story PowerPoints to my TES page - feel free to go over and take a look - I have also sent the links via my twitter page :)

Funnybones by Janet and Alan Ahlberg:

We covered this as part of our 'All about me' theme and the kids loved it!

Get the PowerPoint here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Funnybones-PowerPoint-story-J-and-A-Ahlberg-6313921/

The Champion Hare:

This we covered as part of our 'Olympics' theme but it is great for any sport related theme

Get the PowerPoint here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Champion-Hare-story-PowerPoint-6313923/

The Gruffalo:

My absolute favourite! Great for an 'Animals' theme - can you spot the animals that are real and the ones that are made up?

Get the PowerPoint here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Gruffalo-PowerPoint-story-Julia-Donaldson-6313920/

A squash and a squeeze:

I remember reading this as a child myself - we are doing this currently for a 'Homes and Buildings' theme - great repetition for young children.

Get the PowerPoint here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/A-squash-and-a-squeeze-PowerPoint-story-6313265/

and there are also some vocab cards which I made here: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/A-squash-and-a-squeeze-display-labels-Key-Vocab-6313027/

Oscar and the Moth (Science PowerPoint about light and dark):

Excellent for a story based Science topic!

Get the PowerPoint here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Oscar-and-the-Moth-Powerpoint-Science-Light-6171305/

The Race - Chinese New Year Story:

An excellent story for January when the Chinese new year comes around!

Get the PowerPoint here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Race-Chinese-New-Year-Story-PowerPoint-6164254/

The Lion King:

Great for an Africa topic or if you want to cover something a little familiar!

Get the PowerPoint here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Lion-King-Powerpoint-6164485/

Feel free to download the PowerPoints via the link - it's free and easy to do - I know how long these take to make so if it saves you the time I'd love you to use them!

Enjoy!

TES Resources

Looking for a resource? Take a look at TES - there is a resource for everyone and you can even share your resources too :)

Lesson Plans/Resources:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resources/

TES-SEN:
 http://www.tes.co.uk/sen-teaching-resources/

TES-Early years:
 http://www.tes.co.uk/early-years-teaching-resources/

TES-Primary:
 http://www.tes.co.uk/primary-teaching-resources/

Or you could even have a look at my TES page :)
 http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomySearchResults.aspx?keywords=benpartridge

ASDAN Course

So today I have been on an ASDAN course...and you know how venue's for courses can sometimes be lovely and then there's the ones that can be a bit shoddy...well this is where I had my course...

York National Railway Museum

It was an amazing venue and the catering was fantastic...although I should probably concentrate on the course content...

The course was really informative, it was the preparatory program course and information about future courses can be found here: http://www.asdan.org.uk/Training_and_Events/Preparatory_WS
The course covered 5 different pre entry programs -

• New Horizons (KS3 P.S.H.E. based program)
• Transition Challenge (KS4 program)
• Towards Independence (KS5 program)
• Workright (accreditation for work experience)
• Literacy and Numeracy in Everyday Life (for P1-8)

It gave the opportunity to gain a better understanding about the content of the preparatory programs as well as the accreditation process and a chance to see the support materials.

The trainer was great and she gave everyone the opportunity to ask questions and she went into a lot of detail and raised a range of issues and FAQ's usually asked by a range of practitioners.

If you are interested in the ASDAN courses follow the link and consider the courses, they are incredibly informative. You could also follow ASDAN on twitter - @ASDANeducation

ALSO...I have added some resources/a 2 year plan for teaching New Horizons to TES which also may be a useful starting point - I will keep adding more as we progress through the modules. 

2 year plan - http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/ASDAN-2-Year-Long-Term-Plan-6297560/
Personal Units 1-3 resources - http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/ASDAN-New-Horizons-Personal-Year-1-Units-1-3-6297562/

Enjoy!

And the big sigh of relief goes to...

So I haven't posted anything in a very long time...GTP is intense! I haven't had a lot of spare time but now my first observation is over I can breathe a big sigh of relief!

It went very very well!

I had a practice at the start of the week and managed to set the fire alarm off evacuating 2 school (about 2000 students) which wasn't a promising start! But after a few adjustments I managed to hit the nail on the head.

My tutor observed 2 lessons - Phonics with a group of 4 students, which was deemed outstanding and a science lesson where we looked at changing materials (which was also deemed outstanding!)

So for everyone out there doing a GTP...don't panic, it's hard work but it's all worth it after that first observation. If you put the work in then you will reap the rewards.