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Starting secondary school is a time of great change for any young person. This popular pack is designed to reduce the anxiety that children may experience, by preparing them for this transition, and can be used flexibly for 1:1, small group, or large classroom discussions.
Whilst it is particularly suitable for those who need additional support with transition, either due to additional educational need and/or anxiety, teachers, SLTs and parents may find it helpful for all Year 6 children.
Secondary School Readiness contains eight topics that can be covered during year 6 of primary school. Full of our hallmark colourful and engaging illustrations, the pack includes lots of practical activities which offer help with situations that a child may encounter during their first weeks in secondary school. These include:
What am I looking forward to/What am I worried about?
What do I need for a good day at school?
How can I remember what to bring to school? Packing my bag
How do I get to school? My journey planner
Understanding my timetable
What to do if work gets tricky
Meeting new people
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A resource which provides discussion points, and opportunities for supporting the students’ varied concerns regarding their transition to secondary school.Introducing our new Either/Or Concepts resource
Either/Or – presents abstract concepts in a lively and meaningful way to promote understanding and use of new vocabulary. It is therefore ideal for use in clinic, home or school.
Most children acquire concepts as part of their normal language development but some will require additional support to assist their understanding and use of concept words.
This Either/Or resource includes:
Help Josh choose … Josh’s mum says that he can choose a cake from the shop. He can choose either a muffin … or a doughnut.
Action games ... choose to do something funny. I have to … either touch my toes … or close my eyes!
Either/or story … what happens when Ben and Jack’s football goes over the wall in to the witches garden?
It is hard to choose! … sometimes it is hard to choose when you can only have one … which would you choose?
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Either/Or- Concepts, has illustrated worksheets and provides a variety of activities to reinforce understanding and expression.The Education Watchdog for England has reported an increasing number of young children have been left unable to understand facial expressions after having fewer opportunities to develop their social and emotional skills during the pandemic.
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We have reduced the price of a number of our PDF resources for adults wanting to support children develop these skills.
Emotions and Facial Expressions Pack www.blacksheeppress.co.uk/product/emotions-facial-expressions/
Recognising Emotions Bundle www.blacksheeppress.co.uk/product/recognising-emotions-ks1-2/
For those of you who prefer mobile apps we would recommend our new 'Talking About' app www.blacksheeppress.co.uk/product/talking-about-mobile-app-supporting-students-to-develop-social-...
Pandemic has delayed social skills of young children, says Ofsted chief
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Rising numbers unable to understand facial expressions and have communication and self-care delays
Take a tour of our new 'Talking About' mobile app. These superb and popular resources support students to develop social skills and apply them to everyday settings. Now available on the Apple Store and Google Play. bit.ly/3IKio9l www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWCq0PtcX8
Our NEW 'Talking About' series is now available on the App Store and Google Play.
These superb and popular resources support students to develop social skills and apply them to everyday settings.
Starting at only £9.99 the topics are suitable for a wide age range (4 -11+ years). Download the app and purchase each topic as you need it, or buy multiple topics for the age group you are working with.
Each topic shows different scenarios. Response pictures illustrate ways of behaving which will encourage discussion about the ‘right’ thing to do and prompt children and young people to make their own suggestions.
For children or young people who have not learnt to read or who have reading difficulties, there is optional audio. The background to the text can also be changed to yellow which may help some children read the text.
The app can record the child’s responses and discussions. This makes it ideal for role play and ‘rehearsal’ of social conversations. The teacher/therapist/parent using the app can make notes and email these together with the recordings.
The app is perfect for one-to one or small group work. By linking the device to a whiteboard the app can be used for whole class work.
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