A weather poster to hang in the classroom. Children use clothes pegs to indicate the daily weather. I use this with young people with autism and social communication difficulties.

Storyboard - designed for children with autism to reinforce their understanding of the story. Children sorted the order of the text as a group before drawing their own accompanying pictures. With my group of children (mixed aged KS1/KS2) I kept the text on the worksheet but I have included a publisher version so this activity could be adapted to a cut and stick activity, or children could write their own sentences.

Minotaur 'describing words' word mat Keyword matching activity - 2 versions included Keyword activity to assess / reinforce children's knowledge and understanding of words in the text. Describing words word mat to support children's use of adjectives in their writing - words selected are relevant to the Minotaur. Used for mixed age primary group of children with autism.

This is a simple worksheet I made as part of out Ancient Greek topic, for a mixed aged / ability group of children with autism. Children used a sheet containing the ancient Greek alphabet to complete the worksheet.

Victorians - Humanities topic for students in Year 7 with autism / SEN. Suitable for various ages depending on ability and understanding. PowerPoint presentation.

Presentation and mind-map template - to assess student's learning at the end of a topic. Could also be used s a formative assessment tool at the beginning of the topic, with students adding their new learning to the mind map at the end.

These 2 Power Points were designed to accompany a 'Victorian' box, on load from a local museum. The lessons were planned for a group of Y7 students, all with autism - therefore speaking, listening and attention skills were also targeted, together with more general social skills. Students also struggled with theory of mind / speech and language which the describing activity and game sought to target. My young people really enjoyed these lessons and the activities were completed over several weeks. If you are lucky enough to have a local museum which loans topics boxes then that wold be ideal, however the activities would also work if you have your own set of Victorian learning resources.

Activity created for primary SEN group. Children cut and pasted a map of the continent and a picture of that continents animals into the appropriate box. Some animal pictures are on a map of the continent to give children a visual clue - because of this I gave them the strip of maps and the strip of animal pictures separately to avoid confusion. I let the children cut out their pictures themselves to promote fine motor skills.

I used this for an interview lesson. It did turn into the interview lesson from hell - however I don't think I can blame the worksheet. It was designed for KS4 pupils. I later tried the lesson with my own KS3 pupils and it went much better. Matching task using vocabulary (which is likely to be unfamiliar) from the song "Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)'

Simple Orion story for primary children with SEN / autism We read the story together on the PowerPoint. The word document was cut into strips and we sequenced them as a group. We then made our own telescopes from cardboard tubes to look at the Orion constellation (used our telescopes to look at a square of card with pin pricks to show the 'Orion constellation').

Resources made to support SEN group with autism. We read 'Little Polar Bear' by Hans de Beer. Colour cards are orange 'who' words to support Narrative Intervention. Structured visual (TEACCH) included to support students to write about Lars and Henry's journey. This is coloured red as this covers 'where' words. Will work equally well for children who are not using narrative intervention - in which case the word colours could just be random. Could also benefit children without ASD who struggle with working memory, attention or writing activities. Saved as PDF.

This PowerPoint was designed to use with a Year 7 class of students, all with autism. A question sheet is included - this is set out in a 'TEACCH' style. This is an ASD specific strategy ensuring students are aware of what they have to do, how much they have to do and how to tell when they are finished. Students need to cross off each question as completed. The questions and PowerPoint are also suitable for mainstream pupils.

A4 worksheet to prompt pupils to recollect what they have done over the summer holiday. Designed for pupils with autism but also suitable for mainstream pupils.

This is a very basic PowerPoint about 'happy' and 'sad'. Created for Y7 pupils with significant autism. After explaining the 'clues', pupils hold up either a 'happy' or 'sad' card before the answer is displayed. They responded well to this activity.

2 x 15 symbol cards of people who help us. These can be used as a paired memory game, or as a small group attention and listening activity (show learners a number of cards, remove 1 card without learners being aware which card - can they remember which card has been removed). Coloured orange to fit with colourful semantics, 'who' words. Made for Community topic for children with autism, learning difficulty but also suitable for mainstream KS1.

Sorting task designed for students with autism / SEN This is designed to be used in different ways depending on ability level: * cut and laminate cards, students sort into 'autumn' and 'winter' baskets. * students write 'autumn' and 'winter' in books, they then cut and paste pictures under the correct heading. * students write headings in book then use chart to write each fact into their books * students write headings in book then use chart to write sentences, using each fact in a sentence.

Lego challenge cards, symbol supported for non / early readers. Some are Christmas themed as I’ve just made them to try and keep my children busy during this last week. Children choose or are given a card which gives an instruction - e.g. build a Christmas tree / first letter of your name and use Lego to build as instructed. It’s a fairly open ended activity but my hope is to provide more structure and purpose to play for my children with autism as some have very short attention spans and flit from activity to activity without any meaningful engagement. 24 cards in all, best printed onto card or laminated so they last.

A game I made for my small class of learners with autism. Suitable for any small group introduction - e.g. intervention group, speech and language, attention and listening. Learners throw a dice and move around the board. When they land on a question, they answer the question. I like to ask another member of the group a question relating to the answer, to encourage learners to pay attention to each other's answers - my children tend to have very little interest in each other! Supports social skills, attention and listening, turn taking. Used for specialist autism group but appropriate for any mainstream KS1 / KS2 group or older SEN group.

Editable PowerPoint about Queen Victoria's life and homes. Designed for a Year 7 class of students with autism, therefore highly structured. Included: PowerPoint presentation Activity to accompany the lesson is included, pupils are asked to use the internet to find out the date of given events in Victoria's life time, to write these on cards and then sort cards into chronological order. Worksheet for pupils to match a picture of Victoria's various homes to the correct name. 'MindMap' style worksheet - pupils to use information gained from the lesson to complete facts about Queen Victoria. As mentioned, this was designed for children with autism / SEN but is also suitable for mainstream students.

Worksheet as part of work towards New Horizons Asdan course. Used with Y8 group of learners with autism.