Sensory and physical resources
Resources to support children and young people who may need help with physical movement, or accessing their environment, or who have a sensory impairment, such as sight or hearing loss. This section also covers children who may have sensory processing difficulties.
The websites below are filled with fun games, activities and learning for a wide range of learning needs.
Please ask an adult to help you explore the websites!
Name | Description |
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CBeebies: Magic Hands | Poetry translated into British Sign Language for children. Primary age phase |
Remark | Online youth club and sign club for the deaf community. Suitable for secondary students. |
BBC: See Hear | Episodes on various topics related to deaf culture. Signed and subtitled. Suitable for secondary students. |
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children | Videos of British Sign Language stories. Primary age phase. |
Paths to Literacy | Visually simple videos for young children with CVI/additional needs. |
Hearing Our Way | Magazines and worksheets for Secondary school age pupils with a hearing impairment |
Resources to support those with hearing impairments
Name | Description |
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Twinkl: Deaf Education Resources | Range of resources covering the following areas: HI specific learning needs; Working memory activities to print; Grammar activities to print; BSL various - to print; Primary age phase. Mix of free and paid resources. |
Cochlear: Listen, Learn and Talk | A program that provides listening strategies to parents and professionals to enhance spoken language development |
The Listening Room | Free activities and resources to support the development of speech, language, and listening skills in people of all ages with a hearing loss. You'll need to create a free account. |
National Deaf Children's Society: Information for families | Coronavirus support blog for families supporting deaf children. |
National Deaf Children's Society: Supporting your child's learning | Support and advice for developing language and communication with deaf children. |
YouTube: National Deaf Children's Society - How to look after your deaf child's hearing aids | How to look after a hearing aid instructional video. |
YouTube: National Deaf Children's Society - How to change tubing and batteries in your hearing aid | How to change tubing and batteries in a hearing aid instructional video. |
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children | Videos of British Sign Language stories. Primary age phase. |
Doncaster Deaf Trust | Free course teaching British Sign Language - requires registration. |
Deaf Children Learning | Working memory games for children with hearing impairment. Requires adult to facilitate. Primary age phase. |
Resources to support those with visual impairments
Name | Description |
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RNIB | Coronavirus support information for those with a visual impairment. |
British Blind Sport | Keep fit activities accessible for those older children with a visual impairment. |
Blind Alive | Audio only fitness classes for visually impaired pupils. |
Positive Eye: Family Activities | Fun ideas for visually impaired and activities for all children including those with VI/additional needs. |
RNIB EasyReader | Free audio books for children with a visual impairment, learning difficulty or difficulty turning pages (replaces the system using Overdrive). Registration required. |
Royal Blind Learning Hub | Free online teaching resources by experienced teachers of visually impaired children and young adults, for supporting adults teaching children and young people with VI. |
Tacpac | For visually impaired children who use Tacpac offering set 5, 3 months of free use. Enter code 8Q7A3TXS at the checkout. |
Guide Dogs: Helping your visually impaired child learn at home | Activities for visually impaired support for sight loss. Learning at home activities for children and young people. |
Resources for sensory processing difficulties, motor skills and sleep difficulties
Name | Description |
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Falkirk Council: Making Sense of Sensory Behaviour | A guide for parents and carers about sensory needs and differences. Lots of information and ideas to try at home. |
Growing Hands On Kids | Ideas for free activities to do at home which support fine motor skills. The site is run by a physiotherapist. |
Sleep Scotland: Gateway to good sleep | Information and techniques to help support your child or teenager to get a good night's sleep. |
The Children's Sleep Society | A national award-winning charity supporting children with sleep issues. |
National Autistic Society: Sleep and Autism | Strategies that can be used to help autistic people to sleep better. |
Resources to support those with hearing impairments
Name | Description |
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National Deaf Children's Society: Supporting your child's learning | Support and advice for developing language and communication with deaf children. |
Twinkl: Deaf Education Resources | Range of resources covering the following areas: HI specific learning needs; Working memory activities to print; Grammar activities to print; BSL various - to print; Primary age phase. Mix of free and paid resources. |
Cochlear: Listen, Learn and Talk | A program that provides listening strategies to parents and professionals to enhance spoken language development |
The Listening Room | Free activities and resources to support the development of speech, language, and listening skills in people of all ages with a hearing loss. You'll need to create a free account. |
Doncaster Deaf Trust | Free course teaching British Sign Language - requires registration. |
Resources to support those with visual impairments
Name | Description |
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RNIB | Coronavirus support information for those with a visual impairment. |
Positive Eye: Family Activities | Fun ideas for visually impaired and activities for all children including those with VI/additional needs. |
RNIB EasyReader | Free audio books for children with a visual impairment, learning difficulty or difficulty turning pages (replaces the system using Overdrive). Registration required. |
Royal Blind Learning Hub | Free online teaching resources by experienced teachers of visually impaired children and young adults, for supporting adults teaching children and young people with VI. |
American Printing House for the Blind | Video examples of teachers playing games with pupils, involving symbols and meaning. |
Resources for sensory processing difficulties, motor skills and sleep difficulties
Name | Description |
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Scottish Sensory Centre | Various resources for early years children with a sensory impairment/additional needs. |
Falkirk Council: Making Sense of Sensory Behaviour | A guide for parents and carers about sensory needs and differences. Lots of information and ideas to try at home. |
Sleep Scotland: Gateway to good sleep | Information and techniques to help support your child or teenager to get a good night's sleep. |
The Children's Sleep Society | A national award-winning charity supporting children with sleep issues. |
National Autistic Society: Sleep and Autism | Strategies that can be used to help autistic people to sleep better. |
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- sendinclusionadmin@durham.gov.uk
- 03000 267 800
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Our address is:
- Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School
- Ferryhill
- County Durham
- United Kingdom
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