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'Hello' to the National Year of Communication with FREE symbol resources!

We've been working with the support service CENMAC to bring you an exciting new series of FREE symbol resources to support the monthly themes of the Communication Trust's National Year of Communication!

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	Pack	Level	Description	Application	Cost from
	Signage Tiles For Schools	All	The ‘Signage Tiles For Schools’ pack consists of 25 tiles, each with an appropriate school signage symbol. Supplied with self adhesive backing tabs.		£50

Seasonal

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Bonfire Night	KS1+KS2	Activities with a bonfire theme and the story of the Gunpowder Plot	FREE
Christmas 2010	KS1	Christmas activities: counting, letters to Santa, colouring and much more	FREE
Christmas 09	KS1	A range of activities based around a Christmas theme and the Nativity	FREE
Christmas Pack 1	KS 1	A range of activities aimed at Nursery, KS1 and Special Schools. These materials focus around the Nativity.	FREE
Christmas Pack 2	KS 1	A range of activities aimed at Nursery, KS1 and Special Schools. These materials focus on the secular side of Christmas and are suitable for multi-cultural environments.	FREE
Christmas Pack 3	KS 1	A range of activities and stories based on a Christmas theme	£3 +FREE
Spring Pack	KS1	A range of activities aimed at Nursery, KS1 and Special Schools	FREE
Spring Pack 2	KS 1 + 2	A pack of 14 activities on a spring theme. The activities can be used for individual and group work.	FREE
Summer Pack	KS1	A range of activities aimed at Nursery, KS1 and Special Schools	FREE
Summer Pack 2	KS 1 + 2	A pack of 23 activities on a Summer theme. This pack has been designed for parents and teachers.	FREE
Summer Weather 07	KS1 + 2	17 activities, stories and worksheets relating to the weather in summer	FREE
Winter Weather Pack	KS 1 + 2	A pack of activities, stories and templates based on a winter weather theme.	FREE
Winter 07	KS 1 + 2	A pack of activitites and stories based around winter	FREE

Food

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Food Tastes Better Outdoors		A set of 9 recipes and 5 information sheets from the Food Tastes Better Outdoors project by the Sensory Trust	FREE
Cooking	KS2 and upwards	22 recipes and food topics covering snacks, starters, dinners and desserts from Merry Publications	£50
Recipe Book 1	KS3 and upwards	A collection of recipes with symbol support	£5
Healthy Eating	KS1 + 2	40 activities, flashcards and worksheets to develop children's understanding of designing and making with food	£30

Cross curriculum packs

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Royal Wedding	ALL	A fun pack to support learning, communication and understanding about the Royal Wedding and street parties.	FREE
Keeping Safe in the Holidays	KS1 + KS2	8 fact sheets with tips about keeping safe	FREE
Symbols at home	ALL	A pack containing flashcards and a booklet about using Symbols At Home	£10
Transport and Animals	Foundation	5 games designed to give children fun and interesting opportunities to learn and use vocabulary from curriculum topics	£15
Senses and Food	Foundation	4 games designed to give children fun and interesting opportunities to learn and use vocabulary from curriculum topics	£15
Visual Discrimination	Foundation	Pages of activities for visual discrimination.	FREE
Sound Stories	Foundation	Resources to support children with phonological disorders and to help learn sounds at foundation level	£5
Foundation Knowledge	Foundation	Resources to help children learn basic vocabulary	£7
My Family	Foundation	Books and activities about my family	£5
Birthday Pack	Foundation	Activities including flashcards, visual discrimination and counting for numbers up to twenty	£5
Halloween Pack	KS1	games and activities based on a halloween theme	FREE
Out In The Community	KS 2	Social story, flashcards and taskcards	£7
Out In The Community Activities	KS 2	Activities based around the Out in the Community pack	£7
Dressing and Grooming	KS 2	Social story, flashcards and taskcards	£7
Dressing and Grooming Activities	KS 2	Activities based around the Dressing and Grooming pack	£7
Independent Living	KS 2	Social story, flashcards and taskcards	£7
Independent Living Activities	KS 2	Activities based around the Independent Living pack	£7
Personal Hygiene	KS 2	Social story, flashcards and taskcards	£7
Personal Hygiene Activities	KS 2	Activities based around the Personal Hygiene pack	£7
Occupations and Places	KS 1 + 2	This pack which aims to help pupils to understand concepts about occupations and places where people work.	FREE
Holiday Vocabulary	KS 1 + 2	A pack of flashcards for learning holiday vocabulary	FREE
Fire Safety	KS1 + 2	12 activities for learning at school or at home	FREE
Firework Code	KS 1 + 2	Firework safety written with symbol supports	FREE
Green Cross Code	All	Sheet to support the green cross code	FREE
Children's Act 2004	KS 1 + 2	Information written with symbol support about 'Well Being' for children and young people	FREE
Madagascar Pack	KS 2 + 3	3 Information books, colouring book and 55 pages of activities	FREE
Eden Project Guide		Guide to the Eden Project and vocabulary activities	FREE
Intermediaries Pack		Vocabulary set for describing people, their actions and the user's reactions	£25
CFE Pack	All	A pack is designed to assist and advise you with making your school or centre “communication friendly”.	£25
Behavioural Prompts	All	This pack of flash cards has seven sections which support a range of situations in the learning environment. It is suitable for any learners who require visual support.	£7

Science

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Freezing and Melting	Foundation	A pack of activities to support knowlege and understanding	£5
BSL Ourselves	Year 1	wordbooks, vocabulary lists, games and activities to support this unit	£5
BSL Growing Plants	Year 1	wordbooks, vocabulary lists, games and activities to support this unit	£5
BSL Sorting and Using Materials	Year 1	wordbooks, vocabulary lists, games and activities to support this unit	£5
BSL Light and Dark	Year 1	wordbooks, vocabulary lists, games and activities to support this unit	£5
BSL Pushes and Pulls	Year 1	wordbooks, vocabulary lists, games and activities to support this unit	FREE
Ourselves	Year 1	An extensive set of worksheets and WWS environments	FREE
Light and Dark	Year 1	Worksheets and WWS environments	FREE
Year 1 packs	Year 1	1E Pushes & pulls 1C Sorting & using materials	£5
Year 2 packs	Year 2	2D Grouping & changing materials 2E Forces & movement	£5
Year 3 packs	Year 3	3C Characteristics of materials 3D Rocks & soils	£5
3E Magnets and Springs	Year 3	21 activities and books. The pack contains a vocabulary book, flashcards and information book	£5
4E Friction	Year 4	16 activities and books. The pack contains a vocabulary book, flashcards and information book	£5
4D Solids and Liquids	Year 4	20 activities and books. The pack contains a vocabulary book, flashcards and information book	£5
4C Keeping Warm	Year 4	26 activities and books. The pack contains a vocabulary book, flashcards and information book	£5
5D Changing State	Year 5	28 activities and books. The pack contains a vocabulary book, flashcards and information book	£5
5C Gases Around Us	Year 5	19 activities and books. The pack contains a vocabulary book, flashcards and information book	£5
Using Electricity	KS1	An introduction to the concept of electricity and the essential role it plays in everyday life.	£7
Growing Plants	KS1	This unit introduces children to the idea of plants as living things which grow and change. Children should become aware of similarities and differences in plants.	£10
Healthy Eating	KS1 + 2	40 activities, flashcards and worksheets to develop children's understanding of designing and making with food	£30
Science	KS1	9 games designed to give children fun and interesting opportunities to learn and use vocabulary for science	£30
Science KS2	KS2	Topic webs created by Lynda Tatham, Specialist Teacher, Warwickshire LA, to assist children in their understanding of science topics years 3-6.	£10

History

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Famous People Winston Churchill	KS 2	A set of 5 simple books and activities about Winston Churchill.	£5
Famous People Charles Dickens	KS 2	A set of 5 simple books and activities about Charles Dickens.	£5
Famous People William Shakespeare	KS 2	A set of 5 simple books and activities about William Shakespeare.	£5
Homes Long Ago	Year 1	Worksheets and activities based on the history of homes and houses	FREE
Tales of Seaside Holidays	KS 1	Worksheets and activities based on the history of holidays	FREE
Gunpowder Plot	KS 1 + 2	11 activities including stories for individual and group work	FREE
Ancient Greeks	KS 2	5 simple topic books at 5 different support styles plus vocabulary checklist	£7
Ancient Greek Activity Pack	KS 2	Activities based on the Ancient Greeks reading books	£7
Egyptians	KS 2	5 simple topic books at 5 different support styles plus vocabulary checklist	£7
Egyptian Activities	KS 2	Activities based on the Egyptians reading books	£7
Romans	KS 2	6 simple topic books at 5 different support styles plus vocabulary checklist	£7
Roman Activity Pack	KS 2	Activities based on the Romans reading books	£7
The Victorians	KS 2	6 simple topic books at 5 different support styles plus vocabulary checklist	£7
Victorian Activity Pack	KS 2	Activities based on the Victorians reading books	£7
World War 2	KS 2	5 simple topic books at 5 different support styles plus vocabulary checklist	£7
World War 2 Activities	KS 2	Activities based on the World War 2 reading books	£7
The Tudors	KS 2	5 simple topic books at 5 different support styles plus vocabulary checklist	£7
Tudor Activity Pack	KS 2	Activities based on the Tudor reading books	£7
Remembrance Day	KS 2	Books and Activities based on Remembrance Day	£9
Anglo Saxons	KS 2	4 simple topic books at 5 different support styles plus vocabulary checklist	£7
Anglo Saxons Activity Pack	KS 2	Activities based on the Anglo Saxon reading books	£7
Florence Nightingale	KS 2	Books and actvities based on Florence Nightingale	£9
The Great Fire of London	KS 2	A set of 26 books and activities based around The Great Fire of London	£9

RE & Culture

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
I Call You Friends	KS 1 + 2	A new RE resource which can be used to support the 'I Call You Friends' programme or as a standalone resource to support RE in schools.	£5
Papal Visit		A set of books explaining the proceedings of Pope Benedict XVI visit to England and Scotland on a four-day Papal visit	FREE
Noah	KS 1	A bright and cheerful pack with story, vocabulary and activities	£5+FREE
Baptism	KS 1 + 2	A bible story written with both symbol support and text only, including four activities	£5
Daniel in the Lion's Den	KS 1 + 2	A bible story written with both symbol support and text only, including four activities	£5
Five Friends	KS 1 + 2	A bible story written with both symbol support and text only, including four activities	£5
Jesus' Friends and Helpers	KS 1 + 2	A bible story written with both symbol support and text only, including four activities	£5
Wedding Party	KS 1 + 2	A bible story written with both symbol support and text only, including four activities	£5
Easter Pack	KS 1 + 2	A pack of 15 activities on the story of Easter. Activities cover a range of ages/learning abilities. Suitable for School and Sunday School.	£6
Diwali	KS 1 + 2	19 activities including books and activities for individual and group work.	FREE
Hannukah	KS 1 + 2	9 activities including a story for individual and group work	FREE
St Lucia	KS 1 + 2	8 activities including a story for individual and group work	FREE
Prayer Books	KS 1 + 2 + 3	A series of prayers with symbol support	FREE

Templates

Pack	Level	Description	Application	Cost from
Avery Greeting Card Templates	ALL	Templates for Avery Labels		FREE

Literacy

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Dolch Wordlists	Preprimer - 3rd Grade (US)	This gives you the option in Communcaite: Symwriter to not see the symbols for words in a Dolch list.	FREE
Pre-teaching Vocabulary	All	Using visual prompts to teach children how to learn new words as a critical thinking tool for independent word learning.	FREE
Common Objects	Foundation	2 packs of activities for learning common objects	FREE
Literacy	Years 1 + 2	4 games for Year 1 and 5 games for Year 2 designed to give children fun and interesting opportunities to learn and use vocabulary for literacy	£15
The Crafty Fox	Years 2 + 3	Story, worksheets and WWS environments	FREE
The Greedy Fox	Years 2 + 3	Story, worksheets and WWS environments	FREE
Leo Prepositions	KS1	Activities that cover spatial preposition words	FREE
Basic Rhyme Activities	KS1	Rhymes, games and matching activities	£5
Rhyme Boards	KS1	Symbol rhymes and flashcards for 12 rhymes	£7
Big Writing	KS1	A pack to support the Big Writing initiative	£7
The Three Pigs	KS1	A fully comprehensive pack which includes the story with colour pictures and 16 activities	£9
Three Billy Goats Gruff	KS1	A fully comprehensive pack which includes the story with colour pictures and 17 activities	£9
Cinderella	KS1	A fully comprehensive pack which includes the story with colour pictures and 16 activities	£9
Snow White	KS1	A fully comprehensive pack which includes the story with colour pictures and 16 activities	£9
Red Riding Hood	KS1	A fully comprehensive pack which includes the story with colour pictures and 23 activities	£9
Goldilocks	KS1	A fully comprehensive pack which includes the story with colour pictures and 18 activities	£9
The Curious Demise of a Contrary Cat	KS1	Flashcards and activities to support the reading book	FREE
Big Books	KS1	Flash or Word wall cards for popular books	£5
BSL Charts and Worksheets	KS1	Charts and worksheets with BSL signs	FREE
Footlights 45	KS1 + 2	A teaching package designed to help children learn the first 45 National Literacy Strategy words using Widgit Literacy Symbols.	£30
Zed Reading Books	KS1	Reading books for the first 45 High Frequency Words	£20
Blends Question Words	Foundation	This environment is for the creation of W, H and Wh words.	FREE
NEW Zed Reading Books	KS1	Reading books for the first 45 High Frequency Words	£7
Theseus	Years 2 + 3	Activities based on two stories about Theseus: Theseus' Challenge and Theseus and the Minotaur	FREE

Geography

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Geography	KS1	4 games designed to give children fun and interesting opportunities to learn and use vocabulary for geography	£10
Mountains	KS2	Books, dictionaries, flashcards and many more activities	£20
Coasts	KS2	Books, dictionaries, flashcards and many more activities	£20
Rivers	KS2	Books, dictionaries, flashcards and many more activities	£20
Around Our School	Year 1	Geography worksheets and activities on the local area	FREE
Harry and Tilly go to the Seaside	Year 2	Worksheets and activities	FREE

Numeracy

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Early Counting	Foundation	Counting number groups, 1-5, 1-10 and 1-20	£5
What's the time Mr Wolf?	KS 1	Story, vocabulary and activities	FREE
Maths Pack	KS1 + KS2	Vocabulary flashcards from Reception to Year 6 to support the National Numeracy Strategy	£39

Foreign Language

Pack	Level	Description	Application	Cost from
French	KS2	Vocabulary and activities to use within the QCA Scheme of Work for Units 1-12		£5

Music

Pack	Level	Description	Application	Cost from
Nice Warm Socks	Years 2 + 3	A collection of beautiful songs suitable for use in class music, speech and language therapy work, front rooms and car journeys alike.		FREE

Older Learners

Pack	Level	Description	Cost from
Leisure	KS2 and upwards	Social stories and workbooks covering a range of leisure subjects	£10
PHSE	KS2 and upwards	Social stories and workbooks covering issues such as behaviour, bullying, hygiene, illness, death	£10
Occupations	KS2 and upwards	Understand and explore the roles of people in different jobs	£10
Cooking	KS2 and upwards	58 books with recipes and food topics covering snacks, starters, dinners and desserts	£50
Shakespeare	KS3 and upwards	Books and workbooks covering 10 titles	£20
Classics	KS3 and upwards	Books and workbooks covering 10 titles	£20
Learning for Life	KS3 and upwards	Reading books and workbooks on social topics	£10
Road Safety	KS3 and upwards	An activity pack about road safety	£7
Train Safety	KS3 and upwards	An activity pack about train safety	£7
Bodies, Emotions & Relationships	KS3 and upwards	A pack to learn about forming relationships, our bodies and emotions	£7
Sequencing Activities	KS4 and upwards	Life Skills activities to mix up and put in the right order	£5
Choices and Planning Toolkit	KS3 and upwards	Comprising 4 packs aimed at all ages to promote independence and choice	£30
Recipe Book	KS3 and upwards	A collection of recipes with symbol support. These have been made to cut and bind to make A5 booklets.	£5

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