Ourselves

A set of activities to support Year 1 Science topic work from Shirley Austin

A wealth of activities for individual and group work about ourselves, things that are alive, plus some data collection materials about characteristics of people.

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For similar resources see:
Light and Dark
Science Yrs 1,2,3

Pack Name	Price	Size
Paper based activities	FREE	1.19MB
Paper based activities	FREE	770K
Environments	FREE	930K
Information on using the resources	FREE	150K
National Learning Objectives	FREE	120K

Download it for use in Communicate: In Print 2, including all the additional graphics so that you can tailor the materials to suit your group and make your own materials.
You need 'Communicate: In Print 2' installed to able to use this resource

Download the worksheets and environments for Writing with Symbols 2000 V2.6 including any additional graphics so that you can tailor the materials to suit your group and make your own materials.
You need 'Writing with Symbols 2000 v2.6' installed to be able to use this resource

Download the packs as PDF Files. These do not require symbol software, but you will not be able to edit the activities.
You do not need any Widgit software to be able to use this resource

19 activities including:

Worksheets on the senses, including preferences, and imaginative activities
Worksheets on animals and people, what are animals, what can they do, what do they eat?
Worksheets on the difference between things alive and not alive
Mind Maps to stimulate discussion in group work
Data collection materials to gather and analyse data bout children in the class

These are available for Communicate: In Print 2 and for Writing with Symbols 2000 v2.6. There are also on-screen activities for Writing with Symbols.

Age order woksheet

Senses Worksheet

How to use the packs

This is a very substantial pack of activities that will meet the needs of a wide range of abilities, and are ideal for supporting inclusion of pupils of differing abilities.

The Wizard Environment files give access to the same or similar activities on-screen and can be accessed by switch users.

Information

Important Notice

All Widgit resources whether bought or free of charge are protected by copyright. The symbols are copyright Widgit Software or Mayer Johnson LLC and the content of the materials is copyright Widgit Software unless otherwise specified.

You may not under any circumstances distribute these to any third parties, they are for your own use. Distribution of materials is illegal.

Printing the materials from Communicate: In Print 2

The Communicate: In Print 2 set of files are installed into the Communicate files/In Print Writing folder, in SIP Activities. This includes any additional symbols or graphics that are used in the packs, which will be available for you to use in your own materials.

As well as using the materials as supplied, they can be modified or adapted for individual needs, for example by adding or removing symbols to give the most appropriate level of individual support.

Communicate: In Print gives you the option to print either as single sheets or as books ready to staple and fold. You can also choose to print double sided.

Using the materials in Writing with Symbols 2000

The worksheets and environments are installed into your WWS2000Work folder. Together with wordlists and additional graphics.

The worksheet files are installed into the Activities folder inside writing.

The environments are installed into the Activities folder inside your Wizard environments.

As well as using the materials as supplied, they can be modified or adapted for individual needs. The extra vocabulary for the wordlist and the extra graphics are provided with the pack and automatically added to WIDRESOURCES (Widgit graphic resources). This enables you to also create your own materials to meet individual needs.

Printing the PDF Files

The PDF files give the details of using the activities and how they meet National Curriculum learning objectives.

These files can be printed directly from Acrobat Reader. You do not need any of the Widgit Products to access these files, but you will need to have Adobe Acrobat installed.