RESOURCES + IDEAS ON INCLUSION AND PSHE

I hope the resources and activities below will help to promote inclusion in the classroom and in daily life. 

There are lots of reasons why it’s so important to have books that celebrate inclusion and diversity, but here are two:

  1. Every child should be able to see someone like themselves represented in books.
  2. As readers, we read to learn about other lives that are not like our own. This kind of reading can promote empathy and understanding.

Click here for a list of books to consider reading in class or having on your bookshelf. I’m no expert on picture books, but there are chapter book examples as well as Middle Grade and YA books.

I will add new books as I find them.

What is CP?
click here to find out about CP
What would you say?
click here for ideas

(To demonstrate how hard it is to talk to someone who doesn’t speak. A fun game to get everyone thinking…)

SET UP

  • Print off resource one
  • Cut into individual cards
  • Use a timer (optional)

PLAY THE GAME

Whole class activity.

One person comes up to the front and sits on a chair.

That person is given a card and a timer can be set.

That person is not allowed to speak but can nod, shake head etc.

The other students have to guess what is on the card.

(As the teacher, you know what is on the card so you can ask questions to help narrow it down. E.G. ‘Is it something you like to eat?)

Once the timer goes off or the idea on the card is guessed, chose another student for the chair!

Feel free to come up with your own cards (I’ve left some blank cards so you can come up with ideas of your own, maybe relating to recent work).

For younger classes, you could take them out of the room to tell them what is on the card.

I hope you have fun!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Learn about being a good friend!

SET UP

  • A copy of the cards resource one (at least one card per pair in the class)
  • A 2 minute timer (or as appropriate)

PLAY THE GAME

Get children into pairs.

One child is to look at the card and is not allowed to speak.

Set the timer.

The second child is to talk to the first child and try to find out what is on the card.

HINT: Sometimes you won’t be able to find out exactly what is wrong with child one. How will you react? What can you do to help them even if you can’t find out exactly what is wrong (or right).

Once the timer goes off, they get a new card. This time player one becomes player two.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If your school uses the Accelerated Reader (AR) Scheme, can Speechless be added to the scheme for your school?

ABSOLUTELY!

I have run the text through the AR software to find out it’s level and you can find the details here:  ATOS Speechless Book Levelling.

If your children enjoy doing the quizzes that go with the scheme, your librarian can load them onto your school’s system using their access details. Please email me for a copy of the file on kate@katedarbishire.com