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Today we are thinking of everyone collecting their GCSE results. Remember that you are so much more than your grades. You grades are not what you are capable of. Shoot for the moon, in you miss you’ll land in the stars! ⭐️🌟⭐️💡

How will you be marking this important day? 💡

Some more great top tips that not only provide vital development opportunities but also tonnes of fun! ⬇️

Top Tip Thursday - movement activity day 8.

Desk drumming.

This is a great activity that anyone can do. Essentially you and your class ‘drum’ along to some music:
You can drum with all sorts of different things:
🥁Foam swimming woggles (I love these as hey – who has ever got hurt by a swim woggle? They can be bitten and eaten though so take care if your pupils might do this!)
🥁Plastic bottles (like empty pop bottles). You can fill these with rice or coloured water for a more visual and sound stimulation.
🥁With your hands (flat hands, fists, or clapping).

And in all sorts of places:
🥁At your desk.
🥁On a Gymball.
🥁On the floor.

There are some great videos on you tube that you can show and everyone can drum along with. Look up desk drumming, cardio drumming or drum fit and so many examples come up. Lots of videos show older people doing this as well as children – this activity suits all ages, the benefits apply to all.

Drumming is great for developing motor skills including coordination, rhythm, bilateral integration, crossing midline, shoulder stability and stamina.
🥁If you drum on the floor then up to the ceiling you can gain a change in head position for that all important vestibular stimulation – remember though that we have already discussed that this can be challenging for some pupils so don’t push it if your pupils cant look up or down.
🥁Take both woggles off to one side of the body and you have an activity that works on crossing midline.
🥁Make your two hands work together (banging the two woggles on each other) and you get bilateral coordination skill development, you can increase complexity by making one hand do one movement and the other do something else, or even coordinating hands and feet.
🥁Bang your woggles in a circle around your body watching them as they move and you get visual tracking (remember the clapping in a circle in Grease Lightning?).
🥁Banging the woggles gives a shoulder and back workout which will help build the stability and muscle strength needed for writing and other fine motor tasks.
🥁Beating out different rhythms can work on auditory and visual memory. Can you beat a rhythm and your class copy it?
🥁The resistive work this gives you is great for regulation but do bear in mind that exciting music and fast visual images can be very alerting so you may need to follow this activity up with a calming exercise.

I find this a great exercise to do with pupils who like to push and hit others – it gives them the sensory feedback they are looking for but in a much more productive and functional way.

Our thoughts are with all that are receiving results today. Whatever you get please remember that you willl always be more than a set of grades. You are more than good enough and capable of so much! 💡

Some great food for thought! ⬇️💡

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This toolkit from Ambitious about Autism supports autistic young people into the job market. The toolkit has sections for autistic young people, careers professionals and employers. It's free to download & includes many editable forms and templates.
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A great visual to support discussions about mixed emotions. 💡

Every young person should see this.

💡 thepresentpsychologist

We are all signed up and looking forward to our training in September!💡

⭐ Be recognised as a TS Friendly school, employer or organisation! ⭐

Once you’ve completed your TS training with our team you can now join our growing community of TS Friendly schools, workplaces and organisations! This has been created so we can highlight and celebrate organisations who are Tourette’s-aware.

Read more here! https://buff.ly/3NGJ8vY

We are very much looking forward to presenting this! We hope you’ll join us! 💡

Don't forget to reserve your spot for our webinar on Tuesday.

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Take a look at our Summer holiday activities booklet to see what's on offer.

Booking opens on Monday 3rd July at 10:00am

https://go.walsall.gov.uk/children-and-young-people/holiday-activities-programme-haf/haf-summer-activities-booking

Funded by Department of education

For all those celebrating. 💡

A free download which may help you to help someone else. ⬇️💡

New Little Minds Matter Guide Free Resource

Sending lots of love to this chap! ⬇️ A fantastic model of recognising when self-care should be a priority. Well done Glastonbury goers for being supportive. We can all be more kind! ❤️💡

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We have had the most amazing afternoon exploring creative approaches to help the children and young people that we support to tell their stories their way. A HUGE thank you to the amazing Frances Ford from the wonderful RSVP West Midlands for facilitating such a great experience. We can’t wait to put it all into practice! 💡

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Fantastic FREE Webinar coming up from the BDA! It will look at how to encourage learners to make sense of numbers by making maths meaningful, practical, visual and enjoyable.

Register free today: https://bit.ly/3NkJMAC

A free resource ⬇️ 💡

Celebrate Father's Day with Magic! 💙

We are excited to offer FREE Father's Day cards available in two designs. Simply create an account to access them from the Makaton Library!

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But wait, there’s more! 🎉

Sign up for a FREE 7-day trial as a Premium Member to unlock more resources 🚀

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Share your love through Makaton 👐

Have you seen this? 💡

NEW children's book about PDA by Sophie Cook ( on Instagram) coming soon! Pre-orders for signed copies are being taken until Friday 16th June via: www.dollysdaydreamscheshire.co.uk/PDA-Saurus

The book will also be available via Amazon soon - details to follow.

The PDA-Saurus has decided to embark on an adventure to find her autonomy, but will she find it? Come along on her journey of self discovery, as she meets new friends and discovers who she really is.

Have you booked your place? 💡

Our webinar next week is from the ever wonderful Beccie Hawes Head of Service at Cadmus Inclusive

It will explore the eight senses and how they work in the classroom. This will include how sensory needs impact upon learning and behaviour. It will look at busting the barriers to learning and engagement that sensory needs can cause, as well as how to develop and implement a personalised sensory diet.

This session is suitable for; Educational professional: teachers, teaching assistants, senior leaders, SENCos, pastoral staff, learning mentors.

Tickets are available via this link https://buff.ly/3UL1EFD

💡We are hiring! 💡
We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapy assistant to join our Cadmus family of schools to work with our Speech and Language therapist.



Follow the link below to find out more. ⬇️ 💡

wmjobs.co.uk/job/163924/spe…

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Ref: TV18423 - Walsall, West Midlands job with Chuckery Primary School | 163924 CADMUS Family of Schools Speech and Language Therapy Assistant 37 Hours per week term time only Salary: Grade G5 SCP- 9-14 £23,194 to £25,409 pro r...

Did you know that today is Tourette’s Awareness day? 💡

We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapy assistant to join our Cadmus family of schools to work with our Speech and Language therapist. Follow the link below to find out more. ⬇️ 💡

https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/163924/speech-and-language-therapy-assistant-ref-tv18423/

Could this information help someone you support? 💡

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Today some of the team are busy ‘doing a learn’ so that we can be even more trauma responsive for the small humans and their adults that we support. Thank you to RSVP West Midlands for delivering todays training💡💛

We loved exploring the versatility of voice recording devices. So many ways to learn from just one resource! ⬇️💡

Voice recording devices have endless learning opportunities ✨.

One way in which they can be used is to 'hold’ a sentence. The child records their sentence onto the voice recording device and can play it back as many times as needed to support them with their writing 🎥.

In this blog, Beccie Hawes explains different ways that voice recording devices can be used to support learning 📣 https://bit.ly/3o8Mkrw

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We really enjoyed exploring this inspiring and versatile resource. Read our blog for lots of ideas for how it can be used. ⬇️💡

Our Creative Writing Tubs offer a kit packed full of unique, engaging objects, artefacts and characters to inspire fiction and non-fiction writing to get children's creative juices flowing 📚.

In this blog, Beccie Hawes explains the value of Creative Writing Tubs and how this resource can inspire children's writing ✍️ https://bit.ly/3M695o4

Some fantastic curriculum linked ideas! 💡

We having a wonderful time delivering Makaton Level One to our participants today. We have lots of training opportunities available. Follow the link below to find out more. ⬇️💡

https://www.cadmusinclusive.co.uk/makaton/

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PDA turns 'parenting norms' upside down. Here are some FREE resources to help which are available to download from our website...

Our information sheet for parents and carers can be used to help build a ‘toolkit’ of helpful approaches: https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/resources/helpful-approaches-for-parents-carers/

Being a parent when you are PDA yourself can present some unique challenges which may benefit from some unique approaches. In Parenting as a PDAer, some examples are provided by PDA parents of PDA children: https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/life-with-pda-menu/adult-life-landing/adult-life-by-pdaers-landing/parenting-as-a-pdaer/

Having the privilege to work with children and young people brings many magical and inspiring moments. This week was no different! A determined, aspirational and very resilient small human asked to meet with us to see what we could do to help her with the next stage of her reading adventure. Reading is such a powerful gift and it was a pleasure to help this young person discover the magic and unwrap one of the greatest gifts we can give! 📚💡

Aided by none other than Mickey Mouse (we don’t just let anyone deliver training), we had an amazing day supporting colleagues through their Team Teach training at our Cadmus Inclusive Hub in Walsall. You can find out more about our Team Teach offer here ⬇️💡

https://www.cadmusinclusive.co.uk/team-teach/

This is a really useful resource! Thank you for sharing.💡

Our famous app wheel has been updated! We hope you like it and find it useful when it comes to narrowing down the choice of thousands of literacy support apps out there. Download the new version here www.callscotland.org.uk/downloads/posters-and-leaflets/ipad-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia/ Let us know if there are any other apps you think should be on the wheel- thanks!

Could this help the family of someone you support? 💡

Have you seen this?

This amazing online conference is a partnership between the Singing for Health Network, Sing Up Foundation and Music for Good. It will bring together international leaders in Singing for Health research and practice, to share their expertise and experiences in relation to singing for Children & Young People's Mental Health & Wellbeing.

Our brilliant Makaton tutor Rebeca Thompson and her song writing partner will be presenting one of their fantastic projects.

Find out more here ⬇️ 💡

https://www.singingforhealthnetwork.co.uk/event-details/singing-for-mental-health-and-wellbeing-spotlight-on-children-and-young-people-2023-05-26-09-30

We had a fantastic time presenting at the SENDGroup virtual conference this morning! Thank you for having us and for all of the amazing feedback! See you next year for more! 💡

This week is 💡

Pudsey’s temporarily removed his bandana.

Did you know that today marks the start of Tourette’s Awareness month? 💡