Useful Resources

Useful Resources for supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

Early Years Level 3 SENCO (External Website)

Learn more about emotions as part of the early years foundation stage (EYFS), including advice from experts and suggested activities (External Website)

SEDW in young children - ASQ (External Website)

Home Learning Environment Resources Pack

These resources have been developed to help support early years settings, schools and parents with younger children learning at home.

Home Learning Environment Resource Pack (PDF, 117KB)

Supporting the transition from Reception to Year 1 - Research Seminars

In Autumn 2020, the Greater Manchester (GM) School Readiness programme ran a series of research-focused seminars aimed at supporting primary school head teachers and school leaders. The sessions reflected on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on shortening the EYFS offer for pupils and the different approaches that can support a positive return to learning in Year 1.

Each of the sessions was recorded and you can find the Speech, Language and Communication one below. Please note - some of the presentation slides on this page are not accessible, however they are exempt because this is third-party content that is neither funded nor developed by, nor under the control of, the public sector body. The content is also presented in the videos which contains audio and subtitles.

Speech, Language and Communication - Michelle Morris and Rebecca Shirt

Speech, Language and Communication Webinar Recording

Speech, Language and Communication PowerPoint Presentation (PDF, 784 KB)

Language as a Child Wellbeing Indicator Research Paper (PDF, 3.2 MB)

Supporting the transition from Reception to Year 1 - Research Seminars

Each of the sessions was recorded which you will find below. Please note - some of the presentation slides on this page are not accessible, however they are exempt because this is third-party content that is neither funded nor developed by, nor under the control of, the public sector body. The content is also presented in the videos which contains audio and subtitles.