Newsletter Issue 11: Summer Special
Some of our crew at our recent fundraiser, Step into the Spotlight.
Ready for a much needed break?
Welcome to Issue 11 of the Learn and Thrive newsletter - everything you need to know before you disappear for the holidays.
Get your Education Subscription ready for September changes, including the new content coming next term.
Plus a quick fundraising update, call for new trustees, and a reminder about our projects.
Let’s dive in!
Free Content - Get Your Parent Code
A little boy sticking his tongue out!
Don’t forget, our Parent Codes are available any time.
For free, or an optional donation, you can get a Parent Code which will get you all of the resources totally free.
We’re committed to ensuring that the individuals who need our content most get access, by supporting parents, carers, and families to get completely free access to all our work.
Click the button to get your free Parent Code today.
'Consent' - Coming Soon!
Team from Day 1 of filming our new series. Left to right top row: Lee, Matt, Katie, Sandra, Claire, Mel, Jo. Left to right bottom row: Jessica, Hannah, Samantha.
Filming is done! Now onto edits…
This is a series lots of you have been waiting for. And we’ve partnered with the best; Mel Gadd from The Sex Education Company and Claire Lightley from Bodysense Education.
Our new Consent & Decision Making series will help learners understand their rights, their choices, and the support available to help them be active decision makers in their own lives.
This series will explore consent in its most basic form, and discuss the sorts of decisions our learners have in their lives, when these decisions might be made for them, and how to express their preferences and advocate for themselves.
Make sure you’re signed up to Learning for Life to get immediate access!
Consent & Decision Making will be released in the autumn term.
This series is only possible because of the generous funding and support we have received from the Albert Gubay Foundation and other grant funders.
Set Up Learning for Life for September
Images of the new and updated content in the Growing Up and Keeping Safe series.
Are you ready for all the changes coming in September? We are!
Our Learning for Life project has had a full revamp, so that you can pick it up in September and know it works.
Updated content:
Activity resources - follow along with videos or pick up individual activities
Student Packs - more accessible and easier to use
New content:
Communication Sheets - connect with families ahead of sessions
Lesson Plans - detailed plans to save you time
Recap & Knowledge Checks - understand students’ existing knowledge
Learner Checklist - students ticking their own progress
Take Home Sheet - enable continued, consistent learning at home
Success Criteria - in PDF or Excel, updated for the new curriculum
Your setting can get access for a full calendar year, with unlimited use for all staff, for just £599/year.
What do other schools think?
Our projects are used in mainstream and special schools and colleges across the UK.
We know your budgets are tight (we’re a charity - we get it!). So you need to know our resources will work before you buy them.
See what the team at Newfriars College in Staffordshire think in this video.
Want to wait until September to sign up? No problem - click the button below and we will send you a reminder before school starts!
Don’t forget to sign up to each project to get our accessible learning tools for your learner.
Step into the Spotlight
This year’s fundraiser was a bit out of our comfort zone.
But it was so worth it!
Our trustees battled it out with the unstoppable Tailfeather Dance troupe in a dance off, and we think you’ll probably guess who the winners were… but watch the video to find out!
Thanks to our supporters and sponsors, we raised over £10,000 to continue our work supporting individuals with learning disabilities to thrive!
And we couldn’t have done it without our sponsors: Compass Group, Solutions2, Barkers Printing, WPA, Curious Taproom & Kitchen, and Matchbox Motion.
Calling New Trustees!
We’re on the hunt for some brand new trustees to help our charity grow and thrive.
Specifically, we are looking for people with lived experience of learning disabilities - families, carers, friends, teachers - to bring their personal expertise and input to our board. You’ll be a part of a small but dynamic team, who have big plans to create real change in the lives of children and young people with learning disabilities.
Sound like just your cup of tea? Fill in the application form to get started! Click the button below.
LAST FEW LEFT!
Final boxes of Growing Up and Keeping Safe packs and Maths Before Numbers cards available to purchase!
Get them while you can - this is the last set of printed resources we will be selling for the foreseeable…
And these are better value than buying the digital downloads!
Find all the details and order today by visiting the shop!
Girl using the Learning for Life ‘Growing Up and Keeping Safe’ pack, holding up the Widgit symbol for ‘public’.