When a flower doesn’t bloom,
you fix the environment in which it grows,
not the flower.
- A d H
Communication underpins everything we do in life.
Communication underpins everything we do in life.
Critically, it is essential to learning.
Critically, it is essential to learning.
In creating a communication friendly classroom, we can not only support learning but also help develop the language, social and emotional skills of young people.
In creating a communication friendly classroom, we can not only support learning but also help develop the language, social and emotional skills of young people.
The purpose of this toolkit is to help you maximise your knowledge and the learning environments you create for your pupils.
The purpose of this toolkit is to help you maximise your knowledge and the learning environments you create for your pupils.
Classrooms That Communicate
Classrooms That Communicate
Blackpool Classrooms That Communicate is a curated collection of resources and advice that puts speech, language & communication at the heart of helping staff to help the young people they work with.
Blackpool Classrooms That Communicate is a curated collection of resources and advice that puts speech, language & communication at the heart of helping staff to help the young people they work with.
Like all of us, young people need to understand and be understood in a nurturing environment.
Like all of us, young people need to understand and be understood in a nurturing environment.
We need to be able to interact, listen, understand, express ourselves effectively, ask and answer questions to support our learning, problem solve, feel confident and comfortable in our surroundings.
We need to be able to interact, listen, understand, express ourselves effectively, ask and answer questions to support our learning, problem solve, feel confident and comfortable in our surroundings.
The toolkit aims to provide information to support all young people. We have included broad, general advice together with more specific information on how best to support pupils who have, for example, English as an Additional Language (EAL) or users of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC).
The toolkit aims to provide information to support all young people. We have included broad, general advice together with more specific information on how best to support pupils who have, for example, English as an Additional Language (EAL) or users of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC).
How To Use This Toolkit
How To Use This Toolkit
We encourage you to simply dive in!
We encourage you to simply dive in!
You can either browse the various sections from the Toolkit link above or you can use the search function to find specific information.
You can either browse the various sections from the Toolkit link above or you can use the search function to find specific information.
This site and the majority of its resources have been created in Google Workplace and saved as PDF files for you to use. We have included links to add resources to your personal Google Drive where we can.
This site and the majority of its resources have been created in Google Workplace and saved as PDF files for you to use. We have included links to add resources to your personal Google Drive where we can.
There is also a useful section on auditing your classroom, staff skills and other useful measuring tools HERE.
There is also a useful section on auditing your classroom, staff skills and other useful measuring tools HERE.
Specialist Support
Specialist Support
The information and strategies in this Tooklit should help ALL young people, however there are some specialist areas that require extra explanation, support and information.
The information and strategies in this Tooklit should help ALL young people, however there are some specialist areas that require extra explanation, support and information.
The Resilience Revolution in Schools
The Resilience Revolution in Schools
Resilience is a term frequently used in society to describe people who are carrying on in the face of adversity.
Resilience is a term frequently used in society to describe people who are carrying on in the face of adversity.
We're hearing it much more in the wake of the pandemic to show how people are coping and finding ways to adapt.
We're hearing it much more in the wake of the pandemic to show how people are coping and finding ways to adapt.
Here in Blackpool we have developed a Resilience Revolution upskilling the whole community to build their own, and others, resilience based on Resilient Therapy.
Here in Blackpool we have developed a Resilience Revolution upskilling the whole community to build their own, and others, resilience based on Resilient Therapy.
This approach is an evidence-based process of enabling people to build their resilience and overcome adversity by recognising strengths, working co-productively and addressing inequalities by looking at a whole systems change.
This approach is an evidence-based process of enabling people to build their resilience and overcome adversity by recognising strengths, working co-productively and addressing inequalities by looking at a whole systems change.
Using a socio-ecological model ranging from each individual to government interventions we are 'Beating the Odds, whilst Changing the Odds'. [Angie Hart (2013, 2016)]
Using a socio-ecological model ranging from each individual to government interventions we are 'Beating the Odds, whilst Changing the Odds'. [Angie Hart (2013, 2016)]