Course curriculum

  • 1

    The Sensory Festival 29 November 2024

    • What is the Sensory Festival?

  • 2

    Sensory Resources and Environments

    • 1. A sensory resonance pipe with Richard Hirstwood

    • 2. Sensory Christmas with Lynne Castle

    • 3. ‘Safe Spaces - Big Impact: tools to support neurodiverse and high needs learners’ with Clive Smith

    • 4. The Inclusive Classroom with Bex Watton

    • 5. The Four A’s: available, appropriate, accessible, achievable with Richard Hirstwood

    • 6. Sensory ChatGPT with Lynne Castle and Richard Hirstwood

    • 7. Making a sensory salad spinner with Richard Hirstwood

    • 8. Making a sensory salad spinner with Richard Hirstwood THE EASY WAY

    • 9. Creating small environments to make play and the curriculum multisensory and accessible! with Simply Sensory

    • 10. Sharing Sensory Ideas with Lynne Castle

    • 11. A Holographic Shower Curtain VI and CVI with Richard Hirstwood

    • 12. JBL Go 3 a fabulous vibration speaker with Richard Hirstwood

    • How can Hirstwood Training help you? Our 'live & online' events for 2025!

    • 13. ‘Stuck’ In The Sensory Room? With Sensory Soup

    • 14. B & M White Boxes with Richard Hirstwood

    • 15. The Gove Light Curtain with Richard Hirstwood

    • 16. A Fantastic Spinning Light for Neurodiverse Learners with Richard Hirstwood

    • 17. The Wheel of Fortune: Session 1 - 29 November

    • 18. Homework from Lynne Castle

  • 3

    Cognition & Learning

    • 19. Why do we love to spin? with Shelia Thelen

    • 20. Where have we come from? Where shall we go? with Les Staves

    • How can Hirstwood Training help you? Our Online Learning Bundles in 2025!

    • 21. How do I maximise opportunities for communication across the day? with Dawn Brown

    • 22. Coping, managing and leading in a SEN classroom with Nick Sheffield

    • 23. Cinderella as a Massage Story with Mary Atkinson

    • 24. How to use podcasting to develop learning with Adam Millichip

    • 25. R.E and 'Why?' Stories with Lynn McCann

    • 26. Making Learning Stick: Turning Memory into Fun and Meaningful Experiences with Dr Sarah Moseley

    • 27. ‘Exploring RE and Faith through the Senses’ with Victoria Navin

    • 28. Subject Specific Teaching - a discussion

  • 4

    Literacy & Stories

    • 29. ‘Top 5 Tips for Telling Sensory Stories’ (in the style of ‘Top of the Pops!) with Pete Wells

    • 31. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Keith Park

    • 32. ‘Sensory Stories. Are they sensory or are they stories – because they can’t be both!’ with Peter Imray

    • 33. Creating New Stories from Old: How to use folktales to create new sensory stories with Ailie Finlay

    • 34. How to transform a familiar story into a sensory experience with Caroline Hill

  • 5

    Wellbeing

    • 35. Breathing: supporting learners mental health and wellbeing! with Sarah Hall

    • 37. Five top tips to support the wellbeing of learners with complex needs! with Ann-Marie Walker

    • 38. Diets and Autism: what’s the story with autistic children, food and behaviour? The latest thinking with Chris Barson

  • 6

    The Senses

    • 39. Ai Podcast 'Vision for Doing' a book review

    • 41. Ai Podcast: an overview of the NAS Guide 'Sensory Strategies'

  • 7

    Free Stuff!

    • Further information for you: The Hirstwood Training Newsletter!

    • Flo Longhorn - Free Resources

    • Further information for you: Hirstwood Training Blogs!

    • PMLD Link - further information for you!

  • 8

    Subtitled Festival Movies

    • What you will find in this chapter

    • 1. A sensory resonance pipe with Richard Hirstwood

    • 2. Sensory Christmas with Lynne Castle

    • 3. ‘Safe Spaces - Big Impact: tools to support neurodiverse and high needs learners’ with Clive Smith

    • 4. The Inclusive Classroom with Bex Watton

    • 5. The Four A’s: available, appropriate, accessible, achievable with Richard Hirstwood

    • 6. Sensory ChatGPT with Lynne Castle and Richard Hirstwood

    • 7. Making a sensory salad spinner with Richard Hirstwood

    • 8. Making a sensory salad spinner with Richard Hirstwood THE EASY WAY

    • 9. Creating small environments to make play and the curriculum multisensory and accessible! with Simply Sensory

    • 10. Sharing Sensory Ideas with Lynne Castle

    • 11. A Holographic Shower Curtain VI and CVI with Richard Hirstwood

    • 12. JBL Go 3 a fabulous vibration speaker with Richard Hirstwood

    • 13. ‘Stuck’ In The Sensory Room? With Sensory Soup

    • 14. B & M White Boxes with Richard Hirstwood

    • 15. The Gove Light Curtain with Richard Hirstwood

    • 16. A Fantastic Spinning Light for Neurodiverse Learners with Richard Hirstwood

    • 17. The Wheel of Fortune: Session 1 - 29 November

    • 18. Homework from Lynne Castle

    • 19. Why do we love to spin? with Shelia Thelen

    • 20. Where have we come from? Where shall we go? with Les Staves

    • 21. How do I maximise opportunities for communication across the day? with Dawn Brown

    • 22. Coping, managing and leading in a SEN classroom with Nick Sheffield

    • 23. Cinderella as a Massage Story with Mary Atkinson

    • 24. How to use podcasting to develop learning with Adam Millichip

    • 25. R.E and 'Why?' Stories with Lynn McCann

    • 26. Making Learning Stick: Turning Memory into Fun and Meaningful Experiences with Dr Sarah Moseley

    • 27. ‘Exploring RE and Faith through the Senses’ with Victoria Navin

    • 28. Subject Specific Teaching - a discussion

    • 29. ‘Top 5 Tips for Telling Sensory Stories’ (in the style of ‘Top of the Pops!) with Pete Wells

    • 31. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Keith Park

    • 32. ‘Sensory Stories. Are they sensory or are they stories – because they can’t be both!’ with Peter Imray

    • 33. Creating New Stories from Old: How to use folktales to create new sensory stories with Ailie Finlay

    • 34. How to transform a familiar story into a sensory experience with Caroline Hill

    • 35. Breathing: supporting learners mental health and wellbeing! with Sarah Hall

    • 37. Five top tips to support the wellbeing of learners with complex needs! with Ann-Marie Walker

    • 38. Diets and Autism: what’s the story with autistic children, food and behaviour? The latest thinking with Chris Barson