Communication Differences 2
SUBJECT
TEACHER
Communication
difficulties
GRADE
DATE
KS1+2
[Select Date]
OVERVIEW
Children experience trying to communicate with a variety of restrictions. They think about how
important it is to communicate for them personally.
TEACHER GUIDE
OBJECTIVES
National Curriculum Links
KS1
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Children to have experienced not
being able to communicate
effectively and shared how it felt
PSHE 3.e, 4.c
SC2, 1.b, 2.g
En2 3 a,b,c,d,e
KS2
PSHE 4.a, 4.f,
En2 3.a,b,c,d,e
INTRO
10 MINS
Come up with all the ways we
communicate and get the children to
recap on which of the 5 senses they
are using for them
i.e. talking, waving, hugging, writing
ACTIVITY
45 MINS
Ask the children to work in
pairs(alternating who has to ask
questions and who finds it hard to
answer)
Find out one new thing they didn’t
know about each other (for KS1 can
find out favourite ice cream flavour,
favourite colour etc.)
Ask them to share with the class
and take a tally of people who
thought it was Easy, Ok, Difficult
Repeat this a few times with the
following conditions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
With eyes closed
With fingers in your ears
Can’t speak at all
With eyes closed and fingers in
ears
For children to experience not being
able to communicate as effectively
as they are used to
TEACHER GUIDE
EVALUATION/PLENARY
10 MINS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain that certain differences
make it difficult for people to
communicate. Imagine not being
able to tell your mum you are
hungry or your hamster that you
love him?
For children to share how they felt
Children to write down one thing
that they think is the most
important to communicate
everyday.
EXTENSION ACTIVITY
40 MINUTES
Explain how some people
communicate in alternative ways as
they have little or no speech.
For children to understand how
technology can be used to
communicate.
Use National Star student
communication aids sheet to give
real life examples.
REQUIREMENTS
 Tally chart on white
board
RESOURCES
NOTES
Student Communication
aid Sheet
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National Star Students who use communication aids
Communication Aids can help people who have little or no speech to
communicate more effectively. For further information here is a useful link;
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/factsheet/communication-aids
Rubina uses a computer to
speak to people. The
computer follows her
movements by a silver dot on
her forehead. This way
Rubina creates sentences,
which activates the
computer to speak.
3
.
Rachel uses an iPad to speak. She types
sentences into the iPad that has a special
programme which then speaks Rachel’s words.
She uses the iPad when she works in the Star
Bistro serving customers. People ask her
questions and then Rachel answers them
through her iPad.
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Simon has a computerised communicator
to speak to people. He composes sentences
by typing on the screen and then the
communicator speaks his words. Simon has
even programmed his communicator so
that it has different voices. He can make it
sound like James Bond. He is very good at
programming and has helped lots of other
students with their communicators
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