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For Vulnerable 
Learners

SPAEDA offer specialist support for those working with additional needs students and vulnerable learners. Including network development and supervision for SENCo, SEND and PRU staff, training in provision of trauma informed settings and online subject resources.

 

We also run a programme of creative and therapeutic interventions for vulnerable children with additional needs that promote wellbeing and develop skills to use into adulthood, including: progression frameworks such as the arts award; creative offers responding to needs identified within Educational Healthcare Plans; home, hybrid and family learning opportunities.

 

Upcoming Training and Events

  • SWITCHBOOK - Free Taster Session
    SWITCHBOOK - Free Taster Session
    Sat, 07 Dec
    SWITCHBOOK - Free Taster Session
    07 Dec 2024, 10:00 – 12:00
    Rook Lane Chapel, Rook Lane Chapel, Frome BA11 1DN, UK
    Get to know the project SWITCHBOOK! Find out how it works, ask any questions and sign up to take part for 2025. This event features an exclusive gallery visit, courtesy of GLADE, along with an opportunity to dive into some hands-on sketchbook work.
  • SWITCHBOOK – Join our sketchbook community!
    SWITCHBOOK – Join our sketchbook community!
    Runs through January - December 2025
    SWITCHBOOK – Join our sketchbook community!
    Runs through January - December 2025
    This project runs remotely.
    SWITCHBOOK is an innovative collaboration, bringing together creatives from across Somerset, working side-by-side on a continuous sketchbook journey.
  • In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets Exhibition
    In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets Exhibition
    20 Jul 2024 – 23 Feb 2025
    In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets Exhibition
    20 Jul 2024 – 23 Feb 2025
    Hestercombe House, Hestercombe House, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton TA2 8LQ, UK
    A selection of work produced by pupils from the four year project 'In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets' will be on show at Hestercombe Gallery from the 20th July 2024 to the 23rd February, 2025.
HeARTspace: unlocking resilience through art

HeARTspace provides a creative safe space where children and young people can find support from trusted adults and develop peer relationships in a time of crisis and trauma, through the making of art.

Thank you to our many supporters who helped us raise £6,254 for HeARTspace in March! All funds were raised through the Big Give. 

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Creative Leaders Network

​We run networks for SENCOs and those working within SEND settings in Somerset to share and develop creative approaches to support their learners.

Our termly networks signpost approaches and resources designed to make the most of the creative arts within Special School and Pupil Referral Unit contexts.  

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Bolder and Braver Project

Using art and creativity as a therapeutic tool, Bolder and Braver sought to empower young learners with additional needs, giving them opportunities to reflect as well as new skills to raise their aspirations and better equip them for living their best adult life.

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Online Teaching Resources

Use our online teaching resources across the curriculum with all learners.  

 

Each resource includes curriculum links; engaging practical activities designed and led by artists; full instructions and a list of everything you need to deliver these with your students.

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