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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

  • Somerset Art Weeks 2024 - Spaeda at Venue 79
    Somerset Art Weeks 2024 - Spaeda at Venue 79
    Sat, 21 Sept
    Somerset Art Weeks 2024 - Spaeda at Venue 79
    21 Sept 2024, 11:00 – 06 Oct 2024, 17:00
    Wick Farm, Curry Rivel, Langport TA10 0NL, UK
    Spaeda will be exhibiting the latest sketchbooks developed through our ongoing programme, SWITCHBOOK, at Wick Farm, Venue 79 for Somerset Art Weeks 2024.
  • SWITCHBOOK - Sketchbook Circle for Art Leaders
    SWITCHBOOK - Sketchbook Circle for Art Leaders
    Thu, 10 Oct
    SWITCHBOOK - Sketchbook Circle for Art Leaders
    10 Oct 2024, 16:30 – 18:00
    Taunton, Hestercombe, Taunton TA2 8LQ, UK
    SWITCHBOOK is an innovative collaboration, bringing together art educators from across Somerset, working side-by-side on a continuous sketchbook journey.
  • In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets
    In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets
    Thu, 07 Nov
    In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets
    07 Nov 2024, 17:30 – 19:30
    Hestercombe House, Hestercombe, Taunton TA2 8LG, UK
    Children and young people from schools across Somerset have been learning about local heritage through the eyes of artists and poets. Join us for our end of project celebration!
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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