Supporting secondary students with SEND
CREST challenges are flexible and student-led, allowing young people to begin from their point of understanding and to shape their own investigations. Whilst CREST resources have a suggested age range, these are just a guide and we encourage you to select the projects and awards that are most suitable for your students’ current level of learning. You may also like to change or adapt the activities, in line with the needs of your learners. CREST is for everyone!
Inclusive resources
- Adapted from a session delivered at the ASE Conference in 2024, this pack for educators sets out the guiding principles for adapting resources for learners with SEND. Learn about some of the key considerations when cr...#SEND#Accessible#Inclusive#EducatorGuide
- This Bronze project has been designed and adapted for students with SEND. This teacher guide will support you to run the 10 hours of project work needed for your students to achieve a Bronze CREST Award. It comes with...#Materials#Food#SEND
- These supporting slides are designed with the needs of students with SEND in mind and accompany the Bronze Award teacher guide, student workbook and Widgit pack. Together, the resources provide everything you need to...#Materials#Food#SEND
- This Bronze project has been designed and adapted for students with SEND. Young people can use this accessible student workbook to record their progress as they complete the 10 hours of project work needed to achieve...#Materials#Food#SEND
- This Widgit resource pack is designed with the needs of students with SEND in mind and accompanies the Bronze Award teacher guide, student workbook and supporting slides. Together, the resources provide everything you...#Materials#Food#SEND
- This evidence form is designed for educators working with young people with SEND who are completing Bronze projects. It allows adults to provide additional evidence in cases where a young person is not able to effecti...#Bronze#Evidence#Inclusive#SEND
- This evidence form is designed for educators working with young people with SEND who are completing Silver and Gold projects. To support SEND learners working at this level, we have a choice of two adjusted evidence f...#Silver#Gold#Evidence#Inclusive#SEND
- This evidence form is designed for educators working with young people with SEND who are completing Silver and Gold projects. To support SEND learners working at this level, we have a choice of two adjusted evidence f...#Silver#Gold#Evidence#Inclusive#SEND
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Supporting SEND students with Silver and Gold projects
At Silver and Gold level, CREST projects are normally reviewed by specialist external assessors. To support students with SEND working at this level, we have supplementing evidence forms which can be used by educators to show that young people have met the CREST criteria around communication, helping them to achieve their awards. This can be particularly helpful for students who are unable to communicate their project effectively without support. Silver and Gold projects from SEND students can also be reviewed by the CREST team, to allow their individual needs to be fully considered during the assessment process.
Contact us
If you have further questions about how to run CREST with your SEND learners, please do get in touch. You can email us at: crest@britishscienceassociation.org
