Sensory SEND Resource
Suitable for SEND students
Borrow our Sensory Resource to support SEND students during a teacher-led visit to The Hepworth Wakefield.
The resource offers playful tools and tactile activities to create inclusive, multi-sensory experiences in the galleries and support individual needs.
It is bespoke to The Hepworth Wakefield and reflects the artworks that you will see on your visit.
Accompanying the kit are open-ended ideas about how to use the resource which you can use as a starting point to adapt to your students’ interests, abilities and sensory needs.
COST
FREE to hire for Specialist Schools. Suitable for groups of up to 10 SEND students.
TO BOOK
Teacher-led resources can be booked as part of your visit by completing our online enquiry form.
Please book teacher-led visits at least two weeks in advance.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
A5 cards with open-ended ideas for you to use with the resource.
x10 individual student bags with soft tactile snakes, a fabric ‘Hepworth’ shape and a sensory scarf
A teacher kit which includes:
- Handling objects – natural objects and tactile pattern stones
- Fidget objects – wooden and concentric circle fidgets and squeeze objects
- Looking tools – colour paddles and acrylic ‘Hepworth’ shapes
- Mark making tools – variety of pencils with clipboards and paper; tactile fabric drawing; shape dice game
- Books and visual supports, including widgets for The Hepworth Wakefield
- Soft floor mat
This resource was developed in collaboration with artist Bryony Pritchard and SEND specialist Nicola Kirby.
Thank you to the staff and students at Aurora Ivy Lane School who supported the development and piloting of this resource.
With generous support from Art Fund.
