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Classroom Visual Timetable Kit
PawSteps · The SEND TA's Print-Once Toolkit
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✔ 24 cut-out subject & activity cards
✔ Vertical timetable board with finished-boxes
✔ Now / Next / Then board
✔ 8 transition & warning cards ("5 minutes left", "change of plan"…)
✔ Setup guide for TAs & teachers
✔ Print once, laminate, use every day for years
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🍎PawSteps · For Staff
Setup & Daily Use
🛠️ Setup (20 minutes, once)
Laminate every page. Cut out the subject cards and transition cards. Stick velcro (hook side) on the timetable board slots and Now/Next slots; loop side on the back of every card. Store spare cards on a ring or in a wallet stuck beside the board.
🌅 Each morning
Build the day together — the child helps place the cards. Saying each one aloud ("first phonics, then snack…") is the day's first preview and takes 90 seconds. Predictability is the whole point: what's on the board is a promise.
✅ Through the day
When an activity ends, the child turns the card over, moves it to a "finished" envelope, or ticks the box — the physical action of FINISHING matters enormously. For children who can't manage the whole day at once, use only the Now/Next board and feed it from the main timetable.
🔄 When plans change
Don't quietly swap cards — that breaks trust in the board. Use the "change of plan" card: place it ON the old card, say "the plan changed — swimming is now PE", swap, and move on. Pairs with the "When Plans Change" social story.
✂️PawSteps · Cards 1 of 2
Subject Cards
✂️ Cut along the dashed lines and laminate.
🔢Maths
📖English
🔤Phonics
📚Reading
🧪Science
🌍Topic
💻Computing
🎨Art
🎵Music
⚽PE
🙏Assembly
✍️Handwriting
✂️PawSteps · Cards 2 of 2
Routine & Break Cards
✂️ The in-between moments matter most — cut and laminate these too.
🍎Snack
🍽️Lunch
🛝Playtime
🚻Toilet
🚶Movement break
🛋️Calm time
🐢Sensory circuit
👥Group work
🏫1:1 time
📝Intervention
🎒Pack away
🏠Home time
🗓️PawSteps · Board
My Day Board
📌 Laminate me and add velcro to the dashed squares. Build the day top-to-bottom each morning; tick or remove cards as you go.
🐾 My Day
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➡️PawSteps · Board
Now / Next / Then
📌 For children who find the full day too much — three steps is plenty. Velcro one card in each column and refresh as the day moves.
💡 Put a motivating card in THEN ("now maths ➡️ next reading ➡️ then PLAYTIME") — the board does the persuading for you.
⏳PawSteps · Cards
Transition & Warning Cards
✂️ Show, don't just say — a card in the child's eyeline lands better than a voice across the room. Show the 5-minute card, then the 1-minute card, then "time to stop".
⏳5 minutes left
⌛1 minute left
✋Time to stop
🏁Finished!
🔄Change of plan
🚶Line up
🤫Quiet voices
👂Listening time
🪑Back to seats
🤝Partner time
⏰Nearly home time
⭐Great waiting!