Regulation
Gentle movement may help children feel calmer, more organised and more ready to engage.
Movement-integrated learning
Movement that helps children learn.
WHEAL is a learning workstation designed to support regulation, engagement and access to learning for children and young people who benefit from movement.
The problem
Children are often asked to sit still before they are ready to learn.
For some pupils, especially neurodiverse children, sitting still can increase restlessness, overwhelm and disengagement.
What looks like distraction may actually be regulation. Their body is searching for movement so their brain can feel calm, organised and ready.
WHEAL changes the question from “How do we stop the movement?” to “How do we make movement useful?”
The WHEAL solution
Move. Regulate. Learn.
WHEAL allows children to pedal gently while reading, writing, drawing, using a tablet or completing learning tasks. Movement becomes part of the learning environment rather than a reason to leave it.
Engagement
Children can stay connected to the activity while meeting their need for movement.
Access to learning
WHEAL reduces the barrier between needing to move and needing to learn.
One tool. Many environments.
For schools, therapy spaces, waiting rooms and home learning.
Schools
Classrooms, SEND spaces, intervention rooms and libraries.
Therapy
Purposeful movement during therapeutic activities.
Waiting rooms
Support regulation before an appointment begins.
Home
Homework, reading, drawing and tablet learning.
Pilot programme
Try WHEAL in your own setting.
The WHEAL pilot gives schools and learning settings a practical way to explore movement-integrated learning before making a long-term commitment.
Register Interest1. Discovery
Identify pupils, spaces and intended outcomes.
2. Setup
Introduce WHEAL and support staff with use.
3. Use
Try WHEAL during learning, therapy and regulation-based activities.
4. Review
Gather feedback and plan next steps.
WHEAL™
Regulation. Engagement. Learning.
Every learning environment has children who need movement to learn. WHEAL gives that movement a place, a purpose and a path back into learning.
Register Interest