A splashing week.

20th January 2023Elaine Quinn

On Monday we had a lovely sensory carousel in the afternoon, we had multiple activities to help us work on our fine motor skills. we played with bath jelly with lots of little fish in which we had to use our pincher grips to fish them out, we also had multiple games to play. After doing all this we had a lovely meditation session to help relax us ready for snack.

We had a very busy Tuesday, in the morning we had a surprise hydro session which we did in two groups. We took turns in the pool so those that remained in class played with our doctor and nurse outfits and toys. In the afternoon we had our food tech lesson where we made fish cakes to keep on theme with our Great Barrier Reef topic.

On Wednesday morning we done a 1 mile walk in our classroom, we had lots of different movements to copy, after we had finished doing all of this we had a relaxing yoga session just before lunch. In the afternoon we made turtles with different shapes and paper plates. we then added them to our  class room aquarium.

Thursday was our most exciting day of the week as it was our trip to the Tynemouth aquarium, we had lots of fun looking at all of the different under water creatures and animals. We all got the opportunity to touch some of the animals such as a star fish. We watched a fantastic sea lion show just after we had our dinner. Then we ended our fantastic trip with the under water tunnel filled with types of fish, and there were even some sharks.

Friday was the day we celebrated Chinese new year we sang songs and ate noodles and rice in assembly ,we were also given a fortune cookie. After assembly we made Chinese lanterns with card and glitter. After lunch we made bird feeders to hang on the trees. Later on we had a movie with pop corn.

 

 

Our first week back.

13th January 2023Elaine Quinn

Our first day back was wonderful we spoke about our holidays and we celebrated the birthdays that we missed during the holidays. We also introduced our new topic the great barrier reef. We then learnt about the different types of fish found under the sea and created some fish for our display.

On Tuesday we started our new routine in class which is a work carousel where we move to a different member of staff every 10 minutes to do different activities. In the afternoon we had our food technology lesson where we made quiche with tortilla wraps, eggs and cheese.

Wednesday was a day full of arts and crafts to make our classroom  ‘under the sea’ themed. We made jelly fish and octopuses to add to our aquarium. We then made more jelly fish with paper chains, testing our fine motor skills. After that, we  had a relaxing yoga session to end our day.

 

Thursday morning began with our carousel of work and then we had a calming meditation session. In the afternoon we had the thrive room, our favorite time  of the week.

 

On Friday we had the first assembly of the half term. We then finished our morning with our work carousel. In the afternoon we began our new story, The rainbow fish. This is all about sharing and being a kind friend. This then lead nicely to our choice time, practicing sharing our toys. We played with the doctors and nurses roll play kit and cared for our friends.

Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year.

23rd December 2022Elaine Quinn

The last week of Christmas fun was started off with our usual PE session but instead of football we did jabadao. In the afternoon we had a visit from Santa on his magical bus he wished us all a merry Christmas and gave us all a present. We finished the day off with some relaxing yoga

Tuesday was a very festive day so we wore our Christmas jumpers. We had a very busy day making red and green cupcakes with sprinkles. For lunch we had a fantastic dinner off Sam and her team, we then had a lovely afternoon with the whole school singing Christmas carols in the adventure play ground.

 

A wonderful Wednesday was started off with some Christmas numeracy and a long playtime in our adventure playground. After playtime we had a lovely time making some Christmas crafts using lots of different glitters, stickers and card. On Wednesday afternoon we had a lovely afternoon watching Santa the movie.

 

Thursday was a very exciting day as we made our Christmas trees ready to take home for our family’s. In the afternoon it was our Christmas party where we had party games and we danced. We had a very special guest at our party, Santa came and he gave all of our friends in KS2 a present! Just before home time we had some party food in the class room with cakes, crisps and sandwiches.

Our final day in school before Santa comes was started off with a wonderful breakfasts of cheese and ham toasties and fruit. We then played with iced bears in a tough tray and had ice races and lots of cold hands. Just after lunch we watched our Christmas Nativity where our head girl and head boy played the parts of Mary and Joseph and some of our little friends played the parts of the angels and shepherds.

Merry Christmas and a

Christmas Trips and lots of fun.

16th December 2022Elaine Quinn

On Monday we had a fantastic start to the week by watching Aladdin in the school hall with all of our friends. In the afternoon we continued with the Christmas activities and we made Christmas cards with paints and rollers. We also made reindeer paper chains.

 

Tuesday morning we did some Christmas numeracy work followed by a dress rehearsal of our Christmas show. In the afternoon we made crispy cakes with melted chocolate and cheerios. later on we had a reindeer hunt in our adventure playground.

 

On Wednesday we had our final dress rehearsal in front of Mr Rollings and our friends from different classes. We were then joined by Ellen and Sarah’s class as we took a trip to watch Dick Whittington at the exchange theater in North Shields. We all had a long bus journey home as our teachers took us all home on the school buses.

Thursday was another exciting day of trips and bus rides, we went too the discovery museum to finish off our roman topic. We looked at all the different artifacts and looked at statues and different roman outfits and accessories. we finished our day with a snack and a movie before we headed home.

 

 

 

 

Friday was an amazing morning! We finally performed our Christmas show to  all of our friends and family and  we were all amazing and played our parts really well. In the afternoon we watched our other classes Christmas shows then headed to the yurt to end our day to have a look round Santa’s Grotto.

 

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and stay safe!

A wonderful week in Becky’s class.

9th December 2022Elaine Quinn

On Monday we had our weekly PE session with Graham where we continued to learn new and wonderful football skills. After lunch our children who take part in our school choir headed off to the Grainger market to sing some fantastic carols to some of the public. The rest of our class stayed back at school and made some reindeer faces with glitter and card.

 

Tuesday morning was started with a rehearsal on the stage in sports hall of our Christmas show the Grinch, it was our first run through with all of our props and costumes. In the afternoon we did some Christmas baking which including mixing and rolling our dough to make ginger bread people.

Wednesday was a wonderful morning of first decorating our ginger bread people ready for our afternoon snack, and then we continued our ginger bread theme with some ginger bread counting and sticking. Wednesday afternoon was a fantastic event all about diversity. We had some amazing singers, dancers and some very tasty food and lots more.

Sing school was a lovely way to start our Thursday morning, Fran sang lots of Christmas songs with us to get us in the Christmas spirit. Thursday afternoon was spent in the thrive room where we enjoyed some relaxing time by listening to music. We played with our friends and were sharing and taking turns with different toys and activities.

 

The end to another lovely week was started with our assembly in the school hall with all of our Hadrian friends. We then had a our elf parade around school. After lunch we had a special visit from Jackie’s dog Harry, and also Amy’s class, we all stroked and played with Harry. To finish off our wonderful week we had some Christmas coloring in.

The first week of Christmas preparation

2nd December 2022Elaine Quinn

On Monday we had football as usual with Graham, where we continued to learn new fantastic football/ dodgeball techniques. After football we had a calming session of meditation. Later  on in our day we had our auditions for our Christmas show ,The Grinch, where we cast our roles. We then started to make our reindeers hats for part of our show cutting and sticking different textures to make fur.

 

Tuesday is cooking day, where we started off our garlic bread process with making our dough we added all of the ingredients into our bowls and mixed it all together with our hands, once all of the ingredients were combined we kneaded the dough on the table pushing and pulling the bread until it was ready to be cooked in our oven. In the afternoon we added our garlic butter onto the top to finish our recipe. We enjoyed our garlic bread as our afternoon snack.

 

Our first rehearsal for our Christmas show was how we started our Wednesday morning, preparing our costumes and listening to our music. We then started to put the show together finding out what roles our characters have. On Wednesday afternoon we made our banner for our multicultural event, we have chosen to do China. We then learnt how to say hello in Mandarin.

The first day of December was a busy one from the moment we got into the classroom. Our classroom had been decorated by elves with Christmas trees and lots of lights. We got ready to start writing our letters to Father Christmas just before we headed to our advent assembly to start our Christmas celebrations, we also had our Christmas tree light switch on which was just magical. After lunch we had a wonderful visit from Chris Bostock who we spent our afternoon with as he told us some amazing stories.

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Friday morning was our classes turn for half term achiever which our wonderful Kian got this time, we watched all our wonderful friends on the big screens. It was then time to finish off our Father Christmas letters which we gave to Bev to post off to Santa himself. When we were finished with our lunch we were invited by invitation to the Polar Express which took us all the way to our class cinema. When we arrived at the cinema we were greeted with pop corn and cups of tea ready to watch The Nutcracker.

A week full of hard work and lots of fun.

25th November 2022Elaine Quinn

Monday was a very sporty start to the week, football was how we started our morning with lots of fun and games. We played a game of dodgeball to learn new catching and throwing techniques. After lunch some of our children chose to watch the first England world cup match against Iran. Later in the afternoon we put our coats on and headed to the trim trail.

 

On Tuesday we started our morning with lots of hard work we started with doing our reading with Becky and Sharon while some of us completed jigsaws on the carpet. After break we had our Math’s lesson which we were digging for Roman artifacts in our rice, sand, and mud boxes, we were counting the amount of each artifacts in the different boxes. On Tuesday afternoon we made chocolate brownies in food technology which we later enjoyed for our snack.

 

We started off our Wednesday with arts and crafts we created sensory bottles with lots of different colours, jewels, water and oil. When our bottles were all complete we went for a walk in the rain all around our school to look for Roman artifacts. Later on Wednesday afternoon we finished of our Roman wall with lots of cutting and gluing and making lots of mess. We finished off our Wednesday with a relaxing yoga lesson.

 

Sing school was how our Thursday morning started with all our friends from different classes. When sing school was finished we came back to class to get ready for our school pictures, getting our hair brushed and faces wiped after our breakfast. Our favorite part of our Thursday with our afternoon in the thrive room.

 

Friday morning was our achievers assembly celebrating our amazing friends hard work and watching all of friends videos of how much work they have been doing this half term. We had a lovely afternoon watching our first Christmas movie and having snacks. We were looking for inspiration for our Christmas show.

 

A wonderful week!

18th November 2022Becky Seeber

On Monday we started our morning off with a lesson with our football teacher Graham. We all had great fun learning new skills and tricks with the ball. In the afternoon we had lots of fun with an outdoor trim trail session, practicing our climbing and balancing.

Tuesday began with everyone taking turns doing their reading with Becky and Elaine. a little while after we all took part in our meditation session which helped us all calm down and be relaxed ready for lunch. After lunch we went to the food tech room and made some delicious pizzas for us to have at snack time.

Wednesday started off cold and windy in the mud kitchen. We made lots of potions with mud and water. When we finally warmed up we began our Pudsey art colouring in and cutting pictures out of the bear. In the afternoon we started to build our Roman wall with paper Mache and lots of glue.

 

Math’s was our first task on Thursday, we used our large foam numbers to sequence from 1-10. All of our hard work left us tired so we had some turn taking games to help us share with our friends. Our favorite time on a Thursday is the afternoon as we head down to the thrive room.

 

 

Pudsey day! We had a great assembly in the morning where we looked at all of our friend’s Pudsey potatoes. Later on that day we had another meditation session to relax us all and get us ready for some choice time and some snacks. To finish our day we had a movie to get us ready for the weekend.

A fiery week!

11th November 2022Elaine Quinn

We started off our week with a fabulous football session with Graham which all of the children love. After football we went to our trim trail and practiced our climbing and balancing skills.

Then on Tuesday we started our remembrance day art makin poppies with tissue paper and glue. On Tuesday afternoon we headed to the kitchen to make some very tasty biscuits.

On Wednesday we had a very busy day starting off with mud kitchen making lots of muddy pies and water play. when we were all cleaned up we went to meet our friends from the west Denton fire station we all took turns sitting in the fire truck and we all used the fire hose.

Thursday morning we had a lovely maths lesson. We used our 1:1 correspondence skills to count amounts of flowers on a vase. Using this knowledge we then created flowers out of pipe cleaners and buttons to match the amount of flowers shown on our vases. After playtime we then had a lovely meditation session. This always relaxes us. Once we had our lunch we then took a trip to the thrive room, which is our favourite time of the week.

On Friday, we had our remembrance assembly. This was very emotional, however it is important for us to remember those who died in the war and our loved ones. In the afternoon we had a lovely free choice session. We played with playdoh, our new mark making board and the kitchen.

Another fabulous week in class 9

14th October 2022Becky Seeber

We started our fabulous week off with our PE lesson doing football with Graham. All of our children love playing football and gain great balance skills and learn lots of different techniques while enjoying a fun lesson.

 

On Tuesday we had a lovely day we made German biscuits ready for our harvest festival. We all tried the different ingredients to try out all the textures and tastes.

 

Wednesday morning began with  preparing for our harvest festival assembly by learning all of our harvest songs and decorating our biscuits ready for Mr Rollings and Alex to try.

 

We kick started Thursday morning off with some math’s work on our numbers up to 10 and 20 and then we had a calming meditation session just before lunch. In the afternoon we had so much fun in the thrive room playing and dressing up as our favourite characters.

 

We ended our great week off with assembly in the morning. we then had a lovely afternoon having tea and biscuits with some of our children’s parents who came in for our coffee afternoon.