What a wonderful week we had doing lots of fun activities for Children in Need. We used our fingers and hands to make Pudsey masks, baked and decorated cakes using smarties for the dots and went on a spot hunt around school. Lots of us got dressed up and donated money or bought merchandise to help to towards Children in Need.

This week we had our first outing to the Yurt. This is a type of tent which is in the outdoor space. It’s a fabulous outside classroom with it’s own log burner. We showed the children how to make a fire and soon we had a very toasty warm Yurt. Whilst we were cooking scrambled eggs we enjoyed joining in with favourite songs. We then had scrambled eggs and toast which was delicious. After our snack we explored the wooded area with the big trees and the old boat. The children loved running around. climbing and rowing in the boat. For the last part of our morning we worked on our counting skills using the lycra, monkeys and elephants. We all worked together and had a great session. We  recorded it for Maths Week and next Friday in Assembly we will watch all of the classes’ videos around Maths skills.

We hope yo have a good weekend.

This half term we are going to be exploring the topic of ‘Space’. During our topic we will be looking at light and dark and building rockets in our sensory/art sessions. We will also be reading the book ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy. You tube has some good links if you want to listen to the story at home with your child.

We will be starting to use the Hydro pool again from next week and we are all very excited about this. Our sessions will be lead through the Halliwick Concept. The Halliwick Concept is an approach to teaching all children, in particular, focusing on those with physical and/or learning difficulties, to participate in water activities and to move independently in water.

This week we have had great fun learning all about Diwali. We decorated our classroom with lots of lights of all different colours, got dressed up to do some dancing, made coloured Diwali pancakes and explored with light and dark during our sensory song fun.s

We hope you have a good weekend.

Class Team

We have been learning so much through the theme of Halloween. We have been counting during our favourite Halloween songs. We loved “Five Little Ghosts” to the tune of “Five Little Ducks” and also “Five Pumpkins” This song is great for exploring different emotions too.

We have explored lots of sensory materials and for some of our children this is quite a challenge. It has also supported our communication and interaction.

We’ve had two parties this week, one for Halloween and one for Jamie’s Birthday so lots of eating! It was great to see the children dressed up today and we finished the week with a Halloween themed Jabadao session in the School Hall.

Phew! I think we all need a rest. We hope you have a good week off and we look forward to seeing the children back on November 1st.

Take care. X

On Friday we celebrated Hello Yellow which we renamed, Mellow Yellow! (by accident)

However, it was a Mellow Yellow day as it turned out. We were so chilled in Assembly in the morning which was great to see. Gabriela got her Weekly Achiever’s Certificate and we all shared the chocolate buttons. Before lunch we continued with our Body Awareness Programme where we all come together on bean bags and explore different body parts in a relaxed and calm environment.

In the afternoon we decided to go outside and explore different areas as the weather was so good. Our new children loved exploring the Flow Area and managed to find the furthest away places! We also spent some time on the Trim Trail. What a fabulous day!w

We also had a great week preparing for the Harvest Festival Around The World. We explored Slovakia  and made a gorgeous cake from Slovakia called a Blueberry Bublanina cake. We also listened and danced along to a lovely Slovak song all about collecting fruit. We presented it in the Assembly. it didn’t win but that didn’t matter. We tasted it the next day with mixed reactions. (William loved it though)

We’re sure to have another great week next week.

June, Babs and the Team.