Today we celebrated World Book Day. We all came into school as our favorite book character and participated in lots of lovely activities. This afternoon we had a special World Book Day assembly where we learnt some new songs and had a catwalk to show off our beautiful costumes.

This half term our topic has been all about animals .We have really enjoyed our sensory story of ‘ We’re Going On A Bear Hunt ‘. We got to experience and explore lots of new and different textures linking to the story.

We have also done an ‘Old McDonald’ sensory exploration with farm animals. We put the animals into some mud until they were dirty , we then washed our animals in some warm soapy water until they were all clean.

Today we enjoyed painting some cards for people that we love at home.

We have had a lovely first week back; we have celebrated Halloween with a spooky disco and Messy Sensory Art activities. We also enjoyed our Jabadeao and Hydro sessions, working on our physical and communication outcomes. This afternoon we will experience fireworks on the field, and look forward to seeing any families tonight at our Bonfire Night!

Last week we celebrated Harvest with a special assembly bake off! Our class represented England and made some yummy scones – we certainly had fun getting our hands messy in the mixture!

We also explored lots of different exotic fruit – we used our senses to look, touch, smell and taste the fruit, then we got the paint out and made some beautiful pictures by printing with it.

In class this year we have a lovely group of Nursery, Reception and Year 1 children. We have had lots of fun so far, getting to know each other and our new school! We especially like Hydrotherapy, Rebound Therapy and getting messy in our sensory sessions. We can’t wait to share all of our good news and adventures on our blog so watch this space!

We know that we haven’t posted in a while but it has been such a busy few weeks in Grace’s Class!

Here are some photographs of 2 of the sessions we have been enjoying over the past few weeks. The first is ‘Spa Afternoon’ – we have been lucky enough to be gifted a new foot spa from the Amazon wish list and have taken advantage of this by having a right pamper and relax, building relationships and communicating our preferences. The second is our ‘Sensory Story’ – we have been learning about travelling on a bus, metro, boat and aeroplane and exploring all the different places that we could travel to, such as the farm or the beach!

Stay tuned for more updates after May Half Term.

We were so lucky to have the opportunity to go to Nunsmoor Fair, facilitated by Northumbria Police. We could go on any ride we liked and had a fantastic time. Thank you so much!!

We have had a lovely week filled with Easter activities, as well as our usual therapies and exercises. We have enjoyed a special Spring themed sensory play, made Easter cards using shaving foam and even had an egg hunt in the classroom. Phew, we are ready for 2 weeks off now!