It’s Harvest Time

4th October 2019Loveday Fisk

 

This week Hadrian School celebrated harvest with a special assembly… ‘The Great Hadrian Bake Off’.  Each class entered the competition using imagination and their taste buds to create the perfect flavoured bread! The children in our class headed to the food technology room and got to work on our cinnamon and raisin bread. We all enjoyed getting involved, Yahya enjoyed weighing the ingredients, Fatima and Aaron particularly had fun adding the ingredients to the bowl; everyone else liked stirring the ingredients, smelling the cinnamon and most importantly kneading the bread! We may not have won the competition this year, however we had the best time participating.

Also one of the highlights of this week was our music therapy session with Bev our Music Therapist. Bev brought along her keyboard this week which was a big hit with the children.  While the children each had a turn of tapping the tambourine, Bev played the keyboard in sync to each individual child’s rhythm, this created a great atmosphere of excitement and truly had the children engaged. The children enjoyed tapping the tambourine fast, slow, loud and quiet; there was lots of smiling and dancing when joining in with our classmates musical formations.

See you next week for more updated on the fun we are having in school, Loveday and Team.

 

 

Whatever the weather!

By Loveday Fisk1st October 2019

Although the weather hasn’t been on our side the last couple of weeks, it hasn’t stopped us from doing everything on our timetable and taking full advantage of the learning opportunities around us.

On Monday, we were scheduled to have outdoor learning in the mud kitchen and wildlife garden. Rather than let a bit of rain stop us, we put on our waterproofs, fetched our wellies and set off. What a great idea that was! The rain left everything wet, with some time to explore we soon found out the water worked really well to mould and shape the sand. While some of us built castles and dug in the sand, others made their way over to the water wall! With all of the rainfall, all of the buckets were full to the top! Yahya and Fatima decided this was a great opportunity to utilise all of the different pots and pans we had with us. Transferring the water between each container and watching the stream was so fascinating, we had to ask for more! We had lots of talking during the session, “SPLASH” was definitely a team favourite.

We have also enjoyed getting out for community engagement to Newburn Park and Jesmond Dene, here the children can explore their surroundings and enjoy nature at its best. Again the weather did not stop us; in fact we had great fun splashing in the puddles with our wellies on.

Those of us that did not go out for community engagement had a trip down to sensory circuits; this was a lovely opportunity to have some intensive interaction with our peers and teachers. It is a relaxing environment where we can move around the room choosing from the various areas set up at our own interest and pace.

The fire pit has been moved to the caterpillar garden. On Friday 13 September the weather was glorious so we took advantage of the sun and gathered around the fire for some camp fire songs and socialising with some of our year 6 friends.

See you soon, Loveday and Team.

 

Welcome Back!

13th September 2019Loveday Fisk

Hello, hello, hello!

What a fantastic first full week back! We’ve gained some new friends in Loveday’s class this year, so we have had lots of fun getting to know each other and building relationships.

We have done this in lots of different ways, one of which being in our ‘Play Space’. With 11 busy bodies and lots of hard work to be had Hadrian decided our class needed two classrooms! One whole room dedicated to exploring, investigating and creating. In our ‘Play Space’ we have separate areas we can work around. From mark making to building and role play our new play space is the perfect room for us to be in control of our own learning.

As well as some play space time our original timetable is still in place, with an added extra.

 Sensory Art!

Our first Sensory art session was a huge hit. We each used paint, cotton wool, paint brushes, tweezers and card to create a picture of the sky. The perfect opportunity to boost our fine motor skills as well as get in touch with our creative messy sides.

After we used up the card we decided to paint Amy and Louise too!

Jabadao!

Getting straight back into routine, our jabadao sessions are a fantastic way to get active, make choices and explore all of the different ways we can move our bodies. Take a look!

Good luck and farewell!

19th July 2019Loveday Fisk

 

Here we are again, the last day of term and the last day of the school year!

What a fantastic year full of smiles, achievements and progression for Class 5/6.  It has been such pleasure to see each and every one of our class excel and thrive through the year, and we look forward to watching Peniel, Fatima, Kimberly, Ella, Joseph and Jordan continue to accomplish in their final year at Hadrian after summer.

It is with heavy hearts we bid our farewells and good luck to Leon, Shay and Billy who will be moving onto their next adventure at Sir Charles Parsons.  Three fantastic characters of Hadrian school, that we will miss very much.  On behalf of the whole school we can say it has been an absolute joy to watch their own individual personalities grow, see them overcome their own obstacles and become the brilliant young men they are today. We wish you all the very best of luck and know you will continue to thrive at Sir Charles Parsons, whom are gaining three amazing boys!

We hope all of the children have a fantastic summer holiday, and we are excited to see what the next school year holds for Class 5/6.  Who will be gaining some new friends in September!

Thank you all for a fantastic year!

Class 5/6, over and out!

Activity week for the boys!

19th July 2019Loveday Fisk

 

This week was activity week for Leon, Billy and Shay. The boys will be moving on to Sir Charles Parsons in September, so we have made their second last week one to remember!

For our first trip this week we went to Cragside. We enjoyed lunch on the picnic benches, had a leisurely walk through the scenery and had lots of good fun in the sun at the adventure park.

On Tuesday, We went to see The Lego Movie 2 at Tyneside cinemas. On arrival we each got a drink and popcorn, and then settled into our own private hire cinema! The film really caught our attention with lots of singing, giggles and action. Billy in particular, laughed the whole way through. For lunch we went to Laus 202 buffet, where we each got to expand our taste buds and try something new.

On Wednesday we went to find out all the wonders of South Shields! With a stroll through the park, sand castle building on the beach, wild rides in the amusements and of course fish and chips by the sea! We really did have the full seaside experience.

Thursday, Diggerland! We all loved it! We each got to operate our own miniature JCB, enjoy lots of rides and use the go karts to see who could do 3 laps the fastest, well done Leon! Champion! Shay wasn’t the greatest fan of the rides, but he loved to watch and even requested more when the rides stopped. Shay did however, love the safari experience! So much we had to go again! We then all had lunch in the café, and a play in soft play.

Friday, a classic treat to end them all. Who doesn’t love pizza and bowling?! We had a fantastic time and engaged really well during bowling, we were so excited when it was our turn and even tried to bowl without the guide stand.  We were very patient while we waited, clapping and cheering for our friends while waiting. Lots of fun was had by all.

Welcome Back!

5th June 2019Loveday Fisk

Returning back to school nice and refreshed from the half term holiday, we started our summer term by getting straight back into routine.

We have a new sensory story this half term ‘Once Upon a Time’. Building on from our previous story ‘The Emotional Postman’, we have different emotions, actions and sensory experiences including a new one – taste!  This week the children travelled to the Antarctic where they got to experience the cold ice and meet a magic Postman, who granted each child a wish! The story has lots of opportunity for choice making and early communication.

On Monday, we have a new venue for our outdoor learning, the early year’s playground. During outdoor learning this week we have begun turn taking games. The children explore the playground themselves and find something they enjoy, we then incorporate vocabulary and turn taking into the activities. Kimberly found her way over to the football, where she took turns with Amy and Shay to score goals. Kimberly began to explore the different ways she could score. Rolling, bouncing and throwing the ball. Well done!

We had an excellent time in the pool this week, with new targets for the term met already! Peniel lay on his back for the first time, Ella started to blow bubbles into the water and Joseph began accepting water on his face. Well done everyone!

Science week!

5th June 2019Loveday Fisk

Science and Design Technology week!

This week, the whole school have been taking part in Science and DT week. Over the week we have had lots of interesting experiments and exploring to take part in. On Monday we all planted cauliflower and cress seeds outside in the sunshine, after planting our seeds we each took turns to water them using a watering can. We all heard and even began to say lots of different words during our outdoor session like flower, water, soil and plant.

On Tuesday the whole class got to go and visit our new water wall in the mud kitchen and wildlife garden, we all had a fantastic afternoon building and digging in the sand and figuring out lots of different ways to play and transport water. Fatima showed excellent engagement throughout our time at the water wall, showing curiosity and interest in all of the different equipment and figuring out the cause and effect for each of them. Well done Fatima!

On Wednesday we got our cooking aprons out for messy play but this time, we added a spring flare to our cakes to try and achieve another year of victory in the Hadrian Great British Bake off. While we all whisked up the classic sponge mixture Leon and Theresa went out to find daisies, blue bells and dandelions to add. Ella showed great enthusiasm when adding the flowers, investigating each one and smelling them too.

On Thursday we all went to the secret garden where there were bubbles, everywhere! Bubble machines, a bubble bath and lots of different gadgets to make GIGANTIC BUBBLES. Amongst all of the bubble play we had a paddling pool filled with soapy water and lots of tools to make bubbles, Peniel must have been having so much fun he got a bit warm so decided just to get inside the pool himself to cool off.

Its all brand new!

8th May 2019Loveday Fisk

It’s all brand new!

This week we’ve had lots of new jobs to enjoy. New outdoor learning, sensory cooking and our friends Leon, Shay and Billy went to see their new school they’ll be going to in September!

On Monday afternoon, accompanied by the glorious sunshine we went for a walk around the mud kitchen and wildlife garden in a quest to find flowers, sticks and soil to use during our new ‘nature’ topic for exploration and investigation. While searching we had excellent talking and focus from everyone!

For messy play we’ve put down our play tools and picked up our aprons to start our new topic – sensory cooking! This term we will be making, baking and decorating our very own cupcakes. Through the term we are taking our time to explore each texture, each smell and each reaction when the ingredients are mixed together. Then of course, tastes testing after our cakes are finished. Yummy!

It was transition week on Tuesday! Leon, Shay and Billy had the chance to go and check out their new school in preparation for September. The boys had a lovely time exploring Sir Charles Parsons, having the chance to meet some new friends, see some old friends and the staff!

Stay tuned!

 

Baretoed Dance!

29th April 2019Loveday Fisk

Bare Toed Dance.

 

Last Term we were very lucky to have a company called Bare Toed dance come in to teach us some new dance skills as well as show off their skills in a special assembly! Over the course of 3 days we enjoyed all different kinds of dance, acrobatics and circus tricks. It was very exciting and we all got the chance to become Ariel ribbon dancers, as well as explore all the different equipment! We used huge Lycra hammocks and hanging hoop, massage balls, ribbons, fans and even got to wear some hats to really get into the dancing role. To end the sessions we enjoyed some wonderful music and singing, all of the dance teachers were very involved with us and knew exactly how to make us laugh and smile!

End of term fun!

26th April 2019Loveday Fisk

What a fantastic end of term we had!

In the last week we had lots of Easter fun. Messy play, dancing and ending with our sponsored Easter bonnet parade!

During Messy Play we used feathers, glitter and tissue paper to decorate our Easter bonnets in prep for the parade. Some of us were so excited to wear them; we tried them on for size before decorating. Take a look!

As a special treat the whole school got together to do some ceilidh dancing! We all got our bodies moving to the live Hadrian band performing Irish music. We got to socialise with all of our friends from 6A by dancing together. Peniel however snuck off to find his old friend Shannon in Dave’s class so they could dance together. We all had a jolly time!

On Friday we all took part in the Sponsored Easter Bonnet parade in aid of the sunshine fund, with our fabulous bonnets all dry from earlier in the week we popped them on and set off in the glorious sunshine! Afterwards, the best Easter bonnets and dressed were awarded. Well done to Peniel who won an Easter egg for his lovely yellow outfit! Just like the sunshine!