The year 6 children have been enjoying their second last week at Hadrian. To celebrate in style they have been on a range of trips this week. Here are some photos of our activities week.
Alnwick Gardens
Blyth Beach
Newburn Park
Hall Hill Farm
Diggerland
Have a lovely weekend! Stay Safe.
Have a look at our super week in class to celebrate Sport’s Week in School…….
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dg3YsqGfX5Xq-xOiuO8ATQd4QljQpwNs/view?usp=sharing
Huge thanks to our PE coordinator, Ellen, for such an exciting week.
Have a great and safe weekend friends.
Happy Friday friends.
Here is a snap shot of some of the things we have been up to in class this week.
Taking advantage of the gorgeous weather this week, we have enjoyed lots of time outdoors. Here are some photos of our play session in the internal quad…
We love water play in our class. This week we set up a water extravaganza in the secret garden. We had paddling pools, bubbles, water sprays and lots of pouring resources. The secret garden is a perfect location for water play as it is enclosed and shaded from the wind. Here are some pictures of our water fun…
Have a great weekend everyone. Stay safe.
Happy Friday friends.
Here is a snap shot of some of the things we have been up to in class this week.
On Thursday we split the class group into 2. Some of us enjoyed an afternoon outdoor water play and some enjoyed exploration and parachute play. This worked so well. Our exploration encouraged lots of communication, lots of peer interaction and lots of fun. Here are some photo’s of our outdoor sessions this week.
During Sensory Art this half term we are exploring paint. We will use a range of techniques to encourage all children to explore using their hands. This week we began with balls and string. Our first paint session was spent making special cards for a special day this weekend. No spoilers. Cards will be sent home today!! Hope all of our Dad’s and special people in our lives have a lovely day on Sunday. Here are some pics of the process.
Congratulations to our Jacob for being our class half term achiever. Jacob was chosen this half term for his progress in all areas of learning. He is now able to read 19 sight words. He is using his big voice in class lots more and also improving his physical skills. Jacob walks further than ever…….now walking to the school bus and back without a buggy. He loves to move like different animals during Jabadao and Rebound Therapy. He crawls and climbs with much greater strength and determination. During this morning’s assembly, Jacob was presented with his certificate. Mr Rollings was clearly as proud of Jacob after watching his journey as we are. All half term achiever videos will be on the school website……………………… Watch out for Jacob’s to be uploaded soon. Well done Jacob.
We are down to the last half term of this academic year. How did that happen? Lots of fun activities planned. We have our year 6 activity week in the throws of planning at the minute. Lets make our last few weeks together special.
Shakespeare in schools has been a project our school has been involved in for a few years now. Usually our children perform among other schools on the Northern Stage. So much hard work and preparation goes on behind the scenes to allow each child to shine in our performance. This year had to be different, for obvious reasons. Covid got in the way of the ‘usual’ format. Nobody knew how this years would look or if would even happen. The decision was taken to produce a Shakepeare performance in film format. Today we invited some special guests to join our school in seeing the final edition. Well…..there was not a dry eye in the school. Our children performed a range of Shakespeare stories called ‘Shakespeare Hindsight 2020’. It was the most moving performance to date. Every single class in school allowed each of their children to shine. I can not express how wonderful it was for us all to watch from the safety of our bubbles. We look forward to sharing with you all on the school website and social media very soon. Unfortunately we can not share any photographs from today as we do not want to spoil the surprise.
This week we enjoyed lots of Outdoor Play. Here are some photo’s of our children having fun in the sun.
This half term’s exploration is based around light. Following last half terms ropes and string exploration, we decided based on the likes of the children we should explore light. Using torches, disco lights, switches and lots more children used their hands, communicated preferences and consolidated relationships with peers and adults in class. Here are some photos of our session.
We hope you all have a fabulous weekend. Stay safe
Happy Half Term everyone. We welcomed a new child into our class this week. Welcome to Daniel. He has spent this week getting to know us all and enjoying time with his new peer group. He has loved his time so far. Looking forward to working with him more next half term.
Here are some photos from this half term…..
Stay safe friends.
Belated welcome back to school. Apologies for the lack of blog last week. Tech problems prevented our usual Friday edition. We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter break. We were lucky to enjoy lots of sunshine. Long may it continue. This holiday felt different as lots of places began to reopen. The world is beginning to return to our new normal. We’d like to take this opportunity to reassure you all, as the world outside reopens, we are continuing to follow procedures to keep Covid out of Hadrian. We continue our high level of hygiene practice and continue to work in our bubbles. We are still taking every precaution to keep ourselves safe in school.
As the sun shines, we are taking lots of opportunities to develop our outdoor learning curriculum. In our class this means lots of outdoor exploration. Last week we were able to enjoy some water play. We are sometimes asked if all we do is play at school. That’s a great question which we’d like to try to answer simply.
YES…..WE LOVE PLAY!!! Play is essential to develop a range of learning skills. It’s how we are making sense of our world around us. By using our bodies to explore water we are using our senses, our gross and fine motor skills. We are filling and emptying containers, pouring water from one place to another. We are developing mathematical skills through problem solving. We are also developing social play skills and enjoying activities alongside friends. We are also creating strong relationships with adults through co exploration and creating opportunities for interactions with everyone around us.
The best way to promote communication is creating a nurturing environment rich in play. We are using every opportunity to develop communication for each child using play.
Here are some photo’s of our Outdoor Learning last week……
We also enjoyed working in Jabadao on our physical and movement skills. In this session we create an environment to encourage movement. We use slides, body boards, climbing equipment. We changed our session this term after reflecting on last term. We decided to choose equipment based on a specific movement or skill each week. We chose climbing and balancing as our first trial. It worked beautifully. The new session allowed our learning to be much more specific, allowing each child to flourish, at their own level, developing a particular skill. Here are some photos of how we got on…
This week, on March 23rd 2021, was the UK’S National Day of Reflection. It marked one year since the beginning of national lockdown due to a global pandemic. Many of you will have placed a lit candle at your doors to reflect on the millions of people who lost their lives to this awful virus. Every member of school, staff and children, have all been impacted by the pandemic in one way or another. As a whole, Hadrian have fought to support children and families throughout lockdown, remaining open for as long as it was safe to do so. Individually, lots of our Hadrian family have sadly lost loved ones.
We marked the day in class with an outdoor exploration session in our Caterpillar garden, making a Tree of Remembrance. Choosing this area of school was poignant because it is an area in which we remember all of the amazing children we have sadly lost since opening our doors in 1999. Every child is remembered with a named butterfly plaque. We thought it would be a beautiful place to spend some time on our National Day of Reflection. We used yellow material to decorate our remembrance tree to mark the occasion. Yellow being the colour associated with Marie Curie, the organisation who instigated the national day of reflection.
We continue to fight this battle alongside you all and feel confident we can begin to see light for us all. We will continue to support our wonderful families to remain safe and well. We are dedicating this week’s blog to all of those effected by Covid 19. We’d like to take a minute to say thank you to parents for their continued support and trust. Have a wonderful and safe weekend.
Hi everyone,
In EYFS we are having so much fun and one of our favourite things to do is mark making! The children thoroughly enjoy getting messy and those who aren’t as enthusiastic are slowly learning to enjoy. Since we have been very lucky with the weather – firstly snow then lovely dry days we have been taking our mark making outdoors! We have even put our feet in the paint to observe our marks.
We do a session like this twice a week and mark making is very important in the development of the children’s gross motor and fine motor skills. We practise making different lines and circles using big movements from left to right and up and down.
Thank you and enjoy their beautiful photos. Have a lovely weekend.
Jess’ Class
Well, it is the end of Spring 1 half term already. We all got here safely and soundly. What a half term it has been. The country is in lockdown, we have snow on the ground. The days are getting longer and we are all feeling very proud of how resilient our children have been through tough times. A huge thanks to everyone in school for making our school a safe and happy place to be. Thanks to SLT, to admin staff, to kitchen staff, our lovely caretaker and site manager, to teachers and teaching staff, to our cleaning team, our bus escorts, our fantastic supportive parents and of course our amazing children who are the reason our Hadrian world goes around. Special thanks to our lovely teacher Phil for leading our zoom assembly’s and singing sessions. He has kept us all entertained this half term with his singing, guitar playing, and funny characters. Here is a snippet of another busy couple of weeks at school.
This week we celebrated a special birthday in class. When any of our adults celebrate a birthday we say it is a special one when it ends in a zero;0) Children and staff enjoyed a party in class, a fun exploration session and lots of music and singing. In unusual times we couldn’t invite friends into class to celebrate so we made a video from every class in school wishing Loveday a happy birthday in their own ways. Very creative work from everyone……Loveday shed a little tear. Big thanks to Phil and Ellen’s class for safely serenading Loveday from outside. They all sang happy birthday for Loveday to enjoy through the window.
Music is a favourite amongst all of our children! Our Daniel and Leen enjoyed music therapy sessions this week with our Music Therapist, Bev. They had fun initiating music, responding to fast and slow tempo and enjoying some wonderful intensive interaction using voices and instruments.
During half term we share Shrove Tuesday and in true Hadrian tradition we celebrated a week early by making and tasting our own in class. Children explored using their hands, their mouths and tools such as whisks and spoons. We cooked them in class so everyone could enjoy the delicious smell and we had a special pancake snack with chocolate spread and golden syrup. Yummy.
Watch out in children’s bags this week for special cards coming home. We celebrated LLEERRVVEE this week for Valentine’s Day this Sunday. Children made cards with their own hands for people at home. We also made special cards for our friends who are not able to join us in class during lockdown. Watch out for postman Pat, Jacob and Yahya! He might just have something for your from your class friends. We miss you guys.
We ended the half term on a high note today. The whole school enjoyed an outdoor assembly to enjoy a singing session together, safely distanced outdoors. It was wonderful to see everyone having fun. These are times we miss at Hadrian. We all miss our whole school gatherings. Mr Rollings has competition with some of our older children leading singing!! Joe sang beautifully using the microphone in front of the whole school. We kept warm with blankets and cuddles in our bubbles while we sang and danced in the snow.
This week we celebrated our Daniel in our weekly assembly. Daniel’s progress this week has been phenomenal. He is now using our core vocabulary boards to choose symbols which help him make choices. Daniel showed us that he can consistently ask for more by pointing precisely with his finger at the more symbol. It was wonderful to see him gaining skills which gives him his own voice. Well done Dan!! High five to you! Mr Rollings saved one of his special medals for Daniel as he was super impressed by this progress! Have a look at our Dan…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zNvQMpDV0dgqFhbW1F6lyjFt8NJ7qbBY/view?usp=sharing
