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2nd July 2021Tracy Gooderick

This week due to unexpected Covid related issues our provider has had to cancel our trip to Mexico! However the staff and children that managed to make it to school did still do some lovely activities and learning linked to Mexico in preparation for our exciting Sports Week next week.

Our class have been given the country Mexico and they have been doing some lovely activities based on this. They made red and green playdough, explored Mexican music through Maracas and even made their own maracas!

The children have enjoyed tortilla chips and dips as well this week and have been training for Sports Week by doing the Daily Mile Trail around school. They are all very excited for the amazing activities planned next week!

Have a lovely weekend!

Weekly news!

25th June 2021Elaine Quinn

A big well done to our Jack and Kai who received the Newcastle achievement award.

Jack has made outstanding progress on his VOCA, blowing us all away with his skills.

Kai has overcome so many worries on his move over to Hadrian after a long time being home-schooled.

We watched the awards live on screen in the music studio with their very proud parents.


 

This week we have been learning all about Pacchanta in Peru. Pacchanta is located in the foothills of the snow-capped “Ausangate”, at an altitude of 4200 meters above sea level.

We have talked about how we might get there, what the weather might be like. We all decided we would need to be well prepared for hiking mountains, so we packed our backpacks with all the essentials such as blankets, drinks, snacks and our tents.

We set off after circle time and hiked around the school grounds until we reached our basecamp (flow area) where we set up for the day, with great teamwork our camp was up in no time. We listened to traditional Andes music, we made our own music with different instruments the made some traditional Peruvian panpipes.

It was a great day, all of us are so excited for our next adventure!

Have a great weekend, take care.

Hola!

24th June 2021Tracy Gooderick

This week the children have been starting a Mexican journey! They have been making passports because next week they are going to Mexico!!!!! (not really)!

In a few weeks it is our Sports Week in school and Ellen has given each class a country to represent. Our class country is Mexico so we have started learning all about it and our learning will finish with a role play trip to sunny Mexico.

The children have been learning how they would say ‘hello’ if they were in Mexico, what type of foods they could eat and what music they would hear. They have made Mexican flags to wave in the parade at the Sports Week opening ceremony and cooked and eaten spicy fajitas.

It was a very special day on Tuesday this week as it was THE FIRST DAY THE WHOLE CLASS HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL!!!!!!! We had to take a photo incase it doesn’t happen again!

This week we have also celebrated Mehvish’s birthday and the children had a lovely party and disco for her. Thanks Mehvish’s mum for sending in all the lovely food!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

All Kinds of Everything!

19th June 2021June Ball

What a great week we’ve had getting involved in lots of different activities including plenty of outdoor learning opportunities.

We had a super day in the Yurt on Monday. Sue expertly showed us how to make a fire.( not a firelighter in sight!) After she’d built a roaring fire we made scrambled eggs on top of the wood burner which we ate with toast. Delicious!

After our snack we made lots of footprints in the paint with wellies. We needed these for our special treasure hunt in the afternoon. As well as it being great fun, it was also part of our work on “Measures” in Maths.

In the afternoon we used the footprints to lead us to treasure! We hope the dads/special people/heros in our children’s lives enjoyed the beautiful rocks we sent home.

 

We continue to learn about plants. The children are becoming familiar with what plants need to survive. One group worked on the plant labels and another group learnt more about the Brussel sprouts that we planted. They are growing so well but unfortunately something is eating them! We tried to guess what it might be including squirrels, slugs, snails but we think it might be caterpillars.

We’ve been celebrating lots of Birthdays this month which we’ve put on Class Dojo for you to enjoy. We also celebrated Leni’s Half Term Achiever on Friday. Very well done Leni. We are all so proud of you.

Babs, June and the Team.

Weekly news!

18th June 2021Elaine Quinn

We have been practicing for weeks to take part in Newcastle Virtual Dance Festival!

The children have worked so hard rehearsing their moves and loved every minute of dressing up in the dancewear we borrowed from our Bev at reception.

We had a wonderful morning in the sports hall watching all the different schools who participated in the dance festival performing their dance routines. We got cosy on the beanbags with the lights off and watched it on the big screens, and to make it the total theatre experience we had a few snack break intervals with our favourite treats popcorn, bombay mix, sweets and crisps.

They all looked amazing on the big screen and we are all so proud of them.

Hope you all managed to watch the video, here is the link for anyone who missed it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NaEWCzqFhc2h9ELF7x7fHQFF7UtqObiV/view?usp=sharing

Mr Rollings managed to join us for our dance performance and was so impressed he gave us all a Hadrian school medal to go with our certificate.

It is our half term achiever assembly next Friday, so remember to check Dojo for log on details.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Wet and wild week in class

18th June 2021Loveday Fisk

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.

 

 

Physical Fun and “Disco Splash”

15th June 2021Coralie Forbes

Hi Everyone

Last week we took advantage of some of the lovely sunny weather to practise our physical skills outdoors and have some fun in the cars, on the rocking horse and the mini trampoline. The children also spent time in their standers to support their core strength and stamina and we practised using our hands to feel and touch different objects. We also managed to fit in some lovely stretching and balance work on the large trampolines!

As we were not able to use the pool or the paddling pools as we had hoped we decided to make our own fun with water, crazy soap and lights. We named our new session “Disco Splash” and everyone had lots of fun! Enjoy the photos!

Coralie and Team

Fun in the Sun!

11th June 2021Tracy Gooderick

This week has been absolutely glorious!!!! The sun definitely had his hat on!

We decided to create our own water park, as we aren’t allowed out on trips just yet. And it was a huge success with the children. Infact everyone in school booked into it for a session!

We had pools and sprays and bubbles! Everything the children asked for. We even had a bouncy castle.

Also this week has been Nelson and Zack’s Birthdays and in Food Technology we made a rainbow cake for them. It looked tasted delicious!

We hope the weather stays nice for your weekend, enjoy!

Weekly News

28th May 2021Scott Marshall

Dear Parents/Carers

We have came to the end of a busy half term. The last few weeks we have been taking part in the Shakespeare School’s Festival and we look forward to June to see the finished. We have also enjoyed an Art Exhibition in the Caterpillar Garden as well as our first swimming lesson this week. There will be more art photos in the next Hadrian Herald.

Have a lovely half term.

Thank you

Scott, Abbie, Andy, Ann, Jen

 

 

Happy Half Term

28th May 2021Loveday Fisk

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.