Please contact reception if you would like your child to attend.
The project will be based at the newly refurbished Tree House Early Years Centre in Cruddas Park.
We talked to parents and carer groups about the refurbishment of this new centre, to help us create the look and feel of the new space. They asked if we could create vibrant wall art inspired by children and young people with SEND and so this summer project will focus on creating 5 new wall art pieces with participants.
Please click link below for more information.
HAF Arts Summer Project at the Tree House | Newcastle Support Directory
Hello everyone!
We were all excited to go out on Tuesday for our class trip to the Tim Lamb Centre and the Rising Sun Country Park. We didn’t let the rain spoil our fun! Check out our photos of us in the soft play area and café.
From John and the Team.
Hi everyone! What a fantastic half term we have had in Rachael’s class. Our topic has been natural things and we have really enjoyed exploring lots of natural resources both in class and outside in nature.
The children loved the ‘nature paintbrush’ activity in Art. They were supported to collect items from nature during their weekly Mud Kitchen session including sticks, leaves and flowers to make the paintbrushes. The flower stamps were also a hit and the children had lots of messy fun!
This half term we celebrated Eid together as a school with a special assembly and in class we took part in some Eid themed activites. Class 2 spent time exploring porridge oats with moons and stars, there was some lovely engagement in this sensory activity and fantastic filling and emptying. What a great job they did decorating their Moon and Star hanging mobile too!
The children joined in with the Coronation Day celebrations by making some Nature Crowns and wands which tied in nicely with our nature topic. They also came to school wearing red, white and blue and had fun playing with balloons and Union Jack flags.
Our Nature themed Art and Messy Play sessions continued with some leaf spray painting and daisy soup which the children loved! They also enjoyed painting sticks and making marks with pine cones, Rachael’s class love nothing more than getting messy!
The children love to explore things with all their senses and particularly enjoyed our lavender themed session. We had lavender playdough, lavender water play and lavender foam. The classroom smelled divine and lavender is supposed to be calming and relaxing so I wonder if the children slept well that night!
Other messy play items this half term have included, split peas, cereal and the ‘you either love it or you hate it’ item….gloop!
In May we took part in Mental Health Awareness Week with a relaxing session based on the book ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. The children watched a pop up version of this story on you tube (which Lucas found hilarious!) then hunted for the colour monsters in the sand, played with water and enjoyed some relaxing music and images on the smartboard.
Class 2 have continued to enjoy all of the regular activities on their timetable, here are some photos of them in soft play.
We are looking forward to enjoying our last half term of this academic year with these brilliant boys. Summer 2 will have a Seaside theme which I’m sure will prove a massive hit with all of the children in Rachael’s class 🙂
Rachael, Rachael, Kira, James, Leighanne and Lynda xxx
With the forecast looking warm and sunny this half term what could be better than water fun to cool you down!
Here are 13 places you can cool off in the warm weather. Many of them are FREE with no booking required and accessible by public transport too. Ideal for a picnic / day out in summer.
Please do check with venues direct for current opening hours.
We have had a blast this half term and over the past 6 weeks we have never stopped with the various different arts and crafts and exploration. We have blinked and we are at the May half term – can you believe it! This half term our topic has been focusing around natural things and we have spent time exploring all of the natural things that our world has to offer.
We explored all of the different flora and fauna in the different areas around school and collected our favorite bits that we then used to print our fabulous pictures with.
We talked all about ‘Earth day’ and painted our fabulous stones using paints and various mark making tools.
We also printed using fruit and vegetables exploring how they feel and some of us also explored the taste.
We made and created our very own caterpillars and butterflies using stamps and different textures. We really enjoyed this and loved the different colours and the way the different textures felt on our hands.
IMG_7856We have had the most wonderful time exploring the trim trail and the caterpillar garden and the past couple of weeks we have had the chance to explore our caravan that we have had revamped. We took lots of snacks up last week and enjoyed the lovely weather and our snacks whilst relaxing in the caravan and exploring the various different equipment the areas have to offer.
As well as all of this we have enjoyed our Rebound and Hydro therapy sessions and we are really building up our confidence in both.
As well as all of this we had the opportunity to watch and grow our very own caterpillars. We received them in the post just after we got back from the Easter holidays and then we watched as our caterpillars ate their food, grew and grew and grew and then they formed into their chrysalis. We then waited very patiently and last week we watched as the first beautiful butterfly emerged, followed closely by the rest. We were all so excited and couldn’t believe our eyes. We then went up to our decked area and let all 5 of them free and into the wild to find their new homes. We all laughed and shouted excitedly as they fluttered away.
As well as all of this we have also had two trips one to the garden centre and one yesterday where we had a lovely walk in the sun up to Morrisons where we had some tea and cake. The children coped so well with he difference in routine and some even got to go up to the till, order and pay for their items.
+We hope you all enjoy a fabulous break and we look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday 5th June.
Fran, Vikki, Lauren and Yasmin