A week of festive fun !

14th December 2018Elaine Quinn

Well, what a week of fun we have had !

On Monday, we went on our Xmas trip to Hall Hill Farm. We had a tour around the farm meeting and feeding all the animals, then a visit to the elves’ workshop for games.

We got to meet Santa in his grotto and he gave us a present for being just fabulous. We even got to go on a tractor ride around the farmland with our favourite Xmas songs playing.

We then had a treat with Cinderella pantomime in our school hall.  On no we didn’t! Oh yes we did!

Any other spare time we have spent rehearsing for the Xmas show which has been great fun ! Hope you all enjoyed it.  Didn’t the children look beautiful in their costumes?  We were really proud of their performance.

 

Christmas Fun!

13th December 2018Julia Kelly

On Monday we had a lovely trip to Hall Hill Farm. We met Santa in his cabin and he kindly gave us all a present. Rudolf was outside singing Christmas songs.

We then had fun going on a tractor/trailer ride around the farm. After out packed lunch we met a lot of animals. There were chicks and rabbits, goats and sheep, donkeys and highland cows and many more, but our favourites were the alpacas and the guinea pigs. The alpacas were very soft and the guinea pigs were very cuddly.

We enjoyed ourselves so much that some of us had a snooze on the bus on the way back to school!

Out and about at Christmas!

10th December 2018Nadia Motie

Hello!

We have had two lovely trips over the last couple of weeks to see the sights and sounds of Christmas around Newcastle! We had a lovely time at the Garden Centre exploring their brilliant winter wonderland display and looking at all their Christmas lights. On Friday we visited Fenwick’s window and saw their beautiful display of The Snowman! Watch this space for photos of our final Christmas trip to Hall Hill Farm to see Santa!

We have also explored a Nativity sensory story and enjoyed a visit from Chris Bostock who did a fantastic storytelling session!

We have been very busy making our Christmas cakes, Christmas cards and preparing our video for our Christmas performance!

 

Merry Christmas

10th December 2018Chris Rollings

Many thanks to all our friends and families who came to our Christmas Fayre on Friday evening.  It was lovely to see so many people there and to welcome lots of old friends as well as many new ones.  We hope everyone had a good time.  We raised an amazing ÂŁ842, and this amount will increase once we add in the proceeds from our main raffle which is to be drawn on Wednesday 19th December.  If you don’t yet have any tickets and would like some, please contact Pauline Turner at school.

Rehearsals are now well under way for our Christmas Show on Friday morning (14th at 10.00am) and it would be lovely to see as many friends and families there as possible.  It is the first Christmas Show we have had since 2015 because of all our building works, so we’re hoping it will be one to remember!

The Autumn edition of our Hadrian Herald is at the printers as we speak so please look out for it coming home in your child’s school bag during the last week of term.

Once again I’d like to say a huge ‘Thank You’ to the staff and volunteers who help make Hadrian School tick.  The commitment and dedication they give to providing the best of everything for our children is commendable and very much appreciated.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

Best wishes,

Chris

Calling all explorers!

7th December 2018Loveday Fisk

 

 

Calling all explorers!

 

 

We have had a busy week exploring the school, on Wednesday we all went for a wander in to the mud kitchen and wild life garden to see what we could find! The sun was shining and the leaves were crunchy, so we enjoyed finding our inner explorers for the afternoon.

As much fun as the mud kitchen is, we couldn’t spend all day there as our friends at school love it too! When we got in the exploring didn’t stop there. Messy Play was lots of fun and we got very, very purple. Purple powder paint, dry rice and water proved a successful way to get messy. We made sure of it!

 

News

7th December 2018Scott Marshall

Dear Parents/Carers

 

Dear Parents/Carers

This week we have commenced our Christmas activities. We have been practicing for our Christmas show, the choir has performed at the Grainger Market and some of our children have been to the Laing Art Gallery as part of the linked in school project. On Monday we will head to the Tyneside Cinema as part of our Christmas Trip. The choir will be performing on Tuesday at the Rowlands Gill lunch club. Have a lovely weekend.

Thank you

Scott, Ann, Colleen, Liam

 

 

16.11.18

6th December 2018Phil Cookson

Hello, and welcome to our first blog of the year. Due to some technical issues as a result of the launch of our new website, we haven’t been able to get access, but now we are up and running and raring to go, so we hope that you enjoy our blogs and looking at what all of your wonderful children are getting up to.

Firstly, we need to give a massive thanks to all your support this year, everything from attending our coffee afternoon, sending in contributions for snacks, sending in snacks and drinks and contributions to trips. It all really helps and we appreciate it very much!

This week has been an exciting week as we have been gearing  up for our part in the Hadrian Christmas show, our own take on the song Fairy Tale of New York, but with a twist!

This week we have been getting up to lots of fun things! In literacy we have carried on with our story, Night Monkey, Day Monkey and the children have done a great job recalling information about the story, sorting the night and the day parts and doing some work on shadows.

Chris Bostock and his team of wonderful performers, musicians and story-tellers came in to tell us a story all about a wonderful snow bear! It was excellent and the children were very engaged throughout, participating, singing and laughing!

We hope you enjoy looking at the pictures, have a lovely weekend and we will see your 

children bright and early on Monday morning.

Phil and Team

 

Specialist trikes

6th December 2018Elaine Quinn

Lots of enquiries about specialist trikes this week !

Christmas is coming up, I have found lots of sites that can supply, but as with any specialist equipment its never usually a cheap option !

missioncycles.co.uk

allterraincycles.co.uk

tomcatuk.org

ashfieldspecialneeds.co.uk

www.altonaids.co.uk
Alton aids are based at the Team Valley and can help with measurements and have bikes to view.

There is lots of charities who help fund these but you should understand it is never a quick process and can take anywhere between 6-24 months so always be prepared.

Sunshine Fund

About The Sunshine Fund

We provide equipment to hundreds of disabled children in the North East every year.

We welcome applications from both individuals and organisations. The child/children you are applying for must fulfil the following criteria:

* Aged 18 or under

* An individual child/siblings with disabilities or an organisation that supports children with disabilities

* Not applied in the last 12 months

* Live in the following areas: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham

Family Fund can consider a contribution towards a specialist trike or bicycle for your child.

Pass it on Parents can help with filling in application forms.

I have found a few second hand selling sites for equipment like this so its always worth a search on the internet.

Pass it on Parents now have there own selling group for Disability Aids on facebook which is easy to access and worth a look.

 

 

 

CEA cards free entry to cinema

4th December 2018Elaine Quinn

The Card enables a disabled cinema guest to receive a complimentary ticket for someone to go with them when they visit a participating cinema.

The CEA Card is available to applicants aged 8 years and above.

To apply, you will need:

You no longer need a code to renew your CEA Card.

The CEA Card is valid for one year from the date of issue. You can pay for your card online or by post.

NAPI toy service

4th December 2018Elaine Quinn

Newcastle Action for Parent and Toddler Groups Initiative

This service is great for trying out toys before buying.

Additional Needs Toy Library

What this service will offer!

 

  • A dedicated service for parents, carers, childminders and other settings who care for children with special and additional needs.
  • A toy library that is set up to give children and young people with special and additional needs an opportunity to loan suitable, quality toys and specialist equipment.
  • A service which removes the barriers of cost and access to specialist equipment.
  • A dedicated person to promote the development of play for all children
  • Support for the development of individual resilience by developing confidence, supporting problem solving and developing a sense of belonging which reduces the feeling of loneliness and isolation.

For more details on this service contact Kelly Proudlock on 0191-2656158 or email admin@napi.org.uk