A new friend!

23rd November 2018Elaine Quinn

Hello!
We have had a really busy week of learning! At the start of half term, we welcomed a new friend, Vince, who has come all the way from America.   He is a lovely smiley boy and has settled in beautifully.  He loves listening to the guitar and playing outside on the swing with his new friends.

This week, we have enjoyed a magic show, kindly performed by Magic Matt from Halifax.  We also had a visit from the police horses!  We have enjoyed some sensory exploration with dry food, played in the Thrive Room, and used the big toys in the Sports Hall.  We have been investigating numbers using the Numicon in the playdough.

Some dates for your diary:

Thursday, 6th December – Coffee Afternoon, at 1.30pm

Monday, 10th December – Christmas Trip to Hall Hill Farm

For our Christmas performance, we are dressing as elves.  We would really appreciate it if you could provide an elf costume, or a green t-shirt for your child to dress in.

Also, now that the weather is getting so much colder, please can we ask that you send your child to school with gloves and hats?  It gets very chilly on the playground!

Thanks,

Hannah and the team

A lovely week!

20th November 2018Nadia Motie

Hello!

We had such a lovely time last week in our class! We had a great time visiting Sir Charles Parsons school to attend the opening of their new playground! It’s fantastic and we really enjoyed seeing some of our old friends there! Some of us visited the Quayside on Tuesday morning for outdoor learning and we also had an impromptu trip to The Metrocentre to see the Christmas lights and the lovely lady who drives the train kindly let us all have a turn! It was great fun! On Friday afternoon we had a surprise visit from Pudsey Bear!

Hope you enjoy our photos!

 

 

 

Children in Need

16th November 2018Simon Hall

Hello everyone.

We have had a wonderful week in 3A. We have done lots of work and had a lot of fun. We have learned all about the festival of Diwali in RE, we looked at measuring in numeracy, we learned about lights and shadows in science and have been enjoying our new class story of ‘Night Monkey & Day Monkey’.
We also had a very special day today when we had a visit from Pudsey Bear for Children in Need. We hope that you all have a lovely weekend and we look forward to the week ahead.

Fantastic boots for AFOS

16th November 2018Elaine Quinn

If your child wears AFOs you will understand the struggles with finding shoes to fit and how hard it can be getting shoes over AFOs.

These boots made by Billy boots are fantastic !  BILLY Footwear has revolutionized how shoes are put on and taken off. By incorporating a zipper that goes along the side of the shoe and around the toe, the upper of each shoe opens and folds over completely. The design allows for unobstructed foot placement onto the shoe footbed. Then with a flip and a zip, the shoe securely closes.

They’re not available in the UK but can be ordered online from America. They come in lots of colours and styles. I found a good selection on https://www.zappos.com/b/billy-footwear-kids/brand

They are expensive, around £65 with delivery.

 

Continence products

16th November 2018Elaine Quinn

Does your child receive continence products ? If so you will know they have recently changed suppliers from TENA to Hartman. The nursing team are holding a coffee morning at 10am on Friday 30th November with a representative from Hartman’s to hold a discussion of any issues or concerns you may have.

 

Your child will have a letter with reply slip in their diary, please complete and return it if you are interested in coming along to this session.

This week in 2a

16th November 2018Dave Robinson

This week we started new topics in art and science. In art we are going to be working with textiles and in science we are looking at health and growth.

On Tuesday we had some cycling coaches come into school to teach us how to ride balance bikes. We were so good at riding the bikes that the two coaches are going to come into school after Christmas for 5 more cycling lessons – some using proper bikes with pedals!

Today we had a lovely party to celebrate Ellie May’s birthday.

 

Group Music Therapy

16th November 2018Loveday Fisk

We are very lucky to have our Music Therapist, Bev Raynor, doing a music therapy group with us this half term.  She knows our children well as has worked with many of them individually, but we are now having a whole group session every Thursday afternoon.  Every child shows brilliant increased engagement during these sessions.

Music Therapy is engagement in shared music making, whether this is done improvisationally, making use of music people already know, creating new music together, or working towards some kind of performance.  Music making is part and parcel of the way that all children learn about the world around them and develop new skills. It is a safe way of taking risks and developing independence. It is playful and intrinsically interactive. It is motivating and encourages children to keep trying things.

We look forward to our next session and seeing how our children’s enjoyment of music.

 

Pass it on parents coffee morning

16th November 2018Elaine Quinn

Another busy and productive coffee morning with the Pass it on Parents ladies ! Doing their fabulous stuff.

These relaxed coffee mornings are once a month in school and the next date is Friday 30th November, they run from 10am – 11.30am.

Pass it on Parents run support groups in many locations around the North East :

Our Families Advice and Support Team offers information, advice and support for families of disabled children in Newcastle. The team can help you with problems, and help you apply for funding. They can let you know about activities and services for your child and your family.

Pass it on Parents Newcastle is a parents group that supports families with children who have additional needs living in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. We are part of the Family Advice and Support Team based at Skills for People,

Our Pass it on Parents peer support team, reaches around 1600 family carers through its facebook group. We strongly believe in the value of parent to parent support, and would like to help other parents by sharing experience and knowledge at one of our drop-in sessions or coffee mornings. Come along and find out some useful information that may help you or your family.

 

 

 

Tally Ho!

16th November 2018Julia Kelly

On Thursday we had our second horse riding session at Pegasus Riding Centre. The ponies we rode were called Midnight, Baz, Daisy and Chief. We had lots of fun playing games whilst riding the horses.  Some of us were naturals! Whilst we were waiting for our turn we all enjoyed having a drink of hot blackcurrant to warm us up.