The last week of Christmas fun was started off with our usual PE session but instead of football we did jabadao. In the afternoon we had a visit from Santa on his magical bus he wished us all a merry Christmas and gave us all a present. We finished the day off with some relaxing yoga
Tuesday was a very festive day so we wore our Christmas jumpers. We had a very busy day making red and green cupcakes with sprinkles. For lunch we had a fantastic dinner off Sam and her team, we then had a lovely afternoon with the whole school singing Christmas carols in the adventure play ground.
A wonderful Wednesday was started off with some Christmas numeracy and a long playtime in our adventure playground. After playtime we had a lovely time making some Christmas crafts using lots of different glitters, stickers and card. On Wednesday afternoon we had a lovely afternoon watching Santa the movie.
Thursday was a very exciting day as we made our Christmas trees ready to take home for our family’s. In the afternoon it was our Christmas party where we had party games and we danced. We had a very special guest at our party, Santa came and he gave all of our friends in KS2 a present! Just before home time we had some party food in the class room with cakes, crisps and sandwiches.
Our final day in school before Santa comes was started off with a wonderful breakfasts of cheese and ham toasties and fruit. We then played with iced bears in a tough tray and had ice races and lots of cold hands. Just after lunch we watched our Christmas Nativity where our head girl and head boy played the parts of Mary and Joseph and some of our little friends played the parts of the angels and shepherds.
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On Monday we had a fantastic start to the week by watching Aladdin in the school hall with all of our friends. In the afternoon we continued with the Christmas activities and we made Christmas cards with paints and rollers. We also made reindeer paper chains.
Tuesday morning we did some Christmas numeracy work followed by a dress rehearsal of our Christmas show. In the afternoon we made crispy cakes with melted chocolate and cheerios. later on we had a reindeer hunt in our adventure playground.
On Wednesday we had our final dress rehearsal in front of Mr Rollings and our friends from different classes. We were then joined by Ellen and Sarah’s class as we took a trip to watch Dick Whittington at the exchange theater in North Shields. We all had a long bus journey home as our teachers took us all home on the school buses.
Thursday was another exciting day of trips and bus rides, we went too the discovery museum to finish off our roman topic. We looked at all the different artifacts and looked at statues and different roman outfits and accessories. we finished our day with a snack and a movie before we headed home.
Friday was an amazing morning! We finally performed our Christmas show to all of our friends and family and we were all amazing and played our parts really well. In the afternoon we watched our other classes Christmas shows then headed to the yurt to end our day to have a look round Santa’s Grotto.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and stay safe!
We were proud to support the first ever Newcastle SENsational Christmas party!
The event was organised by Rachel Rudd and the amazing team of volunteers, all thanks to funding from Newcastle Parent Carer Forum and Newcastle Children with Disabilities team.
So many local services helped out with this event to make the day extra special.
It was a truly magical day,
It was wonderful to see so many faces old and new at our annual Christmas fayre!
It was a fabulous turnout and our staff amazed us with their amazing baking skills, so many yummy treats to choose from.
We received an amazing selection of bottles and gifts for the tombola’s which were cleared out in no time.
Looking forward to next year!
On Monday we had our weekly PE session with Graham where we continued to learn new and wonderful football skills. After lunch our children who take part in our school choir headed off to the Grainger market to sing some fantastic carols to some of the public. The rest of our class stayed back at school and made some reindeer faces with glitter and card.
Tuesday morning was started with a rehearsal on the stage in sports hall of our Christmas show the Grinch, it was our first run through with all of our props and costumes. In the afternoon we did some Christmas baking which including mixing and rolling our dough to make ginger bread people.
Wednesday was a wonderful morning of first decorating our ginger bread people ready for our afternoon snack, and then we continued our ginger bread theme with some ginger bread counting and sticking. Wednesday afternoon was a fantastic event all about diversity. We had some amazing singers, dancers and some very tasty food and lots more.
Sing school was a lovely way to start our Thursday morning, Fran sang lots of Christmas songs with us to get us in the Christmas spirit. Thursday afternoon was spent in the thrive room where we enjoyed some relaxing time by listening to music. We played with our friends and were sharing and taking turns with different toys and activities.
The end to another lovely week was started with our assembly in the school hall with all of our Hadrian friends. We then had a our elf parade around school. After lunch we had a special visit from Jackie’s dog Harry, and also Amy’s class, we all stroked and played with Harry. To finish off our wonderful week we had some Christmas coloring in.
Another super busy but fun week!
Monday the choir went to the Grainger Market it was very festive and lots of parents came to watch, a lot of fun.
Tuesday it was Ruby J and Oliver’s turn to get the bus into town, we had toast and a drink in the Grainger market and went to look at Fenwicks window. Oliver and Ruby were very sensible.
Wednesday we got to go swimming and had a splashing time. In the afternoon we had our Celebrate Diversity day it was amazing, we had Bollywood singing and dancing, lots of food, Henna tattoos, and dressing up. We hope to continue having these days every now and then.
Thursday we had our friend PC Ed come into class to congratulate Ruby J for winning the poster competition and he drew a caricature of her to take home.
Friday we had our sponsored football with Graeme in the hall, thanks everyone who sponsored.
Last but not least it was our mighty Max’s 8th birthday today YAY….
NO SWIMMING NOW UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS
Have a fantastic weekend from Class 13 team Rachel, Tracy, Alex, Yvonne and Racheal.
Here is a little something for those of you who like to plan in advance!
We are very encouraged by these SEN sessions and how they are going and will be continuing them as long as we have interest.
I would also just like to add that at the OTCC we are a very friendly group of parents with a core ethos of inclusivity. Because of our non structured play environment, we have a number of regular customers with children who have individual needs and who traditionally struggle in groups and classes and they have always stated that the café is a safe, non judgemental space, not overcrowded, free play encouraged and more importantly respite for parents. There is ALWAYS a friendly face and someone to chat to.
WE are open 5 days a week 3 sessions per day and welcome anyone at any time.
Wonderful to see so many old and new faces at this weeks coffee morning!
Skills for Life ladies sharing their breadth of experience and knowledge, with added advice and guidance from NAPI (Newcastle Action for Parents and Toddlers) and Nicola from SEN transport.
Looking forward to our next catch up!
