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!
Hi everyone, we hope you’re all happy and well as we make our way into the last month of 2022!
This week has marked the start of the Christmas festivities here in Dave’s class, and haven’t we just had the best time! On Wednesday afternoon our grown-ups began pulling all sorts of funny-shaped boxes and bags out of the storage cupboard, and by Thursday morning our normal classroom had been transformed into a festive wonderland!
Also on Thursday, we had a special advent assembly in the school hall to mark the first day of December and to learn a little bit about why we do all of these Christmas celebrations anyway. We had a great time singing along to the carols that the school band played, and we loved watching some of the other children place the advent figurines inside of the display. We were also lucky enough to have been gifted an advent calendar to share as a class, and we can’t wait to all get a turn at opening a door and getting the chocolate that’s hiding behind! We’re very very thankful to the incredible person who donated these advent calendars; buying one for each class must have cost a great amount and we can’t begin to share how grateful we are.
On Thursday afternoon we had an amazing time listening to our friend Chris, a wonderful storyteller who very kindly visited Hadrian school and put on a special interactive story just for us all about trees and the woodlands. We loved getting cosy and listening to his story, and we especially loved seeing all of his magic props! Thank you so much to Chris for visiting, and for Hadrian School for organising such lovely treats for us.
We hope everyone has a lovely weekend, and gets to begin to enjoy some of the festivities that December has to offer! See you all bright and early on Monday morning for another week of fun and festive exploration! – Dave and team 🙂
We had a busy day in our first hair shop this term.
We had some new children in the salon this term who all really enjoyed the experience.
They were treat to manicures, pedicures, a soak in the foot spa, hand and foot massages as well as a haircut.
We also got very creative with the ‘Girls World Heads’ and each others hair which was great fun.
The next hair shop is Thursday 8th December so keep an eye out for the next booking form.
Monday was a very sporty start to the week, football was how we started our morning with lots of fun and games. We played a game of dodgeball to learn new catching and throwing techniques. After lunch some of our children chose to watch the first England world cup match against Iran. Later in the afternoon we put our coats on and headed to the trim trail.
On Tuesday we started our morning with lots of hard work we started with doing our reading with Becky and Sharon while some of us completed jigsaws on the carpet. After break we had our Math’s lesson which we were digging for Roman artifacts in our rice, sand, and mud boxes, we were counting the amount of each artifacts in the different boxes. On Tuesday afternoon we made chocolate brownies in food technology which we later enjoyed for our snack.
We started off our Wednesday with arts and crafts we created sensory bottles with lots of different colours, jewels, water and oil. When our bottles were all complete we went for a walk in the rain all around our school to look for Roman artifacts. Later on Wednesday afternoon we finished of our Roman wall with lots of cutting and gluing and making lots of mess. We finished off our Wednesday with a relaxing yoga lesson.
Sing school was how our Thursday morning started with all our friends from different classes. When sing school was finished we came back to class to get ready for our school pictures, getting our hair brushed and faces wiped after our breakfast. Our favorite part of our Thursday with our afternoon in the thrive room.
Friday morning was our achievers assembly celebrating our amazing friends hard work and watching all of friends videos of how much work they have been doing this half term. We had a lovely afternoon watching our first Christmas movie and having snacks. We were looking for inspiration for our Christmas show.
