Welcome back after the October half term! We hope you all had a spooky Halloween break. Before half term and in this first week back we have been making use of our Caterpillar Garden. This is an outdoor space within the school grounds that the children very much enjoy. We  have used the garden for music therapy, sitting around the fire pit singing songs and of course exploring nature!  There is a wooden train, huge tyre, caterpillar willow tunnel, big distorting mirrors and the best part… lots of space, mud and sticks to play with. Kimberly and Aaron had fun strumming the guitar during an outdoor music therapy session whilst Joseph and Jordan loved singing with their friends around the camp fire.

When exploring the grounds, Lacey had so much sensory play with grabbing the mud from the ground in her hands, squishing it, then sprinkling it back onto the ground.

Peniel finds it funny to stand in front of the mirrors, looking at himself while he sings out loud his favourite songs!

Ella has been practicing her walking and strengthening her leg muscles and directing the adults to where she would like to be, needing very little encouragement. This can be tricky because the garden is on a pretty steep hill but she doesn’t let that stop her… go Ella!!

Yahya and Daniel adore freely exploring all areas of the Caterpillar Garden, along with Jacob who particularly takes interest in collecting sticks from the tunnel and putting them in piles ready for the fire pit to be used.

The first week back we had to say a sad farewell to our friend Conlan who seems very happy to be in his new class (and luckily we still see him around school), however we have gained another friend Lacey who has settled in really well with her new peers.

See you all soon, Loveday and Team xx