Maple

This week Maple class have created personal invitations to our teddy bear’s picnic planned for March. Pupils have been travel training around school with increased independence. Some pupils put their road safety skills into practice, walking to the local postbox to post invitations. On arrival, we…

For our cooking sessions in Maple Class this half term we’ve been learning to make Angel Delight and fruit salads. 
We have all followed instructions step by step to make our food, from chopping, pouring, mixing and peeling. 
We even got to eat it all up when we had finished! 
 

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This week in Maple Class we have been ‘travel training’. 
We have been learning how to be King of the road in class, on the playground and on the track. 
Some of us independently transitioned to the track while the rest us independently transitioned to the playground. 
We took it in turns to…

Yesterday Maple class had a visit to the hall where they found Alpacas! 
We loved stroking them, feeding them and learning all their names! 
 

This half term our sensory story has been ‘We’re going on a polar bear hunt’ which has tied in fantastically with a winter and Christmas theme. We’ve explored ice, water, snow and a cave through different sensory means. 

Over the last 2 weeks Maple have been taking part in lot’s of festive…

This week has been a busy week for Maple Class! 

On Monday we all visited our new playground for the first time. We all had our own favourite things to do including the climbing frame, the slide, the swing and the musical instruments! 
 

On Wednesday it was time for a trip on the bus! We…

On Tuesday we celebrated St Andrew’s day in remembrance of Scotland’s patron saint who was known for helping the less fortunate. 

Miss Howarth did an attention autism, from the bucket she pulled out a whoopee cushion which made a noise a bit like a bag pipe when sat on. Next we watched a video…

This week we have been learning how to be kind friends in Maple Class for Friendship Week. 

On Monday we all wore odd socks to celebrate that we are all unique.

Tuesday Miss Troughton made a tree out of brown paint, we all then took it in turns to paint our hands and splat them onto the tree…

Today Maple Class have been doing lots of different activities all about children in need and it’s mascot Pudsey Bear. 
Some of us came dressed in different colours, spotty T-shirt’s and some of our teachers even had Pudsey and blush headbands. 

For our Attention autism this morning in stage…

Today has been all about fireworks and bonfire night! For attention autism Miss Howarth had party poppers and toys that flew into the air like fireworks. In stage 2 Miss Howarth popped balloons filled with paint, it got very messy and Miss Howarth also got it all over her glasses! It was very…

This week Maple Class have been getting spooky, ready for Halloween. 

All week we have been using a cauldron instead of a bucket in our attention autism. On Tuesday Miss Troughton did a spooky attention autism by cutting out a ghost shape from black card and then sticking cotton wool and 2 eyes…

This week we have been learning about different types of weather in Maple Class! 

We have been listening to a sensory story to learn about; Snow, rain, thunder and sun. 
Miss Howarth let us feel some pretend snow, we saw that it was white and very cold. We all enjoyed getting squirted with…