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Welcome back 10A. We have a very busy half term to look forward to. All the learners enjoyed catching up with their friends on Monday morning and sharing their holiday news. 
We looked at picture news about a campaign in York called “ Girls can have short hair. Get over it”. It’s about a girls…

Little Zoo To You visited Holiday Club today and all the children had the opportunity to stroke, touch or hold a selection of animals including a bearded dragon, a tortoise, a millipede and a giant African land snail. Everyone also enjoyed the giant inflatable in the school hall and sessions in…

Welcome to our first day in Holiday Club during February half term.

Today our secondary pupils and the upper primary children went to Reel cinema for a private screening of Dog Man. Everyone enjoyed the film (and the goody bags filled with snacks and a drink). The younger children had a…

We celebrated Valentine’s Day this week in Maple class. 
We’ve enjoyed a Valentines themed Sensology, and Valentines ‘what’s in the bucket?’

In our continuous provision we have been working on our fine motor skills picking the hearts from the petals with tweezers and cutting and…

Well done 7P. Today we learnt all about the NSPCC in line with NSPCC number day. First we listened to a story all about the NSPCC and then watched a video all about a child that needed extra support and how this charity helps them. We then were very sensible and chatted all about the different…

We have had a lovely week in Rowan Class to end the half term.

A love themed attention autism, making cute pancake owls in Food Tech, painting some amazing hearts, and having lots of sensory fun.

We hope you all have a lovely break.

Mrs Down and the Rowan Class Team

This week in Chestnut Class, our theme has been Valentines. 

We’ve enjoyed a special valentines themed Sensology which included; 

Seeing- Valentines colours with different materials.

Hearing - Listening to the heartbeats with our ears that we made on the drums, choosing to tap…

This week in Chestnut Class, our theme has been Valentines. 

We’ve enjoyed a special valentines themed Sensology which included; 

Seeing- Valentines colours with different materials.

Hearing - Listening to the heartbeats with our ears that we made on the drums, choosing to tap…

This week, we have had two very important SMSC events: NSPCC Number Day and Safer Internet Day. 

We learnt about Safer Internet Day using a PowerPoint about the importance of online safety. We also discussed what online threats there could be and discussed the importance of not talking to…

What a great start to 2025 Beech class have had!  

To end our topic of bugs, we explored spiders, lady birds, used magnifying glasses to find the hidden creepy crawlies and used the splatter to splat the bugs. 

We enjoyed exploring books, playing music, making friendships and enjoyed a…

Safer Internet Day.

On Tuesday 11th February it was Safer Internet Day and the theme this year is around online threats and is it too good to be true.

We watched a PowerPoint on keeping safe on the internet, especially sharing photos and information on line so this information…

We have had such a busy term! 
Sycamore have looked at healthy and unhealthy choices, the hungry caterpillar, AA sessions, lots of Thrive Time and we’ve all done amazing! 
Hopefully our outdoor area should be finished when we come back just in time for warmer weather and lots of outdoor…