Blog Author: Mrs Cobham

In 11G well-being group we’ve been looking at things we can do and thing we enjoy that make us feel good and we’ve linked it to Autumn.

The group chose a variety of activities, they didn’t always agree but said that’s okay because it’s good to like different things.

With the pictures,…

Last year 11G made a Makaton video showing lots of spooky signs.

Have fun practicing your scary signs and share them with your class team.

Happy Halloween 

Today is World Hearing Day so we talked about how we communicate in class, with our friends and family and out in the community. 10G said that we talk but sometimes people can’t talk and have to communicate in different ways. Katie said some people use signing because they can’t hear and we should…

In class we have been spending time at lunchtime listening to Mrs Cobham reading the story of Holes by Louis Sachar. We decorated our classroom door like the book and Katie drew the lizard and painted it. On Thursday Mrs Cobham finished reading it. We have all enjoyed it and are looking forward to…

On Wednesday we talked about things we liked, we found pictures and airdropped them to Mrs Cobham. When they had been printed we added them to our speech bubbles. Then we used wool to connect to each other. The board looked messy but it showed the things that connect us. 

We played a game where…

Last week some of the learners in 10G volunteered to be videoed signing Makaton Christmas signs. Mrs Fisher booked the green screen and Mrs Cobham found the signs. We all had a practice before we were videoed. Katie and Lily used their iPads to find some backgrounds that were relevant to the…

Today we enjoyed a lovely breakfast in class and Santa came to visit.

Mrs Cobham and some of the learners set the classroom up and we found our Christmas placemats. Everyone had a plate, dish, a spoon and a cup.

We had a variety of breakfast foods including cereal,pain au chocolate, toast…

On Monday we all made a friend a friendship band, some of us chose friends in class whilst others chose friends in different class and even a member of staff was given a band.

We decided it was nice when someone does something kind for someone else.

On Tuesday we added to our self portraits…

On Monday we celebrated World Down Syndrome Day in school.

We celebrate on this day because 21st March signifies the uniqueness of of the trisomy of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome.

Lots of the learners wore odd socks to school to celebrate.

Some of our learners designed…

This week 10R visited the gym for the first time. Some of us were a little nervous as it was new place but we were ready for the challenge.

We were able to try lots of different equipment including the treadmill, the rowing machine and the stepper. We all worked really hard and listened well to…

On Tuesday it was safer Internet day and in 10R we learned about online safety and also showing respect to others while online. Lots of us in 10R game online and we discussed what we should and shouldn’t do.

We decided that sometimes you should step back from a game if you see or hear things…

10R had lots of fun researching and learning all about the Chinese New Year. We learned that 2022 is the year of the Tiger and that the learners in 10R were born either in the year of the dog or the year of the pig.

We watched the story of how the Emperor challenged the animals to race across…