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8G- History Day Spring 1
8G took part in their first History themed day on Thursday, and what a fun day it was!
We put our fine motor skills to practice by covering our initials with mosaic stickers.
We used Lego to recreate the city of Pompeii that Mrs England had read us a story about on Tuesday.
We made our…
8G End of Week 4 (Spring Term)
Here we are again, the end of another week!
On Wednesday afternoon it was time for My Community lesson. We split into our 2 groups as usual, this week Group 1 stayed in class with Mrs Fisher to work on their self-help and independence skills, while Group 2 went with Mrs England and Miss Aindow…
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8G Food Technology Week 4- Fruity Flapjacks (Group 2)
Week 4 means it was Group 2's turn to cook again.
On the menu were Fruity Flapjacks, just like Group 1 cooked last week.
Miss Aindow shared the recipe with everyone, then we took it in turns to collect the right equipment that we needed. We are all getting much better at looking carefully…
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8G End of Week 3 (Spring term)
What a busy end of the week we have had in 8G, I feel like I blinked and it was Friday afternoon!
On Wednesday morning, we all took part in My Thinking and Problem Solving lesson. Our starter was Maths themed. We had to look carefully at the pictures on the board and tap on the one that was…
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8G Food Technology Week 3- Fruity Flapjacks (Group 1)
Before we started, we needed to wash our hands and put our aprons on as we know it is important to make sure our hands are clean and that our uniform stays clean too.
Mrs England and Miss Aindow gave out the recipes and read them to us.
Next, we took it in turns to find the equipment that we…
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8G Food Technology Week 1- Tomato Spirals (Group 2)
It was Group 2's turn to cook this week.
First, Mrs England read the recipe to the group and then it was time to collect the equipment. Pupils were encouraged to use the labels on the cupboards in the Food Tech room to find the equipment that they needed. Everyone worked together and managed…
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8G and 7G get healthy!
As part of our Doctor, Doctor! topic, the G classes are learning more about how to keep healthy and the importance of this.
8G and 7G decided to team up for a change and to do a PE lesson together.
We started off with our daily mile where we walked around the bike track. It was lovely to see…
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8G- World Religion Week- Christianity
On Thursday morning, 8G continued their work on Christianity for World Religion Week.
We read a sensory story all about Jesus walking on water.
Jesus had gone up to the mountains to pray alone, while his friends (the disciples) went on a boat and sailed out to sea.
It started to rain-…
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8G End of Week 1 (Spring term)
Welcome back to all our fantastic pupils in 8G! Everyone seems to have settled back into routine after the chaos of Christmas. It has been really nice to hear about what you have all been up to over the Christmas break.
Our new theme for the Spring term will be Doctor, Doctor! This first half…
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2 more birthdays in 8G this week!
On Friday it was Skye AND Jake's 13th birthdays.
We had a very busy day as Mrs James came to see us in the morning to do some work about feelings and then in the afternoon it was our first time back at swimming this year. Luckily we still found time to sing Happy Birthday and to eat some yummy…
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8G Food Technology Week 1- Tomato Spirals (Group 1)
8G started cooking lessons this week. Every week we will take it in turns to cook something as part of our healthy eating topic.
This week it was Group 1's turn to cook. They made tomato spirals with Mrs England and Miss Aindow.
Before they started, everyone washed their hands and put on an…
Christmas is coming for 8G
What a fantastic week we’ve had to bring to an end a lovely first term in 8G.
This week has been VERY Christmas focused.
At the beginning of the week we all finished off our festive reindeer bags that were sent home on Wednesday. We hope you all enjoyed going through these with your…