Blog Author: Miss Seddon

This morning, Chestnut Class had a visit from some very special guests… Santa and his elves!  

We were so excited to see them! Santa gave everyone a present, and we spent the morning playing with them and eating our chocolates.  

Thank you, Santa! 
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! 
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Chestnut class have had lots of fun celebrating Bonfire night.

We explored the fire senses in a bonfire night themed sensology.

See - watched a firework video and pointed to the colours on a core board

Hear - listened to firework noises 

Smell - popped party poppers and smelt the…

Chestnut class have enjoyed exploring our “this is me” topic. We’ve played with our favourite toys, looked at our reflections, and explored facial expressions.

We’re well established with our morning group routine now. First, we sing the hello song. Then, we check “what day is it today”.…

Chestnut class has had a lovely start to the school year! 

We’ve had lots of fun getting to know one another as well as exploring lots of toys and activities in the classroom and around school.

In Attention Autism, we’ve counted how many fingers in our handprint paintings, and made…

This week we have been exploring all things summer!

We’ve explored a spaghetti sunshine sensory tray, tried on sunglasses, made foam ice creams, and painted handprint suns.

We’ve even made our own ice creams with chocolate sauce and sprinkles!

So much fun!

Beech class have had lots of fun learning about more “people who help us”.

Last week we explored ”bakers”. We’ve explored lots of flour, practiced counting “five currant buns”, and made bakers hats! In attention autism, Mrs Barrand also made pancakes and pretend pizzas. 

This week we…

Beech class have had a very active week for sports week!

We went down to the sports court and had lots of fun running around, exploring the balance bikes, and playing with the parachute. We’ve also enjoyed our daily walks around the track and playing with our friends on the…

Beech class have had a lovely week learning about more “people who help us”. 

We had lots of fun exploring “doctors”. We dressed up as doctors, explored stethoscopes and doctors’ tools, and sang “polly had a dolly”.

To explore “dentists”, we practiced brushing big teeth, read a book…

This half term, Beech class are exploring “people who help us”. 

We started the week by exploring firefighters. We sang “5 little firemen”, explored fire engines, and put out pretend fires with spray bottles. 

We also explored the police. We dressed up as policemen, completed jigsaw…

As the finale to our “houses and homes” topic, this week we have explored zoo animals and their natural habitats.

First, we explored the artic. Mrs Barrand made magic snow and built an igloo for the polar bears.

Then, we explored the jungle. We explored had lots of fun exploring jungle…

This week in Beech class we have explored different animal homes.

First, we explored ducks and frogs in the pond. We painted lily pads, sang “5 little frogs” and “5 little ducks”, and explored blue sand. 

On Tuesday, we explored Mrs Hen’s nest. We had lots of fun exploring eggs; we…

This week we have been exploring building and construction!

We’ve explored building blocks, made houses out of recycled materials, and explored trucks and diggers. 

Some of us also dressed up as builders and explored tool toys.

Well done everyone!