8 Dec

On the first week of Christmas…

Christmas has begun in Beech class!

On Monday, we decorated our Christmas tree with Santa lights, shiny tinsel, and lots of baubles. We also started the countdown to Christmas Day with our chocolate advent calendars.

In our adult led activity on Wednesday, we made some beautiful tree…

17 Nov

Children in Need 2023 in Beech

Beech class have had a lovely day celebrating Children in Need! We’ve coloured in Pudsey bears, decorated spotty bear biscuits, and explored a kinetic sand pudsey.

The week have also explored cars, trucks, diggers, and trains this as a part of our toys topic this half term. We’ve pushed cars…

10 Nov

Diwali celebrations and Remembrance Day in Beech

This week Beech class have explored Diwali and Remembrance Day.

We started the week celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. We made salt dough tea lights, decorated them with paint and glitter, and decorated Mendhi handprints.

For remembrance day, we made poppies with paper plates,…

3 Nov

Beech celebrate Halloween and bonfire night!

Beech class have been celebrating Halloween and bonfire night!

For our belated Halloween celebrations, we painted spiders, dressed up in fancy dress costumes, and explored shaving foam cobwebs.

In attention autism on Friday, we made a pretend bonfire and roasted marshmallows over the top. We…

19 Oct

Autumn crafts in Beech

This week in Beech class we have completed our Autumn topic. 

We’ve rolled conkers, made leaf men with Googly eyes, painted with Autumnal spices, and made playdoh impressions using leaves, conkers, and pine cones.

We’ve had a wonderful half term in Beech and are so proud of how well everyone…

13 Oct

Exploring Autumn in Beech

Beech class have had a busy week exploring all things Autumn!

We’ve enjoyed lots of creative activities this week, making sun catchers, playdoh hedgehogs, leaf paint prints, and finger print trees!

With the changing of the seasons, we’ve been on lots of Autumnal walks around the school field…

6 Oct

More bears in Beech!

Beech class have had another fab week exploring bears. 

We’ve cut Goldilocks’ hair, put teddy bears on a parachute, shaped playdoh on our bear playdoh mats, and explored lots of sensory trays with shaving foam, flour, and cereal!

Now that we’re well settled into our class routine, this week…

29 Sep

Goldilocks and the three bears in Beech 2023

Beech class have had another lovely week exploring bears.

This week we have focused on Goldilocks and the three bears. We’ve painted daddy bear’s face, counted the three different sized bowls, chairs and beds, and mixed together some porridge for them!

On Friday, we wore our jeans in honour…

22 Sep

Beech class go on a bear hunt!

This week Beech class have been on a bear hunt!

In attention autism, Mrs Barrand first led us through the sensory story. Then, we all had a turn at exploring the obstacles from the story ourselves. We swished through the grass, splashed through the water, squelched through the mud, stumbled…

15 Sep

All things bears in Beech

This week Beech class have been exploring all things bears! 

We have looked at lots of different types of bears; polar bears, koala bears, panda bears, and of course teddy bears!

For our Attention Autism sessions this week, everyone has done “good sitting” to watch Mrs Barrand create bear…

8 Sep

First week in Beech 2023

Beech class have had a super first week back! 

We have enjoyed welcoming and getting to know our new classmates. They are all settling in wonderfully and have had a lovely time exploring the classroom, sensory room, and playground. We’ve had lots of fun exploring our bear topic for this half…

21 Jul

Our final week in Beech class 2023

We’ve reached our final week in Beech class! What a lovely year we’ve all had! To celebrate, we’ve enjoyed spending time together exploring all our favourite activities and playing on the playground.

We’ve have also celebrated three birthdays this month with lots of cake and sweeties. 

Hope…