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Ahoy, me hearties! Pirate Fun in Chestnut Class
This half term Chestnut Class have been enjoying our new topic about Pirates. In our PE sessions we are focussing on developing our gross motor skills via Pirate themed activities. We haven’t just been ‘walking the plank’ we have been travelling along the plank in different ways including pulling…
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World Book Day Fun in Chestnut Class
“I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!”
Chestnut Class have had wonderful World Book Day fun exploring the story of the Three Little Pigs and celebrating all of our favourite characters and stories. What a great turn out in class- we had a visit from Superman, Rex from Toy…
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Pancake Tuesday in Chestnut Class
What a wonderful and very messy time we had in Chestnut Class on Shrove Tuesday. During Stage 2 Attention Autism we watched Miss Spear create a pancake mixture and in Stage 3 we took turns to flip a pancake! Chestnut Class have been working very hard on their turn taking skills which require them…
Chestnut Class learn all about Hinduism
Chestnut Class had a lovely virtual visit from Mrs Parekh and we learned all about her Hindu Faith. She chatted to us about her favourite Hindu festival - Holi and the Celebration of Colour and we talked about our class learning of Diwali and the Festival of Light and what we had explored in…
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The Year of the Tiger - celebrating Chinese New Year in Chestnut Class
Chestnut Class have enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year! We have been using our communication skills to make requests for lots of delicious Chinese food including spring rolls, noodles made by Mrs Duxbury, rice and prawn crackers. We watched Miss Spear create a huge tiger and watched as the black…
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The Hungry Caterpillar in Chestnut Class
This week Chestnut Class have had a great time getting stuck into our Mini beast topic by reading The Hungry Caterpillar. We have enjoyed learning about different types of fruit, making choices and working on our fine motor skills to chop, peel and make delicious fruit skewers. We have been…