8A

In 8A for Children in Need this year we have decided to make and sell dog biscuits to staff. Josh designed an order form and Owen G, Daniel and Jake made some money boxes. JJ, Teddy, Megan, Amelia and Annie worked as a team to make the biscuits we used Pudsey Bear shape biscuit cutters to cut out…

Today we are celebrating Diwali in school. 8A thought about what we had learnt last year about Diwali as part of our Year 7 “celebrations” theme. We could remember that Hindus celebrate Diwali and that they get presents at Diwali. Mrs Crouch reminded us that Diwali was the festival of light and we…

8A have had lots of Halloween fun this week. We used our maths skills to match some spooky Halloween objects to numbers. Mrs fisher brought in three pumpkins so we could practice carving scary faces into them. We had lots of fun deciding on our designs and worked in teams. We did a Halloween…

8A have been learning all about Zones of Regulation this half term. We can now recognise which zones we are in at different times of the day. Last week we took part in a circle time activity to think about strategies that will help us return to the green zone from different zones or stay in the…

This week in 8A, Annie brought her business “Annie’s dog treats” into class. We have had a great time helping Annie create dog treats to give to Coco the dog. We had to work as a team to follow the recipe to create the treats. We took Coco for a walk and then rewarded her with a treat that we had…

This half term in My Communication, as part of our Bright Sparks theme during Black History Month, 8A will be learning all about the three inspirational black women who helped build NASA. We will be learning all about the lives of Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson & Christine Darden…

We had a wonderful afternoon celebrating Macmillan coffee afternoon. We worked together to get the classroom ready yesterday, decorating cakes and biscuits, hoovering up and making bunting to decorate the room. We then made drinks for our family members and enjoyed a brew and cake with them before…

This half term in our Me and My Body lessons, 8A will be developing skills to play team games. We haven’t played hockey before in 8A so we are starting to learn to control a ball using a hockey stick and we will be applying these skills to simple hockey games. We had so much fun in the sun today.…

8A have had a great first week back. Everyone has settled into our new classroom, we have a new outside area with beanbags that we can chill and relax on and lots of fun activities that we can enjoy outside. We have played lots of games. We have learnt about how we are feeling and zones we are in…