Chestnut

Welcome back Chestnut Class! 
 

This week we have enjoyed getting to know lots of new names and faces that make up our fabulous new Class via Attention Autism. We are also very lucky to have another little girl joining us soon and we can’t wait to meet her! We have had so much fun making…

Group 1 have enjoyed a fantastic last week at Holiday Heroes. We had another visit on Tuesday from the Music Carousel ladies. We all had great fun playing our musical instruments to the music and especially hiding under the parachute at the end. In the afternoon we had a trip to the Space…

Well what another exciting week!! We have been dancing, singing, bouncing, sliding and so much more. We had a great visit to Space where we enjoyed the lights, the slides and the interactive activities. We then also had a visit from Carousel where we enjoyed some great music, singing and dancing…

Well what an exciting first week! We have had a visit from Music Carousel where we enjoyed singing, instruments and moving to the music. We also really enjoyed the bouncy castle, the slide was great fun!

Chestnut Class have been getting in the Summer spirit this week.

We have made some super summer crafts that we are going to take home!

We have all made a colourful sun catcher with tissue paper, paint and stickers. 

We then made a big yellow sun and chose different coloured rays to stick…

This week has been 'Sports Week' at Astley Park.

We have started our mornings off with some dancing to warm up our bodies, ready for our activities.

On Monday we had lots of fun in an egg and spoon race, we even had to move carefully around obstacles. 

We enjoyed practising our throwing,…

Today, Chestnut Class have celebrated Italy.

We all wore the colours red, green or white, and listened to some traditional Italian music.

For 'What's in the Box', Miss Beck made a big Italian flag out of all different sensory materials.

Chestnut class then all had a go at decorating our…

Chestnut Class have all been happy to be back at school after the half term holidays.

Yesterday we watched Miss Heaton do a super colourful 'What's in the Box'. She put lots of paper towels in a tray and then used pipettes with different coloured water to make marks. It was fun to watch and…

May is 'National Share a Story' month, and this year the theme is 'Myths, Magic & Mayhem'.

To celebrate this in Chestnut class, this week we have been looking at the book 'Room on the Broom', by Julia Donaldson.

We have listened to the story and the song, made our own potions, pretended to…

This week, Chestnut Class have been looking at animal homes.

We have been reading the story 'Oh Dear', all about looking for hen's eggs around the farm in different animal homes.

We also got busy mark making using different animals in paint to make footprints.

On Wednesday we had a…

This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week.

In Chestnut Class we have enjoyed some lovely, calming time in the great outdoors, and doing relax sessions in class.

We have been enjoying our outdoor area, listening to the birds and playing in the fresh air.

We have also been for lots of…

Yesterday, Chestnut Class got busy learning about Eid.

We enjoyed an Attention Austism where Miss sprinkled sand and drew a moon and a star, and then sprinkled blue rice to make the sky.

Afterwards we all got creative, painting a paper plate blue for the sky, and painting a moon and star…