Blog by Tag: Independent travel

These weeks are just flying by - and the warm weather is definitely helping!

This week we have introduced a new regulation slot into out timetable. This involves getting outside and using battle ropes to get us energised in a morning. The learners have enjoyed spending this time outside. In…

A busy few weeks in 10A. We are practicing our independence living skills as we are now preparing for leaving school and moving into the adult world.

As part of this learning we have all been allocated jobs to do in class, these involve activities such as washing pots, cleaning tables before…

This week Chestnut Class have continued learning about UnderThe Sea through Attention Autism, Sensology, Creative tasks and in the continuous provision. Learners have been practising their independent travel with Mrs Lane transitioning around school and on visits to Astley Park and small groups…

Last Monday, Willlow class went on a trip to the Mosque. We enjoyed looking in the Mosque, listening to a call to prayer and learning about why Muslims go to Mosque. We learned some new words and looked at Arabic letters. We also learned lots of things about Muslim families as we have been…

Rowan Class have started this half term enjoying trips to Asda.

We have worked hard on our travel training, independence, and problem solving throughout the trips. Walking safely and sensibly, looking for shopping items and paying for them.

We have had lots of fun and represented ourselves,…

In the final week before half term, Oak Class focused on mental health and wellbeing. We explored feelings through song, drama and attention autism. Some pupils were able to correctly label their own emotions and the emotions of others! Our sensory story was ‘The Colour Monster’ we created a…

This was our first trip out on pupil transport in year eleven. 
We walked to the local bus stopped.  Once the bus had stopped . Each one of us used our NOW card  and ask the bus driver for a bus ticket to  Leyland Tesco, quite challenging for some of us, but we all did…

11G celebrated Chinese New Year, the year of the rabbit, on Monday. We  looked at the year we were born to find out which animal was the zodiac symbol for that year. We learnt how to write our names in Chinese. Each pupil drew a picture of their zodiac symbol. Four of the learners went to the food…

Wow! 
Another busy week in Oak Class, our Emergency Emergency! topic focused on the Police. We have enjoyed ‘Officer George’ the sensory story and have acted out simple rescue scenarios as part of attention autism. We have created fingerprints using paint and made tracks with various sized police…

Last week, during our first week back, we started accessing the community again. This included a trip to the library to source books about healthy lifestyles. The pupils found a lot of books about healthy eating and enjoyed looking at them/reading them whilst at the library.

The pupils…

What another fantastic week in Oak Class! This week, we have been studying France.

On Monday, Miss Beck delivered an explosive attention autism session! The boys all engaged well as glitter (red blue and white) and flour balloons were popped. We then explored bigs and small bubbles in class and…

This week has been a challenge for all pupils in class.

We have really raised the stakes for our independence. Pupils took part in a functional ICT lesson on Monday, editing a letter which had several errors, following instructions. We then learned about what an envelope should be…