Blog by Tag: Maths and Problem Solving

Last week in school, we are all ready for a rest after a busy half-term. 

On Monday morning the learners started to create their own Kahoot! Quiz about the things they have learnt over the last half term. In My Thinking and Problem Solving we played a game to work on our number value and…

What a fantastic week in Sycamore. 
Super reading and phonics this week working on the ‘ee’ sound for some of our learners. 
A lovely story in our woodland outdoor space. 
The children have worked hard to follow patterns and rhythms in music this week. 
Super PE lesson on Thursday continuing…

We have been very creative in 9A this week. On Monday we made some paper rockets to add to our space display in class. In the afternoon we started our research on Katherine Johnson ready for writing our biographies. On Tuesday morning we had a walk around Haigh hall and had a look at the walled…

9A have been learning to work on our independence skills by using the work stations again. We are gaining more confident at this and making our teachers proud. We have continued to explore To Infinity and Beyond and have looked at the story and film of Hidden Figures and the life of Neil…

This week classes at Astley Park have been focussing on smashing stereotypes. Stereotypes restrict the ways in which we see ourselves, others and the world around us. They make us jump to conclusions, which can stop us from getting an accurate picture.  We have been learning…

This week in Sycamore we have enjoyed reading our story ‘Toys in Space’. Mrs Lane shared Toys In Space through a sensory story. The children enjoyed exploring the book before using their amazing phonics skills to build some words from the story. 
A real busy week trying super hard with our…

What a wonderful and busy week we’ve had in Chestnut Class!

As part of our topic, ‘In the Toy Box’ we have been exploring teddy bears through Attention Autism Stage 2 reveals, creative tasks - we created our own bear faces and during Food Tech we have been followed instructions and expressed…

Welcome to 9A. We hope you’ve all had a restful break and enjoyed some family time together. The sun has started to shine just in time for our return to school. We’ve begun our community visits this week. We have visited Haigh Hall and had a great time on the play area. Our learners have…

Well as the end of term gets closer, 8A enjoyed their last trip to Lytham St Anne’s. This week the learners all enjoyed a chippy lunch at the Cafe on the Pier and an ice cream from the kiosk later. Everyone had great fun playing on the beach. Some of us flew a kite for the first time ever. 
In…

8A have had a very busy 2 weeks. We have continued to go on our visits to Lytham St Annes, Hindley Swimming baths and our local Asda. Gemma swam a full length of the pool and achieved her 25m award. Well done Gemma.

Miss Bentham has been teaching us all about capacity in Maths. We really…

Well what a great first week back in the sunshine we’ve had. Our vegetables and herbs have really grown and some were even ready for picking. Look at our radishes!

We began our week with our swimming lessons back at Hindley and  then drove straight to Lytham St Anne’s beach. We made sure we had…

This half-term in our maths sessions, Willow Class are learning about handling data - exploring different ways to gather, record and present information that is helpful to others. 

We have started learning about ‘pictographs’ and this morning explored what a pictograph is and how we can use…