Blog by Tag: Me and My Body

In PE this week, the children started off the lesson by playing a game called Dragons. This consisted of them making two chains where they were holding onto each other’s shoulders and they had to try to remove the tag from the last person on the other chain. They really enjoyed this warm up and…

Well it’s been another busy week in Chestnut Class this week. We started off by looking at the police and the sensory story Officer George in the first half of the week. We then celebrated World Book Day by looking at a class favourite ‘5 Little Ducks’. The pupils came in in some greats outfits on…

As part of our ‘Emergency, Emergency!’ topic, Maple class have been exploring the important roles of Nurses and how they help us. We have enjoyed our Sensory story, “Ouch! I need a plaster!” and located body parts by placing plasters on dollies. We have been counting and finding one less and…

As part of our Brilliant Bodies topic, 8P have been learning about how to look after our teeth and avoid tooth decay. We used the Human Body app to digitally explore the effects of different foods and drinks on teeth. Using the app we found that we could use the toothbrush to brush away food and…

This half term 8P have been learning about healthy eating, including identifying the main food groups and what these foods do for our bodies. We have enjoyed tasting some different fruits and vegetables, such as mango, lychees and pomegranate. We also sorted the foods into their groups and…

We have enjoyed lots of lovely activities this week for Mental Health Week.

We read Ruby's Worry and The Colour Monster - which helped us explore our feelings. We have made some lovely slime Colour Monsters and decorated biscuits with different emotions. We have enjoyed a Colour Monster hunt…

Well, it’s been a busy last two weeks in Chestnut Class. We have been looking at Doctors in our Emergency! Emergency! Topic and the story of Ness the Nurse.  The pupils have enjoyed practicing putting plasters on our dollies and teddies. 

To mark Children’s Mental Health Week, we have used…

On Friday 3rd February Maple Class headed to the Space Centre in Preston. we had a fantastic time with our friends, accessing the swing for vestibular input, the fibre optics for visual and tactile stimulation and the responsive flooring which gave audio and visual feedback when pressed. We had a…

This week for Children’s Mental Health Week, we will be thinking about how the connections we have with others are good for our mental health. We started the week by playing a hoop game, where we had to stay connected and pass a hoop around the circle. As we passed the hoop around, we talked about…

We have loved getting back into our swimming lessons this term!

Please enjoy this collection of photos from the last few weeks…

It’s been another fantastic week in Chestnut class.  This week we have looked at postmen and women. This gave the pupils the opportunities practice mark making and stamping and posting skills when in the continuous provision, along participating in our adapted sensory story of The Jolly Postman. 
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Chestnut class have spent the week exploring the role of Dentists in our Emergency! Emergency! topic. This has seen the pupils experience a sensory story about Peppa the Pig and George going to the dentist and sampling all the things that can happen, such as drinking the ‘Pink…