Blog by Tag: Me and My Body

What a fun afternoon we had today in Sycamore class. After playtime we went on the bikes. We put our helmets on and had a big ride on the bikes in the cage.

We then needed to follow positional instructions as Mr Flavell held up STOP, GO and REVERSE signs. Whilst we was riding our bikes we…

What an amazing time 7P had on our Residential to the Anderton Centre.

On Tuesday when we arrived we went to our rooms, unpacked our cases and then made our beds. We then went off on our first adventure - low ropes and climbing. We worked alongside the adults to keep our balance on the low…

Our topic Emergency Emergency Emergency continues this half term, and we have had fun learning and exploring the work of dentists.

The learners have enjoyed lots of fun and multisensory learning activities including: a sensory stories, cleaning teeth, exploring the dentist role play area and…

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…