27 Nov

Oak look at Hansel and Gretel

This week Oak Class have moved away from Little Mermaid and have moved to looking at Hansel and Gretel. This week:

  • In My Communication we have explored a new sensory story, exploring the props to help our understanding. We have practiced our reading and writing skills through colourful…
27 Nov

9G are Super Stars!

9G have had another busy week this week. 

We have taken part in lots of learning activities, including sight reading and sounds write, practicing our number skills and developing our turn taking skills. We have also been working on listening and speaking to our peers during lego therapy in…

20 Nov

Sycamore: Challenging Gender Stereotypes

Today Sycamore have been learning about gender stereotypes.

First we spoke about what a stereotype is - we learned that a stereotype is an idea or view that someone believes that might not be true.

We then enjoyed a carpet time activity watching Miss Cross make outlines of a boy and a girl.…

20 Nov

8R challenge gender stereotypes

 

This week 8R have been doing some super work on gender stereotyping and how everybody can be different and how we can make sure we talk to people in the best way.

We did some work in small groups and looked at the different ways people can be different. We talked about how our families,…

20 Nov

Rowan - Dogs don’t do ballet

On Wednesday in Rowan class we listened to the story ‘dogs don’t do ballet’. A lovely story about a dog who wants to become a ballerina but everyone keeps says dog don’t do ballet. But, we discovered in our story that dogs do ballet. 

We discussed what jobs we would like to do when we are…

19 Nov

Maple Go Puddle Jumping!

Yesterday, Maple class saw that it was raining outside and thought that we would make the most of it! We watched Peppa Pig jumping in muddy puddles, put on our coats and wellies and headed out into our outdoor classroom to get splashing! We worked together to make some puddles by filling up…

18 Nov

Challenging Gender Stereotypes in 7A

This week at school we are thinking about challenging gender stereotypes. In 7A we have been thinking about gender stereotypes in terms of job roles. We read the story “Charlie The Firefighter” and discussed whether we thought Charlie would be a male or female firefighter. Most learners thought…

18 Nov

11G Learning about Gender Stereotypes - November 2021

Today we looked at challenging gender stereotypes. We first of all read a story about Charlie the firefighter and found out that she was a girl even though we at first thought that she would be a boy. We then looked at different jobs using a colourful semantics  resource on the book creator app on…

17 Nov

Sycamore learn about Diwali

Today Sycamore have enjoyed a fun-filled day learning about Diwali.

Sycamore have been learning different facts about Diwali. We found out that:

  • Diwali is a very important festival celebrated by many people around the world.
  • Diwali is celebrated by Hindu’s but can be celebrated by…
14 Nov

Another FINtastic Week for Oak!

What another lovely week we have had in Oak Class looking at The little Mermaid. We have been very lucky that this week we have had two birthdays, Ellie and Noah’s. We’d all like to thank parents for the donations of sweets and cake which we all loved. 

  • In our My Creativity lessons we…
13 Nov

Sycamore: Children in Need

Today Sycamore have enjoyed learning about Children in Need and celebrating through lots of activities. 

 

We learned that: 

  • Children in Need is used to help to raise money for children in need. 
  • Children in need are children not as lucky as us. We said it can be children who don’t…
13 Nov

Another busy week in Rowan class!

On Monday morning we have been working hard on our reading skills with Miss Aindow. Later in the morning we have been learning about healthy and unhealthy foods. We had to use pictures of different foods to make a healthy lunch box. We cut out the different pictures and stuck them down. It was…