13 Jan

Hello, Hello, Hello! What have we got here? Chestnut Class learn about Police Officer George

Good afternoon,

It has been another action-packed week in Chestnut Class.  We continued our Emergency! Emergency! topic by learning about Police Officer George. To do this the pupils experienced a sensory story about all the things Police Officer George has to do (help people, find things,…

13 Dec

Winter Wonderland Art Exhibition

Our Primary Phase absolutely loved welcoming parents and carers into school on Monday to celebrate the hard work our wonderful children have put into creating the Winter Wonderland Art Exhibition. 

We all enjoyed celebrating our learners and all they have achieved throughout this festive season…

10 Dec

Christmas Has Arrived in Chestnut!

Chestnut have had a very busy week, exploring all things Christmas! We have explored a Christmas tree, decorations, colourful lights, fake snow and of course glitter! 

We have been busy getting ready for the Primary Christmas Exhibition on Monday and are very excited to show our parents all our…

8 Dec

Sharing Our Learning in Maple Class

On Friday 2nd December and Friday 9th December, we welcomed parents to join us for the morning to share in our Christmas crafts and see how we learn Maple Class.  Firstly we enjoyed Attention Autism Stages 1,2 and 3 where we created a Christmas Tree decorated with coloured confetti then during…

8 Dec

Yule won't believe your eyes. 8A share their learning in festive fashion!

Good afternoon all,

Sorry we haven’t blogged for a few weeks but we have been so busy and I am sure most of you are aware, we have had some rotten luck with winter bugs!

Despite this, we have managed to continue to work on our core skills and today we invited families in for our Autumn term…

5 Dec

Putting the ‘Moo’ in moves with St Ambrose Players

Sycamore class, Willow class and some of our friends in Rowan class had a brilliant morning with some special guests from St Ambrose Players. The children enjoyed a morning filled with singing and dancing as our friends performed us snippets from their Pantomime ‘Journey to the Centre of the…

28 Nov

Oak Class’ French Adventure

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…

25 Nov

Feels Like Autumn in Chestnut!

Within our current theme ‘All Around the World’, Chestnut Class have been exploring their world through different seasons. This week we have been exploring ‘Autumn’.

On Thursday, Miss Cross led an Attention Autism using the colours red, brown and orange to make a hedgehog! She modelled dipping…

22 Nov

Oak Class’ Italian Adventure

They may not have made it to the World Cup this year but Italy have certainly made it in Oak Class!

The Italian adventure began last week, pupils enjoyed decorating their own pizzas using core boards to make choices, before eating them of course! Pupils have decorated the Italian flag selecting…

18 Nov

Next Stop….. 8A Please!

Good afternoon all,

 

Let’s begin with our Star of the week. This weeks winner is the magnificent Jake!  Jake, as always has tried his best all week and been a super friend, but what caught all the teams eye this week was his determination and perseverance when accessing his school swimming…

4 Nov

8A's are Poets and we know it!

Good afternoon,

What a great week we have had in 8A.  It has been action packed and full of fun, laughter, and learning. 

Our Star of the Week this week is Olivia - for showing 'determination' to walk all the way to the supermarket and back. Olivia didn’t use her wheelchair once and showed…

4 Nov

Willow class start enterprising!

In Willow class we enjoyed our DT topic making musical instruments last term. Miss Riley and the teachers were so impressed and could tell the children were ready for an enterprise project this term to put their planning and design skills to the test!

Our first enterprise project is looking at…