Blog Author: Mrs Down

What an amazing first week back we have had in Rowan class.Our new topic this half term is Under the Sea and we have done lots of work around this. We have looked at different emotions and made our own feeling octopus. We really enjoyed our sensory story Commotion in the Ocean and looking at all…

We have enjoyed a busy last few weeks of the Spring Term.

All learners have worked incredibly hard and continue to make fantastic progress in all areas. We are all so very proud of you.

Have a lovely break and see you soon.

Mrs Down and the Rowan Class Team

Rowan Class have enjoyed a busy start to the new term.

In My Communication we have been enjoying the sensory story Welcome Home Bear and made some brilliant comments about the different parts of the story.

In My Thinking and Problem Solving we have been learning about measurement, exploring…

This week we have been exploring our feelings for World Mental Health Week 2024.

On Monday we all wore green, and went on a hunt outside and inside looking for different green objects. 

We read the Colour Monster story, and made our own monsters with playdough.

In Food Technology we made…

As part of our Homes and Habitats topic this term, we have been exploring the story: The Three Little Pigs.

We have enjoyed participating in the sensory story and helping Mrs Down with the props, signs and familiar phrases. Some of us answered some very tricky questions about the story, and…

For World Religion Week Rowan Class have been exploring Hinduism.

We enjoyed lots of multi-sensory activities: practicing Bollywood dancing, tasting traditional food, practicing saying hello, and we made some traditional Hindu sweets called Barfi in Food Technology.

Well done Rowan Class and…

Rowan Class had a visit from Santa today! It was very exciting and all the learners were very happy to receive a gift from him!

We enjoyed a lovely breakfast of pastries, fruit and cereal and listened to some relaxing Christmas music.

Well done Rowan Class.

Mrs Down and the Rowan Class…

We have had a lovely afternoon Sharing our Learning today with our friends and family.

Everyone enjoyed lots of Winter crafts, phonics and number activities, sensory circuits and some yummy biscuits.

Thank you all for coming, we really appreciate the support.

Have a lovely weekend…

We have had a lovely week exploring all things Autumn in Rowan Class.

Making chocolate apples in cooking, counting pumpkins, creating brilliant sentences about our Autumn sensory story and enjoying lots of time outside looking for signs of Autumn.

We continue to make lots of progress with…

We have had a lovely week in Rowan Class. 

As part of Me and My Body we have been practicing fundamental skills including: running, skipping, jumping, balancing, catching and throwing. We all did very well and really impressed our teachers with our instruction following.

Have a lovely…

We have been supporting both Jeans for Genes Day and Macmillan Coffee Morning in Rowan Class.

We enjoyed some lovely cakes at snack time and used some great communication to request the different coloured cakes.

We designed jeans and decorated them and found lots of words beginning with the…

This week we have been enjoying a community visit to the park.

We all walked very sensibly, holding hands and looking for dangers.

At the park we enjoyed exploring all the different areas with our friends.

Well done all and have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Down and the Rowan Class Team