Chestnut

What a brilliant last week we have had in Chestnut Class. We have enjoyed our daily relaxation and sensory walks looking for mini beasts as we explore the great outdoors. We had great fun during our play-dough gym sessions making a wiggly worm short and long, and bugs big and small, we especially…

This week in Chestnut Class we have been very busy exploring different kinds of mini beasts. We have done some amazing bug counting and trying to find different mini beasts around the classroom. 

We listened to a very exciting story called 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and Mrs James brought…

This week in chestnut class we have been celebrating sports week and getting busy using our bodies. 
On Monday we practiced our ball skills , the children did some super throwing , rolling , catching and hitting a ball.  We used our fine motor skills and enjoyed cutting up some vegetables. 

On…

Chestnut class have been so busy this week in school getting creative and learning all about different animals that live at the zoo.
We all loved exploring different patterns, matching animal prints and creating snakes from colourful patterns.

Mrs Worthington read the story 'Dear…

Chestnut Class are still on the theme of ‘Animals’ and we have all been having lots of fun at home this past couple of weeks, focusing on ‘Mini beasts’.

We have looked at the stories ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘Superworm’ and then been getting busy with lots of themed activities.

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This week in chestnut class we have been exploring and learning all about farm animals. 
The children have enjoyed joining in with lots of Attention Autism activities. We have had fun singing songs and exploring foods that are grown on the farm. We did some vegetable counting and sorting, each…

Yesterday the children in Chestnut Class had a fun afternoon creating animal prints.

After watching Mrs Smith do an animal themed ‘What’s in the Box’ the children then used different animals and paint to make footprints on their paper. They then experimented using different shapes to create a…

We’re going on a lion hunt, 

We’re going to catch a big one, 

We’re not scared, we’ve been there before!

This week in chestnut class our story has been “We’re Going on a Lion Hunt”. We have had lots of fun swishing in the long grass, splashing in the lake and squelching in the swamp…

This week we have enjoyed lots of number songs in Chestnut class. We particularly enjoy the song “five currant buns” so today Mrs Crouch ran a very messy attention autism session based on the song. We made currant buns out of shaving foam and enjoyed splatting them when it was our turn to buy a…

We would like to wish Noah a very happy 8th birthday! We had a lovely time celebrating in Chestnut Class this afternoon!

This afternoon we enjoyed a music themed attention autism session in Chestnut class. We watched Mrs Crouch drop different materials on a xylophone or tambourine to create different sounds and then we took turns to play the instruments. We had lots of fun! 

Today is a very special day for Miss Brown. It's her birthday and under normal circumstances she would have been at home on Bank Holiday Monday celebrating with her family. Miss Brown was on the staff rota to come in today so instead was in school, so the staff in school wanted to make sure it was…