Blog by Tag: 2023-2024

After a short warmup activity with Ashley the group started their circuit of gym equipment. Ashley observed that the group have made great progress in both using the equipment and in the level of intensity. The sledge posed an excellent challenge and each member chose the additional weight they…

On Thursday we enjoyed an afternoon orienteering around Worden Park.

Before we left we learnt compass markings and how to orientate the map.

Once we got to Worden Park we split into our groups and had a great time in the sunshine using our maps to locate the stations

We then took it in…

This week in Chestnut class we have continued to explore our theme, ‘Under the Sea’ through Attention Autism, a sensory story about the beach and songs. 
Small groups have been accessing swim sessions with Mrs Hylands on a Monday and Astley Park on Tuesday afternoons with Mrs Lane focusing on our…

This week Beech class have been exploring homes and habitats. 

In attention autism we watched Mrs Barrand make a bug house, spider webs and mud houses for the pigs! We have enjoyed making playdoh insects, decorating our own spider webs and had a turn at making our own houses for the…

Over the past two-weeks 7A have continued exploring fantasy texts in our My Communication lessons and have recently read the book ‘Leon and the Place In Between’. The majority of 7A preferred this book to our first book ‘The Tin Forest’ because it was about magic and was more exciting to read.…

10A have been learning Parenting Awareness as part of our ASDAN studies- and this week we have had a visit from Mrs Crouch and her baby!

We asked her lots of questions- and all came to the conclusion that babies can be very expensive, and are very demanding but they are also lots of…

We’ve had a fantastic week in 8P this week! 

On Monday, we did our weekend news. In the afternoon, we did our Athletics PE lesson and then did our differentiated PSHE lesson. The children focused really well in PE and PSHE this week. 

On Tuesday, half of the class went swimming and the other…

Hello all, you join us at the end of a short week in school and we will be having another short week next week too!

On Monday morning we were off to the gym for our PE session. This week we worked in pairs against another pair of friends. The challenge was to complete 5 minutes on each piece of…

This week in 9A, We have started to read our new book The Tin Forest, we had a think about the things we might find in a forgotten place full of things people didn’t want any more and We’ve created some lovely art work based on the descriptive words in the story. 

We have had some problems…

A busy few weeks in 10A. We are practicing our independence living skills as we are now preparing for leaving school and moving into the adult world.

As part of this learning we have all been allocated jobs to do in class, these involve activities such as washing pots, cleaning tables before…

This week we have been exploring building and construction!

We’ve explored building blocks, made houses out of recycled materials, and explored trucks and diggers. 

Some of us also dressed up as builders and explored tool toys.

Well done everyone!

This week Chestnut Class have continued learning about UnderThe Sea through Attention Autism, Sensology, Creative tasks and in the continuous provision. Learners have been practising their independent travel with Mrs Lane transitioning around school and on visits to Astley Park and small groups…