7 Feb

Maple Class fun at The Space Centre

On Friday 3rd February Maple Class headed to the Space Centre in Preston. we had a fantastic time with our friends, accessing the swing for vestibular input, the fibre optics for visual and tactile stimulation and the responsive flooring which gave audio and visual feedback when pressed. We had a…

30 Jan

Willow Class learn all about the work of lifeguards

Today we were visited by our very own Astley Park Lifeguard - Miss Potter! We had the opportunity to ask her questions to find out about the work of lifeguards before we tried on the lifeguard uniform and pretended to jump in the pool and save someone. We watched videos of lifeguards working and…

27 Jan

Express deliveries by Chestnut Class

It’s been another fantastic week in Chestnut class.  This week we have looked at postmen and women. This gave the pupils the opportunities practice mark making and stamping and posting skills when in the continuous provision, along participating in our adapted sensory story of The Jolly Postman. 

20 Jan

RE Week in Maple Class

Maple Class have had a fantastic week exploring the Islamic Faith through Attention Autism, dress up, creative work, cooking and music. We have tasted traditional foods and made sweets eaten at Eid using our fabulous communication skills to make requests, follow instructions and take turns. We…

19 Jan

Chestnut Class say 'Ahhhhhhh' as they visit the dentist!

Good afternoon,

Chestnut class have spent the week exploring the role of Dentists in our Emergency! Emergency! topic. This has seen the pupils experience a sensory story about Peppa the Pig and George going to the dentist and sampling all the things that can happen, such as drinking the ‘Pink…

16 Jan

Sycamores class make their own pizza

This week Sycamore have been really busy creating their own pizza.

We used the food tech room, we each had our own recipe book which told us what we would need and how to make our pizza.

We each used our recipe to collect the ingredients and which tools we would need, we did lots of great…

13 Jan

Emergency Emergency in Maple Class!

Maple Class have started their new Spring topic - Emergency, Emergency! where we will look at all the very important people who help us. This week we have focussed on the special jobs that fire fighters do. We have explored this through Attention Autism, fine motor skills,  sensory exploration,…

13 Jan

Sycamore class ~People who help us

Sycamore class are learning about people help us. This week we have been looking at nurses and doctors and how they can help us when we are feeling poorly. 
As a class we looked at the doctors case and what tools were inside, some of the class could tell us the names of the items like stethoscope…

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,…

10 Jan

9A Spring 1 W2 - Brilliant Bodies

In our My Communication and The World about Me lesson today, 9A learnt about the different basic body parts as well as the organs and some pupils even went on to learning about the bones as an extra challenge! 
 

They really enjoyed this lesson and learnt lots about what’s inside their…

10 Jan

9A Library


Last week, during our first week back, we started accessing the community again. This included a trip to the library to source books about healthy lifestyles. The pupils found a lot of books about healthy eating and enjoyed looking at them/reading them whilst at the library.

 

The pupils…

9 Jan

Nurse Amy visits Willow and Sycamore!

As part of our theme, “Emergency! Emergency!”, Nurse Amy, who is our class governor in Willow Class, came to see us today to tell us all about the job of a nurse. Some of Sycamore Class joined us to find out about the job of a nurse too. 

Before Nurse Amy arrived, we thought about questions…