This week in Maddi’s class we have enjoyed exploring Christmas activities and resources and new sensory experiences. We have made fruit candy canes, decorated Christmas trees, explored outside, and made a lot of lovely Christmas Art.

We have also all enjoyed our music sessions, playing drums and bells and joining in with ‘Jingle Bells’. We have practiced our listening and attention skills with musical chairs!

Our communication skills are continuing to develop, and we are able to have our wants and needs met through our interaction and engagement, both with peers and staff.

This term we have also enjoyed the sensory Christmas pantomime and enjoyed exploring wrapping paper and developing our fine and gross motor skills. We have practiced unwrapping presents and identifying ‘big’ and ‘small’ through this. We have enjoyed our number rhymes this term and explored counting and numbers in a variety of ways.

Story time is now a firm favourite, and we have all explored numerous books with different textures, pictures, and interactive flaps. We have enjoyed visits to the school library to choose books of our own. We have explored colour and mixing colours and have loved doing this whilst getting messy!

What a lovely first full academic term, we cannot wait to see what we get up to next year!

Parent Information

Explorers of the week

Well done to all our Explorers.

Becky’s Class Hudson For fantastic speech and language work

Maddi’s Class Alaiya For excellent engagement with all activities in class and her progress with speech!

Morgan’s Class Millie For using symbols to make requests for her sensory needs

Safah’s Class Joseph For becoming more independent.

Kirsty’s Class Harrison For joining in during singing assembly Sophie’s Class Pearl For exploring different areas with familiar adults. 

Chloe’s Class Halle For transitioning and sitting during pantomime. 

Charlotte’s Class Jack For tolerating other food next to his yogurts at dinner and not bringing his big traffic light to school, Well Done Jack!

Laura’s Class Otis For sitting well during the Pantomime

Michelle’s Class  Grace being a good friend 

Dominic’s Class Rivu For positive interactions with his peers

Katherine’s Class Elsie For fantastic listening during our visit to the Pantomine

Beth’s Class Matthew For brilliant behaviour at the Pantomine

Clare’s Class Saffron For showing improved and good behaviour on our trip

Kathryn’s Class Benny Acts of kindness around the academy

Sarah’s Class Oliver For showing resilience in different situations

Jenni’s Class Byron For being a fantastic role model to our younger pupils at all times throughout the academy

Alex’s Class Simrah For always being so helpful in the classroom and so polite to everyone