This week in KS3S
This week in KS3S we have been focusing on the core word “big” and have been responding to, and using, the word “big” in lots of ways. Students have enjoyed blowing bubble, making towers, exploring dinosaurs and their size, and reading books. We’ve also enjoyed doing lots of gross and fine motor…
Dinosaur Fun in KS3S
We have enjoyed exploring all about dinosaurs in KS3S today. Students watched songs and videos, read books about dinosaurs, enjoyed exploring plastic dinosaurs in a tuff tray and made a dino craft.
This week in KS3S
This week we have been learning to sort items by colour, shape and size. We’ve also enjoyed exploring Mexico through our sense, dressing up in sombreros, making maracas and creating artwork. Our word of the week this week is “more” and we have all been using this in different ways across the…
Our week in KS3S
We’ve had a fabulous week in KS3S, visiting the immersive room for our sensory story, exploring Thailand, counting, matching colours, communicating using our core word of the week, and working on our gross and fine motor skill development.
Exploring Thailand
Students in KS3S have followed Granny to Thailand this week in their Topic lessons. Today they explored Thailand on Google Maps, learnt about Thai animals and made an elephant craft using ripped newspaper. Students learnt to identify different animals from Thailand, and matched the animal to its…
Hoovering in KS3S
Students in KS3S have been hoovering as part of their ASDAN Raising Aspirations program in Careers, which aims to support their life skills. Students enjoyed locating the plug socket and using it safely, exploring how the hoover worked and then hoovering up the mess the staff left on the…
Exploring Turkey through our senses
Students in KS3S have been enjoying their termly sensory story “My Granny went to market”. In the story, Granny flies on a magic carpet to different countries around the world. This week, Granny visited Turkey. Students enjoyed an Attention Autism session, made an “evil eye” mosaic and…
Ready, steady… GO!
Students in KS3S have enjoyed participating in activities linked to their core word of the week “go”! Students responded to and used the word “go” in a range of contexts including bubbles, glow and go robot, spinning towers and cars. Students will carry on being exposed to the word “go” over the…
Week 1 in KS3S
Students and staff in KS3S have had a fabulous first week in school. We have enjoyed playing outside, exploring our new environment, visiting the park, making aeroplane crafts and engaging in a sensory story - My Granny went to market. We have made lots of new friends and can't wait for our first…
Woah the Hokey Cokey!
The students in KS3S focus on key core words each week. Last week students learnt to respond to, and use, the word “in”, and this week they have done the same for the core word “out”… we therefore couldn’t resist getting out in the sunshine and doing the Hokey Cokey together! Students had so much…
Bubbling Planets
Students in KS3S have enjoyed their sensory science topic activity. They created planets using baking soda and water, chose a planet and added food colouring to make it the right colour, then observed the planets fizz as they dripped vinegar onto them. Students demonstrated fantastic Skills…
Squiggle while you wiggle!
Students in KS3 have enjoyed taking part in an early writing and mark making intervention “Squiggle while you wiggle”. Students practiced the dance moves “up, down, side to side and cross over” and then applied this to mark making on paper - copying the directional movements along to George Ezra’s…