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KS5W continued learning to play the glockenspiel this week. And had lots of fun practicing the songs for the forthcoming pantomime…

Oh no they didn’t!!! 

Oh yes they did!!!

Six students in class, on the Go!, 

Balloons and cars, a lively show. 

With the word "Go!" in the air, 

Balloons soared with flair, 

Remote cars and Bee Bots fast and slow!

This week, 3S students have been using balloons, Bee Bots, remote controlled cars and Marble Run, to learn the…

Students in KS4W enjoyed a community visit to the shops to buy some stock for our friday tuck shop. Students were each given the name of the item they had to find then they used money to pay for their items at the checkouts. On route to the shops students also had to find numbers within the…

The topic for English during our first term has been Myths and Legends in KS4W. We have read the story of ‘Romulus & Remus’, and even acted it out with props. Our students also enjoyed a really tasty Roman feast, using our senses to smell and taste different foods.

KS4 have been playing a silly game for Thrive mornings. The headband guessing game has been a big hit with students.

With Bonfire night in mind KS4 Humanities experimented with food colouring, milk & washing up liquid to create an explosion of colour to look like a firework.

We learned that even when following step by step instructions the type of food colouring used was very important as this impacted the…

Students in Miss Wilson’s Science class had fun making Oobleck to test different states of matter. They found out that Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid and got very messy!

KS4L enjoyed using sensory trays for relaxation.

Our KS4 student has been working hard today on Braille Work with her VI Specialist ,this is a great help to work within the classroom.

In Miss Wilson’s Communication, Literacy and Language (CLL) lesson students having been following a ‘talk for writing’ framework and acted out key points from their class text “Ghost Afraid of the Dark”. 

Student’s helped Boo the Ghost to not be afraid of the dark by: making a witch’s…

In Autism & Me we have been looking at what makes us ‘Unique’. This week we have been focusing on our talents.

We have been working hard in maths learning about seasons, months of the year and days of the week. As part of this we have been practicing our counting using season themed sensory trays so we maintain our previous skills while learning new information based on our topic.