
International day of girls and women in Science, Oak Class Experiment!
We have today celebrated girls and women of Science by carrying out our own experiment! During attention autism, Miss Howarth modelled the reaction of mentos in Cola. Pupils looked on in awe. Pupils then took turns adding mentos, the fountains produced were amazing! Pupils engaged in the activity…

“Ouch! I need a plaster!” in Maple Class
As part of our ‘Emergency, Emergency!’ topic, Maple class have been exploring the important roles of Nurses and how they help us. We have enjoyed our Sensory story, “Ouch! I need a plaster!” and located body parts by placing plasters on dollies. We have been counting and finding one less and…

Chestnut Class Newsround
Well, it’s been a busy last two weeks in Chestnut Class. We have been looking at Doctors in our Emergency! Emergency! Topic and the story of Ness the Nurse. The pupils have enjoyed practicing putting plasters on our dollies and teddies.
To mark Children’s Mental Health Week, we have used…

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…

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…

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.
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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…