As a part of Sports Week, Vicki Lowe one of our school HLTAs with a passion for yoga has been operating a series of Yoga and Relaxation sessions for both pupils and staff! In accordance with the Summer Solstice, an event that occurs when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere – staff met to enjoy deep meditation and given thanks for all their blessings.
Cedar 2 have been exploring the Ancient Greeks during their Humanities lessons. They have handled artefacts from the Greeks and been very careful with them. They have also used clay to make Greek sculptures, they were not sure about holding the clay but they were all very brave and had a try.
Willow 2 visited Pennington Park to release our school butterflies. Learners have watched and studied their growth from egg, caterpillar, chrysalis to Painted Lady Butterflies. After watching them fly away, they enjoyed Take Five on the park.
The entire transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly took about three to four weeks, each class took super special care in making sure their Butterflies grew to be big and strong ready for the next stage of their journey.
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Maple 2 have been working hard on gross motor skills at the play centre. We have seen their confidence grow and lots of great turn taking and helping friends when they find things tough. Well done Maple 2!
Children in Fir 2 enjoyed national music day and went to the sensory studio, they played along to African drumbeats on the Thera drums, danced along to the music using the sensory scarfs and enjoyed time relaxing to calming music to end the session.
Pine 2 have had the opportunity to visit our friends at Meadowbank and St Philip’s Primary Schools. They have been engaging with play activities at Meadowbank and reading buddies at St Philip’s. This has been so beneficial for our children as it has given them a chance to socialise with children outside of our school community and grow skills. It has also been wonderful in helping to promote understanding of neurodiversity in our neighbouring schools. We will be continuing our visits throughout this term as the children loved it. Great job everyone.
As a part of their Art/History lessons Birch 2 have been making Ancient Greeks faces. With Emma our school’s Forest School Practitioner, learners enjoyed using natural resources they found independently within Nature’s Den to create beautiful faces.
Poplar 1 have loved delving into their new PSHE topic of “People Who Help Us.”
To engage the students’ imagination and reinforce their understanding of various skills, a vintage suitcase filled with roleplay clothes was introduced. Each item of clothing represented a different profession, allowing the children to dress up and immerse themselves in different roles with some linking to professions found within school
The pupils in Elm have been going to swimming lessons at our local baths since April. They have been focusing on submerging their faces and more recently, submerging their whole body and swimming through a hoop.