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.
Early years have been having a wonderful time in the garden making sure our plants are growing and well looked after. Learners have looked at the flowers and the mini beasts that are living there such as the caterpillars and butterflies.
We were delighted to be invited to perform alongside other schools within Tyldesley and Atherton at the ATHOS Singing Festival organised by Mrs Tomlinson from St Stephen’s C of E Primary School. Each school chose to perform two songs, we were blown away by the variety of talent on display. Our Sing and Sign Choir elected to perform two choir favourites ‘Sing a Rainbow’ and ‘In my Paintbox’ which they performed beautifully to a whopping crowd of at least five schools. John our Head Boy described the entire event as “Awesome!”.
Choir on this occasion was led by Jaydan and supported by Mark, Gill, Amy, Kathryn and Louise.