Welcome to A1's class blog. Here you will see regular updates from our class giving you an insight into the work we get up to.Â
11/04/25
A1 have had an amazing half term, all pupils have worked super hard this term! Â
This week pupils have continued the sensory story and completed some colourful semantics work and then a book review! Everyone loved the book! We have also enjoyed our Easter sensory story ‘We are going on a egg hunt’. The pupils enjoyed exploring the sticky honey! Â
In Maths pupils continued to look at measurement and have started to independently use a ruler to measure! Â
In food tech we have enjoyed making chocolate Easter nests! We have enjoyed our attention autism sessions making shaving foam Easter chicks and Easter egg art! Â
In independent living we have been looking at some basic first aid and what we might do if we get hurt. Â
We have also enjoyed our sensory room, iMuse and soft play room!Â
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Have a lovely Easter! Â
04/04/25
This week in A1 we have enjoyed our sensory story Mr Wolf’s pancakes and identified who is in our story and described them and then we have described Mr Wolf in the story. In Maths we have started a new topic on measurement and have been using rulers to measure different objects in the classroom. In foo technology we have enjoyed making Easter cheesecakes. Pupils used the scales to measure out the ingredients and some pupils used an electric whisk to whisk the cream. We have enjoyed continuing with sensory poetry ‘I hear thunder’. We have enjoyed our Attention Autism with a focus of Autism acceptance month. In independent living we have continued to look athow we can look after ourselves and this week we have looked at what we can do before bed to get a good nights sleep. We have enjoyed completing some Easter crafts too. Pupils have also enjoyed going to their swimming sessions, the sensory room and iMuse. Â
28/03/25
A1 have had a great week!Â
They have enjoyed their new sensory story Mr Wolf’s pancakes! The pupils have enjoyed the different props in the story and enjoyed smelling the cinnamon! Pupils have worked well on describing some settings in the story and colorful semantics. In Maths pupils have enjoyed their new topic on measurement have been ordering shortest to tallest. Pupils have enjoyed their weekly poetry this week was Five speckled frogs! Â
In food technology the pupils have enjoyed making naan bread! In understanding the world pupils learned about the festival of Diwali and made a lantern. In Independent living pupils learned about what they should wear in certain seasons and weathers.Â
Pupils have enjoyed going to the sensory room, soft play room, iMuse and the movement room. Some pupils have enjoyed swimming too!Â
21/03/25
A1 have been really busy this week! The pupils have enjoyed the last week of the sensory story The Very Busy spider. Pupils have made a book review to say what they thought of the book and what their favorite part was! In Math we have continued to learn about money and some of us role played shops! We have enjoyed working Miss Angus in creativity. Â
This week we have been learning about St Patrick’s day, how people celebrate it and why we celebrate it, pupils made their own shamrock. We have also learned about Red Nose Day and why Red Nose Day happens. Pupils enjoyed our Attention autism session on Red Nose day and the pupils made their own red nose! Pupils also made Red Nose day biscuits, Â
In Independent living we have been learning about looking after ourselves and have looked at how we need to eat healthy to look after ourselves and we also made pizza’s in food technology. Â
In Well-being we have been looking at kind choices and what we can do each day as a random act of kindness.Â
We have also enjoyed our poetry lesson this week on the five little ducks. Â
Our pupils have enjoyed their swimming lessons, sensory room and iMuse sessions. Â
Some of our pupils also enjoyed a sound bath. Â
14/03/25
A1 have been really busy this week! W have continued to learn about Hinduism. Pupils have learned about the festival of Holi and we looked at the story of Rama and Sita. We have made rainbow hearts to celebrate the festival of Holi and we designed our own Tshirts of what we would wear if we celebrated the festival. We also explored different Hinduism resources and listened to some music. Â
In Maths we have continued to learn about money, identify coins and count in 1p, 2p and 5ps. Â
In English we have continued with our sensory story The Very Busy Spider and we have described characters, looked at the front cover and answered some questions about the story. The pupils have continued to work on their phonics. Â
In Independent living pupils have been completing household jobs such as sweeping the floor and washing hair. Â
In attention autism this week we have focused on science week and did some experiments such as the rainbow skittles and making a rocket and looking at what happens when bicarbonate soda is mixed with vinegar! Pupils have enjoyed our new sensory room and soft play room! Â
In food technology we made chicken nuggets and chips using the air fryer and learning how to use it safely. Â
Some of our pupils also enjoyed going to a sound bath! Â
07/03/25
A1 have had a busy week! This week has been the start of our new topic, Hinduism. Pupils have been taking part in attention autism sessions about Diwali. During our sessions with Miss Angus pupils learned about the Hindu religion and where they worship. Pupils painted their own temples!
This week the focus has been careers, we have focused on careers such as being a gardener and a hairdresser. Pupils have had fun using items in the tuft tray to resemble them careers.
In Math’s this week we have started to learn about money, pupils have been identifying different coins as well as counting them.
In English we have started our new sensory story, The Very Busy Spider, pupils have been working on their targets and interacting with items that resemble the story.Â
On Thursday 2 of our pupils have had their first hydrotherapy session of the term they had an amazing time and are looking forward to the next.
21/02/25
A1 have had a great half term! They have all worked super hard! A1 have enjoyed two sensory stories – the Monkey puzzle and Shark in the Park. Pupils have described characters, made sentences with colourful semantics and made a book review. In Math’s pupils have learned about shapes, symmetry and patterns. In Food technology pupils have focused on the skill peeling and have made chips, fruit and an orange garland. In independence we have looked at various crossing such as toucan, zebra and pelican. Students have also practiced crossing at roads as well. In understanding the world we have focused on habitats and what animals live there. Â
This week A1 pupils have worked well in English with their Sensory story and working on colourful semantics and even completed a book review! In Math’s the pupils have worked on patterns and even made their own with cubes! Pupils enjoyed their attention autism on feelings and made their own colour monster! In food technology pupils enjoyed making cakes and icing them!Â
14/02/25
A1 have had a busy week this week!Â
We continued with our sensory story – ‘Shark in the Park’ Pupils have been working towards their targets when listening to the story. Pupils have been sequencing the story from memory. In Math’s we have been learning about symmetry and pupils have been identifying the symmetry in images by matching the other symmetrical side. In understanding the world, we have been looking at habitats and what animals are in different habitats Â
In Food technology we made valentine’s day cookies, pupils used heart shaped cutters to create heart cookies! We have enjoyed our Attention Autism sessions they have been valentine’s day themed, pupils have enjoyed watching hearts being made of glitter as well as blowing bubble paint to create patterns on heart shaped paper. Â
Have a fantastic weekend! See you on Monday for another action-packed week!Â
07/02/25
A1 have had a busy week this week!
We started our new sensory story – ‘Shark in the Park’ Pupils have enjoyed some sensory items such as characters from the story, grass from the park and feathers to resemble the crow. We have then described pictures from the story! In Math’s we have continued to focus on big and small, some pupils have arranged real life objects into ‘big’ and ‘small!
In Food technology we have focused on our peeling, we peeled potatoes and made them into chips using the air fryer! We have enjoyed our Attention Autism sessions in them theme of under the sea! Pupils enjoyed watching paint jelly fish form in a bottle as well as creating their own under the sea picture using a spray bottle. Pupils have also been practicing their road safety skills and identifying different types of crossings such as zebra, pelican and toucan!
Have a fantastic weekend! See you on Monday for another action-packed week!