A8 have had a great first term!

Pupils have coped very well with changes in staff within the class. 

All pupils have been working very hard on their regulation and working hard on making good choices within school. 

In communication, some pupils have been acknowledging what makes them happy and what they are fearful of. There has been lots of work on self regulation. 

In Food Technology, pupils have been gaining a lot of confidence with using the air fryer and microwave. We have made a lot of different simple meals. Pupils have made scrambled egg on toast, pasta and cheese, burger and chips and chicken wraps. 

In Independent Living, A8 have been working hard on becoming as independent as they can. We have been working on hand washing routines and washing our own dishes after food tech lessons. As it is Christmas, pupils have created their own Christmas cards and wrote in them. We have started to look at our body and how parts of our body changes through puberty. 

In staying healthy, we have been learning about healthy and unhealthy food and using symbols to sort out which food fits into each category. Pupils have also created their own healthy plate. 

In budgeting, we have been working hard on understanding the value of money. Some pupils have been combining different types of money to create different values. We have been transferring the skills we learnt in our lessons to the community when we went out on our community skills visits to our local shop and Fewster Square. A8 have also been looking at time and working on bus timetables to support community skills. 

As we have been going on community skills, it was important pupils understood the difference in strangers and safe strangers. We have been doing work on who would be a safe stranger in different places where our pupils would go. 

In being a responsible adult, pupils have been learning about where we live in the world and what is the difference between Great Britain and United Kingdom. We have been looking at the different countries which make Great Britain and what the different flags look like. We have also been looking at the different landmarks which are in the North East. Pupils have been learning about recycling. We have separated the different materials which can be recycled.  

A8 pupils have been enjoying the movement room. They have been working hard at taking turns at using the Wii, especially loving bowling. Pupils have also been enjoying using the sensory room, soft play and i-Muse. Some pupils have been taking turns to choose which songs they would like to listen to. 

On Monday mornings, Chad has been coming into A8 class to do a music session with them. Pupils have been joining in with the ukuleles and xylophones and some students have enjoyed dancing to the music. 

This half term some of our pupils have been enjoying swimming on Thursday mornings. Pupils have been collecting sinkers from the bottom of the pool and blowing bubbles across the pool whilst swimming.  We have continued to develop our swimming. 

All pupils have worked really hard at their class enterprise creating hot chocolate cones. We have been delivering them to those who have supported us. Thank you. 

We have just been on our end of term trip to bowling which our pupils really enjoyed.