Discovery Blog- 27.01.23

Look at what Jenni’s Class have been doing this week!

This week in Jenni’s class we have been learning about Chinese New year, we have learnt what our Chinese zodiac signs are and we have learnt to write “Good Luck” in Chinese. This year is the year of the Rabbit, we enjoyed hearing the story of how the animals became the symbols of each year based on how quickly they were able to pass over a river.  Our children have also been very lucky, throughout the last term and a half we have enjoyed regular Horse riding sessions. This week our students celebrated their successes whilst watching their friends enjoy the same feeling. 

Look at what Lara’s Class have been doing!

n literacy this term we have been reading the book ‘Rosie’s Walk’. The children have enjoyed sequencing the story and following the Makaton signs. The children have also done some fabulous writing with illustrations of moments from the story. In Science we have been exploring a range of animals. We have enjoyed learning about their different habitats and discovering their unique markings. In art we explored how printing can be used to make patterns. We have used carved potatoes to make different animal markings. Finally in DT with have explored the different habitats of animals and have made our own. We have also been learning about puppets and have enjoyed creating and sharing our own puppets in class.

Dates for Diaries

Tuesday 31st January- Grace’s Class Swimming AM

Thursday 2nd February- Y7 Young Voices visit to Sheffield All Day

Explorer of the Week

Cheryl’s class- Everyone, for fantastic listening during our first school trip with new routines and experiences.

Becky’s class- Charlie, for lovely eye contact and interaction with an adult

Hanna’s class- Joseph, for following instructions, joining in and inviting adults to play with him, Well done!

Leanne’s class- Jax, for finding ways to help his own self regulation. Well done Jax!

Zahida’s class- Saffron, for composing sentences orally using action words

Grace’s class- Byron, for helping amazingly with the Nursery children

Sophie’s class- Mia, for always trying hard and giving everything 100%

Morgan’s class – Natan, for making requests verbally in class

Jenni’ class- Sami, for working really hard on his writing and being a good friend to all

Michelle’s class- Bella, for wearing her hearing aids all week

Lara’s class- Elsie, for using his voice to communicate and share her thoughts with adults

Charlotte’s class- Amanuel, for great focus in group time and following instructions

Andy’s class- Joujou, for excellent determination during swimming

David’s Class- River, for fabulous work on colour recognition

TVED Book of the Year awards

This week marks the launch of the TVED Book Awards choice.   Students will share the books in class, the library and at home then they will vote for their favourite. Students will also be entered for the TVED Diamond Standard awards based on the commitment, curiosity, care and courage showed whilst sharing the books. An award ceremony will be held in May.   

Thrift Shop

We have now started a Thrift Shop in school. The thrift shop with take place during coffee morning/afternoons and this is where you will be able to buy school uniform for a small donation. Please see letter below for further details

Schoolcomms

Just a reminder that we now use schoolcomms. This is where you can text the school via the app, pay for any upcoming school trips and keep track of any dinner money you pay for. Please see letter below for more information. If you are struggling to get into the app, please do not hestiate to give the school a call and the office team will be happy to help with any problems.