Red-Class (ID 1032)

• Welcome to Red Class
  Welcome to Red Class

  Red class are the youngest learners in our school. We learn through play creating fun and practical learning experiences. We focus primarily on settling the children into school and tailor the learning around their personal learning goals.

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Gemma Britton - Class Teacher (Monday)

  Tom Oram - Class Teacher (Tuesday - Friday)

  Kerrie Giles - Teaching Assistant/Learning Support Assistant

  Leah Howell - Learning Support Assistant

  Sam Neates - Learning Support Assistant

  Stacey Taylor - Care Assistant

  Shellie Rowden - Care Assistant

  Vicky Hutchinson - Care Assistant

  Claire Padbury - Care Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Term 1 - All About Me!

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  This term, we will be using songs, stories and play to find out about our bodies, our senses, and our families.

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  Our story this term is "Brown bear Brown bear". We will practice listening to the story, building our listening, attention and anticipation skills, as well as taking part lots of learning activities about animals and colour. You can listen to our story Here

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  In Maths this term we are learning about number comparison, and shape. We will be thinking about bigger and smaller numbers by singing number songs, and becoming familiar with 2D shapes.

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  Other things we will focus on this term include:

  Jigsaw (SEMH) - Being me in My world

  Science - Human body parts and senses

  History - Black history month

  ICT - Using technology

  Music - Charanga music program

  DT - Cooking

  Events - Harvest festival, Halloween

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  Red class have outdoor learning every other Tuesday, and PE on a Friday.

  We have a class swimming session every Wednesday with some children receiving additional hydrotherapy and rebound therapy on a Tuesday.

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  Click here to view our class timetable

Yellow-Class (ID 1034)

• Welcome to Yellow Class
  Welcome to Yellow Class

  Welcome to Yellow Class!

  We are a happy group of primary learners who love to explore through play, songs and stories. Some of us follow the Belong Pathway and some of us follow the Achievement Pathway, but we all learn in ways that are right for us. We use Makaton signing, communication boards and objects of reference to help us communicate.

  In Yellow Class, every child is valued and supported to shine!

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Isabel Phillips - Class Teacher

  Abi Stephenson - Teaching Assistant

  Sue Collard - Learning Support Assistant

  Michelle Slater - Learning Support Assistant

  Lisa Fox - Learning Support Assistant

  Maria Munday - Learning Support Assistant

  Megan Maude - Care Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Term 1 - All About Me!

  This term we will be learning all about ourselves through songs, stories, and play.

  We will be exploring our bodies and senses, supported by our focus story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle.

  The children will practise their communication skills through music, Makaton, and Attention Autism, while also developing their listening and looking skills.

  We will enjoy sensory play, outdoor learning, and creative activities to help us discover what makes each of us unique.

  Along the way, we will learn our new class routine, build new friendships, learn to share and take turns, and grow in confidence as part of our new class community.

  Click here to see our termly overview.

  Click here to see our weekly timetable.

Green-Class (ID 1035)

• Welcome to Green Class
  Welcome to Green Class

  All of our children are on the Achievement Pathway, and we love to learn through play! Our days are filled with fun, hands-on activities like messy play, role play, cooking, and sports. We enjoy short whole-class and group sessions, and also work 1:1 to focus on our individual targets.

  In Green Class, all of our learning is supported by a strong focus on social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH). We’re always learning how to share, understand our feelings, and talk about them with others. It's a happy, nurturing space where every child is supported to thrive.

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Beth Sinclair - Class Teacher

  Sian Postle - Teaching Assistant

  Rebecca Knowles - Learning Support Assistant

  Chelsea Price - Learning Support Assistant

  Aiho Richards - Learning Support Assistant

  Huda Ismail - Learning Support Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Term 1- All About Me

  This term our topic is 'All About Me'! We will be getting to know our new routines and learning all about our feelings, our families, and our favourite things. We will be exploring what makes us unique, as well as discovering all the wonderful things we have in common! To keep active we will be swimming weekly, enjoying fun PE sessions, and heading on local walks to the park. We will also be learning some important life skills as we get hands-on in our cooking sessions.

  Click here to see our weekly timetable.

  Click here to see our Term 1 overview.

Blue-Class (ID 1036)

• Welcome to Blue Class
  Welcome to Blue Class

  Welcome to Blue Class!

  We are a group of primary-aged learners who love all things musical, sensory play and being busy!

  Pupils in Blue Class are on the Belonging pathway. Our learning is holistic and sensory, with daily sessions of physiotherapy, weekly hydrotherapy and learning through play. We use objects of reference to communicate alongside switches, symbols and Makaton signing.

  

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Alice Walton - Class Teacher

  Sarah Hancock - Teaching Assistant

  Brigitta Barath - Learning Support Assistant

  Laura Wilson - Learning Support Assistant

  Becca Fiddaman - Care Assistant

  Beulah Suthakaran - Care Assistant

  Ana Ghovaty - Care Assistant

  Beryl Yeung - Care Assistant

  Sarah Dunn - Care Assistant

  Sarah Webb - Care Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

  Our learning environment is made up of three key spaces.

  Classroom

  

  The classroom is our main space for learning; we gather here together for circle time, whole-class sessions and meal times. We can take part in lots of immersive experiences whilst meeting our cognition and learning, communication and physio targets.

  Group room

  

  This space is our group room. We use this space for more focussed work; we might also use it to practise our tracking and visual skills, our switch work or to have some dedicated sensory breaks.

  Outside

  Finally, this is our outdoor area where we can use our walking frames, or have a stretch under the covered area on the beanbags! There's also a sand pit and water tray out here for us to explore.

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Term 1 - All About Me!

  This term, we will be using songs, stories and play to find out about our bodies and our senses.

  We will awaken our looking skills using the story 'Brown Bear' and practising our looking and tracking skills.

  We will wake up our listening skills with our Charanga music program and with the resonance boards.

  Hydro remains on a Tuesday or Wednesday for pupils in Blue Class, in addition to rebound therapy on Mondays.

  Click here to see this term's topic overview

  Click here to see this term's timetable

Indigo-Class (ID 1037)

• Welcome to Indigo Class
  Welcome to Indigo Class

  Welcome to Indigo!

  We are a group of key stage 2 & 3 pupils who overlap the Belonging & Achievement Pathways. We really enjoy being outdoors, cooking, being active, crafting & music!

  In Indigo our learning is made up of; sensory stories & sensory maths, personalised learning goals, play skills, Occupational Therapy targets, independence skills & FUN!

  We promote communication through using communication boards, Makaton signing, intensive interaction, turn taking games, musical interaction & Attention Autism.

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Ellen - Class Teacher (Monday - Wednesday)

  Katie - Class Teacher (Thursday & Friday)

  Sophie - Teaching Assistant

  Jessie - Learning Support Assistant

  Harriet - Learning Support Assistant

  Maria - Learning Support Assistant

  Jaime - Learning Support Assistant

  Caroline - School Meals Supervisory Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

  The classroom is our main space for learning. We can take part in a variety of whole class, group and 1:1 sessions to work towards our communication, social, independence and personalised learning goals.

  
  We are lucky to have a multi purpose group room too! In this room you may see pupils using the space for more focused work, pupils who may need a quieter environment, pupils who may need additonal OT input, pupils developing their play skills or pupils who may need some more sensory input.

  
  Finally, this is our outdoor area where we have a trampoline & water tray. We also follow our OT plans including developing our coordination, stretching & balancing skills. We have a tent so we can enjoy this space in all weathers!

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Term 1 All About Me!

  This term's sensory story is Brown Bear. We will explore yellow feathers, making horse sounds with coconuts, listening to cats purr on switches & watching paper birds fly through the sky!

  We will be making fruit faces, gingerbread men & soup in cooking.

  We will be exploring numbers 1-5 in splatty Maths.

  We will be exploring our senses in sensology. We will taste dark chocolate & pineapple, smell lavender & vinegar and listen to dogs barking & waves crashing!

  We will be discriminating between different instruments in phonics & following our own personalised FLARA reading schemes with photos of our family!

  Click here to see our Term 1 Timetable

Violet-Class (ID 1067)

Violet-Class (ID 1067)

• Welcome to Violet Class
  Welcome to Violet Class

  Welcome to Violet Class!

  We are a group of primary-aged learners who love all things musical, sensory play and being busy!

  Pupils in Violet Class are on the Achievement pathway. We learn through experience, play and more formal learning. Pupils access learning through whole class sessions and small groups. Opportunities to develop speech and language skills are integrated into daily routines and learning. We use a total communication approach including communication boards, symbols and Makaton signing.

  Pupils are encouraged to develop independence and social skills.

• Meet the Team
  Meet the Team

  Tracy Rogers - Teacher

  Lucy May - Teaching Assistant

  Naomi Hibberd - Teaching Assistant

  Alisha King - Learning Support Assistant

  Kelly Gibson Perry - Learning Support Assistant

  Sarah Storer - Learning Support Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Term 1 - All About Me!

  This term, we will be learning about our bodies and our senses.

  Our text this term is My Family's Fantastic, we will be developing our literacy skills through role play, retelling , symbols and writing.

  In Maths we are learning about place value, comparison and shape.

  We will develop listening skills with our Charanga music program as we explore pace and rhythm in a range of music styles.

  In PE we will explore balance skills through the Real PE program.

  Swimming is on Monday morning please ensure your child has swim kit. As the weather is now changing please send in a pair of wellies that may be kept in school as the playground can be wet with some big puddles!

  Click here to see the timetable for Term 1

Silver-Class (ID 1039)

• Welcome to Silver Class
  Welcome to Silver Class

  Pupils in Silver class are on the Belonging pathway.

  We have a holistic and sensory approach to our learning and a typical day includes lots of music, stories, exploration and play. We incorporate Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy targets into our daily routines and create an environment that fosters social interactions and independence. We promote the use of communication skills throughout our whole day with a focus on using communication boards, Makaton signing and intensive interaction.

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Karen Lee - Class Teacher

  Helen Hewitt - Teaching Assistant

  Vanessa Duvenage - Learning Support Assistant

  Emma Norman - Learning Support Assistant

  Darcy Collins - Learning Support Assistant

  Kellie Bryant - Learning Support Assistant

  Eunice Pickles - Care Assistant

  Lisa Howell - Care Assistant

  Christie Burrow - Care Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

  Our main learning area is our classroom. Here we can gather together in a circle for our morning circle time and sit together in a circle for whole class lessons. We can also move to various tables and spaces to do individual learning or to sit and have snack and lunch.

  

  

  Our learning can also continue in our own outdoor area. This is a great place to spend time with friends and engage in interactive activities such as ball games, building and digging in the sand or drawing on the floor.

  

  We can go into the main playground where we can spend time with our friends from other classes and we have a large PE hall for our assemblies and PE lessons too.

• Our Learning
  Term 1 - Mexico
  Our Learning

  This term our theme is Mexico.

  We will practice fine motor and matching skills through our interactive story about the Day of the Dead. We will develop some social interaction during our Mexican themed sensory music lessons as well as have the opportunity to explore a range of instruments during our Charanga music too. Pupils will wake up their senses as well as practice key skills as we make a variety of Mexican themed food including tortillas and guacamole.

  Click here to view this term's timetable

Gold-Class (ID 1040)

• Welcome to Gold Class
  Welcome to Gold Class

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Heather Collins - Class Teacher

  Donna Edmonds - Class Teacher

  Helen Adams - Teaching Assistant

  Sally Salter - Learning Support Assistant

  Hayley Heads - Learning Support Assistant

  Julia Bisp - Learning Support Assistant

  Louise Doyle - Learning Support Assistant

  Hirim Pasabiru - Care Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Term 1 - Mexico!

  Click here to see Gold Class timetable

Ruby-Class- (ID 1042)

• Welcome to Ruby Class
  Welcome to Ruby Class

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  We are a class of secondary age students working on the Achievement and Celebration curriculum. In our class, we have a mixture of more formal learning styles including 1:1 work on our personal learning goals, whole class lessons and group activities tailored to our student's individual needs.

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  In class we communicate with our voices, communication boards, VOCAs, GridPlayer and Makaton to make sure our learning is accessible for all in Ruby Class.

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• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Alina Skelt - Class Teacher

  Helen Stolliday - Teaching Assistant

  Tom Trotman - Learning Support Assistant

  Michelle Watkins - Learning Support Assistant

  Claire Gaynor - Learning Support Assistant

  Michelle Slater - Learning Support Assistant

  Danielle Beyer - Care Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

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  Classroom

  In our classroom we display our current work on our displays. We respect our resources and work as a team to tidy away.

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  Group room

  Our students may need a quieter space to complete their learning or to regulate. Our group room is a calm space with different sensory toys and books to access whenever pupils may need it.

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  Communal Group room

  We share a large group room with Diamond Class next door. This is an additional space where we can focus on our learning or relax with both students in Ruby or Diamond Class.

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• Our Learning
  Our Learning

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  Our topic this term is Mexico!

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  In Ruby class will learn all about the different aspects of the amazing country of Mexico.

  This includes learning about Mexico's capital city, Mexico's beautiful landscapes. Every other week we will be exploring some different delicious Mexican food.

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  Our term book is 'Niño Wrestles the World' and we will be using this to access different language and writing skills throughout the term.

  In Maths this term we are going to be focusing on Comparison and 2D/3D shapes, alongside working on each pupils personal targets.

  Our focus this term in Jigsaw is 'Being me in the World', where we will be discussing our unique likes and dislikes and focus on Ruby class settling into their new routines.

  In Art this term we will create our own Frida Kahlo inspired artwork and in ICT we are focusing on programming, even using BeeBots!

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  Click to see: Ruby Class Timetable Term 1

  Click to see: Secondary Term 1 Overview

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Diamond-Class (ID 1043)

• Welcome to Diamond Class
  Welcome to Diamond Class

  Welcome to Diamond Class!
  We are a group of secondary age students working on the Higher Achievement and Celebration curriculum. In our class, we complete a mix of more formal learning styles including 1:1 work on our personal learning goals, whole class lessons and group activities tailored to our student's individual needs. We love to celebrate our hard work and have fun together as a team.

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  We are a chatty class who communicates with VOCAs, communication boards, Makaton and our voices.

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Chloe Newman - Class Teacher

  Tracey Downman - Teaching Assistant

  Emily Kauz - Teaching Assistant

  Wendy Vercoe - Learning Support Assistant

  Raquel Yus - Learning Support Assistant

  Magda Jaskulska - Learning Support Assistant

  Shannon Brace - Learning Support Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

  Our Classroom

  In our classroom we are proud to display our achievements on our displays. Each our students has their own space our displays to share their celebration certificates and progress. We respect our resources and work as a team to tidy away.

  

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  Group room

  Sometimes our students may need a quieter space to complete their learning or to regulate with support from an adult as needed. This is completely ok and often is celebrated if we are starting to learn about what we need. Our group room is a calm sensory space with lights to relax us.

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  Communal Group room

  We are very lucky to share a large group room with Ruby next door. This is an additional space where we can focus on our learning or relax with a puzzle or some playdough.

  

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  Landing Space

  Diamond class enjoys their lunch on the landing as a class.

  

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Our topic this term is: Mexico!

  This involves learning all about the different aspects of the amazing country of Mexico. This includes the ancient temples, food and the desert. We will enjoy making nachos with guacamole and salsa! We will also create portraits inspired by Frida Kahlo.

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  In Jigsaw we will be learning all about being a good school citizen, feeling proud and rewards and consequences. Our English book is called 'El Nino Wrestles the World' by Yuyi Morales which will inspire our creative writing. In maths we are learning about place value and shape. Alongside this super learning we will continue to explore and work hard our own personal learning targets.

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  Click here to see our termly curriculum overview

  Click here to see our weekly timetable

Emerald-Class (ID 1044)

• Welcome to Emerald Class
  Welcome to Emerald Class

  Welcome to Emerald class

  We are secondary aged students working on the belonging pathway.

  We communicate through Makaton, Visuals, Communication boards, Objects of reference and Eyegazes.

  Our learning is holistic and sensory, with daily sessions of physiotherapy and learning through play.

• Meet the team
  Meet the team

  Wendy Boffin - Class Teacher

  Rachel Smith - Class Teacher

  Donna Edmunds - Teaching Assistant

  Naomi Maxwell - Teaching Assistant

  Ned Matthews - Learning Support Assistant

  Jo Handford - Learning Support Assistant

  Lauren Grose - Care Assistant

  Debbie Williamson - Care Assistant

  Stacey Smyth - Care Assistant

• Our Learning Environment
  Our Learning Environment

  Emerald class is a bright open space where we do all our learning.

  We have our own outdoor area to explore and a group room which is a quieter space to calm and relax.

  

  We also share a playground with other classes to interact with other students and explore various playground equipment.

  We also explore the sensory studio and hall to undertake our sensory PE.

• Our Learning
  Our Learning

  Click to see Term 1 Curriculum Overview

  Emerald Class Timetable Term 1

  This term our topic is Mexico!

  We are exploring the sensory story 'Off we go to Mexico!' by Laurie Krebs.

  In PE we are exploring sensory sport, completing our physiotherapy or OT targets and some of us go to hydrotherapy.

  In Art and mark-making we are exploring Mexican art, making Mexican flags and exploring the festival of the dead.

  We awaken our senses through sensology, phonics and interactive music.