Welcome to the Peacocks Class!
Staff
Teacher: Hazel Stone
TAs: Nicola Cooke and Aqsa Arif
Mid Day Leader: Ellie O’Brien
Newsletter
Food Glorious Food
The Peacocks have had a very busy Spring 2 half term despite it being a shorter one than usual!
Our theme has been Food Glorious Food & our Sensory Story – Daddy’s Sandwich gave all pupils the opportunity to choose from & prepare a range of different sandwich fillings which they have all made great progress in!
During Early Maths the Peacocks have been busy learning how to separate big and small objects & images into sets & some pupils have been continuing simple patterns involving colours, shapes or different types of food.
During Early English the Peacocks have continued to enjoy focusing on sharing stories with each other & mark-making in a way that is most motivating to them – some have been using dry-wipe boards & some have been over-writing onto dry-wipe books. All are showing improvements in focus & accuracy when doing so.
This half term the Peacocks progressed onto Stage 3 Attention Autism (Bucket Time) where they have been able to sit for an extended period of time & where some pupils get chosen to take part whilst the other others sit and watch carefully (& accept that it has not been their turn that day).
It has also been wonderful to see the Peacocks improve during this half-term’s Physical Development lessons. Their confidence whilst taking part in rebound therapy, Swimming, studio sessions & when using the bikes has soared!
On top of all their usual classroom timetable lessons, routines and activities, the Peacocks have also enjoyed taking part in World Book Day, Red Nose Day, pyjama day & Languages Day this half term! Phew, what a lot of activities they have accessed and enjoyed!
Well done Peacocks!
We hope you and your families have a lovely Spring Holiday break & we look forward to seeing you at the start of Summer Term!
Signalong
At Kingfisher we use Signalong as a part of a Total Communication Approach, we are constantly using core vocabulary with the children to support their language development and then through each of our topics we introduce new signs and language, which extends their vocabulary further. We also have two “Signs of the Week” which helps maintain and extend key knowledge and skills of everyday vocabulary.
Each half term we will be creating a short video showcasing and demonstrating signs relavent for the current term so that you can learn the signs and further this learning at home.
Click play to watch this half terms Signalong video!
Lunchtime
If your child has a school dinner, the school menus can be accessed by clicking here. For children who bring a packed lunch, please remember to provide healthy and balanced options. We are a Healthy School and will be focusing on healthy eating and how children can make healthy lifestyle choices.
How You Can Help at Home
During the first half of the Summer Term, it would be very beneficial to your child if you can:
- Continue to maintain communication with staff via SeeSaw to provide information that might be useful to us, such as whether your child did not sleep well the night before school.
- Check & use the school’s current Signalong signs that are sent out via SeeSaw & are available on the school website. This half term’s theme is ‘The World in My Town’. We use the weekly website signs as part of a Total Communication approach to learning (regardless of whether children use or copy the signs themselves).
- Share a range of stories with your child. This half term we will be reading ‘No-Bot – The Robot with No Bottom!’ as our main, weekly story. To help us create our own robots, please send your child in with some clean, junk modelling carboard & paper packaging, such as teabag boxes, egg cartons or biscuit boxes. Thank you!
- Ensure your child has suitable clothing for outdoor lessons & play/lunchtimes so that we can try to use our outdoor learning areas as much as possible!
- Lastly, we really love to hear what the Peacocks enjoy doing when they are not in school, so please feel free to send us updates on SeeSaw! It would be lovely to see some photographs of them enjoying playing/exploring parts of their town, for example their back gardens or the local park. We can then share these with their friends during our Understanding of the World lessons!
Thank you,
Hazel Stone (Class Teacher)
Nicky Cooke (Level 3 Teaching Assistant)
Aqsa Arif (Level 1 Teaching Assistant)
Lisa Russell (Lunchtime Supervisor & 1:1 pupil support)
