Welcome to the Wrens Class!
Staff
Teacher: Emily Barley
TAs: Madeleine Morris, Nic Meyers and Chloe Riley
Mid Day Leader: Rachel Williamson
Newsletter
Hairy, Scary Beast
The Wrens have had a fab half term whilst learning through our topic of ‘Hairy, Scary, Beasts’!
Our sensory drama sessions this term were a class favourite this term. We loved the multi-sensory resources with the themed music! We had fun with the hairy monster puppets, followed the parachute over our heads and explored the paper plates and cups for the ‘Be our guest’ song!
In sensory exploration, we have loved exploring the themed tuff trays. We explored different resources for ‘The Gruffalo’, We’re going on a bear hunt’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’. We also had some special occasion tuff trays for Chinese New Year and Valentines day which were lots of fun!
The Wrens have worked so hard in their physical development sessions spending lots of time in our standing frames whilst engaging in fun activities. We have enjoyed relaxing jabadao sessions in the MILE room and class using the wedges for tummy time and our sitting skills on the bench. We are so proud of you all for this.
Despite the cold weather, we have still loved exploring outside in the sensory garden. We even got to go out in the snow! We loved watching the snow fall and throwing snow balls with the adults. We also got to go over to Halcyon Way to meet the baby chicks. This was very special and The Wrens did amazing being quiet and gentle around them.
Sensory food this term was lots of fun! Each week we explored a different food linking to one of our favourite stories, The Gruffalo. We had cold ‘Owl Ice cream’ (DF ice cream), squishy, soft ‘fox stew’ (carrots and sweet potato mash), slimy ‘poisonous warts’ (mixed olives and grapes) and much more. Some of us LOVED the taste of the olives and ate quite a few of them!
The Wrens are doing amazing with their communication skills. We are working very hard at our morning routine and love singing the good morning song and saying ‘hello!’. We are all getting very good and finding our own faces using photos and then listening to the grown ups singing the hello song.
Well done Wrens on another amazing half-term full of lots of fun and beautiful learning. We are very proud as always! Have a lovely break.
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
The following activities are suggested as appropriate homework activities which you can enjoy with your child and reinforce the learning we are focussing on this half term-
- Involve your child in food preparation to practice fine and gross motor skills
- Think about the different senses- Taste, touch, sight and foods that would be fun to explore through this. For example, raspberries for the bright colour and fun texture
- Give your child a tray with foods they have never tried before to explore and encourage to eat it if they can or explore it using their hands
- Listen to stories and songs on YouTube such as super simple songs ‘do you like…’ and ‘apples and bananas’
- Use Intensive Interaction with your child– copy the sounds, movements and actions that your child makes and watch and wait to see how they respond when you mirror what they are doing
- Watch the Signalong videos on our school website with your child and practice the different signs.
