Poppy printing
This morning, we have been printing some poppies with half an apple. We identified the colours of a poppy and then painted the apple with those colours before printing on a big piece of paper. It was a great fine motor activity and an introduction to remembrance.
Lava lamps
Today in science we took part in an experiment in making lava lamps, we created a risk assessment before the experiment took place. Faith said her lava lamp was “very satisfying” and Kristopher suggested to use a touch to create a more lava lamp effect. Mrs Whitworth was very proud of Kristopher…
Remembrance Day
Today we made some poppies to wear to our ‘Remembrance Assembly’. We learnt about why we wear a poppy and listened to ‘The Last Post’ in preparation for the two minute silence.
Communication is key!
In 1P we follow a total communication approach which allows our pupils to communicate in the most accessible way to them. Following a total communication approach involves all aspects of communication. Since the first day at school in September pupils have been exposed to all aspects of the total…
Working together and forming friendships
It was lovely to see some of the pupils in 1P enjoying interacting with each other and working together with adult support in their music lesson. The girls held hands with each other and followed each others lead to move around in a circle to music. Great team work!
Piet Mondrian
In Art, we learnt about Piet Mondrian. We then recreated his art using yellow, red and blue. We worked hard to stay within lines and ensure the correct paint brush was put in the correct paint pot!
Diva lamps
As part of learning about Diwali, we made our own salt dough Diva lamps. We will let them dry before painting them and putting a candle in them.
Jumping, crawling and balancing
In PE, we enjoyed using key skills crawling, jumping and balancing in tune to music!
STEM
4H had a really interesting STEM lesson today learning about how everyone’s fingerprints are different. They all took their own fingerprints and then compared them with everyone else’s.