In the ‘upcycling’ enrichment group today we started sanding down an old piano and piano stool, where we found a secret compartment with old sheet music from around the 1930’s. We started and ended the session with some music played by Finley.We
P1 have had a fantastic first few days this term. Our topic is ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ and we started by exploring and finding out about the arctic and some of the animals that live there in the cold. We made magic snow, read stories,made penguins, made our own ice cream and even had…
P3 were introduced to the new topic ‘All creatures great and small’. Pupils were asked the big question ‘How do we know we are alive?’ Some answers were: “because your heart is beating”, “because our blood and our heart”, “because we are breathing” and “because we eat and drink”. We then discussed different things…
I have been working with Mr. Anderson on comic strip conversations. They use pictures to help me understand social situations. We do some called ‘blips and slips’ for when things go wrong. We do some called ‘wins and grins’ when things go well.
Some of our P5 students delivered the hampers to the two families this afternoon with Miss Herkes and Mr Davis. They did a fab job of packing and wrapping the hampers, buying final bits in Tesco and delivering them to the families’ houses. The 2 families were so grateful, they gave us a card and…
All term our pupils have been working hard to earn Croft coins. Pupils could then spend their coins on a trip or treat. Some of our pupils chose to visit Santa at Beamish as part of their reward. We had a fantastic time exploring the town and found out all about the dentist. We visited…
Miss Robson wanted to thank a young gentlemen this week for all his support yesterday during the reward trip to pizza hut. Not only did he help Miss Robson but he noticed when his peers needed help and went straight over to support. Whether this…
To round off our work on Alexander Flaming and bacteria, P2 invited parents to take part in a mold experiment. Children pressed unwashed hands onto a fresh slice of bread, they then washed their hands and repeated the process. We placed these into individual zip locked bags. So we could compare the results we also…
Today in P3 some of the pupils went to Pizza Hut. We took the opportunity to use our PECS skills in a different way. Generalising our PECS communication to request different items from the menu. As you can see we had lots of fun and are very full. Communication is fun!