English
In English, we have been focusing on ‘Friendship Stories’. We have completed lots of writing, reading, sensory and role play activities around the stories ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and ‘The Snail and The Whale’. We really enjoyed exploring new vocabulary and understanding the characters in the stories.
Science
In Science, we have been learning about ‘Senses - Sound’. We have spent time exploring different sounds and how to make different sounds. We learnt new vocabulary, such as pitch and volume. We walked around the school to find different sounds and categorised them into ‘soft sounds’ and ‘loud sounds’. We also experimented with different everyday materials to find how we can make different sounds using different objects.
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Topic
Grasshoppers engaged in lots of fantastic learning this term. Our topic was 'My face' where we explored all about ourselves, we used mirrors and lots of sensory based activities to discover more about our sense of self.
Autumn 2
Autumn 2- Grasshoppers have done lots of exciting learning this term. Our topic was 'People we know' where we explored all about ourselves and the people that are familiar to us.
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We engaged with lots of sensory based activities around our families, police, fire fighters and doctors and nurses.Â
In maths, our focus was 'colour' where we experimented with colour mixing, colour sorting and colour recognition.Â
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Grasshopper class have loved their 'Attention Autism' sessions this term and have developed lots of fantastic skills such as; developing their attention for increasing periods of time, turn taking, making choices, using visual supports, and their communication and self regulation skills.Â
Spring term
Summer
What an excellent final term for Grasshopper Class!
We have been so busy over Summer 2 with a variety of very exciting activities and trips out of school such as; visiting the Blue Planet Aquarium and CAFT which has helped us to embed all of our fantastic learning over the Summer term and attending Green Lane's 'Party in the park' and sports day!
Our topic over this term was; 'At the farm'. Grasshopper class have enjoyed exploring the sounds, smells and sights we may come across at the farm and during our visit to CAFT, we were all very excited to see some of the animals up close!
Our core text this term was; 'The Three Little Pigs' we used materials to make 'the little pigs' houses and discover what the strongest material was. We built dens in our outdoor area, working together to stack the crates up high and made our own story spoons.
In maths we have been discovering all about 'money' - making our own piggy banks and using coins to press into play dough.
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