This week we had a lovely day celebrating the Euros 2024. We learnt about the different groups in the Euros and what countries are involved. We made flags for England to show our support. We enjoyed learning lots of facts about the Euros and it’s history! ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

Our incredible Makaton choir from Foxes and Deers attended the Singing Festival! They performed beautifully and sung their hearts out to songs they have been practicing at school in their music sessions with Bev. Our amazing choir made us all so proud! ⭐️🎼🎵🎶 Everyone was blown away by their lovely signing too. We are so proud what a wonderful achievement! 🏆🙌🤩⭐️

Whilst our Choir were busy at the Singing Festival, some of Foxes and Deers shared a lovely morning having a picnic in the sunshine. We played music, made sandwiches and enjoyed some treats together. It was wonderful to be out in the sunshine enjoying a picnic together! 🧺☀️

This week we returned to our local Morrisons for a tour with their Community Lead and Champion! We decorated cupcakes in the cafe, we all made some beautiful designs and we certainly enjoyed eating them! 🍰🧁

We also had a talk about all the wonderful projects Morrisons do for the Community. It was amazing to see how we can help others in need. We learnt about the charity “Together for Short Lives”, we learnt that Morrisons help children who are poorly and how they help them have amazing experiences with their families. We also learnt about the food bank and how people donate. It was amazing to see the incredible work that the commmunity are doing to help people in need. ❤️

We also visited the florist section in Morrisons! We enjoyed looking at the beautiful flowers and smelling them. We talked about all the different types of flowers. Our Morrisons Community Lead gave us a mission to take care of a plant that was in need of some care. We took the plant back to school, and we have made sure we have watered it and put it near some sunshine. We will keep you updated to see if our plant survives with our care in Deers Class! 💐🌼🌱🪴☀️👩‍🌾🧑‍🌾💧

Our Champion this week is Kian! Kian has amazed us with his fantastic signing! Kian has been signing beautifully in the Singing Festival and in class too which is amazing! Kian has also been expressing his needs effectively and with more confidence! Well done Kian we are so proud incredibly of you! ⭐️🏆🏅

Thank you to all our amazing Oakwood families that support us throughout the year, we are so grateful for your kindness and support! It was lovely to see so many families attend. ❤️✨

On our community visit this week we visited Morrisons and other shops in the local area. We shopped for items for our “Treat Trolley”. We all shared our ideas on what to buy which was fantastic! We enjoyed loading the items onto the counter and paying at the checkout, developing independence skills. We then went to the cafe in Morrisons, where we enjoyed a drink and a gingerbread man! We were so polite to the staff and remembered our “please” and “thank you” which was amazing to hear. 🧃🍪 ⭐️

This week in history, we completed our quiz and recalled our Viking knowledge, we then made a Viking longship. We have learnt so many amazing facts about Viking longships! Please ask us at home, we can tell you so much about the Vikings! We created some beautiful art work! ⭐️✨⭐️✨

In Geography we carried on with our work, where we expressed what we love about the world! ❤️🌎 We learnt about the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere and the equator. We discussed where we would like to go on holiday too! 🏝🏖🛫🗺🌎

We had a fantastic time climbing on the equipment developing our balance and co-ordination. We also enjoyed a game of football! It is wonderful to see our pupils developing team work skills. What a fantastic team spirit! ⭐️⚽️

In science we discussed “pushes and pulls” and we organised the cards into the correct category. It was amazing to see our pupils being independent in their thinking and applying their prior knowledge to the activity! 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬

We love a dough disco session in Deer Class! We enjoy singing along to songs and copying the actions. We are becoming more fluent in this skill, and we even chose our own actions that we wanted to perform using symbols. 🌈

Our Champion this week is… Jayden! Jayden has been talking beautifully this week! We are so proud of his fantastic vocalisations. Jayden has also engaged well in a wide range of sessions too which is wonderful. Well done Jayden! We are incredibly proud of you! ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨

We have had a busy week in Deer Class! We have enjoyed being back together after half-term, it has been lovely to see so many smiling and happy faces. We have engaged in a wide range of activities. Here are our moments from the week! ⭐️✨🦌

We enjoyed reading the Colour Monster story this week. We discussed emotions and we applied strategies to each emotion, to support self regulation. We talked about all the strategies we like to apply, such as deep breathing, fidget toys, a hug, a walk, reading a book and the sensory room. 🌈❤️💛💚🖤💗💙

In this weeks Georgraphy session we continued learning about the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere and equator. We discussed what we love about the world and expressed this to one another. It was amazing to hear so many wonderful answers. 🌎🗺

Here are some lovely pictures of our fantastic interactions we had on the playground this week. It was wonderful to see our pupils initiating interactions and engaging in games. ⚽️🎲🏀

We enjoyed our swimming session this week where we developed our water confidence and worked towards our Rockhopper targets. It was amazing to see our pupils remembering skills they had learnt before, and applying them to the swimming session. We practiced swimming on our front and back and floating. 🏊‍♀️🏊🩳🌊

Our champion this week is Abdulmajid! Abdulmajid showed fantastic pupil leadership at swimming. He was so helpful and proactive. Well done Abdulmajid! We are so proud of you! ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️