We built a snowman using different materials, including sticks and a carrot nose!

We engaged in a range of different materials, including shaving foam, play dough and stickers!

We created calendars by painting using our hands or paint brushes. We chose out of blue, red and yellow paints. Some of us decided to mix the colours together!

One of our attention autism activities was to watch how shaving foam and colouring mix together. Then, we took it in turns to choose an item of winter clothing (from card) and dip it into the shaving foam. It comes out with colouring on! This will make a lovely winter display for our classroom!

We tried new activities this week! Some of us made our own pizzas with different toppings, to explore colour and texture. We even tasted them afterwards! Some of us had a turn at dropping an egg from a height to investigate what happens.

We’re starting to get into the Christmas spirit! We stamped a Christmas tree shape onto paper using a sponge and green paint and then we added glitter! We have some Christmas books in class that we’ve started to look through in our free time.

On Thursday, we had fun playing with the soft play in the classroom! We also had a water tuff tray to fill, emptying and splashing.

We celebrated Diwali during our music lesson. We had a turn on the drum and tried on bangles

Grasshoppers Team 💚

As we couldn’t go swimming this week, we still went to the Walsall Wood site and we played in the rainbow room! It was out first time in the new soft play room. We also went to the outdoor play area on the swings and side.

Some of us took turns pushing Pudsey Bear around for Children in Need’ day! We also celebrated Diwali this week by making a fireworks picture and trying some Indian sweets.

This half term, we are repeating the makaton signs as the last half term! We will be talking about people who help us, and the book that we will start to read next week is called ‘doctorsaurus’.

Stage 1 of ‘bucket time’ (or ‘attention autism’) is to look at three items that come out of the bucket. Stage 2 is to watch something ‘wow’! Stage 3 is when each person takes a turn at a fun activity!

One of the Stage 3 activities this week in bucket time was to throw a sticky spider at a web!

We decorated ginger biscuits using green icing sugar and sprinkles!

Please note that after half term, swimming will be on Thursday afternoons. Please remember swimming kits on this day.

Happy half term!

We celebrated the harvest this week. Today, we painted using vegetables! We dipped the vegetables into paint and dabbed or spread them onto our sheet of paper. We also tried some fresh bread with butter and jam at the end of the day as part of our harvest celebration. Thank you so much for the donations that have been brought in!

We have been so fortunate with the weather on Tuesday afternoons! In forest school, we have seen insects, made some music, read a book and made some dens.

Our sign of the week next week is: physiotherapist.

Notices: just a little reminder to complete the ‘consents’ section on Arbor, for this new academic year. Also, library books were sent out last week – they are to read at home and can be returned when you’re ready to have them changed.

Have a lovely weekend! Grasshoppers

We have been making shortbread! We mixed the ingredients together. Then we took turns to cut out the dough into people!

We experienced lots of sensory tuff trays including water, jelly and spaghetti!

We are learning the makaton signs for nurse and doctor 😊

We have experienced a range mark-making, counting and sensory tuff trays over the week!

During bucket time, we have been developing our engagement skills and practising turn-taking. Some of the activities that we have taken part in include putting plasters on a teddy and being a puppeteer! We’re so proud of how well grasshoppers have watched and waited for their turns.

The makaton sign of the week next week is – dinner lady.

On Tuesday afternoon, we explored the Forest School area! We listened to the crunchy leaves under our feet, touched the wet grass and breathed in the fresh air! We collected different coloured leaves to take back to the classroom.

On Wednesday afternoon, we went to the music room! We enjoyed using different instruments and listened to the instructions ‘go’ and ‘stop’.

Next week, we will practise vocabulary linked to our topic ‘People who help us’: bus driver, teacher and friend.