This week we have all enjoyed doing end of year celebrations. We had a fantastic Summer Assembly where we got a certificate for all our hard work this year. Then we had a disco and danced to our favourite music.
Mr Whippy came to visit us and we had an ice cream too!!

All of us in Owls would like to wish all of our lovely families a wonderful summer break. Thank you for your support this year and your generous gifts. We really appreciate it.
See you all in September!

This week we went on our annual trip to Forge Mill Farm. We had a fantastic time. We saw goats, llamas, chickens and sheep. There was a big tractor and a gift shop . It was good to have a picnic too!

This week we had music fun with Bev as she brought us some violins to explore. We all attempted to make sounds with the bows and strings on the instrument. It was very interesting and we loved the sounds they made. We listened to some violin music and some of us wanted to dance to the music too. We all had a great time!

This week we have worked on our Creativity skills and fine motor skills. We made a painting of an African landscape as part of our topic ‘African Safari’ . We chose our colours and painted with our hands or with a paint brush.

This week we have been so busy in Owls. We love Cosmo, it’s such fun and very sensory with light up switches. We do the session in a darkened room so we can see the switches and effects we make on the iPad. Our cause and effect skills are making good progress.

MOVE

We have all been working on our climbing skills and with help and support we have been walking up and down steps. This really helps our mobility, balance and coordination skills too.

This week, we went outdoors to explore with our giant bubble blower. We were all amazed at the size of our bubbles. We were able to extend our physical skills by running into them and reaching out to burst them . We had sensory fun too, tracking the bubbles as they approached and feeling them burst on our skin. We all had so much fun!

During music we choose from a selection of songs. We can point or tap to the symbol on our ALD board to choose our favourite songs. We also choose sensory story resources with our ALD boards too. We are beginning to develop likes and dislikes in our music and stories!

We all enjoy our swimming sessions. It’s fun in the pool, playing together and gaining confidence in the water. We use noodles to help us swim and some of us are trying different ways to move in the water such as floating on our backs or on our tummies.

We have focused on physical skills this week and have been busy in the community, out and about. We have been walking and climbing up and down steps really well. We have enjoyed being outdoors too. It was fun walking around the Sandwell Valley, experiencing the kitchen garden and Rabbit Village.

We also celebrated a special birthday this week! Everyone enjoyed the lovely cake, thank you to the family for sending it in.

This week we celebrated St George’s Day. We had marching tunes and big drums to bang on and march to.
We all had fun making sounds and feeling the vibrations.
Some of us marched to the beat too!