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The Moonbeams class loved exploring pumpkins this week. We were all brave enough to help prepare the pumpkin for carving in some way – whether it was scooping using spoons or our hands.
We used pens to draw templates on the pumpkin and then helped wiggle the shapes out when they had been cut.
We loved this experience!
Responsible citizens using the drill to create our pumpkin all the boys loved this experience. We also used a hammer and cookie cutter, boys with their toys, great fun.
Halloween Spider cupcakes were made this week, great team work and successful learners, listening to Jack’s instructions and carrying them out with a small amount of support.
Halloween sensory assembly, everyone was confident individuals to take part in all the activities.
Oozing fizzy pumpkin experiment, we watched the spiders and creepy eyeballs ooze out of our carved pumpkins.
Skeleton X-ray art work, the boys all enjoyed getting their hand painted and found it very tickly. We had to think about the bones in our hand to add these onto our pictures.
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The Moonbeams class loved our first horse riding outing yesterday where we got to meet Betsy and Hamish. We got to groom them and all had a chance to ride one of the horses. We were learning what to say to the horses to encourage them to go faster and what to say when we wanted them to stop.
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The Moonbeams class loved exploring the sensory stations at our Halloween themed assembly including playing the mummy wrap game, dookin’ for apples and exploring wiggling worms and eyeball potions.
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Some pupils in the Moonbeams class attempted to make a Stone Age cave during the October holidays. Some pupils got help from their parents and siblings and enjoyed showing them off to their peers in class as part of our Flintstones theme.
The Snowdrops were all effective contributors during our school Hallowe’en sensory assembly. Everyone showed confidence moving around a variety of fun Hallowe’en related activities. In class, we have been exploring the sensory textures of pumpkins too!
The boys in the Sunflowers class have been exploring some sensory art materials. The pupils used super soft cotton wool and pom poms to create these gorgeous Balamory rainbow clouds. We linked LGBT into our discussion about rainbow colours and talked about what makes a good community like Balamory.
The boys were all given the opportunity and freedom of choice to select their own resources and to self assess using the classroom ‘thumbs up, thumbs down’ cards.
Excellent listening and making skills from these super successful learners! Keep up the hard work boys!
The boys and girls in the Pine class have been exploring a variety of materials and resources commonly used in the art room. These were used as part of our sensory art lesson.
We listened to music and enjoyed guessing the scents of the play doh. The children were all given the opportunity to feel and independently manipulate materials such as fluffy fur, crinkly paper, shiny card, tickly brushes, cold cubes, wet sponges…
Super successful learners in the Pine class. Well done everyone!
We have all been using our class recycle bin. We made a sign for our bin so we knew where to put our bottles and paper. We all have the opportunity to take our recycle bin to the big recycle bins in the corridor. We helped and put the paper in one bin and the plastic in another. Most of enjoyed having a peer into the bin to see what else was inside.
The Stars Class have enjoyed a fantastic week where we saw not only Harris McCoo but Singing Hands too. What a treat! We’ve worked hard too and made an Autumn sensory bottle, added to our Nanny McPhee wall display and made yucky ‘worm’ sandwiches at HE which actually were very tasty!
