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Duntarvie Final Term!

Duntarvie Class of 2026, that’s wrap!

It has been such a delight to watch you all achieving so many things this term. I have loved seeing you all engage in your various awards and qualifications and seeing you all having so much fun across your rich and varied curricula! It’s also been wonderful to see everyone accessing the local community in a range of sporting activities and hear all about your swimming successes and awards too!

Our wonderful S3s have now completed their ASDAN transition challenges,  engaging in a wide range of activities with lots of effort and enthusiasm, spanning arts and crafts, cooking, drama, music, RME, whilst developing life skills, accessing the local community and even participating in work experience tasks by shadowing various people who help us at Beatlie, and within the community, to name just a few areas of learning and skills development

Our S4 and S5 pupils have been working hard to achieve even more SQAs this term, and have loved learning about how to care for animals, exploring our unique sensory perception systems,  and transferring our skills to learning in new and exciting environments. Our S5 pupils also achieved success in learning about relationships with others and keeping  safe. One S5 pupil has even achieved a National 2 award in learning all about personal health and wellbeing – fantastic!

What’s been so heartening though, is seeing you all find happiness and self expression in the everyday interactions you have with your adults and with your peers. There is so much kindness and laughter in our classroom – thank you for so many memories!

What a year we have had together!

Well done, well done, we are all so very proud of you!

World Book Day 2026

The pupils of Beatlie had fun celebrating World Book Day this year focusing on two books from this year’s selection – One Big Family and Chaos at the Chocolate Factory.

There were:

  • Visits to the library for story time
  • Story massage and individual story times
  • Sensory exploration and art using chocolate
  • Book hunts in the garden finding some of our other favourite stories hidden away
  • Drama, imaginative play/dress up and sensory story time
  • Making picnic foods and blankets
  • Team games
  • Milkshake and smoothie making

Check out our best bits video.

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Of course we couldn’t read Peppa’s One Big family without spending some time jumping in muddy puddles too.

 

 

Term 3 in Glendevon

The Glendevon boys (and staff) can’t believe that we are nearly at the end of term 3 – it has been such a quick term. Here are some of our best bits.

We all particularly enjoyed utilising the multi-sensory room during our story time which was about a wet walk when we got lost and had to find our way back.  In science week we enjoyed exploring adapting animals in our multi-sensory time.

We continue to have opportunities for pupils to work with specialists who come in to school as well as utilise resources and groups around the local and wider community.

Exploring the Yard adventure playground interacting with unfamiliar peers and staff and developing our gross motor skills.

Happy Hoofbeats caring for an animal and tactile exploration.

Charan, Barrowland Ballet Theatre and Live music now exploring music and movement through music encouraging independence and interactions.

Ensuring that we have regular sessions exploring our sensory development is crucial and the boys enjoy sessions of tac pac, sensology, soft play, bikes and new sensory experiences this term including the zorb balls and hammocks which have been firm favourites.

We hope everyone has a lovely Easter break when it arrives and we are looking forward to some lovely sunny days when we come back in term 4.

 

Term 3 in Duntarvie

In Duntarvie class we have been very busy learning out in the community and have created some videos of our favourite things we have been experiencing and participating in this term – hope you enjoy them.

We are looking forward to getting to explore further on our bikes next term and making the most of the lovely weather (fingers crossed). We are also planning to get back to check on all our berry, fruit and vegetable plants at the community garden.

Have a lovely Easter break.

Science day, Beatlie 2023 – sensory connections

This year the theme for science week was connections so we decided to have a seaside and underwater adventure where we could explore all our sensory connections.

We had lots of fun exploring different elements of being at the seaside and a range of reactions to some of the sensory items we were using – hope you enjoy watching our video.