Autumn 1 - Ourselves

We have had a fantastic first half-term in EMS1 and a have made a great start to the school year in our classroom. We have made lots of mess and have experienced lots of sensory activities, using our senses to explore different foods, materials and textures!

The children have settled in well and adapted to their new surroundings. We have used this term to establish routines and get to know each other. We have been learning lots of new and exciting things and the children have enjoyed exploring our classroom and all the new resources.

This half-term, our topic has been 'ourselves'. We have completed lots of PSHE based activities learning about different emotions and made some great faces showing how we were feeling. We also learnt about things we can do when we are feeling sad, frustrated or angry. We learnt about ourselves and what makes us unique!

We have enjoyed weekly cooking sessions, in the communal kitchen and have made some tasty treats that we have enjoyed eating during snack time. 

We have started taking part in whole school worship with the rest of school, learning the school prayer and eating our lunch in the studio. 

Autumn 2 - People who can help us

Another half-term has flown by and the children have all enjoyed exploring the classroom and learning lots of new and exciting things. During this half-term the children have been working really hard on their name writing using their fine motor skills.

We spent the first half of the term learning all about ‘people who can help us’. The children enjoyed welcoming visitors into EMS1 including the fire service, the dentist and police officers.

We have learnt all about different festivals including Bonfire Night and Christmas. We made lots of firework prints and Christmas crafts and thoroughly enjoyed getting messy!

We ended the term learning all about Christmas and all the lovely things that happen at that time of the year. We had our first school trip which was a visit to the local ice-rink, we enjoyed our ‘singing hands show’, a visit from Santa and his elves and our Christmas party.

We celebrated Christmas with our families by inviting them into school to watch our Christmas performance and complete some crafts with us – we worked really hard to learn all the songs. Well done everyone!

We have had lots of fun this half term. We have experienced lots of sensory activities and used our senses to explore different foods, materials and textures! 

We have done lots of mark making using a variety of tools, the children have enjoyed using all of their senses to join in with this. 

We celebrated Chinese New Year and the children enjoyed using their chop sticks to try different types of food. We decorated lanterns and explored lots of sensory tuff trays. 

In MHWB week we learnt about different emotions and made some great faces showing how we were feeling. We listened to lots of happy music and we completed lots of busy jobs that made us happy. We enjoyed sharing this with our friends. We had a lovely visit from the therapy dogs and we enjoyed teaching them new tricks. 

We have worked hard on our life skills, learning to take turns, tidy up and get our owns coats and shoes on.

We invited our families in to explore our classroom environment with us where we decorated cakes, played in the provision and got messy!

What an amazing half term we have had.

We have experienced lots of sensory activities and used our senses to explore different foods, materials and textures! 

Our focus for the term was Spring and we have learnt lots of new things, including reading lots of new story books.

We have continued to work hard on our life skills including our sitting skills, accessing the community, sharing with our friends and becoming more independent. This term we have included lots of fine motor, future step sessions and we are throughly enjoying these.

We visited Pendragon for a school trip, travelled on a coach and had lots of fun with our friends. 

We invited our families in to explore our classroom environment with us where we enjoyed exploring lots of different Spring activities including celebrating Easter. 

Some of our children visited Bendrigg for a 3 day residential which was such an amazing experience!