Pangolins
Team Africa!
Welcome to Pangolin Class!
Meet the Teaching Staff
Class Teachers: Louise
HLTA's: Jo
Teaching Assistants: Vicky, Sandra, Jo, Louisa
Apprentice: Dan
SPARKLE CURRICULUM
The children in Pangolin class follow 'SPARKLE' and 'LOWER GLITTER' Curriculum which is delivered in a multi-sensory, creative way which will enables pupils to access learning using their senses.
The CURRICULUM is:
· MOTIVATING Our pupils learn when they are interested, stimulated and engaged.
· RELEVANT It is relevant to the learning styles of the pupils and takes into account their prior knowledge and learning needs.
· CHALLENGING All teaching staff have high and realistic expectations of the pupils and with specialised, inclusive teaching — progress is evident.
· FOCUSED Shared targets from EHCP, Physiotherapists, OT, SALT etc. are central to the pupils provision.
Our topic this term is 'Healthy and Active Lives'. Click on the Topic web below to find out what the children will be learning.
WC 22nd April
This week we have continued learning about ‘The Tiger that came to Tea’.
We visited the Museum on Monday and found the tiger hiding in the Museum. We also dressed up as the Tiger.
We enjoyed going to Lidl to buy food from the story and we then had a tea party with the tiger and we tasted the food that we bought.
In Maths we have been learning about the numbers ‘1,2 and 3. We fed the tiger either 1, 2 or 3 items of food and we made also made cakes and practised our counting when decorating them with sweets.
WC 15th April
We have had a busy first week back after the holidays.
In Literacy we have been reading and watching ‘The Tiger that came to Tea’. The children love exploring the props from the story and they carefully mixed their own orange and black paints to paint their very own Tiger.
In Maths we have been learning about the number three. We joined in singing the number 3 song, practised forming the number 3 and made some yummy number 3 biscuits.
WC 18th March
This week we worked hard in swimming and working on our ‘Discovery Ducklings’ targets.
We had a fun music lesson and we are beginning to join in with the words of familiar songs.
We started our Easter crafts and painted eggs with corks.
We ended the week with a lovely sunny walk to the park and whilst there we visited the cafes at Hartfields.
WC 11th March
This week we went to Asda to spend our World Book day vouchers. The children loved browsing the shelves to find their favourite book and we now have some lovely new books to add to our class reading area.
We had a fun music lesson with Ashleigh from the Amber Trust and we are beginning to understand the vocabulary ‘bang, tap and shake’ when playing our instruments.
We listened to ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ in Literacy and we had lots of fun planting our own beans.
WC 4th March
Pangolins have had lots of learning opportunities this week and lots of fun too.
We started our week by developing our gross motor skills with a sunny visit to the Headland park. The children also developed their independence and social skills and loved every minute.
We continued learning about the number 2 in Maths and we practised our fine motor skills by trying hard to form the number 2.
We loved seeing each other dressed up on world book day and enjoyed looking at the different books that were brought in from home. We listened to some of our favourite stories and watched some on the big screen. We also played bingo with characters from traditional tales and decorated book marks.
We enjoyed listening to ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ and exploring the sensory props and we are looking forward to growing our own beanstalks.
WC 26th February
This week in Literacy we listened to the story ‘The Tiny Seed’ with Joanna from the Library and we loved exploring the props. In Maths we have been learning about the Number 2 and we went on a Number 2 hunt around school. We developed our communication skills and gross motor skills in swimming and we had fun playing outside with our friends.
WC 12th February
We had so much fun this week. We celebrated Pancake day and Valentine’s Day. We made some delicious pancakes with different toppings and chocolate was our favourite. We enjoyed listening to ‘Mr Wolfs pancakes’ too. We made some cakes with love heart sprinkles for Valentine’s Day. We also developed our gross motor skills with a trip to Bishop Cuthbert park.
WC 5th February
We have continued listening to ‘Polar bear, Polar bear, What do you hear?’ this week and we made some pretty polar bear pictures with our handprints. We also made some tasty snowflake biscuits.
We loved learning about Chinese New year on Friday and we made some colourful dragon masks as it is the year of the dragon and we had Chinese food for lunch.
We enjoyed going to the shops and we bought a Peppa pig game for our class. We had fun playing it in golden time and it helps to develop our fine motor and turn taking skills.
WC 29th January
This week we have listened to the story ‘Polar Bear, Polar Bear’. We enjoyed listening to the different sounds that the animals make and we were able to find the animals on the sound bar and play their sounds. We loved exploring the props from the story, the polar bear was very cuddly! We made some yummy polar bear cup cakes and we got creative making polar bear pictures. We had fun in maths playing ‘Helicopter Rescue’ on the Interactive whiteboard and we tried hard to identify numbers between 1-10’.
WC 22nd January
We have been developing our fine motor skills this week. We practised our cutting skills but some of found this a little tricky but we persevered and tried our best. We tried really hard to follow the instructions in our ‘Doh disco’ sessions and we also decorated some butterflies with coloured jewels for our classroom display. It looks beautiful! We made butterfly cakes which tasted delicious.
In Maths we enjoyed playing a caterpillar game and we ordered the numbers on the caterpillar from 1-5. We also enjoyed listening to Number rhymes and helping with the props.
WC 15th January
We have continued listening to ‘The very hungry caterpillar’ story this week in Literacy and we have completed lots of activities related to it. We developed our fine motor skills when we painted butterflies using corks for our class wall display. We followed instructions to make cupcakes and we joined them together to make a caterpillar cake which tasted delicious.
In Maths we learned about circles after looking at the shape of the caterpillars body. We picked out the circles from a selection of different shapes and we printed with circles too.
We also worked hard in swimming and physio.
WC 8th January
Pangolin Class have been very busy this week. We had lots of fun in the Arcades at Seaton Carew on Monday and we all chose a ride to go on. In Maths we have been learning about the Number One and we decorated number ones with buttons and made number one biscuits and enjoyed putting icing and sweets on them. They were yummy! In Literacy we have been listening to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story. We matched pictures from the story and printed with sponges to make caterpillars. We also tasted different foods from the story and made a large caterpillar for our wall display.
19.12.23 - Santa's been! The children loved their presents! Hope you all have a fantastic Christmas!
12.12.23 Our Christmas Performance! Sleigh Ride - Pangolins were brilliant!
11.12.23 Our lovely Pangolins are getting ready for our first Christmas performance!
05/12/23 - Today Pangolin class enjoyed sharing a Christmas sensory story and writing letters to Santa. The children enjoyed turning the pages of the catalogue to find toys they would like for Christmas and writing out their letters to Santa.
27/11/23 - Pangolin class loved making and decorating handprint wreaths.
23.11.23 The children have been making Christmas stocking decorations for our school Christmas tree in the lobby.
21.11.23 The children in Pangolin class really enjoyed making reindeer dust using oats and glitter.
17.11.23 The children have been making salt dough star Christmas decorations to put on the Christmas trees in St Hilda's church.
13.11.23 The children have enjoyed both painting and collaging poppies for Remembrance Day!
09/11/23 Reading - The children in Shark's Class read stories to our Pangolin children this afternoon.
08.11.23 - The children have been making their own mouse from the story.
RE - 09.11.23 Pangolin Class are beginning to learn about Diwali - It is a very special celebration for Hindu people. We have been looking at different Rangoli patterns which are thought to bring good luck. With adult support, the children made their own paper plate Rangoli pattern.
26/10/23 - HALLOWEEN - Today Pangolin class enjoyed dressing up for Halloween and trick or treating around the school.
23/10/23 - Today the children in Pangolin class enjoyed creating pumpkin collages.
17/10/23 - COMPUTING - Pangolin class enjoyed taking turns to explore the interactive floor in the light and sound room. The children played a range of cause and effect games and developed their gross motor skills as they crawled, walked and jumped.
10/10/23 - World Mental Health Day 2023! Pangolin class enjoyed talking about different emotions, copying facial expressions, discussing what makes them happy and looking at their emotions in the mirror. Afterwards, the children created their own happy face emoji and enjoyed self-regulation through music and movement ribbons.
04.10.23 - Sensory Story: 'Dear Zoo' The children have been identifying the different types of zoo animals and copying the sounds these animals make. The children have enjoyed pressing the animal sound switches and having a go at drawing their own lion on the interactive white board.
04/10/23 - Pangolins used lots of fantastic communication to make choices at snack time. The children were encouraged to try pear crumble and initiate likes and dislikes.
03.10.23 Computing - The children in Pangolin class where given the time to encounter, experience and explore a variety of early technology toys which include push button activities, remote control devices, musical keyboards, televisions, cash registers, interactive sound/musical books, massage bed etc. Through sequences of play, the children experienced control technology through play e.g. using remote control toys.
02/10/23 - As part of our topic 'Old and New', we visited the historic quay to look at a range of old toys and visited the shops to look at new toys.
With adult support, the children have been counting the humps on each of the camel's backs. Using brown paint, the children they have been fingerprinting the correct amount of humps for each camel.
20/09/23 - The children in pangolin class have been increasing their confidence within the hydrotherapy pool.
19/09/23 - The children in pangolin class had lots of fun baking jam tarts in cookery today.
12/09/23 - Pangolin class enjoyed baking shortbread biscuits in cookery. The children explored the different ingredients and each selected their own cutters when given a choice.
11/09/23 - Today we shared the sensory story 'Dear Zoo'. Afterwards, the children enjoyed finding animals from the story in various multi-sensory trays.
September 23 - Pangolin class have enjoyed singing 'Five little speckle frogs'. We have participated in a range of frog activities including painting, drawing, matching and counting with frogs.
