04.06.26 PHSE & MATHS

This morning, the children have been sorting coloured Mega Bloks into groups, developing their understanding of colours and early maths skills. They then built towers, working together and taking turns, which supported their PSED skills, including cooperation and building positive relationships. We had lots of fun trying to make the tallest tower.

03.06.26 LEAVERS

Our gorgeous Year 6 boys, wearing their new leavers T-Shirts.

21.05.26 READING & MUSIC AT THROSTON LIBRARY 

The children really enjoyed visiting Throston Library this afternoon. Colin, the librarian, read us the story Grandad’s Hat, which the children listened to with great interest. They joined in with a range of action songs and played along using the instruments, showing lovely engagement and enthusiasm. To finish our session, the children coloured in a flower using coloured pencils, giving them a calm and creative end to the visit. It was a wonderful afternoon that supported listening skills, communication, and creativity.

20.05.26 DT: COOKERY

The children have been identifying all the different farm animals in our sensory story: 'A Squash and a Squeeze'. Together, the children explored the ingredients needed to make biscuit dough, enjoying the sensory experience of mixing and handling the mixture. They then used a variety of farm‑animal cutters to create their own biscuits.

20.05.26 FOUNDATIONS OF PHONICS

The children enjoyed joining in with one of their favourite rhymes, 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', this morning. They listened carefully to different sounds and worked on recognising and identifying what they could hear. They took part in a range of activities, including; Name Play, Bertha the Bus and What’s in the Box? Our focus phoneme today was 's'. Inside our box, the children discovered images of objects beginning with 's'. With support the children identified all the different objects.

19.05.26 SENSORY STORY & ART

After reading A Squash and a Squeeze, the children worked alongside Evie to make their own “mud” using chocolate powder and cornflour. They loved exploring and playing with the different farm animals in the mud, using imaginative language and sensory play to bring the story to life.

We finished our lesson by creating our own paper‑bowl pig collages, giving the children a chance to practise their cutting, sticking, and creative design skills. It was a fun, hands‑on session that the children thoroughly enjoyed.

 

15.05.26 PHSE

Some of our children went to Teesbay Retail Park this morning on the school bus. The children showed growing confidence when accessing the community. They travelled calmly on the bus, explored the shops with interest, and demonstrated positive social behaviours while enjoying a snack in The Range café.

14.05.26 GEOGRAPHY

Evie (Trainnee Teacher) supported the children to talk about their families using a communication board. The children engaged well, identifying key family members and responding to questions about brothers, sisters, and grandparents. They showed growing confidence in sharing personal information and recognising the people who are important to them. We asked the children who lived with them in their house.

13.05.26 COOKERY

The children have been making 'mud' cakes this morning. The have been exploring all the different ingredients; chocolate powder, brown sugar, margarine, flour, eggs etc. The children enjoyed mixing up the cake mixture using the electric whisk.

12.05.26 LITERACY

The children enjoyed listening to our new story, A Squash and a Squeeze. They explored and identified the different animals in the story with growing confidence. The children then took part in a creative activity, using circular sponge dabbers to paint their own pigs, showing good engagement and enjoyment throughout.

 

11.05.26 LISTENING

This afternoon, we have been listening to different sounds that we would hear in our sitting room at home e.g. clock ticking, TV, radio, computer game, dog barking etc. We then played a listening game where the children had the opportunity to identify what sounds they could hear. 

08.05.26 PHSE 

The children enjoyed a lovely walk to the park this morning in the sunshine. We also stopped at Hartfield’s for a drink and a snack. The children developed their social interaction and teamwork skills by taking part in this group walk with their peers. They practised turn‑taking, walking safely together, communicating kindly, and showing awareness of others in shared outdoor spaces.

 

30.04.26 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: SWIMMING

The children enjoyed their swimming session this morning. They have been working towards their individual targets in the water, showing great determination and enthusiasm. It has been wonderful to see how much more confident they are becoming, with many children now moving more independently and happily in the pool.

 

29.04.26 GEOGRAPHY

The children have been learning to identify different types of weather, such as sunny, rainy, snowy, cloudy and windy. We have been discussing what clothing we might need for different weather conditions. For example, on a sunny day we might wear a sun hat, sunglasses, a T‑shirt, shorts and sun lotion.

28.04.26 MATHS

The children have been singing: 'Five Little Fishes' and have really enjoyed exploring our big, new water tray. They were excited to catch the plastic fish using the plastic fishing rods and we turned it into a fun counting game. Each time a child caught a fish, we counted them together, supporting number recognition and early maths skills.

27.04.26 ART

The children have been creating sponge paintings of an ice-cream cornet. They dipped small sponges into the paint and carefully dabbed them onto the top of the cone outline to make round scoops of ice cream. The children enjoyed exploring the technique and experimenting with different colours to bring their ice creams to life.

24.04.26 RELAXATION

The children enjoyed having a relaxing Friday afternoon. They had a foot massage, had a go at lying on the massage bed and put their feet into a foot massage.

22.04.26 COOKERY

In the story Kipper’s Sunny Day, Kipper goes to the beach and takes a picnic with him. We talked about the different foods we might choose if we were going on a picnic at the beach. Together, we followed step‑by‑step instructions to make our own picnic sandwiches. As a group, we decided to make strawberry jam sandwiches.

22.04.06 ASSEMBLY

The children enjoyed Sam's sensory assembly in the yard today. They have been exploring the colours 'red' and 'white' for St George's Day.

21.04.26 MATHS: FULL and EMPTY

The children have been working with Evie (our teacher student) in Maths, filling up buckets of sand and tipping them upside down to make a sand castle and then realising their bucket is empty. We then filled up containers with water and encouraged the children to pour that water out.

 

20.04.26 HANDWRITING

The children have been developing their hand–eye coordination by using their fingers dipped in paint to fill in the circles and complete their pictures.

20.04.26 LITERACY 

The children enjoyed listening to our new sensory story: 'Kipper’s Sunny Day'. They loved exploring all the sensory props, especially making their own sandcastles and feeling the gentle spray of mist from the water bottle. After the story, the children coloured in a picture of the main character of the story: Kipper.