Cherry 2025 - 2026
Mrs Christy Townson
Mr Sean Noon
ðļA Warm Welcome back to our Cherry Class Page ðļ
Our class consists of ten wonderful children, who are taught by Christy (Monday, Tuesday, wednesday) and Sean (Wednesday, Thursday Friday) and supported by Kaitlyn and Freya.
What we are learning in Spring Term 2:
Creative Curriculum Topics -World War II
English - Story, poetry and information books are all covered this term
Communication - Integrated within each lesson and within meal times
Maths - Number and Time
Science - Rocks
PE - Games and Sensory Circuits
Computing - Programming and Algorithms
History and Art - World War II
Forest School - Science and DT
MFL- Makaton: Military Vehicles
RE - ISLAM
ASDAN (for pupils in KS3) - Places I like
PSHE - Managing Feelings
Every day we will continue to work on individual PLP targets, through fun activities as well as workboxes (TEACCH). TEACCH | Autism Speaks
If your child is in Key Stage 3, they will start (or continue) to work towards their ASDAN Exploring Aspirations Qualification. This half term, the ASDAN visits will be the local library, cafes and parks.
Games Club- We will be having regular play sessions, based on Intensive Interaction principles, developing communication and socialisation, through scaffolded play.
We will be having weekly cooking and food desensItisation lessons, linked to our topics or a curriculum area, building resilience, independence and promoting healthy lifestyles. Autism and Food Aversion | Otsimo
We will continue to use the Zones of Regulation to develop co-regulation strategies, build your child's toolkit and also develop a deeper understanding of our emotions and feelings and how we can ask for help when we are having difficulties. The Zones of Regulation | A Curriculum For Emotional Regulation
We will use Sensory Circuits Sensory Circuits - Childrens Choice Therapy, movement breaks and have individual sensory diets for each child to access. We will also build Fine and Gross Motor skills up daily, through regular exercise and access to sensory development resources, in fun and exciting ways!
As we move into and through Key Stage 3, we now have a focus on Preparation for Adulthood, building up our independence skills and how we’ll use these in the future. As part of this, we complete daily jobs, around Hillside and within our classroom. We will also take part in in-house Work Experience with, or directed by, the Hillside Site Team. We also have plans for guest speakers to come in and talk to the students from different career paths and local community jobs.
Key Information
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PE - will take place on a Thursday morning. Please make sure your child has their PE kit
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Forest School - will take place every Friday morning (wellies and coats needed)
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Please send in your child's favourite games/ board games for play sessions
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Please send in at least one spare set of clothes and waterproof coat/wellies, so we are always prepared for whatever the weather brings
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Please send in snacks, drinks and/or lunch daily. Please make sure you have ordered a school dinner (if your child has a hot school dinner)
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A little reminder to check emails daily for updates and messages (from the class email)
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Please check back on this class page too for photos and updates
Please let us know if there are any issues/ new information (medical or other) or any other useful information that will help us to care for your child each day.
Please don't hesitate to contact the Cherry Class team with any questions or queries you may have; we are all happy to help in any way we can and someone from the team will get in touch ASAP.
Thank you for your ongoing support,
Best wishes,
Christy and Sean ð