Class 10 2024 - 2025
Miss Finch
Welcome to class 10's page 🙂
Class 10 is made up of 9 wonderful pupils taught by Ebony, and supported by Tracey, Charlotte and Rafferty.
Autumn Term
Our overall topic for Autumn 1 is Music, we will be exploring different instruments and begin making and designing our own instruments in DT.
In English, we are enjoying the story 'Creepy Crawly Calypso' with a sensory focus and practicing our reading skills.
In Maths, we are focusing on number skills and measurement, with lots of practical activities and games to keep pupils happy and engaged.
Our Science lessons will link with the Music topic where we will focus on sound and vibration, we will have regular access to the forest school during science where pupils can explore different sounds they can hear and make with outdoor resources.
Pupils will be working towards their ASDAN qualification, during the Autumn term, we will be focusing on 'Understanding my behaviour' which also links with our PSHE topic of self-awareness.
PE sessions will have a focus on independence in dressing and undressing, along with ball games.
Each child in Class 10 will access regular sensory play and exploration, massage and relaxation. Students are encouraged and helped to access individual sensory diets, throughout their school day, including Sensory Circuits, tailored to individual needs. Different forms of communication will also be practiced and encouraged regularly throughout the days.
Spring Term
Happy new year to all! We're all excited in class 10 to be back continuing the school year.
Our overall topic for Spring 1 is Africa, whilst in Spring 2 we will be looking at China. We will be exploring and learning about the two countries over the term and comparing differences between those and England.
In English, we will be enjoying stories set in both Africa and China. These stories will be delivered with lots of sensory aspects to make them exciting and engage pupils. We will also be working on using colourful semantics to create sentences that will retell scenes in familiar stories and pictures.
In Maths, we are focusing on temperature and geometry, with lots of practical activities and games to keep pupils happy and engaged.
Our Science lessons will also cover temperature, learning about hot and cold and how we can keep ourselves safe and be aware of different temperatures. And in Spring 2 we will be learning about light and shadows.
Pupils will be working towards their ASDAN qualification. During the Spring term, we will be focusing on My Technology.
PSHE will focus on self care, support and safety in Spring 1, learning how to keep safe and what to do in an emergency. Spring 2 will be a focus on healthy lifestyles and healthy eating.
In other areas of the curriculum, we will be covering RE, Christianity and Hinduism. Geography will look at learning about Africa and China and in Art we will look at different textiles and create lots of fun art work pieces.
Each child in Class 10 will access regular sensory play and exploration, massage and relaxation. Students are encouraged and helped to access individual sensory diets, throughout their school day, including Sensory Circuits, tailored to individual needs. Different forms of communication will also be practiced and encouraged regularly throughout the days.
Summer Term
Our overall topic for Summer 1 is Rainforests, whilst in Summer 2 the topic is Oceans. We will be implementing lots of hands on and outdoor learning. Our Science topics over the summer term will cover animal habitats and water. In English, we will be enjoying reading 'Roaming in the Rainforest' and then moving onto 'Commotion in the Ocean'. These stories will be delivered with lots of sensory aspects to make them exciting and engage pupils. We will also be working on using colourful semantics to create sentences that will retell scenes in familiar stories and pictures.
In Maths, we are focusing on money and weight, with lots of practical activities and games to keep pupils engaged in their learning.
Pupils will be working towards their ASDAN qualification. During the Summer term, we will be focusing on My Community where pupils will be taking part in activities that will benefit their school community and also looking at what different communities they are a part of outside of school.
PSHE will focus on growing and changing, looking at how we change from babies to adults and also focusing on friendships.
All pupils have been working hard in PE throughout the year, working on completing different sensory circuits using gross motor skills and playing ball games with partners, this will continue over the summer term.
Each child in Class 10 will access regular sensory play and exploration, massage and relaxation. Students are encouraged and helped to access individual sensory diets, throughout their school day, including Sensory Circuits, tailored to individual needs. Different forms of communication will also be practiced and encouraged regularly throughout the days.