Sherwood Park Newsletter

Dear Parents and carers,

I Hope you are all well and ready for the weekend!

There is an attachment which explains our parent training event so p[lease do have a look at that and it would be great to see you there!

Can I ask that if children are off School that the office are made aware as soon as possible. This will really assist us in preparing the daily staffing and support us to not book in agency staff we may not need which can be quite costly.

I hope you have a lovely weekend

Simon

We have had a good week in Olive Class continuing to explore our topic of "Under the sea". We have enjoyed listening to relaxation music of the ocean, looking at the different animals and completing lots of sensory activities around the ocean. Our star of the week is Maa Abena for some lovely communication and interaction with both staff and peers, well done Maa Abena.

Teal class enjoyed the nice weather this week, we played outside and used bikes. Students are getting so independent now at riding trickles. During break time in the mornings students are choosing bikes by finding and pointing on the bike symbol, which is amazing!

This week we also enjoyed playing with green and blue jelly during our story time.

Our stars of the week are Lulu and Oliver. Lulu did spend more time in class this week, she is also choosing a peer every morning to say hello. Well done Lulu! Oliver is our star of the week for consistently choosing his lunch by communicating with us through blinking for yes and shaking his head for no. Well done Oliver! We hope you all have nice weekend.

Indigo class have had a great week learning all about Zog and the flying Doctors. The class are really loving the Julia Donaldson video's of the story and all of the themed lessons with it. It was great to see all the class go out into the community on Thursday to the park, shops, cafe and swimming. Well done boys on a fantastic week.

Iris class have had a fun week doing some fantastic new lessons. We have been learning about healthy living, getting creative with our attention autism lessons and making toasties in cooking! The class had a great swimming session on Thursday and have been working hard to come together for group lessons. Our highlight of the week was our music therapy sessions where we played the piano and the drums!

In Mint class we have been working on PLP's really hard. Students' have started to initiate to communicate using core board across contexts when engaging in highly preferred activities. ​We have also continued to access community this week and students' enjoyed Beddington Park and Discovery Forest where students loved the swings and slides.

Our star of the week goes to Dylan, who has started to independently initiate to communicate 'more' on his core board across contexts by tapping in the correct location of the board. Well done Dylan!!

Capri class had a fantastic time swimming at Sherwood Park this week, Joe did hand stands in the water and swam like a dolphin. The boys were so happy splashing around and chasing staff members around the pool.

Capri class did the assembly this week on Friday, it was very busy and we had students from all different classes attend, they all made rainbow clouds using card and tissue paper and glue sticks.

During our sensory story this week we used black grapes and blueberries and for the first time ever Jayden ate most of the black grapes, he was loving them, so was Isah and Liam.

Lilac class have enjoyed making crafts for our Jubilee enterprise project. We are also very proud of Mason who did his first full day back at school since half term.

This week in Lavender class we went to various places within the local community - we went to the library and enjoyed a sensory story. We also went swimming which everyone enjoyed.

This week in Lime class we have been exploring our new rain sensory story 'little cloud' and enjoyed playing with water. Our celebration stars goes to Ethan and Rachel for independently using the coreboard to request for more! Have a lovely and sunny weekend!

This week in Violet class we have been looking at seeds and what they need to grow. Ethan wrote a lovely summery of what we needed to do to grow the flowers.

We have enjoyed going swimming and a walk to Carshalton Park.

This week we have 2 stars of the week, Hasham and Devant'e have shared some lovely interactions and Devant'e has been initialising play.

We would like to wish you a lovely weekend in the sunshine.

Orchid Class ‘Star of the Week’ is Yousef, for independently crawling backwards down the steps in soft play.

The star of the week in Bluebell is Ibby! He has been initiating games and dance with his peers and teachers. His communication attempts are much better and he is answering yes and no questions more often by pointing the core board. Ibby's engagement has improved as well and now he participates in adult led lessons. He is still working on eating at lunch time but he has been drinking and eating his snack better too. He is a superstar! Well done Ibby!

The Return of the King

Ayaan arrived back in Sunflower class this week after 7 weeks in Pakistan. He has come back with a renewed vigour for learning and is communicating with the team here more clearly than previously. However, I think that if he went to Pakistan again, he might stay there…!

This week in Marigold class we would like to celebrate Summer for showing great role modeling to her younger peers and supporting them with activities or encouraging them to play all round being a good friend. Summer has show continuous kindness throughout the week. this week we have also been working on Making a trifle is was delicious, we have also worked hard on our communication session and have begun to develop and understanding of our topic texts. Well done! Bamboo's star of the week is James. Super star James has continued to practise his involvement in daily routines. James has been doing really well at practising the passing of objects.

In Poppy Class this week the children have been learning about people who help us. We found about about different occupations and thought about jobs that we might like to do in the future. The whole class really loved discovering what builders do and even practiced building wall using different materials including weetabix and shaving foam and other materials.

The star of the week is Kaelen as he took himself out of his comfort zone in the lesson to explore the foam and play with it which was a massive achievement for him. He also used his thinking and problem solving skills in the playground to locate a towel and bring it to the roundabout so it could be dried and ready to use. WEll done Kaelen - you truly are a shining star and we are very proud of you!

Daisy class have had a lovely week planting sunflower seeds in our customised planting pots in the Discovery Forest. We also enjoyed our Dance session with our brilliant dance teacher Kirsty. Connor is star of the Week for his self regulation, he has made tremendous progress and is able to calm himself down beautifully.

Lily Class star of the week is Diana for doing really well with her regulation and reducing her anxiety around toileting. Well done Diana.

Hebe class’s star of the week is Benjamin for showing kindness to his friends and helping them transition between activities by holding their hands or leading the way. He has also been a amazing during ‘ tidy up’ times by putting things away with minimal prompting.

Park Campus

Aaron – Is the Park therapy star of the week as he has made such incredible progress with his communication, this week he scanned through several pages in his PODD book (for the first time!) to tell us he wanted to draw… as he is quite the artist! He also persevered to use his arms to drive a remote control race car by activating a switch. Well done Aaron – your infectious laughter always puts a smile on the therapists face when we are in class. ​

Hill Campus

Well done to Ethan in Lime class for communicating that you want more on the coreboard multiple times this week. We are so proud of you!