Willow News
Treasure rewarded herself with an A*+ when naming and ordering days of the week! Well done Treasure!
Dear parents and carers,
Welcome to the Willow pathway newsletter number 2!
Term 4 end: 28th March
Term 5 start: 16th April (15th inset day)
Term 5 end: 24th June
Term 6 start: 3rd July
Term 6 end: 23rd July
Parents Evening: Tues 20 Feb Residential Visits: Yr 7 Kingswood March 11 - 13 2024
It has been a busy couple of terms. The Willow pathway have recently had our peer review. The leaders of the Beech pathway along with myself and Amy, reviewed the pathway and looked at lots of lovely teaching and learning. This was an invaluable experience which allowed us to be very reflective about the environments and the curriculum that is on offer for your child. We hope to make some positive changes. Can I please take this opportunity to thanks all those parents and carers that were able to complete the questionnaire that was sent out. We appreciate your support. The information from this questionnaire was very valuable and we are planning to invite you in to give you more information about the Willow pathway, the curriculum and the lovely opportunities that your child receives. The Willow pathway Christmas event was a resounding success. Although I was not in attendance myself, I have heard such positive feedback about the spectacular event. Thank you to all the pupils and staff for their hard work! And thank you to those of you who supported this event. I hope you all had fun! Lorna Sullivan and Amy Hawkins
In each newsletter we will be sharing a ‘Makaton sign of the term’ so that you can practice this at home with your child
CLASS NEWS
Pupils are engaging really well with our phonics sessions, that are initially introduced though an Attention Autism session at the start of each week. Here's Oscar enjoying the r-ai-n in Stage 3!
This term we also have forest school, and although it has been quite chilly, all the pupils are really enjoying exploring forest school. Here is Rachel during forest school, enjopying the outdoors
Owls have been working on ordering numbers 1-12 in preparation for learning the time- we have played ‘What’s the time Mr wolf’ and physically moved ourselves around a clock.
This term in Kahlo class, we have been very active! We have continued our weekly gymnasticssessions and are becomingvery confident when accessing the equipment. We have been practisingour motor planning, and our teachers are so impressed with the progress we have all made!
• Why it is important to use sign language with your child.
• Today over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support speech.
• In addition to children and adults with communication and learning difficulties and the community around them – for example, teachers, health professionals, friends, public service bodies etc. Makaton is increasingly used by the general public to aid communication.
• Makaton has been shown to be useful for all sorts of people including those who struggle with understanding concepts, those who have poor literacy skills, including grammatical knowledge, and those with English as an Additional Language. By using Makaton, children and adults can take a more active part in life, because communication and language are the key to everything we do and learn.