In Poplar class we are looking forward to an autumn term full of independence building, and employment skills. We are continuing to visit the shops, with some of us navigating the shop completely independently whilst consolidating our skills. Shopping is a fantastic opportunities for pupils to use their reading and mathematical skills in real life contexts such as looking at time tables, finding items in shops, working out costs and time management. Please note some weekly activities that make require additional items/clothing from home; Tuesday – Forest Schools (Make sure coats and wellies are sent in) Wednesday – Swimming (For some groups – emails will be sent out with dates) Thursday – Cricket (between 5th – 26th October) Friday – Sports Hall
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Communication:
Encourage your child to answer your house/mobile phone to practice this skill in other contexts. We have been doing lots of phone calls in class, and pupils have really shown development in this area
Friends relationships and community
We are going to look at some more trips within out community, including visit the Derby Museum and Arts Gallery, the local library, and as Halloween creeps closer, pumpkin picking later in the month.
Independent living
Our pupils are always encouraged to read the recipes to create dishes that they can do mostly independently. We are going to be looking at cooking with different techniques this term including boiling, and using the oven grill.
Could you practice these skills at home too?
Good health
We continue to visit the sports hall on Friday’s – please remember your PE kits! We also have swimming on occasion. In addition to our cooking lessons, we will be looking at how to make dishes healthier, and what forms a healthy diet.
Could you add more walking into your routine at home?
Remember to encourage the use of deodorant and the importance of washing your body each day.
Employment
Every Monday morning, Poplar class do a fantastic job delivering the breakfasts to all 18 classes in school! This includes looking at the order form, collecting the items, checking them off and delivering. We have also been accurately separating the fridge from the cupboard items to further develop understanding of how to store different foods. We have also started in full our food bank project – pupils have researched food banks, what items they need, and created Power Point presentations to let others in the school know what they are collecting, and will start to collect food for a local food bank.
Could you carry on discussion at home about who helps out in the local community?
We absolutely love and cherish hearing and seeing what you get up to at home .Please remember to email us and send pictures and videos of the things you do together. We want to share all successes and joy, big and small!
You can email on our class email address.
If you have any good news stories please email them to parents@brackenfield.derbyshire.sch.uk and we will be in touch to include you in our weekly community news bulletin.
