Careers Week Adventures!
In Careers Week, we met a Paralympian who shared her experiences of a career in sport before enjoying a fun Boccia tournament! We even made our own Olympic gold medals to celebrate our achievements! We also explored hairdressing and nail equipment, as well as continuing to develop those all-important communication skills so that we can … Read more
Growing Up Days
During our whole-school Growing Up Days, Chatsworth enjoyed different multisensory activities focused on personal hygiene and body awareness. We practised brushing teeth, washing hands and feet, explored facial features using mirrors, created body models with playdough, and dressed baby dolls.
Multicultural Week – Part 1
Chatsworth’s country this year is Tanzania and we’ve had so much fun learning all about Tanzanian culture. We’ve enjoyed a sensory story, explored landscapes like the Savannah and the beaches of Zanzibar, decorated our own tribal masks, chopped ingredients ready for our coconut curry, and learnt lots about animals – including meeting a zebra!
Down the Secret Garden Path…
We have been enjoying our ‘The Secret Garden Path’ Music and Touch Communication session here in Chatsworth! We used drums, wooden spoons, spiky balls, scented flowers and other objects alongside music to explore different textures, sounds and smells, and to express how each experience made us feel.
Growing and Glowing: Discovering How We Bloom!
We had lots of fun exploring how we grow in PSHE by using mirrors to look at our body parts and noticing the changes as we get bigger. We also became plant explorers, investigating flowers and leaves, and discovering how plants grow just like us!
Dear parents and carers,
We are excited to begin our new topic ‘Winter Wonderland’. Over the coming weeks, we will explore the sights, sounds, smells, textures and experiences of winter through a range of sensory-based, practical and engaging activities.
We will explore the magical world of the winter woodland, discovering different woodland features, trees, leaves, twigs and natural materials. Through sensory activities, we will have opportunities to touch, smell, listen to and explore a variety of woodland resources. We will also make discoveries about some of the animals that live in the woodland, including foxes, owls, squirrels, and hedgehogs.
We will find out how animals live and behave during the winter months. We will explore animal sounds, movements and textures through sensory trays, animal figures, puppets, songs and messy play. We will encourage the pupils to make choices, reach, explore and respond to different sensory experiences.
Our core text will be ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. We will bring this magical story to life through a sensory story, using props, sounds, smells, textures and objects linked to the characters and events. The pupils will have opportunities to explore snow, fur, leaves, ice and other sensory experiences as we journey through the wardrobe into Narnia.
In Literacy, we will also explore The Witches by Roald Dahl, adapted appropriately for our pupils. We will use sensory experiences, props,
character exploration, sounds and role play to support the pupils in engaging with the story and its characters.
Activities will encourage the pupils to explore using their senses and develop skills such as reaching, grasping, tracking, cause and effect, communication, anticipation and making choices.
We will enjoy winter-themed songs, rhymes and music, using instruments, actions and movement to encourage participation and interaction. We will also use familiar songs to support anticipation and help the pupils recognise what is coming next.
We look forward to sharing lots of magical Winter Wonderland adventures with the pupils! If you have any questions, please get in touch us.
The Chatsworth Team