It’s behind you! Oh no it’s not!

We had such a lovely time on our pantomime trip to see ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’!

It’s Christmasssss!

Today has been the Paces Christmas Jumper Day! We’ve loved showing off our Christmas jumpers and have also been very busy with a winter-themed sensory story and various Christmas craft activities!

Sound Waves

In Science, we have been learning about how sound waves travel. We really enjoyed making lots of noise with musical instruments and feeling the vibrations as the sounds were created!

It’s Officially Christmas Season!

Christmas has arrived here in Chatsworth! We had so much fun decorating our classroom, choosing baubles to put on our wonderfully unique tree and deciding where to hang our decorations!

Little Glow

We had so much fun reading our core text, ‘Little Glow’ that we used it to explore our sentence construction!

Wonderdome!

Today we walked to a local community centre where there was an amazing Wonderdome! We loved going inside the dome and experiencing all of the lights and sounds.

Music and Touch Communication

As part of our Light and Sound topic, we have a new Music and Touch Communication session, where we have been using our communication devices to express our likes and dislikes regarding different light stimuli.

RE Days!

In line with our Light and Sound topic, our RE learning this half term has focused on the Hindu Festival of Light: Diwali. We enjoyed a sensory story, created Rangoli patterns with paint, listened to the sounds of Diwali, and even made diyas out of clay. Happy half term!

Webster Witch’s Wacky Weather!

We have been reading a fabulous sensory story called ‘Webster Witch’s Wacky Weather’, which explores some elements of light and dark. We are enjoying experiencing different visuals, textures and sounds, and are working on expressing our own responses to each object.

All the Emotions!

As part of our PSHE work on positivity, we have been learning about different emotions such as happy, sad and angry. We pressed switches to listen to sounds associated with each emotion and practised portraying these emotions in our mirrors.

Wellbeing Walk

Our new focus in PSHE is all about positive thinking, and we’ve been exploring ways in which we can improve our mood and mental wellbeing. Today we decided to get out into nature and experience all the signs of Autumn – the photos show how much we loved this!

Multisensory Music!

We had lots of fun with Rosie from Sheffield Music Hub who visited to deliver our first multisensory music session. We enjoyed exploring a range of different instruments and pieces of equipment. We already can’t wait for next week!

Making Full Use of Our New Sensory Space

Here in Chatsworth we have a new and improved sensory space, we love using the sensory lights as part of our new topic ‘Light and Sound’.

School’s Out For Summer☀

In true Paces style we finished the school year off with a beach themed music festival. We loved seeing the donkeys, engaging in water play, and listening and dancing to lots of different music as Chatsworth loves to party!

Taking full advantage of the sun☀

We have taken full advantage of the few sunny days this week! We have been working on a new mini unit “What Can My Body Do?” As part of this we went on a walk to the duck pond and also had fun playing football and practising our aim with javelin.

 

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you have all had a truly lovely summer break. Welcome back to Paces and the start of a new school year in Chatsworth! We have a very busy term ahead of us, with lots to get stuck into over the upcoming weeks and months. This year, in Chatsworth, five becomes six as we welcome a pupil who has moved up from one of our primary classes. All the pupils have been really excited about this, and as a result she is already fitting in wonderfully!

Our topic for this term is: Light and Sound. As always, we will be using our senses as much as possible to learn about the topic in stimulating, meaningful and enriching ways. Our core text is ‘Little Glow’ – a story about the many celebrations of light that take place across a multitude of communities and cultures. This also ties in nicely with our RE learning, as we explore the importance of light during key events such as Diwali and Christmas. Additionally, pupils will encounter other valuable texts through the medium of sensory stories, including ‘Night Monkey, Day Monkey’ and ‘Fox in the Night’.

In Maths, we are focusing on developing our number skills and will also incorporate some elements of sequencing and sorting. Our Art sessions will involve learning about lines, light and shadow – we have already had lots of fun creating marks and shapes using continuous line drawings. In PSHE, we are learning about the power of positive thinking and will be doing lots of work to support our mental health and wellbeing through activities such as nature walks, sensory time and art therapy.

This term, we are also very excited to have weekly multisensory music sessions delivered by The Sheffield Music Hub. This explicitly links to the sound aspect of our overarching topic, and we can’t wait to make as much noise as possible!

New termly targets will be with you shortly. Of course, if you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We know that some pupils can find the return to school challenging after the long break, but we will do our very best to help them feel as settled and happy as possible.

Best wishes,

The Chatsworth Team