Welcome to Elder Class

We are a key stage 2, Connections Pathway class at Hawthorns School. We love to learn in a highly structured and sensory considerate environment. We use the SCERTS framework to support pupils to develop their social communication and emotional regulation. Our key priorities are supporting pupils to use their communication for a range of social purposes, begin to make and maintain relationships with peers and develop their self-regulation skills.

The Adults in Elder Class are:

Name	Position
Miss A. White	Class Teacher
Miss K. Fitchett	Teaching Assistant
Miss S. Austin	Teaching Assistant
Miss K. O’Neill	Teaching Assistant

As well as developing our communication and regulation skills, we also cover a wide range of exciting topics to expand our interests in the world around us. All sessions are hands on and engaging to ensure pupils develop a love for learning. Each session is differentiated to the individual child to ensure learning is meaning and purposeful to all.

Here are the topics we shall be doing through the year

Autumn Term 1	Autumn Term 2	Spring Term 1	Spring Term 2	Summer Term 1	Summer Term 2
Dinosaur Detectives Focus: Finding out about different dinosaurs and what they looked like.	Healthy Me! Focus: Finding out ways we can keep our mind and body healthy.	Rumble in the Jungle Focus: Finding out about animals that live in the wild and what their habitats are like.	On the farm Focus: Finding out about farm life including what animals are on a farm and the jobs of a farmer.	Places around me Focus: Finding out about the different areas in school. Finding out about and visiting the different areas in the local community. Learning how to stay safe when in the local community.

Here is our weekly timetable

Here’s some of the things we love to do in Elder Class …

Please see our class twitter page, @Hawthorn_Elder for regular updates of what we get up to. Click on the icon below to visit our page now.

Please feel free to contact us via the class twitter page above or on our email: Elder@hawthorns.tameside.sch.uk

Parent App

Hawthorns school now has a parent app (PA Connect) The app is now the school’s main way of communication. This reduces the amount of paper we use as an Eco School. All letters, newsletters and important message will be sent directly to your phone or tablet via the app. Parents and carers can also update changes in emergency contact numbers that we have on our systems for your child. For more information about what else the parent app and a step-by-step guide on how to install the app click here