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Tuesday 5th September 2023

Children return to school (all sites)

8:50am

Friday 20th October 2023

School closes for half term

3pm

Monday 30th October 2023

Staff INSET DAY

School closed to children (all sites)

Tuesday 31st October 2023

Children return to school (all sites)

8:50am

Welcome to Elm Class

 

We are a Key Stage 1, Connections Pathway class based at Hawthorns School Wild Bank Provision.  Engaging in multi-sensory, hands-on and interactive experiences is our passion. Our environment is highly sensory considerate and supports pupils to regulate each day. We use the SCERTS framework to support our pupils to develop their social communication and emotional regulation. Our key priorities in Elm Class are to support and encourage pupils to use and develop their communication for a range of social purposes; teaching pupils to regulate and remain regulated and happy throughout each day and also learning how to use our transactional supports to request things that we may want or need.

 

The Adults in Elm Class are:

 

 Name  Position
 Miss C. Sheldon  Class Teacher
 Mrs L. Gallacher  Teaching Assistant
 Miss A. Ferguson  Teaching Assistant
 Mr L. Dawson  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. Our topics are personalised around the pupil’s interests! All of our sessions are hands on and engaging to ensure pupils develop a love for learning.  Each session is differentiated to the individual child just ensure learning is meaning and purposeful to all.

 

Here are the topics we will cover this year:

Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
Cause & Effect!
As we settle into our new class and routine we will discover the fun that comes with cause & effect!

Autumn is all Around us!

Pumpkins, bonfires and leaves falling down, we will learn about Autumn in a fun and enticing way!
Winter Wonderland!
We will step into the Christmas spirit with lots of winter and Christmas fun! 

Spring Time!
Let’s hop into Spring and explore the blossoming natural materials that we find.

Amazing Animals!

Elm class love animals! We can’t wait to investigate the different kinds of animals and where they live.

On the Move!
Let’s fly in a plane, ride on a train, in a boat we can row!
Let’s explore the different ways we can travel. 
Summer Fun!
We cannot wait to delve into the summer. Discovering how to have fun in the sun!
 

 

Weekly Timetable

 

 

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

 

Please see our class twitter page, @Hawthorn_Elm 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:

elm@hawthorns.tameside.sch.uk

 

Parent App

We also have a parent app, which we use to send out messages, letters and important information.   If you haven’t signed up, and would like to, contact school to receive an invitation by email.  For step by step instructions on how to install the app click here

 

Useful Links

Kids Zen – We love listening and watching Kids Zen during our sensory sessions, we really engage with the calming music and screens

 

 

Our favourite website on our interactive white board and iPad’s is Blob Opera! We love making the blobs sing by dragging them up and down.

blob opera google app

Fun iPad Apps

 

For more information about these apps, click on each link below.

Finger Paint with Sounds

Fireworks

Piano with Nursery Rhymes

hawthorns school logo and ethos