Welcome to Dolphins

Teacher - Dolphins Rebecca Gabriel
Photo of Rebecca Gabriel

Welcome to Dolphins Class!!

 

“Welcome to Dolphins Class! We are an energetic, happy class of 12 pupils and 6 adults. We learn through play and all learning is very much interlinked. We follow the pupil’s interests and aim to prove enriching, meaningful learning experiences every day.

We spend a lot of time exploring different therapies based on our pupil’s needs, for example, speech and language therapy, hydrotherapy, sensory enrichment, physiotherapy, and PECs Club.

We have lots of fun in Dolphins Class!”

Dolphins timetable – Spring Term 2 – 23/24

 

Spring Term 2 - 23/24 - Kings, Queens and Castles
SubjectCurriculum Info/Class Ideas
EnglishI can show interest in pictures and books around me I can share a book with an adult I can handle books with interest I can mark make I can sometimes give meaning to the marks that I make I can join in with repeated refrains. We will be looking at a variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction. We will use books to find out about castles, the people who lived in them as well as kings and queens. We will have 1:1 reading time each week and will visit the library each week too where we can change our library books. We will continue our Phonics sessions with learning new sounds and continuing our brilliant work with blending them for reading or we will be continuing our wonderful listening and attention activities. This half term our book is Jack and the Beanstalk, we will be spending lots of time reading and telling the story with story sacks, stick puppets and dressing up too! How you can help me: Please continue to read with me and look at books with me. Singing, action songs and rhymes also help me to focus, listen and it builds my understanding and vocabulary.
MathsI can develop an awareness of number through song and rhyme. We will be looking at; number 9 and 10 as well as 2D and 3D shapes. We will continue to learn in small groups for teaching time and have lots of chances to explore and extend our learning through different activities on offer. We continue to use the White Rose maths scheme to support our teaching and learning. How you can help me: You can continue to count with me at home, can I find 1 more or 1 less than a number, and can I give you 3 or 4 items from a larger group? Look at shapes around me and tell me their names, we can go on a shape hunt in the house, can I find a circle, square or triangle?
PSHEI can sit in a small group I can attend to an adult I can listen to an adult I can play alongside my peers I can demonstrate how I am feeling I can show you with pictures how I am feeling Throughout our day in Dolphins class we have many opportunities to play and learn alongside each other. For our morning learning time the class will be split into two groups to support small group learning. We will continue to use Zones of Regulation to be able to show how we feel. Every afternoon will start with our Attention Autism session where will learn to focus on the bucket and what exciting things might be in there as well as build our focus on an exciting and sometimes messy activity! How you can help me: You can talk about feelings with me, and help identify how I might be feeling.
Science/ Understanding the WorldI can observe and show interest in things around me I can recognise my own picture I can explore different objects and environments I can observe and note changes in the natural world. I can begin to look and communicate about growth and the changes that happen. We will return to the woodland area to continue our outdoor learning, we will start looking and learning about the signs of Spring! We will look at the topic of growing this half term looking at how we have grown and also looking at how plants grow, we will even grow a few things in class and see what happens to them! If you have a baby photo of your child you would be happy to send in or email in that would be really helpful for the children to look and see how they have changed and grown! How you can help me: When out and about we can look for signs of spring, new flowers, new leaves. You can help me look at things that are growing and even look at pictures of me as a baby and talk about how big I am now.
Computing I can notice the same and different I can start to put things in order I can keep going I can change what I am doing if something isn’t working. Throughout our activities we will be exploring different ‘unplugged’ computing aspects and concepts which are: Algorithms, collaboration, persevering, creating, pattern, logical reasoning, decomposition, tinkering, abstraction and debugging. These aspects help develop computational thinking and we can do all this without using iPads or computers! We will look at sequencing the growth of humans and plants, what’s the same and what’s different between us as babies and us now we are 4, 5 and 6!
Humanities/ understanding the worldI can visit local places I can look at old and new I can sort old and new We will look at Kings, Queens and Castles this half term.
P.E I can explore different equipment I can move my body in different ways. I can pull myself up and climb on different apparatus. I can start to observe the effect being active has on my body. On Monday afternoon we will have our class PE time in the Hall. Children can come to school in comfy clothing and suitable shoes/trainers ready for moving, running and climbing on our soft play and climbing apparatus. This half term we will learn We will also start to observe the effect being active has on our bodies.
Art/Expressive art and designI can explore different materials I can create with different materials I can create and mark make with purpose We will create lots of art around our topic. We will look at portraits of kings and queens and make our own self-portraits. We will also do some Easter craft activities.
DT/ expressive art and designI can explore different materials I can create with different materials I can create and mark make with purpose We will make a frame for our self-portraits to go in. We will also make crowns and castles from bricks to link to our theme of Kings, Queens and Castles. We will celebrate Easter and make some yummy Easter treats!
REI can listen to others I can join in a class celebration This half term we will continue to learn to look and listen to each other in our class assembly. We will celebrate the star of the week. We will also learn about Easter.
Music/ expressive art and designI can listen to songs I can remember some actions to songs I can choose a song form the folder. We will continue to explore music and how it makes us feel as well as using instruments to tap the beat and think about the rhythm. We will also learn to move our bodies and follow the actions to different songs. How you can help me: We can listen to lots of different music at home, we can talk about how it makes me feel and if I liked it or not, I may even dance to it!
Please remember, I will bring my library book and reading book home every Friday and will need to bring it back each week ready to change. I may come home from school with messy clothes, this means I have been working really hard with my learning and having lots of fun whilst doing it!