Welcome to Cedar

Teacher Grace Burton
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Welcome to Cedar Class

Cedar is a class of 11 active boys and girls aged 7 to 12, being supported by 6 staff. We use a total communication approach to communicate our needs, choices and feelings. Cedar covers an upper Key Stage 2 curriculum with focus on routines and consistently, this is important to help us reach our full potential. We use multi-sensory approaches to incorporate a variety of learning approaches in order to meet individual needs and help us learn.

Cedar class is working on reading, writing, number and communication along with developing our skills and knowledge in a range of foundation subjects and developing our personal, social and independence skills inside and outside of school.

We love to share our achievements throughout the day and celebrate during daily golden time.

Cedar timetable – Summer 1 – 2025

 

Curriculum Info: Summer Term 1 24/25
SubjectProfilesIdeas for home
MathsWe will continue to develop our understanding of shapes, recognising shapes that have 4 sides and ones that don’t. We will consolidate this learning through a variety of practical activities. We will continue to access weekly shopping trips. Try looking for shapes in your home, you will find them almost everywhere. Can you spot those with 4 sides?
EnglishWe will be learning about recounts, autobiographies and biographies and the differences. We will be sequencing pictures in order of events and using our words and symbols to recount what happened. We will continue 1:1 reading and selecting books to read for pleasure in our library session. Please share what you have done at the weekends via the home school diary to support our recount of events. Continue to read with your child on a regular basis to develop confidence with books.
Science In Science we will begin to understand what electricity is and where it come4s from. We will explore a range of items that are powered by battery and mains electricity. We will look for electricity in our school. We will begin to make simple circuits and learn about safety around electricity. What is powered by electricity in your home/ bedroom? Is it mains or battery? What happens if we rake the batteries out?
PSHE and Citizenship We will continue to access some daily personal hygiene activities to support our learning and development. We will be considering body awareness and privacy. We will continue to access the Reef for our weekly swim and consolidate our learning through real like experiences. Please feel free to communicate freely if there are any elements of PSHE that we can support your child with in school and at home which aims to ensure knowledge, skills and understanding to lead confident, healthy and independent lives.
Art We will be focusing on recreation of the human face inspired by Picasso. We will explore our own faces through pictures and reflection. We will create our own faces using a range of materials, bold colour and have fun doing so. Choices and creativity is encouraged. Do you have any art work at home that shows faces? How are they made? Do the look real or not real? Try making your own face art with playdoh or shapes.
PEThis half term we will be accessing some dance therapy. We will explore a range of activities brought to us from outside agencies to support our movement, development of gross motor skills, balance and coordination.Try to enjoy 30 minutes of exercise 3 times per week to increase heart rate
ComputingWe will continue to make our sound books in computing. We will use freeze frames taken in English to create a picture. We will be recoding our own voices on sound buttons and replaying these. Explore using technology at home. Can you make different sound to record, you voice, house hold object…. Play, guess that noise?
Humanities (History) (led by Nikki Wardell) Our history focus will be ‘The Ancient Egyptians’. We will be looking at the discovery of the tombs and how the ancient pharaohs were preserved - mummification. We will be looking at some artefacts linked with ancient Egyptians, and exploriang life as an ancient Egyptian.Consider doing your own reseach linked with ancient Egyptians. It culd be linked with pharaoahs, pyramids or mimmification
Music (led by Nikki W) Our music focus will be ‘Music Across Time’. A whistle stop tour from Baroque, Rock & Roll, & Popular Music. Students will have the opportunity tio listen to a variety of types of music & say which they prefer.Take the time to share & listen to a variety of types of music. Make a note of which types you enjoy. Are some better for relaxing or dancing. Do your grandparents have different view or the same.
PLG’s (Personal Learning Goals) (Led by Nikki Wardell) An opportunity to practise skills that are needed to achieve Personal Learning Goals. This short session gives the opportunity to work as a whole class, small group or as an individual to achieve EHCP targets that have been set at the Annual ReviewContinue to look at the EHCP targets that were set at the most recent Annual Review. Are there any Personal Learning Goals that can be extended into the home / community environment. Please let us know how you get on