Welcome to Pine

Teacher Claire Carnall
Photo of Claire Carnall

Welcome to Pine Class!! 😃

Pine class is a PMLD class made up of 7 learners and four support staff.
Learners follow a PMLD curriculum and their main focus is their physio, communication and mobility. We largely use sign along, symbols, communication aids to help our students communicate their needs. Each lesson is adapted and tailored to meet each student’s individual needs.

 

Pine visual timetable – Autumn 1 – 2025

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Info: Autumn Term 1 25/26
Strand and ProfileProfiles in ClassIdeas for Home
Communication and LiteracyIn our English lessons we will be reading the book ‘Old Hat’. In English we will be using our ‘Talk 4 Writing’ scheme to explore the text through immersion, imitation and innovation. Pupils will learn the story, rehearse the story using a total communication approach and complete literacy activities and games around the text. We will explore vocabulary from the book and apply this within our wider curriculum. We will continue with our weekly Library sessions where we can read for pleasure and enjoyment while working on our reading skills. We will also complete 1:1 Reading each week. Read your book from the Library at home with your family before bringing it back to school. Can you visit a Library in your local area too? Please bring your Twinkl reading book and Library book in each week to be changed.
Mathematics and Problem SolvingIn our Maths lessons we will be exploring place value and working on counting amounts and numbers accurately. We will complete problem solving activities and formation activities weekly to embed our Mathematical skills. In Computing we will be using different devices to gather information, pictures, sounds and text. We will also learn about e-safety and how to remain safe online. Can you count different objects around your house? e.g. can you count all the cars/toy figures/games… Can you use your device safely and explain to your grown ups how to stay safe on your apps?
Personal DevelopmentIn our PSHE lessons we will be spending time building relationships with our new friends and adults. We will complete activities together and play games together to learn about our likes and dislikes. We will use our zones of regulation in our daily routines to explore and explain how we are feeling and how we can help ourselves regulate if we are not feeling ourselves. 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.
Physical Development In our P.E. lessons we will be working on multi-skills and completing different games. This will tie in with our PSHE learning on building relationships, turn taking and waiting for our friends. Taught by Jason. Can you complete some activities at home? Try to get out and active 3 times a week!
Understanding the World In Science we will be learning about living things and life cycles. We will have access to The Patch to explore habitats and begin to learn that all living things move, feed, reproduce, use senses, breath and grow. Our humanities lesson this half term will be History. We will be learning about life in the 1940s exploring how life was different. (Taught by Tracey). In MFL we will be exploring Spain. We will learn about their culture, history, food and language. We will complete a themed R.E. day all about Hinduism. We will explore beliefs and how people celebrate their religion. Can you spot any wildlife in your garden or outside in the community? Can you ask some of your family members about their childhood and what things were different in their living memory? Have you been on holiday in the Summer? If so, where? If you haven’t – tell us where you would like to go…