Welcome to Turtles

Teacher Andrew Webb
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Turtles is a class of 12 active boys and girls with a range of needs and abilities whom are supported by 4 members of staff, we use a total communication approach communicate our needs, choices and feelings.

Routine and consistency is important to us to help us reach our full potential each day. Turtles are working on our writing, number, communication and
independence skills along with developing our skills and knowledge in a range of subjects. We work hard every day and celebrate our work at the end of each day with golden time.

Turtles Timetable – Spring 2 – 25/26

Summer Term 1 25/26
Strand and ProfileProfiles in ClassIdeas for Home
Communication and LiteracyIn English, we will be focusing on the story Zog. We will use the first 2 weeks to immerse ourselves into the story before beginning to learn and map the 5-sentence story, write poems and become innovative changing the 5-sentence story to our own. Throughout all of this, we will be focusing on the characters in the story. At home, you could explore the story- thinking about the characters and what their qualities are. Think about what we could change the characters into. You might wish to act out the story or practise re- telling it to each other. You may also wish to have a movie night and watch the film on BBC iPlayer.
Mathematics and Problem SolvingMaths this half term we will continue to look at time starting with days of the week, months and years before looking at AM, PM and beginning to tell the time. After this, we will look at adding 2 numbers together with in 20 before progressing onto adding multiple numbers within 50. Time means you can talk about months, birthdays, and other events as well as starting to help the children say the time for different events. You can practice adding different amounts together; this could be with food, toys or treats.
Personal DevelopmentThis half term we will look at how we can keep safe inside we will look at different signs we will see inside, as well as exploring how to keep safe during different activities such as cooking and when using different household products. We will look at different safety devices as well as different medicines, locks, and smoke alarms. At home, you can discuss the different things that you have in your homes to keep everyone safe as well as practise safety when using different appliances and chemicals. Think about what makes them dangerous and how we can keep safe
Physical DevelopmentPE will focus on multi-skills where we will use games to help practise a wide range of skills including throwing, catching, hitting, kicking and running. Each game will have a key focus for a skill but will also provide opportunities to practise some of the other skills learnt. At home, you could practise the different skills, this could be in the garden or on a trip to the park, you can use different objects to practise hitting, kicking, running, throwing and catching.
Understanding the World - Geography We will be looking at growing up around the world. We will try and work out where we are from clues, pack different bags depending on where we are going and think about foods and drinks.At home, you could pack and go on a pretend trip throughout the house. You might also role-play different hot/wet/cold places around the world.
Understanding the World - ScienceThis half term we will look at forces and motion. We will explore how to make things move faster and slower before moving on to carrying out some simple experiments such as which objects will roll and how easy different weighted skittles are to knock overYou may wish to look at the different objects and how we can get them to move faster or slower, you may also wish to carry out some different experiments such as how to move down a slide slower or faster.
Expression and Creativity - MusicMusic focuses on different soundscapes; we will be using a mixture of acoustic an electronic sounds using different technology to create the sounds.At home, you might wish to explore sound using different technology programs such as: chrome music lab- https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
Expression and Creativity - DTThis half term we are looking at packaging, we will look at different packaging, what is included on it, what it looks like and the different shapes. At home, you can look at the different packaging that different foods and toys come in.
Personalised Learning Throughout the half term we each child will have a chance to focus on their PLG’s which will take place at various points throughout the day. We will also have the opportunity to practise different skills to help promote independence and boost self-esteem.At home, you could encourage your child to be more independent by getting them to do tasks like making their own drink or finding their school clothes. You may also wish to focus on some of their EHCP outcomes in small chunks.