Ashgate Specialist Support School
Sunbirds 2023 - 2024
Welcome to the Sunbirds' Class page.
Academic Year 23 24
The Sunbirds Class team is a team of three people. My name is Lizzy and I am the class teacher. I work with two teaching assistants and they are called Jacqueline and Vicky. Our lunchtime assistant person is called Maisie. Maisie also works the morning with us to support the children
There are seven Key Stage Two children in class and one Year two child. The children arrive in the morning and they settle in to class by doing an activity of either a puzzle or a connecting construction resource. This is fun and engaging and also helps with fine motor co-ordination
Afer this, the children have an outside play opportunity to get some fresh air and makes some large body movements before they sit down to their communication session. This session involves saying hello to each other and recognising each other and each other's names. We follow this with the mirror and talking about how we feel and demonstrating our feelings. We will be developing this session to include completing the class calendar for the day and the weather through songs and with props. Next we have a sensory story linked to our topic and a song. We use this story to learn sign, develop vocabulary, sequencing and prediction skills.
Following our communication session the children have their snack and outside play. When they come back in to class the children have an activity session. The childfren use their work boxes on a one to one an adult to achive their learning targets.
In the afternoon, thew children have a story, followed by working on creative areas of the curriculum.
The children have learning opportunities both inside the classroom and outside as we have a covered area alongside our class space.