Rainbow Unit- Spring term Week 6

Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 3:32pm

Last week of half term! Last week of our animals topic!
All the children have made lovely animal paintings using their handprints! These are displayed in their learning journeys.
The blue class have took part in some sensory ice play, trying different ways to release the animal from the ice! They have also been doing sorting and organising of animals!
The yellow class have been taking part in lots of fine motor activities, including making animals with the peg boards. The children have completed the animal jigsaws whilst making animal sounds and naming the animals!

We hope you all have a happy and safe half term!
We will return on Monday 24th February 😊
The SEND Team

P.S. Happy Valentines Day! ❤️

Rainbow Unit- Spring Term Week 5

Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 3:01pm

Another busy week for the children in the Rainbow unit.
This week the children have enjoyed building, drawing, looking through our books and completing our matching animals activities. We have also seen lots of children growing confidence when taking part in sensory circuits and becoming more independent when completing the different activities within our session.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend,
The SEND team

Rainbow Unit- Spring Term Week 4

Date: 31st Jan 2025 @ 2:43pm

We went to the animal fair… 🎶 🎵
This week we have sang lots of animal nursery rhymes and songs to the children!
Adults are using makaton when singing the songs, the children are intrigued 😊
In both classes, we have introduced some new non-fiction books that the children are really enjoying! 📚
Have a lovely weekend!!
The SEND Team

Jubilee Year launch - Pilgrims of Hope - January 24th 2025

Date: 26th Jan 2025 @ 11:42am

Our school community came together for an amazing launch for the very special Jubilee Year.

 A Jubilee is celebrated within the Catholic church every 25 years. This year the theme will be 'Pilgrims of Hope'.

We are called together to experience joy and strength as we embarkon a journey to be 'agents of change,' working together for justice, love and peace, locally and globally.

After learning about the importance and theme of the Jubilee, the children across school have Celebrated the Word and written their own pledges.

We gathered together to reflect and share pledges before displaying them all around the hall.

We are excited for more events to come during the Jubilee Year and are filled with hope for the difference we can make in fulfilling our pledges!

Rainbow Unit- Spring Term Week 3

Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 4:03pm

This week we have stuck to our busy busy timetables. The children have taken part in bucket therapy, they are getting so much better at sitting for the short duration and giving lots of eye contact!
In the blue classroom we have been consistently using the communication boards during different activities. The children are fleetingly noticing us using these but as time goes on, the children may start to use these independently. We have been continuing on our animal theme, making animal sounds and we have started the story of the three little pigs!
In the yellow classroom, we have been doing lots of activities that include colours and shapes. The children have been working 1-1 with an adult and have been sorting real life pictures into the correct colours with some children even practicing saying the names of the colours. We have also been using the shape sorter to place the shapes through the correct hole. The children have had lots of fun doing this and have shown great persistence skills when they haven’t managed to get it correct first time around. We have been continuing to use our communication boards in every activity and some children have managed to communicate ‘I want more’ using this.
Have a lovely weekend- keep safe in the winds!
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Spring Term Week 2

Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 4:40pm

It has been a busy week for the children in the Rainbow unit. The children have all done really well with getting back into our daily routines and following our objects of reference.
They have all enjoyed playing outside again and mixing with the children from other parts of the school, even trying out some of the new playground equipment that has been out for this half term.
In our classrooms, we have introduced lots of new cause and effect toys which the children have loved exploring. We have seen lots of anticipation skills being shown when using these. We have also introduced a role play area where there is a kitchen and some toy food which the children have loved playing with. They have been practising their fine motor skills, using a toy knife to cut some of the food in half (it is attached by Velcro!)
We have continued to develop our fine motor skills by practising bead threading and using the peg boards to make patterns. Some children were able to follow the pattern and use the exact same colours as what was on their card. Others created their own patterns in whatever way they wanted.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Spring Term Week 1

Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 4:37pm

Happy New Year!
This week the children have coped very well on their first week of 2025, especially with all the change with the weather conditions! The children have entered school from a different entrance, not been able to play on the icy playground and have coped amazingly well!
It has been lovely to see the children after the two week break, happy to come into school and play alongside their peers.
Our new topic is animals for this half term! You will receive the curriculum overview from the office.
We have introduced new toys and puzzles linked with animals and the children have loved these!
We have been continuing to use our objects of reference as well as the matching visuals to transition around school. They have remembered these well!
Next week we will be back to our full timetable of learning and activities!
If you have any family photos from Christmas that you are happy to send us, please do! We will add them to their social stories! 😊
Have a good weekend and be safe! ❄️
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Trip to Children's Adventure Farm!

Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 5:04pm

The children in the Resource Base visited Children's Adventure Farm in the Autumn Term! Some Year 6 play leaders came along as helpers too- thank you to those children!

The day consisted of visiting the farm, feeding the ducks, visiting the woodland, watching a show, drinking hot chocolate and visiting the park! The children even had a visit from Santa!

A great day was had by all!

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 15

Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 4:43pm

We have continued our Christmas festive activities this week- what a fun week we have had!
We had our Christmas party were we played on a Christmas bouncy castle and with Christmas soft play!
We had a visit in our classrooms, from Santa and his elf! The children especially loved touching his beard! 🎅
We had our Christmas party food yesterday and pulled some crackers! 🎉

I will send a message to you all including photos of your child at the farm, and taking part in Christmas activities, for you to share if you wish!

We wish you and your family a joyful and safe Christmas and a happy new year!

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 14

Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 4:40pm

This week, we have been completing lots of Christmas activities such as painting, colouring in, making and decorating our biscuits and even making our own gingerbread men. The children have had lots of fun completing these and so have the adults!
Hope you have a lovely weekend and we are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday.
The SEND team.

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 13

Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 4:31pm

It’s has been a lovely week for the Rainbow Unit this week as we have had our first school trip. We are so proud of all the children, they coped well with the coach journey and enjoyed exploring all the different areas of the farm. Whilst we were there, some of the children enjoyed watching a magic show with the year 6 play leaders. They all enjoyed playing in the park at the end of the day and some were that exhausted from a day of fun that they fell asleep on the journey home.
This week we have also been continuing with our bucket therapy lessons. It has been lovely to see most of the children engaged during this session and showing their anticipation skills as we have been waiting to see what is next to come out of the bucket! We are also consistently using a communication board during this time when we are using the bubbles.
We will share the photos from our trip to the farm soon, you will be invited into school to see them along with photos of Christmas activities 😊
If your child has come home with any of our school spare uniform over the last few weeks, please could you send it back in to school.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
The SEND team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 12

Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:07pm

The children have had another busy week in the rainbow unit. This week we have been using the mirrors to look at ourselves. Some children have been pointing to their nose and eyes and other children have been pulling their tongues out.
The children have also enjoyed being in our creative area and doing some hand painting this week. We heard lots of giggles from the paintbrush tickling their hands and the children created some lovely pictures which we will share later on in the term.
Throughout the week we have introduced the children to their social stories with pictures of their families, they have all fleetingly engaged with this throughout the week. If you haven’t already sent any pictures of your close family members, could you please do so by sending them via dojo message to your child’s class teacher.
We are all very excited for our first school trip next week. Please could you send into school a pair of wellies for the children so that they can wear these when we are on our trip!
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The SEND team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 11

Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:04pm

This week we have taken part in a lot of intensive interaction with the children. A lot of our children have the target of fleetingly notice an adult is there and we feel the children are becoming more aware of us in their play but we are now wanting them to be so comfortable, that they allow us to join in with them!
The children LOVED the snow this week! They put their coats and wellies on and played in the snow! The children loved the snow, picking it up feeling it in her hands and stamping in it!
The children all took part in a sensory circuit in the hall, they manoeuvred themselves safely on the equipment, jumping and landing safely. This is something we will continue in school.
Have a lovely weekend and stay safe in this frost!
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 10

Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:47pm

We have had a lovely week in the Rainbow Unit. The children have all settled back into our school routine and have very quickly remembered what our objects of reference mean for our different areas which is great.
This week, we have followed the children’s interests and after some of them had shown a key interest in some dressing up costumes, we have looked at different people who can help us. The children have had an opportunity to dress up in a hi-vis vest and explore some tools. Some have completed a puzzle, matching the different body parts of the people who help us.
We have also been exploring Lego this week which has been a big hit! We built some towers of all the different colours and then made the number blocks out of the Lego pieces. We have also seen lots of requesting for different nursery rhymes on the screen and even some dancing along with the songs!
We hope you all liked the children’s school photos, we thought they were all amazing!
Please remember to send through some photos of the children’s immediate families.
Hope you have a lovely weekend,
The SEND team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 9

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:41pm

Welcome back to Autumn 2!
This week we have been concentrating on settling back into school life! The children have coped very well and have settled back into our timetable very well! I think they are tired today!
The children have enjoyed playing with the pumpkin from last half term. They have remembered us decorating it and some children have done this independently this week!
The children have enjoyed playing with the play doh! Using the tools and rolling it into sausages! Amazing fine motor skills!
The children have loved ordering the numbers, counting and playing with the cubes! They have also enjoyed sharing the pram and the baby dolls.

In your child’s bag, you will find the overview for Autumn 2 and we will send this electronically on another post 😊
Have a lovely weekend!
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 8

Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:13pm

Final week of half term this week! I cannot believe the children have been at St Basil's for a whole half term!
It has been an incredible 8 weeks with your children, we have really got to know them really well and they have settled into school life amazingly which we are incredibly proud of!
This week we have finished our new beginnings topic by exploring fruit! The children explored apples, oranges, lemons, melon and pineapple! The children especially enjoyed feeling the textures of the pineapple, they were very intrigued by the spikes and the leaves! 🍍
The children have enjoyed exploring the foam mirrors, pulling faces at themselves and even trying on new items of clothing in front of them! The children have explored the trolley and babies more this week and the children have enjoyed picking up the babies, carrying them around and playing with their soft eyelashes.
We have decorated our every own Rainbow Unit pumpkin! 🎃
We hope you have a lovely half term off- please don't forget to send us some photographs via Class Dojo of the children with their familiar people. Don't forget to tell us who they are!
Thank you so much for your ongoing support and allowing us the joy of looking after your children!
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 7

Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:11pm

We have had a busy week in the Rainbow unit this week.
We have introduced the children to lots of new sensory toys throughout the week.
These have included some light spinners, some sensory rollers, some smudge tiles and some sensory gel filled numbers. All of the children have enjoyed exploring these and have even tried using the rollers on the adults and each other.
All of the children have enjoyed taking part in water play in our outside area. We used beakers and funnels to pour the water onto the boats. The adults outside repeated the words 'pour' and 'splash!
In the blue class, the children have been playing with a doll and a shopping trolley, kindly brought in by Mrs Coleman. All of the children have been putting items from around the classroom into the trolley and pushing it around. We have also been using a shape sorter and experimenting which shapes fit in the holes.
In the yellow class, we have been taking part in some parallel play which has been lovely to see. All of the children had their own vehicle and were all pushing it around the track and walking around the work unit at the same time. We also had a special visit from Mrs Sheppard were some of the children enjoyed listening to a story.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week at parents evening.
The SEND team.

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 6

Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:08pm

This week we have had a busy week; the children have enjoyed being outside on the playground playing with the Pre-School and Reception children! The children have showed that they have enjoyed this a lot by the fact they didn’t want to come back inside!
The children have enjoyed playing with the numicon pieces, making patterns with them and putting them in order. They have also enjoyed solving puzzles such as jigsaws and shape sorting. The children have also enjoyed more cause and effect toys this week, showing anticipation when playing with them.
We hope you have a lovely weekend, and we are looking forward to seeing you all next week for parents evening.
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 5

Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 4:53pm

This week we have taken part in some creative work, we have been finger painting! All children took part! Some children were a little bit more reserved at first but enjoyed it in the end! We have also been doing lots of mark making with hand over hand support when necessary.
We introduced some sensory toys in the blue classroom this week and the children have loved them! In the yellow classroom, we have been covering the children with different materials. We have heard lots of giggles and seen lots of smiles from all of the children. We have also been completing lots of insert puzzles and been using the coloured pegs with some children even saying some of the numbers too.
We have all continued to enjoy our time outside with some children even having a go at riding the tricycles and balance bikes which we have outside during lunch time. This week, we have started to master the object of reference for outside with all children following it at some point. We will be continuing to practise this so that it is consistent for all children.
Have a lovely weekend.
The SEND team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 4

Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 4:55pm

We have had another brilliant week in the Rainbow Unit. The children are beginning to get used to our school routine and are beginning to follow some objects of reference.
This week, we have been working on our fine motor skills, using tweezers to pick up different shapes and place them in a box and pushing the beads along the bead maze.
We have also enjoyed using the different tools to cut and make shapes in the play doh and have been completing a shape sorting activity.
This week we have introduced the children in groups to the front playground during lunch times. All of them have really enjoyed mixing with the reception children and exploring the play ground equipment that we have outside at that time.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The SEND team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 3

Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 4:47pm

You all should be so proud of your incredible children, because we are!
This week we have mastered everyone sitting down at the same time to eat their lunch at lunchtime!
We have been taking part in intensive interaction this week with the children and they are becoming so familiar with us as their teachers and accepting us to take part in their play, which is amazing!
We have been making use of the lovely weather and spent a lot of time outdoors! We have been playing with bubbles outdoors, working on our anticipation skills of ready, steady, go! We also brought the perspex shapes outside and some children enjoyed looking through them seeing the different colours!
We introduced some new cause and effect toys such as the click clack track for the cars- the children have enjoyed this a lot!
We also introduced a logical thinking game with numbers and padlock trains, some children enjoyed working out the correct locks and even ordering the numbers! Well done!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we think the children will sleep tonight after their first full week in big school!
The SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 2

Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 4:45pm

What an amazing week we’ve had in school!
The children have surprised us so much on how well they have settled into “big school” and returned to school!
Although they are still very independent in how they play they are accepting their new friends to be in their space and play alongside them, which we are so proud of them for!
This week we have continued to explore our setting, playing with new toys and getting familiar with all adults.

Today has been our first full day and what a lovely day the children have had, they have coped amazingly, sticking to our jam packed timetable of learning and fun!
We have continued to be consistent using our objects of reference and some of the children have taken to this straight away, our three superstars from last year (Tilly, Dhruv and Andrew) have been leading the way when it comes to objects of references, teaching our new children!
The children have coped very well with the snack time and the lunch hall too! All sitting whilst eating!
With it being our first full day, we have started in our new classes. We have sent you all a message today letting you know what class your children are in!

Have a lovely weekend!
SEND Team

Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 1

Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 4:37pm

Welcome back to the first term of 2024-2025! We are so proud of all the children for the way they have come into school this week and adapted to their next chapter in their educational journey. The children have lots of time exploring their new classroom and outdoor area at their own pace. The children have coped really well with moving between the different areas in our environment. We have introduced objects of reference this week which will aid us in our transitions and all of the adults will be consistently using these in the coming weeks.
We hope you have a lovely weekend and we are looking forward to seeing all the children again on Monday.
The SEND team

Rainbow Unit Weekly Update

Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:19am

The children have loved exploring and playing with our new sensory equipment in our classrooms this week! Between the two classrooms we have brand new soft play equipment, a mini trampoline for vestibular movement, a sensory light tube and a sensory bubble tube! The children are able to change the colours of the tubes and have loved exploring this! Scroll through the photos to see it all!

Rainbow Unit Weekly Update

Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:18am

We have had another busy week in the resource base. This week the children have enjoyed playing in the spinning top in our outside area. All of the children have had a go at this and explored the different ways in which you can make it move. Some children have had a go at matching up the head to the correct animal. We have had some strange creatures being made but with adult support, they were able to match them up.
We hope you all have a lovely 2 weeks off and we look forward to welcoming the children back into school on Monday 10th June.