The Hangout - Pizza and Tasting
This week, The Hangout made pizzas during their senses and tasting activity. They explored the smells and tastes of tomato purée, garlic powder, cheese, chilli powder and herbs. Some of the children added these to their pizzas. Great work everyone!
The Hangout - Dear Zoo
Over the past couple of week, The Hangout have been taking part in different writing tasks linked to the story Dear Zoo. We have created our very own version of Dear Zoo, it is amazing. Other writing tasks have included, sequencing, completing sentences, using adjectives to describe the animals,…
Attention Autism - The Hangout
The Hangout love daily Attention Autism sessions. We are working on Stages 1, 2 and 3.
Attention Autism is a learning approach that aims to help children to develop attention and communication skills.
Stage 1: The bucket to focus attention - 3 toys
Stage 2: The attention builder -…
Feelings - The Hangout
In The Hangout, we had fun exploring different feelings. We pulled different faces for feelings and used a mirror to look at our facial expressions.
Bucket Filler - The Hangout
The Hangout are happy to be back in school after the summer holiday. This week we have enjoyed reading ‘Have you filled a bucket today?.’ Children in The Hangout are very good at being bucket fillers to each other and others around school.
Aspirations - The Hangout
The Hangout have loved all the visitors this week. We have enjoyed spending time finding out about different jobs and having a go at some. We were very lucky to have visits from
- an acrobatic art school
- fire brigade
- opera singer
- paramedic
- painter and decorator
-…
Curious Critters -The Hangout
Today The Hangout and a few other children enjoyed a visit from Curious Critters. What an amazing experience to see, hold, stroke and talk about these amazing creatures. It was great to see a millipede, cockroach, scorpion, snake, leopard gecko, skinny pig, tarantula and owl up close! Some of the…
The Hangout head to Manchester June 23
The Hangout travelled to Manchester on the bus and train, it was a great journey. We enjoyed exploring Manchester Museum.
The Hangout - Graffiti Art
What a lovely morning The Hangout have had! We walked to the concourse to look at the graffiti art work. Back at school, Mrs Simpkin showed us how to create graffiti art using material and chalks. We also looked at pictures of other graffiti art and watched videos, including The Hangout sign being…
Attention Autism - Stage 1, 2 and 3
In The Hangout, we love our daily Attention Autism sessions and have recently started Stage 3 along with Stage 1 and 2.
- Stage 1: The Bucket to Focus Attention.
- Stage 2: The Attention Builder.
- Stage 3: The Interactive Game - Turn-Taking and Shifting Attention.
The Hangout - Fine Motor Skills
In The Hangout we have been practising our cutlery skills using play dough.
The Hangout - Caterpillars
Over the next few weeks, The Hangout are looking after caterpillars and will be watching how they transform from tiny caterpillars into beautiful butterflies.