*Stars of the Week*
Mint
Theo for fantastic engagement at World Culture Day, exploring African patterns, creating a collage and enjoying different music.
Olive
Ethan D for building relationships with different staff in the class and developing his independence when transitioning around the school.
Teal
Breerah for showing excellent progress with her self-regulation strategies.
Lime
Sultan for engaging in role-play scenarios, showing creativity and the ability to engage in extended play, remaining calm and regulated.
Indigo
Everyone is Star of the Week for their brilliant engagement in lessons and hard work this week.
Sapphire
Harley for using his now/next to complete activities and enjoying cooking and exercise sessions.
Iris
Sean for fantastic engagement and learning during maths and literacy.
Capri
Dylan for spending more time in a group setting within the classroom whilst exploring new activities.
Ocean
Oliver for working hard on his PLPs and his engagement in therapy sessions. Also, for brilliant work using his communication device to talk about his feelings and activities he likes.
Thistle
Shaun for engaging in new learning activities, including exploring new countries and cultures through sensory art, literacy reading and movement based learning.
Violet
Charlie for engaging so well with his learning, accessing his environment with greater ease and independently following his visual schedule.
Lilac
Abu for accessing the community confidently and his increased communication during action games in the playground.
Lavender
Ethan for applying regulation strategies to engage more with this learning.
Wellbeing
Jayden for using regulation strategies to engage more in his learning, particularly in the play curriculum.
Therapy
Roman for following a joint SaLT/OT session in the sensory gym. He particularly loved the balloon pop game, engaging for extended periods and making choices.
Sherwood Foundation School 
In Lower school this week there has been lots of creativity. Mint class enjoyed creating their very own fishbowl artwork for our class topic display by helping to paint paper plates blue and sticking hand print colourful fish on them. Lime class loved their virtual world tour where we participated in lots of exciting activities from different countries. We explored Moroccan spices, made Brazilian carnival masks, listened to Egyptian music and constructed our own pyramids. We also looked at the five big cats and painted lions while learning about Kenya. Teal class had lots of fun trying on different clothes and fabrics for culture day and Olive class had lots of fun exploring sensory play and smelling different spices.
In middle school this week there have been lots of outings. Indigo class had another successful trip to the park. Some pupils went to Beddington park and carried out a tally chart of how many people, birds and squirrels they could see. Sapphire Class have been enjoying reading the book ‘Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!’ We have been working on writing captions for the images in the books using our alternative pencils. Iris class had so much fun during World Culture Day activities, from dancing the tango, to making Rangoli art and smelling and tasting different spices and foods from around the world. Ocean Class had a great time learning about relationships, especially friendship. They have been exploring how to build relationships and how to be a good friend. Capri have enjoyed some community outings and pupils made margarita pizza. The students were engaged during World Culture Day, learning about different countries, making fans, snakes, elephants and much more.
In upper school this week pupils have been looking at their artist of the term ‘Yayoi Kusama’. In Lavender class students observed different pieces of art and discussed it. One student said it reminded them of a dream. We then created our own art using different shapes to create a collage. Thistle class had a great time this week in the sun and celebrated Shaun’s 17th birthday with lots of treats and birthday music. Lilac class have been exploring some new sensory activities as part of our well-being topic of trying new things. We looked at different ways we could make emotions using mirrors and completing mark making in trays. Violet class loved learning about Brazil during the World Culture Themed day! Students made carnival masks after learning about the Rio Carnival, using paints, feathers and paper plates. We then made our own version of empanadas which everyone enjoyed eating during snack time.
Lower School pupils had a fantastic week and thoroughly enjoyed their Space Themed Day. Across the week, they engaged in a wide range of creative and hands-on space-themed activities.
In Middle school this week, pupils really enjoyed our Space Theme Day and shared their experiments in assembly this week. There have been a range of literacy and numeracy activities, from working on letter/sound recognition to reading fairytale poems. Classes have also enjoyed PE and Geography lessons based on the local area. All classes have made the most of the sunshine by going to the playground, out into the community or engaging in water play activities and exploring whether objects sink or float.
It has been a busy and wonderful week for Upper School pupils. At the start of the week, all classes went on a trip to Farm Road, Morden, where they worked on developing their independence and work experience skills. Our young people also enjoyed the Space Theme Day and took part in a range of space-themed activities, including science experiments. Pupils also enjoyed maths games as a team and have worked on their numeracy skills. Well done!
We have had another exciting week at Sherwood Manor. The pupils across the school have been learning about statistics in Maths. A variety of data has been presented in various forms including pictograms, tallies and bar charts.
