Communication, Language & Literacy

In CLL this half term we have been looking at the story ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’.  We have been  experiencing the story through exploration of natural materials and have identified different parts of the story within our literacy sessions.  We have been immersed into the bear hunt within different areas in school such as the immersive room and sensory room. Next half term our topic will be ‘What can we find on the farm?’.  We will be looking at the story ‘A squash and a squeeze’ and will be exploring different parts of a farm including animals, barns and textures. At home you could sing nursery rhymes linked to the farm such as ‘Old Macdonald’.  You could listen to and copy different farm animal sounds, or even go to your local farm to hunt for the animals.

Maths

This half term Meteors have had lots of fun learning about money. We have been exploring different coins, learning about the process of exchanging and had lots of lovely sensory experiences linking to money. Some of us have even gone on a school trip to practice using money in real life situations. We have enjoyed lots of exciting activities in different spaces around school such as playing coin hide and seek in our Gamalan and getting to pay for our favourite fidgets and toys in class.

Understanding the World

Upper Primary

Through our Understanding the World sessions, we have had opportunities to develop our geographical and scientific skills this term. Upper Primary has been learning to identify rivers on a map. They have also developed their knowledge of rivers by learning some of the key terminology such as mouth and river bed. In Science they have worked hard to identify the differences between living and non living things using venn diagrams. They have also been placing the life cycle of a human and exploring what we need to exist. Moving into the summer term, our Upper Primary pupils will be identifying and naming a range of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores in Science and in Geography will be exploring geographical similarities and differences of Urban Bradford and Rural Western Africa Savannah.

Lower Primary

Our Lower Primary pupils have been learning about field to fork in Geography. They have explored the features of a farm and the journey our food goes on before it ends up on our plates. In Science they have been categorising animals and plants dependent on their features and sorting animals into 5 main groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. As we move into the final academic term, in Science our Lower Primary cohort will be sorting materials in Science and in Geography will be exploring the different types of weather and what causes it.

A huge congrats to our Stars of the Term!

Each week our classes have a star of the week, but then we also have a ‘Shining Star of the Term’ per class!! These are pupils who have worked really hard, achieved their goals, or generally shone throughout the term!

Our pupils then get celebrated in our whole school assembly!!

Well done to all those who have won this term!

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At Delius, both staff and children are excited to embrace Makaton through engaging initiatives like a Makaton lunch club for staff, a signing choir that helps children learn through music,outreach and formal courses for parents. Delius are very lucky to have 2 in house Makaton tutors , Sarah Kelly  and Stacey Hamilton . Stacey has also recently competed her Safeguarding train the trainer course

Makaton Myth-busters

Myth #1 - 

Myth- My child won't be interested in learning Makaton 

Fact - Children are used to copying actions, such as in nursery rhymes and are often quick to learn. 

Myth #2 

Myth - You need formal training to use it 

Fact - While excellent for early communication, Makaton supports anyone with communication challenges, from young children to adults, and is used in mainstream settings to help all children develop communication, language, and literacy

Introducing Core Word of the Week:

As part of the total communication approach used at Delius we are introducing core word of the week. Stacey or Sarah demonstrates what the core word of the week is in Makaton on our daily  staff briefing 

Check out our Dojo/facebook weekly for a new core word.  

The children have had another  fantastic term of swimming lessons. The children have worked hard on kicking and reaching. The children have also been learning how to float with support from adults. A big well done to all the children

Shining stars

Amelia, Musa, Hamaad and Aafiyah of class 4 all gained their badge 1 in rockhopper for swimming. Well done.

Dauood of class 6 for gaining his badge 2 in rockhoppers for swimming. Well done.

Over 150 members of our community joined us for Iftar

Everyone was invited to join in on our inclusive evening, adapted to suit everyone’s needs.

We had pupils attend with their families, as well as staff and their families, all sharing great food together! We were honoured to have multiple speakers throughout the evening, reminding us what Ramadan is all about!

Click here to see a thank you to the people who helped to provide this opportunity, without you this evening wouldn’t be able to go ahead.

A big Thankyou to the Shabir family who made it possible!