Sonder – Class

Our Adults

In Sonder,  your adults are Vicki Trapanese, Felicity Roadway, Lynne Atherton, Melissa Wilkinson, Amy Simpson, Vicky Gascoigne, Angela Crabtree.

They are excited about the learning you are doing in this year group.

Learning Time

There will always be a visual timetable in the classroom.

This is what a day will usually look like in Miss Roadway’s class;

• Register / check in / choosing
• Sensory circuit
• Hello song / bag time
• Phonics
• Choosing time
• Maths / English
• Play time / snack time
• Choosing time
• Guided reading
• Lunch
• Register / choosing time
• Interventions
• Play time
• Story time
• Home time

This is what a day will usually look like in Mrs Trapanese’s class;

• Choosing time
• Hello song
• Bag time
• Intensive interaction / sensory play
• Snack time
• Play time
• Tac pac
• Lunch time
• Choosing time
• Hello song
• Bag time
• Intensive interaction/sensory play
• Music and schema
• Snack time
• Home time

PE/Woodland/BFC

• Our PE session is Friday.
• Our Woodland session is Friday.
• We will also have a fishing rota for children to attend our Well-being Wednesday sessions at Cornfield Grove.
• The swimming pool is coming in October 2024.

Playtime

You will play Playworks games with your friends. These will teach you how to take turns, follow rules, lose and win well and be part of a team.

Lunchtime

• You will order your lunch in the morning or bring a packed lunch from home.
• A selection of school dinners are offered to all the children to taste and explore if they wish. There is no pressure to eat these foods if they do not want to.
• At lunchtime, you will wash your hands and then eat your lunch in the classroom.
• There will be some time to play out, playing Playworks games in Miss Roadway’s class.

Toilets

• If you need the toilet, ask the teacher at a convenient time and we will happily show you where they are.
• We have changing facilities for any children that are not yet toilet trained.

Trips, Visits & Celebrations

• There will be a school trips linked to our projects.
• People may visit our class to help with our projects or to support our learning.
• We will celebrate Christmas, Eid, Fathers’ Day, Mothers’ Day, World Book Day, Harvest, Easter, birthdays and lots of other events during the school year.

End of the day 

• There will always be a story at the end of every day.
• At home time, your teachers will take you onto the playground to meet your parents/ take you to your taxi. Please make sure your teacher knows who you are leaving with at the end of the day.

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