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The children in Chameleon HQ are supported by Mrs. Sparks, Miss Day, Mrs. Brown , Mrs Smith and Miss Mok.
Our school day starts at 8:30am and we finish at 3:00pm
Our usual timetable in Chameleon HQ
8:30 Calming activities
8:50 Maths
9:30 sensory break
9:40 English
10:20 sensory break
10:30 break and snack time
10:50 Topic work
11:30 sensory break
11:40 Social Communication & Emotional Regulation
12:20 sensory break
12:30 Lunchtime
1:30 Reading and Spellzone
2:00 Target time
2:30 Reward time
2:45 Class novel
3:00 End of day
Across the week our topic lessons are:
Monday Art
Tuesday Science
Wednesday Humanities
Thursday Design Technology / Cooking
Friday Music
Every day the children spend time focusing on their social communication and emotional regulation skills in line with their individual EHCP and SCERTS targets.
Each Wednesday we are joined by Cate Haynes our Speech and Language Therapist, who works with the children individually on their specific target areas.
Throughout the day the pupils have regular sensory breaks to ensure they are physically, mentally and emotionally ready to learn.
Summer Term 2022
This summer term we will be focusing on the following areas in our learning:
English: grammar, punctuation and spelling strategies
Maths: Geometry, money and time
Art: drawing using tone, anime & origami
Science: Electricity & light
Humanities: Wonderful World & Journeys
Design Technology: Amazing Animals & mechanical systems
Music: musical notation
Cooking: lasagna, energy bars, tomato & basil tart, carrot muffins, tuna and broccoli base, samosas, cookies, pie, cake, nuggets, cream tea & swiss roll.
Spring Term 2022
During the term we welcomed Mrs. Smith as part of the adult team.
Our focus for the first half term was:
English Myths and Legends
Maths Place value and the four operations
(addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Art Plants and flowers, drawing, printing, painting and sculptures of flowers
Science Green Fingers planning and preparing our raised beds for planting
Humanities We researched famous Explorers
Music The instruments of a Samba band
Cooking fajitas, apple crumble, parmesan chicken nuggets, biscuits, koftas, pancakes and pizza
For the second half of term we focused on:
English Myths and Legends
Maths Place value and the four operations
(addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Art South and Central American artists
clay monkeys, picture puzzles, dream catchers, murals,
collage and candombe drum designs
Science Living things (Bees) and classification systems
Humanities The Amazing Americas
Music The instruments of a Samba band
Cooking macaroni cheese, blueberry muffins, burgers, cake, pie, hot
cross buns
Below are some examples of our art work including clay monkeys & dream-catchers and pupils hard at work on their special interest projects.
Autumn 2021
At the beginning of term we welcomed three new pupils into Chameleon HQ and Miss Mok as part of the adult team.
Our focus for this first half term was:
English The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Maths Place value and the four operations
(addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Art Michelangelo, Munch, Miro, Vermeer,
Cezanne, Gaugin & Degas
Drawing skills: pencil, pastel, charcoal
Science Living things (Bees) and classification systems
Humanities Britain since 1948 including Black History month
Design Technology How to stay safe in the kitchen and
The seasonal calendar
Music The instruments of the orchestra
Cooking sandwiches, scones, bread rolls, wraps,
pizza pasta & cupcakes
In the second half term our focus has been on the following areas
English The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Maths Place value and the four operations
(addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
& solving problems
Art Clarice Cliff, Giacommeti, Antony Gormley,
Camp, Crosby & Jacob Lawrence and
focused on developing our sculpture skills
Science Inheritance, Adaptation and Evolution
Humanities Leisure and entertainment through the ages
Design Technology Healthy eating and exercise
Music Music through the ages
Cooking pitta pockets, eggy bread, flapjacks, frittatas,
cake decorating, gingerbread and mince pies
My thanks, as always, go to the amazing team of adults who work tirelessly for the children, allowing our wonderful pupils to flourish and progress in a supportive and nurturing environment.