NEWSLETTER
Week Beginning: Monday 1st March 2010
Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/
STAR OF THE WEEK AWARDS
PURPLE CLASS: Corey Bond for good switch work and using body cues to sign ‘more’
YELLOW CLASS: Sameha Begum for floating on her back in the swimming pool
BLUE CLASS: Keith Phil Omoqui for excellent behaviour
RED CLASS: Catalina Banol for independently pulling up her trousers
SECONDARY 1: Aaron Ford for remaining on task with his independent work
SECONDARY 2: Shahidul Haque for good swimming
SECONDARY3: Joshua Brown, Hadi Dbouk and Sean Martin for their efforts in the Regional Panathalon event.
POST 16: Paul Ferdinand for good art work
SEAL : THE THEME FOR THIS HALF TERM IS: ‘FRIENDSHIPS’
What emotions do we feel when we think about our friends?
New Staff
We are please to welcome new staff to the school that will be joining the therapy teams.
Patrick Carpenter is joining us as the new Physiotherapy assistant. Patrick has worked at the school before so is knows the children and staff. He will be starting the post full time.
We have a new Occupational Therapist joining our school called Emily Matthews.
YOGA
We are please to say that a yoga club has started on Friday lunchtimes. We are also fortunate to have primary and secondary workshops in Yoga running on Mondays. We hope to develop staff skills from this and be able to carry this on at a regular basis.
Trampoline.
We are thrilled to have an indoor trampoline at school. The physiotherapists have introduced Rebound therapy sessions to develop pupils’ balance, reflex and gross motor skills. Their work has started in the primary department and has initially been received positively and with great enthusiasm.
Grants
We are please to have won some funding from the Aiming High and Extended services. The money will be used to develop parent / carer facilities and information services and we hope to set up a sensory and sensory integration borrowing service for pupils and their families and after school clubs.
Watch this space! ………………..
MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – SPRING 2010
If you would like to know more about Makaton signs or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.
SYMBOLS OF THE WEEK – SPRING 2010
TROUSERS TRAINERS DRESS
UNDERWEAR UNDERWEAR SHOES
If you would like to know more about Symbols or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.
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Gathering Parent and Carer Views.
In order to support our school improvement we would appreciate it if you could take a little time to respond to the questions below.
Please tick under the heading(s) you most agree with and return to Lucia or Julie at school
| The Wider Community | Disagree | Agree | Don’t Know |
| My child has opportunities to work and interact with the local community | | | |
| The school offers opportunities for my child to be involved in the wider community. | | | |
| I am kept informed about the work the school does in the local community. | | | |
| The school should do more to include parents and carers in the wider school community. | | | |
Additional Comments.
If you would like to have you say on ways we could improved access to the wider school community please add you comments below.
Many thanks
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