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Welcome to the The Deans Primary School's Blossom Class

Blossom's Class is The Deans Resource Provision.

The placements are determined by the local authority in collaboration with school through panel decisions as part of the EHCP process. Each child starts with a meeting and programme of visits that supports their transition into school and we like to work closely with parents and former settings to ensure a smooth start into school.

Meet the Team
Name Role
Mrs B Sheppard  Enhanced Resource Provision Lead / Deputy Headteacher
Mrs C Bessonies Higher Level Teaching Assistant 
Mrs L Harrison Teaching Assistant
Miss L Barczewska Teaching Assistant
Miss Laisby Teaching Assistant
Reading at home

We encourage you to read anything with your child at home and enjoy songs together. In class, we focus on sensory stories, singing, and exploring counting, colours, and simple concepts within songs.

Phonics: For phonics, we explore very early initial sounds using sensory, hands-on activities, tailored for our non-verbal children and those working within pre-early-years to early years development.

Homework - Learning at Home

At The Deans, we believe that some of the most important learning takes place at home, through everyday routines, conversations and shared experiences. Our approach to homework is designed to be purposeful, manageable and supportive of children’s overall development.

We encourage families to support learning at home by:

Sharing stories together:
Reading with your child and talking about books is one of the most valuable things you can do to support their learning. Sharing stories helps build vocabulary, imagination and confidence – even a short time each day makes a big difference.

Completing any activities set by the Speech and Language Therapy Team (SALT):
Some children may receive specific activities to support speech, language and communication. These are carefully chosen to reinforce progress made in school and are most effective when completed regularly.

Building and maintaining positive routines:
Simple routines such as regular bedtime, time for reading, getting ready independently and talking about the school day all support children’s learning, wellbeing and independence.

Thank you for working in partnership with us to support your child’s development and learning at home.

 

Maths

 

Number recognition

Shapes

Number formation

 

English

 

Letter recognition and formation

Core stories include:

  • The Gruffalo
  • Elmer
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
  • Dear Santa
  • Zog
  • The gingerbread man
  • Humpty Dumpty
  • Jack and the beanstalk
  • Tiddler

 

Science

 

Our science learning is practical, sensory and exploratory, including:

  • Seasons
  • Baking
  • Sensory trays exploring light and dark, hot and cold, wet and dry, and more

 

Topic information: 

 

Autumn 1: All About Me, Colours, Autumn

Autumn 2: Winter, Dinosaurs, Christmas

Spring 1: Traditional tales, Fantasy

Spring 2: Spring, healthy body 

Summer 1: Farm animals, understanding the world 

Summer 2: Under the sea, around the world 

 

Additional support:

 

Attention Autism- Bucket time in a group 1x Daily

Tacpac- 1:1 / Small group 3x weekly 

Group singing and story time (Together Time)- 1 x Daily

SALT- half day every other week

Intensive interaction activities 1:1 daily

Objects of reference

Key visuals on display and on adults' lanyards

Sign - a - long signs used in the classroom to support vocabulary

High adult to child ratio

 

PE

All children in The Blossoms will take part in PE sessions with our HLTA Sports specialist. The PE days are posted at the top of this page.

Children are to come into school on PE days dressed in their PE kits. 

Below is a list for our PE Kit. We do understand, however, that some of our children have sensory needs which may require some adaptations to the standard PE kit and this can be discussed with the teacher.

Standard PE Kit:

  • White T-Shirt
  • Black Shorts
  • Black pumps or trainers
  • Black leggings or joggers (during the colder weather)
  • Plain black or red hoodie, or school red hoodie (during the colder weather)

PE Days - Tuesday & Wednesday mornings with Mr AcA

 

Snacks & Water Bottles

Snacks: 

We provide fruit, crackers, and some class favourites. As stated in the welcome pack, please also send a morning and afternoon snack for your child each day.

Water bottles: Please provide a named water bottle.

We can either:

- keep it in school and wash it daily, or
- send it home each afternoon for you to return the following day.
 

Phonics

Phonics is the teaching of sounds in order to learn to read and write.

Children are grouped according to their reading ability for phonics in order to ensure that they are learning exactly what they need and make the best possible progress. We learn sounds along with Fred the Frog and these are built into words for reading and writing. Words become sentences and sentences become stories. A wide world of possibilities is opened up for your child.

For phonics, we explore very early initial sounds using sensory, hands-on activities, tailored for our non-verbal children and those working within pre-early-years to early years development.