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Lower School 

   Examples of thinking and learning activities that take place within this phase

  • · Number activities including number rhymes with props, acting out number songs inside and outside.
  • · Counting using a “magic wand”, lining up toys to count using 1-1 correspondence
  • · Using a parachute for number songs and games e.g. 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed
  • · ICT including mathematical games e.g. Education City Number rhymes
  • · Cause and Effect  activities, switch toys, iPads, Laptops, cameras, remote control toys
  • · Problem solving activities e.g. Jigsaw puzzles, shape sorter activities
  • · Attention Autism stages 1-4
  • · Outdoor Provision; PALO, Forest School, Bike track, Puddle Patch
  • · Play - role play e.g. Home corner, cafe, shops for practising functional and role play skills
  • · Shape, space and measure e.g. filling and emptying containers, measuring, recognising shapes
  • · Real life problem solving e.g. counting and sharing out the right amount of cups for snack time,
  • · Science based learning and play e.g. exploring a range of materials in a tuff tray
  • · Functional skills– learning to exchange coins in a role play area or real life situations, daily timetables, now and next
  • · Exploration  and Investigation e.g. Tuff Tray days

 Upper School 

Some examples of thinking and learning activities that take place within this phase.

  • · Number activities counting, writing, recognising numbers through age appropriate games and play e.g. counting dice and moving counters for snakes and ladders, Bingo
  • · ICT including mathematical games  e.g. Top Marks, iPads, e-mails, Laptops, cameras, remote control toys
  • · Problem-solving activities e.g. matching activities, jigsaw puzzles, building with a range of materials, shape sorting
  • · Attention Autism stages 1-4
  • · Outdoor Provision - Playground, Forest School, Bike track, Allotment areas, outdoor role play e.g. mud kitchen
  • · Play - developed into a wider variety of functional and meaningful areas e.g. a cafe with real menu, coins, till
  • · Shape, space and measure e.g. filling and emptying containers, measuring, recognising shapes
  • · Real life problem-solving e.g. organising equipment for specific sessions
  • · Using a range of tools and equipment safely and effectively e.g. scissors
  • · Science based investigation and learning including discussions  e.g. exploring change of materials during HE sessions, Science week!
  • · Access to HE room for real life functional skill sessions, measuring using cups, using different appliances and finding equipment.
  • · Work experience and Enterprise projects
  • · Functional skills– recognising and using coins and notes in role play and real life situations, where appropriate learning to tell the time, daily routines and activities, sequencing their day
  • · Exploration and Investigation e.g. enterprise events, skills builder events

Post 16

  • · Independent Living Centre– practising and carry out real life skills
  • · Priory 16 café—handling real money, real equipment, setting tables, ordering  supplies
  • · Hunger Busters staff lunch scheme– orders, counting, figures, emails, delivering
  • · Work Experience
  • · Enterprise organising projects, planning for fayres and marketing events
  • · Preparation for adulthood
  • · ASDAN towards Independence
  • · Communication and numeracy progression booklets
  • · AQA unit awards
  • · Work right preparation for adulthood qualification linked to work experience