A Fantastic Week of Learning, Life Skills, and Nature at SAAM!

Our students have been working hard both inside and outside the classroom, and we are thrilled to share some of their latest achievements!

Here is a look at what our students have been up to recently:

🌳 Exploring Our Outdoor Spaces

Making the most of the beautiful weather, our students have been spending time in our fantastic outdoor environments.

• One student was spotted using a tablet to practice their photography skills, capturing images of the large, leafy trees growing in our school grounds.

• We also captured a lovely moment of a staff member walking through our outdoor area towards our sensory musical chimes, which are set up beautifully against the backdrop of the school field and fence.

⛑️ Important Life Skills and Wellbeing

Equipping our students with essential knowledge for their personal safety and wellbeing is always a top priority.

• Mini Medics: We are incredibly proud of four of our students who recently completed their First Aid training and were awarded their official “Mini Medics” certificates.

• KS4 Guest Speaker: Our KS4 students attended an impactful guest speaker session focused on navigating healthy relationships, as well as understanding domestic abuse and coercive control.

• Support Networks: During the KS4 session, students also learned about vital support networks and tools available to them, including Childline, Kooth, and the Hollie Guard app.

🐞 Protecting Our Local Wildlife

Connecting with nature is always a highlight, and our P2 class took this to the next level with a fantastic environmental project!

• Building Bug Hotels: The P2 class worked together as a team on to build a colourful “bug hotel”.

• Upcycling: They upcycled materials by painting cardboard boxes and stacking cardboard tubes to create the perfect habitat for insects.

• Learning About Ecosystems: As part of the project, students learned exactly why insects are so important to our ecosystem. They discovered that bugs can be “Super Pollinators” (like bees and butterflies that help plants grow fruit) and “Natural Protectors” (like ladybugs that eat harmful pests).

• Outdoor Fun: The completed bug hotel was successfully set up outside, where one of our students posed enthusiastically in the sunshine by the garden fence.

📝 Classroom Creativity and Cross-Curricular Learning

Back in the classrooms, our students have been demonstrating excellent research skills and creativity.

• Exploring Australia: One student,  did some brilliant cross-curricular work.

• Literacy Focus: He practiced his literacy skills by writing words beginning with the letter ‘m’, including “minecraft,” “monkeys,” “melastoma,” and “money”.

• Independent Research: He then researched the melastoma flower, which grows in Australia, and chose to draw a red kangaroo to complete his Australian-themed task.

A huge well done to all of our students for their hard work, empathy, and creativity this week!