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Class Teacher: Miss MacArtney
LSAs: Miss Brown, Miss Sayyad, Mr Abadaki.
If you have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to ask one of The Oak team.
The Oak is an enhanced resourced class within Lark Hill Primary School which caters for KS2 children who experience Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties. It is based on the principles of Nurture Group philosophy. Nurture based classrooms address the social, emotional and learning needs of individual pupils by providing the necessary help to remove the barriers to learning. There is great emphasis on emotional literacy, language development and communication.
It is staffed by a full time teacher and learning support assistants.
10 children can access the class at any one time.
The aim of the Oak is to provide children with a secure base within a mainstream school. The children learn from the National Curriculum but lessons are taught alongside a robust social and emotional curriculum so that the children develop behaviours for learning. Each child follows a personalised timetable and joins mainstream activities as part of an individualised approach.
All children in the class have a Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP). The curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and is differentiated according to each child’s stage of development.
Each child follows their own programme and their progress is closely monitored through observations and more formal assessments. Targets are shared and reinforced on a daily basis and achievement rewarded.
For children accessing the class full time, their transition to mainstream is carefully planned: children may join their peer group for chat and play, lunchtimes, playtime and enrichment time. As they progress the transition will build on their strengths, allowing them to join classes where they will experience success. Each stage will be monitored and taken at the child’s pace.
There is a strong focus on PSHE and emotional regulation throughout all activities.
As part of the curriculum in The Oak your child will also take part in activities in the sensory room and nurture sessions like cooking, outdoor learning, sensory play, Lego therapy and Smart moves (a fine and gross motor skills program).
At Lark Hill we have recently started working with a new literacy scheme - Ready, Steady, Write. This scheme focuses on immersing the children in quality texts and provides opportunities to write across a range of genres. In The Owls this term we will be working with The Iron Man, a beautifully illustrated book written by Ted Hughes. The story explores themes of fear, prejudice, bravery, inclusion, and the importance of understanding and accepting those who are different. In The Sparrows the children will be working with Rapunzel by Bethan Woollvin. A witty twist on a favourite fairy tale, this bold and funny story removes the handsome prince altogether, making Rapunzel the mistress of her own destiny.
Individual, 1:1 reading with an adult and shared reading for pleasure will be part of our daily time table in The Oak. We would encourage all children to be reading with an adult at home. The National Literacy Trust provides us with research to show reading with children has astonishing benefits for them: comfort and reassurance, confidence and security, relaxation, happiness and fun. It builds self-esteem, vocabulary, feeds imagination and even improves their sleeping patterns.
The Maths curriculum is taught at different levels in our Owls and Sparrows rooms. This term in the Owls rom we will be focusing on rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000, addition and subtraction including applying taught methods to word problems, number lines and using inverse to check our problem solving. In the Sparrows we will be covering subtraction, word problems, rounding, fact families and using inverse.
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Our Earth and Space unit focuses on understanding the Earth's place in the solar system and the universe. Key concepts include the Earth's orbit around the Sun, its rotation causing day and night, the Moon's orbit around the Earth, and the structure of the solar system.
By the end of this unit children will have an understanding of the following: Who fought in the war? Why was the battle significant? How was the battle won? What impact did the war have on life in Britain? And how did children live as evacuees during the war?
Our P.E lessons are on Wednesday and Friday. Children are welcome to attend school wearing their P.E kit on these days.
Don't forget to bring a water bottle to school each day - it is important for children to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please label bottles and refill them each day.
Children are welcome to bring a healthy snack such as fruit and vegetables to school each day for snack time. Breadsticks and milk can be purchased at the start of each half-term (please speak to the school office about this).
