Bluebell Class
Welcome to Bluebell Class
Staff
Teacher - Mr Paul Roderick
Mrs Amanda Dean (Learning Support Assistant)
Mr Petrus Undari (Learning Support Assistant)
Mrs Ann Aqualina (Learning Support Assistant)
Why not follow us on our Meadowbank School Twitter account #MbBluebellclass.
Summer 2 2022
Our final topic for the school year is……….
We have a lot of fun and exciting activities planned for Bluebell class whilst exploring this great topic. Here are just a few;
Decorating aliens and singing counting songs about aliens
Making rockets with duplo, blocks, art materials and recycled materials
Experimenting with coke and mentos to make explosions
Reading and sharing books about Space
Naming planets
Learning about the sun, moon and stars
Making tinfoil telescopes
Watching lights, stars and planets from the projector in the dark sensory room
Making space music
Painting ‘Earth’
Exploring magnetism
Making cheese moons
Space inspired dances and moving like they would in space
Space activities on purple mash
Sensory stories based on space eg ‘whatever next’ ‘Aliens love underpants’ ‘zoom rocket zoom’
Water play- floating and sinking
Sing songs, make music and dance linked to Space
Space role play / small world play
Explore glittery playdough
Watching clips from Toy Story and naming characters
Plus so much more…..
We will also be taking a trip to Role Play Lane (https://www.facebook.com/RolePlayLane/) for our end of year school outing.
A role play village for growing minds. 
Summer 1 2022
Spring 2 2022
Spring 1 2022
This half term our topic is 
Just a few of the wonderful activities we have planned over this half term are;
Posting games
Post office and shop role play
Exchanging money
Matching coins
Recognising coins
Jolly postman sensory story- he delivers to 'people who help us' each week and we will explore these eg doctor, firefighter.
Postman pat stories and videos
Learning makaton sign of the week linking to our topic.
Dough disco
Biscuit decorating
Counting songs and number activities
Turn taking games
Dressing up as postperson and delivering mail.
Purple mash and seesaw activities on the ipad
Stamping envelopes
Wrapping parcels
'Writing' letters and posting them
Please look at twitter where we will post weekly and seesaw where we post daily.
Autumn 2 2021
After a very successful start to the school year we are now settled into our classroom and the school environment. We are familiar with our new routines. We are such a happy class and have a love for learning. We feel safe at school.
We will be continuing to learn to use our communication books/boards and also be using makaton to sign new words as well as daily routine vocabulary.
Our topic this half term is :
This is an expressive arts focus topic with a touch of sparkle!
Here are a few of the activities we have planned for the half term;
Sensory stories every week
Makaton signs - greetings, emotions, colours, shapes.
Clever hands (fine motor skills)
Home corner area play
Sand and water play
Music time- action songs, using instruments and exploring loud and quiet
Exploring letters, words, mark making materials we like.
Exploring a range of art materials and textures.
Using mirrors and photographs to learn to recognise our faces.
Learning to recognise colours in a variety formats and areas.
Linking symbols/pictures to make choices.
Exploring the games on the i-pad.
Exploring early numeracy songs.
Counting games- matching, sorting, naming tailored to individual mathematical skills
Temperature- hot and cold
Size- small and big
Mathematical Language- number names, big/ little, more/less, one more, all gone, small/big, hot/cold
Cooking activities
Bucket time - attention building skills
Enjoying our soft play and sensory room
Exploring cause and effect games on the interactive whiteboard
Dough disco with glitter dough
Singing songs and naming objects with the tap tap box.
Messy play- weekly exploration of different textures, temperatures, foods
Turn taking activities e.g pass the parcel
Painting through a variety of mediums
and finally using lots of glitter to make our classroom sparkle!
Seesaw and Twitter
Keep an eye out for daily seesaw posts where we will share photos and activities of your child's learning in bluebell class. We will also be on our school twitter page #MbBluebellclass
Please also check the school's weekly newsletters on our website home page for news, key events and dates.
Below is the site for all the songs we sing in class
https://supersimple.com/super-simple-songs/
Autumn 1 2021
We have had a busy but wonderful start to the new school year and are so proud of how well the children have settled into Bluebell class. We are getting to know our new environment, each other and learning how to be safe.
We are a very happy class 
Our topic this half term is 'Our Favourite Things'.
We will be exploring some of our favourite colours, foods, toys, hobbies and songs.
We will be learning to use our communication books/boards and also be using makaton to sign new words as well as daily routine vocabulary.
Here are a few of the activities we have planned for the half term;
Sensory story- nursery rhymes ( Incy Wincy Spider, Rainbows, Humpty Dumpty, Old Macdonald Had a Farm, Miss Polly Had a Dolly, The Wheels on the Bus )
Makaton signs - greetings, emotions, colours.
Clever hands (fine motor skills)
Home corner area play
Sand and water play
Exploring letters, words, mark making materials we like.
Exploring a range of art materials and textures.
Using mirrors and photographs to learn to recognise our faces.
Learning to recognise colours in a variety formats and areas.
Linking symbols/pictures to make choices.
Exploring the games on the i-pad.
Exploring early numeracy songs.
Counting games- matching, sorting, naming tailored to individual mathematical skills
Mathematical Language- number names, big/ little, more/less, one more, all gone.
Cooking activities
Naming/sorting colours
Enjoying our soft play and sensory room
Singing songs and naming objects with the tap tap box.
Seesaw
Keep an eye out for daily seesaw posts where we will share photos and activities of your child's learning in bluebell class.