Welcome to Denmark class! We are a Specialist Resource Base (SRB) providing specialist teaching for children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). We work very closely with our speech therapy colleagues. Places at our SRB are allocated by the Local Authority.
Mrs. King and Mrs. Hunter are our teachers. Ms. Wilson and Miss Slaney are our teaching assistants.
Our class is supported by an NHS speech therapist at various times across the week.
This week in our science lesson in Denmark Class we have learnt about trees. We discovered that the bark of a tree helps protect it and we went outside to investigate the bark covering the trees around the school field. We completed bark rubbings and noticed the rough, bumpy texture of the bark.
Over the last few weeks, we have been exploring textures and colours. We learnt that surfaces can have different textures and this changes how a surface feels in our hands. We also learnt about the primary colours and discovered that these three colours can come in a variety of tones and shades. We learnt about the parts of a paintbrush and practised the ‘dip, dip’ dab’ method when painting. We thought about ‘controlled brushstrokes’ and how the paint flows over different textures.
To celebrate the fact we are called ‘Denmark Class’, we spent the first day back of term learning all about Denmark. We discovered that Denmark has over 400 islands and to say hello, you say “Hej”! We learnt about the flag and created some beautiful bunting for our classroom, as well as making the flag out of Lego…Lego was first created in Denmark after all! We played a version of the medieval Danish game called ‘Barrel Cat’ and named the rescued cats using traditional Viking names. We ended the day listening to the traditional story ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by the Danish author Hans Christian Anderson.