1 July 2016 - St Joseph`s Specialist School and College

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1 July 2016 - St Joseph`s Specialist School and College
St. Joseph’s Specialist School & College Newsletter
Amlets Lane, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 7DH
Tel: 01483 272449
Fax: 01483 276003
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.st-josephscranleigh.surrey.sch.uk
Volume 6
Friday 1st
July 2016
Letter from the Executive Principal
Dear Families and Friends of St Joseph's,
The countdown to the Summer Holiday break is well and truly on it’s way and this is
nearly the last newsletter of this academic year! The next one will be in three weeks’
time and will be a bumper edition at the end of term.
This last fortnight saw a team of St Joseph’s staff up at the Excel Centre in London
manning a stand at the National Autism Show. I gave a speech on Positive Behaviour
Support in the Hub Theatre which was well received and we got lots of interest at our
stand in our ‘Make your own sensory toys Kit’ bags.
Our electric car racers were out in force at Goodwood again and one of our newer
learners joined the team and made quite a good impression. I couldn’t join them this
time as I was providing the logistical support for my husband and daughter who were
completing the British Heart Foundation London to Brighton Bike Ride.
We welcomed the Happy Puzzle company back to St Joseph’s for another highly
engaging mathematical session which everyone really enjoyed. I went to Arundel
Cathedral with our newly appointed chaplain, Angela Prince. We were joined by
David Purcell our Leader of RE and a representative group of learners with their
support staff for the very lovely Good Shepherd Celebration with our Bishop Richard
followed by a picnic in the Castle Grounds! This served as a great start to a two day
National Retreat for Catholic Head Teachers which I attended on the outskirts of
Coventry. It was a great opportunity to meet lots of other Catholic Head Teachers to
share and discuss our concerns and experiences of leading in a Catholic school and
college.
I then took part in our second British Heart Foundation event this last weekend with
my husband, by walking from London to Brighton starting at 8am on Saturday
morning and continuing in excess of 100 Km through the day and night continuously
until we arrived at the finish point in Brighton at 7:30am on Sunday morning. It’s made
for a bit of a sore footed time for me in school early in the week as I showed around
candidates who were applying for the Head Teacher vacancy.
The DofE group have been camping out overnight this week which is an amazing
achievement especially as the weather was typically British on Wednesday for their
second night under canvas.
Throughout the week our learners have been working with a visiting sculptor as part
of our program of activities that support our Creative Arts. As always you will be able
to read in more detail about all of these activities and more inside of the newsletter. I
can’t believe that I have nearly been in post for a whole term already, and my
thoughts are beginning to turn towards the preparations for my induction and
welcome Mass celebration on the 20th July to which I hope you will all feel most
welcome to attend. The invitations via the link files will be going out soon.
In the meantime as we go into the final three weeks of the term I hope that many of
you will be able to join us next Friday for our Sports and Fun day which is always
such a lovely community event.
In the meantime with all good wishes
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STAFF NEWS
New Supported Living Staff (photos not available) Emma Fewings & Jean Claude Eid
Well done to Joe Kettell and Chris
Elliot, newly appointed Learning
Support Mentors
and also to
Tracey Dymott, John Shaw and
Victoria Belassie who were
successful in their applications to
STA - Engagement
Richard Hayes - TA
Kyla de Sousa - TA
To Lubos and his partner on the safe arrival of their wonderful baby girl - Mila
Contents
Page 1
Letter from the Executive Principal
Page 2
Staff News + Contents
Page 3
Puzzle Day + Puzzle Corner
Page 4
Staff Profile: Nicola Marklew PA to SLT
Page 5
Workshop with sculptor Russell Jakubowski
Page 6
Goodwood Motor Racing
Page 7
St Christopher’s visit to Fishers Farm + Work Experience
Page 8 & 9
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Expedition
Page 10 & 11 Good Shepherd Liturgy at Arundel Cathedral
Page 12 & 13 Residential News - Cranleigh Show + Interact Club
Page 14
Upcoming Events
Page 15
Therapy News
Page 16
Dates for the Diary
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HAPPY PUZZLE DAY - 20th June
Kial (STA - Numeracy) and Martin (Maths Subject Leader) have
been busy organising another visit from the Happy Puzzle
Company. We were delighted to host Louis from the Happy
Puzzle Company on Monday 20th June, who was able to stay
the whole day. A timetable had been prepared that allowed time
for every learner from the School and College to come to the
Hall and spend time working with Louis and staff and having fun
with different puzzles. There were games and puzzles for all
ages and abilities including a Perilous Penguin balancing game,
a two sided Jigsaw puzzle as well a Trapezium Pattern Board.
Louis was really pleased that the learners appeared to be really engaged and impressed with their
concentration. The learners made sure that Louis was kept very busy throughout the day and everyone
who took part had lots of fun.
PUZZLE CORNER
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Boggle
Boggle is a brilliant word
game where you connect the
letters to form words.
The only rule is that you can’t
use the same letter twice.
No naughty words either!
Learners can make two letter
words but adults have to
make four letter words in
order to count.
Send your words to Lauren Robins on:
[email protected] for a chance to
win some lovely prizes!
Closing Date - Friday 15th July
Winners to be announced in Newsletter issued on Friday 22nd July
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Twelve things about: Nicola Marklew
PA to SLT
WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE YOU?
Describe yourself in five words:
Friendly, Open, Honest,
Funny (I think!) and Family-orientated
What’s top of your to-do list?
Being Mummy!
What’s your favourite biscuit?
Chocolate Digestive
What’s your top holiday destination?
New Zealand
What wouldn’t you do for £1 million?
Anything dishonest or embarrassing
Who would play you in a film of your
life?
Drew Barrymore
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES
The celebrity I’d most like to have as a
teacher at my school is:
Stephen Fry
As a child I wanted to grow up to be:
Vet
My most embarrassing moment in
school:
Any moment involving my 3 brothers!
If I’ve learned one thing, it’s:
To be yourself….
I shouldn’t be telling you this, but:
I was once in jail - I was only 9 and my dad was a policeman, I was naughty so he took me the station and
put me in one of the cells.
A man walks into a bar……
Tell us your best joke:
Ouch!!!
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RUSSELL JAKUBOWSKI
We were delighted to host a visiting artist this week; Russell
Jakubowski. Curiously his visit to us started through a competition he
had entered, funded by Surrey Arts. He has been commissioned to
create a bench to reside at one of the Surrey viewing points.
Additionally, he was required to offer workshops to local schools; and
we were delighted when he chose us. Kath (Art Teacher) and Alison
(Pottery Teacher) were in close contact with Russell prior to his visit.
Aware of his skills in the medium of pottery and sculpture; together
they organised a 2 day timetable which incorporated an opportunity
for all of our learners to contribute individually to a project which when
complete will be an art installation that represents us all. Learners
were asked to take some time to think about what is important to
them, something they are very fond of or enjoy doing. They were then
encouraged to bring an item which served as a reminder of this, that
they could press/imprint into clay. Staff were able to discuss what
would work well and also to help with ideas.
The timetable prepared allowed both whole class access as well as
individual visits for those learners who preferred to have a quieter
session or required more time. Russell and the art department staff
were very supportive of the learners and the 2 days went very quickly.
The photos show the fun and enjoyment that was had as well as the
levels of concentration that were required. The next step is to dry the
tiles (made out of plaster of paris) and chose the most appropriate
location in the school to hang them, for learners and visitors to enjoy.
Please feel free to visit Russell's website -
www.russelljakubowski.com
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MOTOR RACING AT GOODWOOD
2015/16 has been a good year for the racing
cars and we were out again on Sunday 19th
June. The motor racing team, Flaming St. Joe’s,
took our duo of Greenpower electric cars to the
Goodwood motor circuit to compete in the IET
Formula 24 Southern England Regional Heat.
Our car reaches around 19.4 miles per hour, and
the Goodwood circuit is about 2.5 miles, so how
long does it take us to complete one lap? You do
the Maths!
The rain we have been having all month held off,
giving us perfect driving conditions of bright,
slightly overcast and most importantly – dry.
Stirling (appropriately) was our driver for the day
and drove really well, finishing intact (both
Stirling and the car) and placed in the top fifty.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/
archive/02233/Spitfire_2233470b.jpg
It was great to have the support of friends and colleagues who came to enjoy not just the racing, but
a close-up view of a Second World War Spitfire in action. You can even have a ride yourself: thirty
minutes in the air for a mere £2,750. It is important to note that there was not one on the track while
we were racing but as you can see from this archive picture, they are pretty special.
Please join us next time we go racing, our learners look forward to their turn on the track, but we are
keen to encourage family and friends to join in. Youngsters can sit in the car but to be able to drive
around the track you need to be between 11-25 year old.
We will be racing again on Sunday 18th September at Dunsfold Racetrack; home to the Top
Gear Team!
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ST CHRISTOPHER’S - DAY OUT
On Monday 27th June St Christopher’s class had a
special trip to Fishers Farm. Alison in the kitchen
made us yummy packed lunches and we set off on
a day of adventure. We were really lucky with the
weather as it was a gorgeous sunny day. We left
our bags in ‘Caspa’s Barn’ and set off to explore.
We saw all kinds of animals including horses,
goats, pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, geese, chickens,
ducks and even a magnificent peacock and his
rather plain looking wife!
Anila loved the horses. The indoor and outdoor
adventure play and soft play areas were a big hit.
The boys all loved the giant bouncy pillows and
Dylan had a scary ride on the castle slide.
It was a lovely day and we learnt a lot!
WORK PLACEMENTS
We have regularly featured the achievements of our learners in their Work Experience Placements and
skills employed when creating goods for the Enterprise Groups, the outcome of which were very
evident in our Pop-up Shop. It is also worth noting that St. Joseph’s Specialist School & College also
host work placements from adults who are undertaking studies in Education and Therapies. The letter
below was received from Anne Stegmann who recently worked and studied alongside the Therapy
department during her Art Therapy Placement .
I could not have been luckier to do my first year placement at St Joseph’s School & College. I was
supervised by an Art Therapist who is part of a Therapies Department. How wonderful to be part of a
team of therapists, including Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists as well as other Arts
Therapists; a Music Therapist and a Drama Therapist. What an enriching experience!
I was involved with two groups. The ‘Messy Play Group’, co-run by the Art Therapist and an
Occupational Therapist and the’ Art and Music Group’ co-run by the Art Therapist and Music Therapist.
The groups enabled me to observe the collaboration between the therapies in addition to experiencing
the groups. I especially learnt from the debriefing at the end of a session.
In addition to the groups the other therapists generously shared their knowledge and experience
allowing me to sit in on sessions or finding time in their busy schedules to tell me about the work they
do. I have done my best to absorb all the information that has been offered to me.
My experience extended to the classrooms where teaching staff allowed me to observe the lessons
and often took time to tell me about their learners. Another valuable learning experience for me.
It has been a wonderful experience. The bar has been set extremely high for the future. I have loved
being part of the team and have felt, supported, stimulated, welcome and comfortable to ask questions
which have allowed me to grow. My interest in special needs and autism has been triggered and I hope
that in the future I will be able to work in this area.
Thank you to everyone for giving me this opportunity.
Kind regards
Anne
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH - BRONZE AWARD
Practice and Assessed Expeditions
28/29/30th June 2016
This week 6 young men embarked on a very special challenge. Joel, Tim, George, Terry, Max M
and Luke D all completed a ‘back to back’ 3 day -2 night walking and camping expedition for their
Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. They have already completed their Skills, Physical and
Volunteering sections and were really looking forward to the Expedition section. Usually the young
people do a practice of one night and a qualifying expedition of one night on another occasion. I
decided to use a model favoured by other special schools and run the practice and qualifying parts
on consecutive nights to allow the learners to really get to grips with the skills of camp craft and
navigation.
The weather forecast was dreadful so we decided to put our tents up in the morning. There are 20
conditions that a DofE expedition should comply with however we were allowed to adapt these to
meet the needs of our learners – the main thing is that the expedition should be a personal challenge
and it certainly was.
On day one we hiked 10 miles through the beautiful
Surrey Hills, the sun shone and we practiced using a
map. It was clear from the beginning that this group
were dedicated and determined. It was a real test of
endurance, they worked well together as a team and it
was heartwarming to see them looking out for one
another. When we got back to base camp AKA John
Bosco Garden on night one we had to contend with
heavy rain. We ate a lovely chilli and baked potatoes
made by Alison and waited for the rain to subside. Our
Assessor Robert came to visit us to see how we were
doing and asked us lots of questions. After he left we
built a super fire from all wet materials and just one dry
cotton wool ball and some fire steel. We settled down in
our tents at around 10pm and most (!) of us slept
soundly until morning. We were lucky that the morning
was dry as we ate our bacon sandwiches and packed
our tents away. We moved our kit to Sayers Croft in
Ewhurst and pitched our tents again.
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For our second day of hiking we walked in a large loop from St Joseph’s ending
at Sayers Croft. By the time we arrived we were soaking wet having walked for
hours in the pouring rain. We had never experienced so much mud! It was quite
difficult to walk through as our boots were sucked in. I was so proud of the happy
campers who remained in good spirits in spite of having soggy socks, aching legs
and mud everywhere. We were pleased to welcome Andy Pusey and Thierry
from group for the evening. Thierry got the fire going whilst Andy took charge of
the BBQ. We barely noticed the rain as we dried our socks by the fire, tucked
into sausages and burgers, toasted marshmallows and made damper bread.
George was especially tired so he turned in for an early night but when it got dark
the rest of us got our torches and headed out for a night hike around Sayers
Croft. There is a trail marked with reflective strips and it was really spooky! We
got back to base camp at about 10:30pm and we fell into bed. I checked my
Fitbit and was surprised to note that we had clocked up another 10 miles! Tim
and Terry chatted about mud and rain and we all drifted off to sleep to the pitter
patter of rain on our tents.
On day three we woke up to the daunting sound of more rain on
our tents, I felt quite despondent but was greeted by happy faces
keen for me to light the BBQ and cook our breakfast. The sun
finally made enough of an appearance to dry off the tents. We
packed up started walking a shorter route back to School. It was
an exhausting but exhilarating few days. The young men
absolutely loved their expedition and are all hoping to go on to
complete their Silver DofE next year. The Assessor reports from
Robert praise them for their good spirits, thoughtfulness, team
work, cooperation and general determination to get through no
matter what. I couldn’t be more proud of them!
Well done guys you thoroughly deserve your Bronze Awards and
I can’t wait to show everyone our film!
I would like to say a special thanks to everyone who helped us in some way; you would not believe how
many people are involved in making a trip like this possible. I am looking for up to 8 new recruits to
start their Bronze in September so please contact me if you are interested or would like any further
information.
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GOOD SHEPHERD LITURGY - ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL
The Chaplaincy team, six learners, Annie Sutton and two
TA’s had a lovely day at Arundel Cathedral along with other
Special Need Schools, and Catholic primary schools from
around the Arundel & Brighton Diocese. Bishop Richard Moth
led the celebrations on the theme of the “The Good
Shepherd…we join together in pilgrimage”, and emphasised
that it was the year of Mercy. The singing, prayer, and dance,
was led by pupils from various schools, and our six learners
(Angus, Evangeline, Dominic, Jamie, Anna, and Nijan) fully
participated in the splendour and joy of the occasion. Nijan
painted the St Phillip Howard shield, which was used in the
procession with other school banners and shields. Walking
together with David Purcell and Dominic, Nijan proudly
carried the shield. They were our representatives in the
procession and Bishop Moth presented them with a gift bag of
information keep sake’s for the day.
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Throughout the service our staff and learners joined
enthusiastically in the hymns and prayers and signing to familiar
ones. This proved to be of particular interest to the pupils from St
Thomas of Canterbury Primary School, Guildford, who sat in
front of us. They were fascinated to watch our learners use
Makaton sign language when praying and singing, so at the end
of the liturgy service, Angela, the new Chaplain, explained why
they use Makaton and how it is used to support lessons and daily
life at St. Joseph’s. Dominic (one of our learners), was very
happy to demonstrate Makaton, while Angela recited the Our
Father prayer. One child from a Primary School also called St
Joseph’s said he had a sibling with special needs, and would like
to work in that area when he grew up. It was therefore lovely to
see our gifts shared. We then finished the day by eating our
packed lunches in the beautiful garden at Arundel Castle,
fortunately the rain held off, so we didn’t get wet! It was a very
special day enjoyed by everyone!
This is the second time that Joey Bear has met Bishop Richard,
since they also met at the Bishops Induction Mass last year!
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CRANLEIGH SHOW - SCARECROW SUCCESS
On Sunday 19th June - Staff - Lauren, Bjorn, Hannah, Mick
and Jan from Horticulture were up nice and early to
accompany Thomas M, Thomas P, Isaac, Hannah, Anna
and Luke D to the Cranleigh Show. All the learners were
excited but Thomas and Isaac were especially keen to set
up the scarecrows that the groups had created for the
Scarecrow competition.
The Scarecrow Competition was back by popular demand
and this year the theme was “At the Movies” - entries had to
resemble or represent a film, film star or character of a
reasonably well known film. A further requirement was that
entries should make use of recycled materials wherever
possible and, if new materials were used, then they should
be recyclable or reusable.
Entries had been prepared by Terry from Dominic Savio and
team efforts from learners from St Michaels and Holy
Family. Thomas and Isaac were ready from the start and
keen to get their scarecrows set up in the exhibition area for
judging later in the day. As exhibitors they were even invited
to travel in one of the camp transport vehicles with the
scarecrows; luckily the scarecrows weren't too bothered
about getting a proper seat and were happy lying down in
the back.
The boys then joined the rest of the group looking around all the different stalls and exhibitions.
Cranleigh Show were wonderfully generous and had offered all the learners and the working staff
from the residential groups free entry into the show. The organisers did this last year and we were
very appreciative when they extended the gift to this year too.
The stalls were amazing and the learners were delighted to be able to access the fancy equipment
including the fire engines, tractors and ride on mowers. As they visited the stalls gathering loads of
delightful freebies, they eventually made their way to the Scarecrow Area and were delighted to see
prizes and awards that had been won by our Scarecrows.
Everyone had enjoyed a really great day out, the weather had proved amazingly free of rain and the
little bit of sunshine was just right when everyone agreed that they should finish off the day with an
ice cream before heading home.
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The winning entries were;

Jar Jar Mophead from St Michael’s - 2nd Prize

American Gangster from Holy Family – highly commended – “coolest”

Transformer from Dominic Savio – highly commended – “most recyclable”
INTERACT CLUB
June 2016 - update
The month of June has seen the members of the Interact Club from St. Joseph’s and Cranleigh
School very busy with activities and fundraising. Karen and Lottie from the Residential setting
accompany some of our learners who are members of the Interact Club. The meetings take place in a
number of locations depending on the activity. We have a number of learners who are committed
members of the Interact Club Lia, Jake, Zain, Jasmine and Sophia and some who attend when they
can, Max, Hannah and MacKenzie.
Recently the Club could be found in the Dining Room at St. Joseph’s fundraising for the Multiple
Sclerosis Society. Club members had prepared posters which were displayed around the school and
college and emails were sent reminding staff of the sale. On Wednesday 8th June at 4pm the “shop”
opened and very swiftly customers arrived to buy the Krispy Kreme doughnuts on sale. The club were
pleased to announce that they had raised £169 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society; an amazing amount
and thanks were extended to all who had been involved.
The following week, Interact Club met in the Maths block at Cranleigh School for a farewell party for
Abby, Ellie and Fran who have helped to run the Interact club this year. The party included food,
games and card making. Abby was very complimentary about the Club being one of the highlights of
her year and a big part of this was the contribution made by the staff and learners from St. Joseph’s.
Everyone is now looking forward to next year when Katie and her team will be coordinating the events.
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Upcoming Events
Sports & Fun Day - Friday 8th July
Feeling Good Week at St. Joseph’s begins on Monday and Helen has been busy arranging
activities for each day. Events so far include; off-timetable therapy sessions, Indian Dance
workshop, a bouncy castle and slide, giant Jenga and Four in a Row, a Top Trumps workshop, live
gig by the School Band, story telling, picnic lunch and finally, of course, our Sports & Fun Day on
Friday.
Plans are well underway for the Summer Sports and Fun Day; we are hoping for good weather to
allow as much of the timetable to take place outside. Of course the swimming gala, to be held this
year, will involve getting wet regardless of the weather. This is a great occasion to meet families
and friends and sometimes the one day in the year when previous learners return to see us.
On Friday we hope to host a range of activities including a sports carousel, swimming gala, special
guest singers, fashion show, dance display, talent displays from current learners and lots of lovely
stalls. This is a good opportunity to see the variety and quality of the goods prepared by our
Enterprise Groups for sale in the Pop up Shop. Other stalls are Cakes, Books & DVDs, Bric a brac,
Plants, Sensory Bags and Raffle Tickets will be on sale.
Please remember that our Learners love to visit the stalls, choosing carefully what they would like
and calculating what combinations they can afford, to support this we would encourage you to send
in some money for them to practice their independent and money skills.
If you are going to be considering donating items to the stalls please remember that we would
welcome any items that might be suitable for raffle prizes or the tombola and further donations of
items of bric a brac, books, DVD`s and toys will also be welcome.
Please hand all donations to Emma on reception or to the ladies in the main office.
£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
An invitation to Pilgrimage - 23rd October 2016
We have received an invitation from Margaret Fraher, Inclusion Adviser for the Diocese of Arundel &
Brighton, to join a Pilgrimage. However, the date is during the October half term and therefore, most
of our learners will not be in school. The invitation can of course be extended to families.
“I am pleased to extend an invitation for a group of your pupils to join Bishop Richard on the
Pilgrimage to the Holy Door at the Cathedral for groups with Learning Difficulties on Sunday 23 rd
October.”
David Purcell, St Joseph’s acting Chaplain and St. John’s class teacher, has offered to help with the
music and/or Makaton signing. More information will be available from us nearer the time. Of course
families are welcome to contact Margaret directly for more details and a registration form at
[email protected]
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THERAPY NEWS
Occupational Therapy
How does Sensory Integration Occur?
Five components have been identified to explain how sensory integration occurs:
Sensory registration
Orientation
Interpretation
Organisation of a response
Execution of a response
1.Sensory Registration is when we first become aware of a sensory event. i.e. something is
touching me, I hear, see etc. This needs to reach a certain threshold of intensity before it is registered.
The threshold changes depending upon how stressed or tired we are.
2. Orientation allows you to pay attention to new information being received. i.e. something is
touching my arm. We determine whether this sensory information requires our attention or if the information can be ignored. We cannot possibly attend to all sensory information, so we need to select
what is relevant.
3. Interpretation. Our brains interpret sensory information and describe its qualities. ‘I’m being
touched by silk, or a mosquito’. This allows us to determine how to respond and whether the sensory
input is threatening or not.
4. Organising a response. Our brains choose how to respond or not. This could be physical,
emotional or cognitive. If a mosquito lands on our arm it may be as follows:
Physical response – ‘I will splat the mosquito’
Emotional response – ‘I am anxious, I don’t want it to bite me’
Cognitive response – ‘I’ll ignore it’
5.Execution of a response. This would be a motor, cognitive or emotional response to the sensory message as the final stage of the sensory integration process. If the motor response is the physical splatting of the mosquito, that action allows the brain to receive information about body movement
and touch.
Ref: Building Bridges (Yack, Aquilla, Sutton 2002)
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Signs
of the
Week
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Dates for your diary
Tues 5th July
St Martha’s visit to Weald & Downland Museum
St Christopher’s Boat Trip
Wed 6th July
Eid ul Fitr – End of Ramadan (Special Lunch in the dining room)
Fri 8th July
Sports & Fun Day
Families, Friends & Visitors welcome from 10am until 2pm
Leaver’s Prom Night preceded by Prom Party
Sat 9th July
XXXX Cancelled - Kit Car Racing, Duncton Ford Test Track - XXXX
Week beginning
Mon 11th July
Mud Week and Cob Workshops
Tue 12th July
Key Stages 1/2/3 Parents Evening
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6-6.30pm in class
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6.30 - 7pm KS3 to 4 Transition Event
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7.00 - 8.00pm Presentation Evening in Hall
Thurs 14th July
2pm - Leavers Mass (All Key Stages) followed by Tea
Mon 18th July
Key Stage 5 Leavers to Sandown Presentation Event
9.30am Annie Sutton - Executive Principal Induction Mass
Wed 20th July
10.30 - 12noon Family Coffee Morning
Thurs 21st July
6.30 - 9pm - Leavers Presentation Evening + KS4/5 Parents Evening
Fri 22nd July
Last day of term - Learners finish 1pm
Don’t forget to mark our end of year Parents’ Evening and Leavers Presentation Evenings in your
diaries; these are opportunities to take stock of, and celebrate the progress made this year and
discuss the new academic year ahead with your class and subject teachers.
The next newsletter will be published on Friday 22nd July 2016.