Blue Class
Welcome
In Blue class we have nine children ranging from year one to year three. We work hard on our phonics and maths skills every day alongside lots of other curricular learning such as science, art, music, PSHE, PE and much more.
We work on our attention and listening skills through Attention Autism ‘Bucket’ sessions. Blue class have got so brilliant at watching the various stages and resisting the urge to touch the resources! They love taking part in the stage three activity when invited by the adult.
Our Staff
Gemma Eades
I am the class teacher in Blue Class. I have taught at The Mendip School forfiveyears across Key Stage 2, Key Stage 1 and Early Years. I absolutely love my job and believe making every day fun with lots of continuous provision and play-based learning makes school memorable and promotes a love for learning. The most important thing for me, is that my class love school and look forward to coming in each day. In my free time, I enjoy camping, arts and crafts like scrapbooking, walking my dog and making house and garden renovations! In May 2022, I am expecting my first baby so I will be on maternity leave from the Easter break.
Tia Mortley
I am a teaching assistant in Blue class, and joined the Mendip school in 2017 and absolutely love working here, every day is different and it’s extremely rewarding. In my spare time I enjoy making new memories with family and friends and going on long dog walks.
Vicky Banfield
I am a teaching assistant and Thrive Practitioner and currently on my 5th year at the Mendip school. This year I have worked across the school but recently joined Blue class full time. I am a qualified Thrive Practitioner and love delivering Thrive sessions and supporting the children’s social and emotional wellbeing. I am looking forward to spending the rest of the year in Blue class.This term, we have also been enjoying Sensory Circuits with our Occupational Therapist, Susy. We have been learning how to wake up our bodies, make our bodies feel good, and then how to calm our bodies down using lots of OT movement and strategies.
Along with lots of other fun subjects, we also really enjoyed Sensory PE sessions with Nova sports. We learnt the rules of various sports including rugby, skateboarding, skiing, volleyball and tennis, exploring these sports through lots of multisensory activities. We also included offsite visits in our weekly timetable, exploring the local community through welly walks and trips to the park to work on our physical development alongside having lots of fun.
We enjoyed Attention Autism ‘Bucket’ sessions twice a week, working on our attention and listening skills as well as turn taking, as well as lots of lovely play activities to bond us as a group.
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