Heaton news - WB 26th Feb
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 3:13pm
At Heaton school students utilise a range of different interventions and strategies to support their learning. Attention Autism is one of these strategies.
Attention Autism is a learning approach created by speech and language therapist Gina Davies. It aims to develop natural and spontaneous communication skills in Autistic children through the use of visually based and highly motivating activities. This approach aims to provide children with a learning experience that they want to communicate about. All teachers at Heaton school are trained in this approach. Here is a picture of an attention autism activity taking place in SNJ's class this week:
On Tuesday some 3HC students went to Heaton Moor Park to practice some tennis skills on the local tennis courts. All students involved enjoyed this experience, gained exercise and were able to practice their road safety skills walking to the park.
Sleep workshop
Seashell is providing a free sleep workshop for Parents and Carers on Friday 15th March 10-12noon. This will be delivered via zoom and information can be found on the attached leaflet for further information.
Parent Governor
We currently have a parent Governor position open for our School Governing body The role entails attending meetings that are held within the school day, working as part of the Governing body to ensure that the school is moving forward in the right direction through carrying out occasional visits and having communication with staff. We are very interested to talk to parents/ carers who may be interested.
Dates for your diary:
Friday 15th March - Red nose day
Students invited to 'dress for money' - non uniform, fancy dress - whatever your child will feel comfortable wearing! Minimum of £1 donation
In the afternoon students will be joining together for a 'Heaton's got talent' show.
