We are proud sponsors of Derby Museums, Derby Ram Trail which is a spectacular free art sculpture trail coming to Derby in the summer of 2021. From 27 May to 22 August a flock of fabulously colourful and unique rams will take you on a trail around the beautiful city of Derby.
The Derby Ram Trail is being brought to the city by Derby Museums, together with Wild in Art who are a leading producer of creative events that transform places into free, family friendly outdoor art galleries.
As part of the activities around the trail, all SENAD service users have been offered the opportunity to take part in a ‘Design a Mini Ram’ competition. 160 people are taking part from across the groups services, bringing the fun of the trail across the country.
September 2020 saw the start of the new Monthly Art at Bladon House School. The first challenge was for the EQUALS classes who were asked to create an Autumn Wreath. Classes were told of the topic at the beginning of the month and entries had to be in the main hall by 9am on the last school day of the September. The three entries looked amazing and the senior leaders had a hard time picking the winner. The winning class was Orion with their hedgehog themed wreath. Each young person in the class received a certificate with the class keeping the art challenge trophy for a month.
October saw the three EQUALS classes competing again. This time the theme was Monsters. Classes’ imaginations ran riot and again three amazing pieces of artwork were produced. Once again the senior leaders had a difficult choice, with Orion again being the winner with their Monster Disco.
In November, the competition was opened up to all EQUALS and AIMS classes. The main hall was filled with amazing Firework themed art. Luna were the winners of the challenge with their artwork depicting many different fireworks.
December saw not just class entries but also individual pieces of art. This time the theme was Snow and artwork included 3D snowmen, Santa being pulled by snow dogs, snow globes, etc. This month we had an individual winner from Draco.
Congratulations to our training team at Rowden House School who have been awarded SME Employer 2020 by our training partner Aspiration Training Ltd. Find out why its great to work for the SENAD Group and how our staff training programmes enable us to provide the very best specialist care and education.
Following the government announcement on Wednesday 30th December regarding the phased return of students, we can confirm that all our schools will open as planned. Any arrangements regarding the DfE testing plans will be communicated to parents and students next week when the schools reopen.
Santa made a special trip to Bladon House School, sensibly wearing his mask and visiting students in the Equals classroom who are all on the extremely ‘nice’ list!
Students at Alderwasley have been decorating the school with festive doors to get everyone in the Christmas spirit and have some fun after working so hard over what has been a difficult year.
Students at Pegasus School have made the most of the autumn sunshine, clearing the garden ready for winter and visiting some local walks. When the weather wasn’t so nice they stayed warm in the therapy rooms and Olivia’s class made hedgehog bread which was really tasty.
This half-term the children at Maple View School are learning about friendship and loss through the whole school text ‘Waiting For Wolf’. Fox and Wolf spend all their days together, talking and laughing, swimming together in the lake and watching the stars, until one day, Wolf is gone…
In their Forest School sessions this term Vela class have been working towards fire safety by making sparks and splitting wood. They have made fantastic progress, and with Christmas around the corner all sessions have been planned with a treat to enjoy before we break up for festivities.
The students added fuel to the fire independently and used tools to core their own apples and stuff them with treats. They then placed the apples on the fire themselves using fire safe gloves. This task was planned with the intention to leave the students feeling proud of what they have accomplished because there is a clear goal and process to achieve it. Students were encouraged to smell and taste ingredients to stimulate senses and promote healthy relationship with food. Eating the food at the end of the session is a wonderful way to securely end the session emotionally and physically.
The idea of eating together around the fire circle is to strengthen emotional development and embed sense of belonging. This roots back to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs… The students felt safe, secure and were provided with food, warmth and a task that allowed them to reach their full potential. This session actually meets all five areas on the pyramid of Maslow’s needs: Self actualisation, love and belonging, safety and security, psychological needs, it’s also great fun.
