Read For RNIB Day

On Friday 18th October, the staff and pupils of Kings Copse Primary School dressed up as their favourite book character and took part in a 'book themed' day to raise money for the RNIB.

 

There were cat's in hats, super heroes, pirates and princesses!

 

 

Even an Umpa-lumpa!!!

 

 

 

Natalie Hargreaves from the RNIB came to lead assembly. She told us all about the important work that the RNIB do for blind and visually impaired people.

 

 

The children faced a range of reading and story linked activities through the day.

 

 

 Including a sponsored read raising money for the RNIB...

 



 

Being read a story by another teacher (i.e. not their own)

 

 

Transforming their classroom doors into a book cover...

 

 The Very Hungry Caterpillar...

Funny Bones...

 



 

Winnie the Pooh...

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...

 



Mr Gum...

 



 

and George's Marvelous Medicine.

 

In the afternoon parents came into school to share a book with their child and some friends.

 



 

 

 

It was a very enjoyable day and to date has helped to raise over £500 for RNIB.

Thank you to all parents and pupils for their enthusiasm and generosity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nurse!!

We were very fortunate last week to have a Student Nurse come to the Oasis for a placement. The Oasis provides many such placement's to a variety of establishments ranging from final teaching placements for VI teachers to experiential placement for Guide Dog trainers who are beginning to work with school aged children.

Of course we could not look down the chance for some first hand experiences for our VI pupils.

Children with a visual impairment may spend a lot of time in hospital waiting for eye appointments and so forth but may never get the opportunity to ask simple questions about what people do and the equipment they use. Luckily our visitor this week was more then happy to bring in her uniform and some equipment (stethoscope, bandages etc...) and answer some questions about her job.

But then disaster struck! There were injuries everywhere!!!

 



 

But it was ok...the medical staff on hand put on protective clothing...

 

 

...applied triage where necessary....

 



 

 ...and checked patients blood pressure.

 

The children were really fascinated by the way the torch lit up the inside of this poor patient's mouth...'it was on fire!'

 



 

By the end of the afternoon everyone had recovered in time for a nice drink!

 

Thank You !!

...to our Student visitor, you gave our children a brilliant first hand experience, they loved exploring the equipment you brought in and asking you questions, as well as wrapping each other in bandages!!!

 

 

 

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The focus chosen at our VIP Friday's over the last couple of weeks has been 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. This has helped with our work to learn the days of the week and also to reinforce some number work with our younger pupils. For our older pupils, they had the chance to act as mentors, helping and guiding their younger partners boosting confidence and self-esteem.

 

 

 



 

These and more photographs are on display at the moment in the Oasis, along with captions displaying the words 'collaboration, cooperation and team work' summing up how well the children worked together.

 

After the paired activities, the children then joined with our team of VI LSA's to start work on our own tactile butterfly....he's a work in progress and will be put on the blog when complete!



Doggy Dash!

On Tuesday 16th July we had our Sports Day. At the end of all the races and activities all of the children took part in a 'Doggy Dash' in aid of Guide Dogs.

 

But before that there was Sports Day. We had a variety of activites, both individual and team. All of our VI pupils took part, inclusive sport is a very important part of the provision for children with a visual imapirment.

There was some superb hula-hooping....

 

...and some very motivated sack racing!

It was a gloriously sunny and hot day, so a very important part of the afternoon was staying in the shade and having a cold ice lolly!

Then...the Doggy Dash. The children had some 'dog ears' to wear while racing (kindly lent to us from The Wildren School) and all had fun tearing up the race track on all fours!

It was a great afternoon of fun and fitness that raised over £300 for Guide Dogs. We would all like to thank all the children of Kings Copse for their enthusiasm and all those who raised sponsorship money for their generosity. We will now be able to sponsor our new Guide Dog, Harley.

Thank You

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 4 Visit to Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower

On Friday 12th July Year 4 visited the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

The Year 4 class has three pupils with a visual impairment, two partially sighted and one registered blind. The challenge for our Oasis team was to make this trip as accessible to the children as possible.

 

The Spinnaker Tower was a great experience for all the pupils.

Whether lying on the glass viewing deck with a friend...

Or having a sighted guide talk through the experience....

The children made the most of the resources available to gain an understanding of how Portsmouth developed over the centuries and the role the harbour played in this.

Our pupils enjoyed using the telescope to find specific locations in the city below...when someone wasn't standing in the way!

We had an excellent day...especially the weather!

We would like to thank the Staff and the Education team at the Spinnaker Tower for making our visit so successful.

 

 

 

In-Reach Disco

Friday 5th July was the last In-reach of the academic year...so we had a disco!...but with a difference.

 The difference was teaching the children some classic 'dance floor fillers' such as the Macarena and YMCA.

 We also had a special visitor...Taylor... a guide dog in training was brought along to meet the children.

 Two volunteers from Year 5 set up the disco, including a great selection of disco lights, thank you boys!

 Sleeping for 'Superman'.

 Getting confused with the ' Macarena'.

 Then after a rather warm session inside we stepped outside to cool down...

 Make some new friends....

 Explore our outdoor adventure trail....

 Then into the main hall for a quick snack....

 Including CAKE!!!