Students in class 6 have also

been learning about St

Patricks Day. They have been

listening and dancing to Irish

music as part of their OT

programme.

We've come a long way in the

last 50 years in raising awareness

about autism, but there's still lots

more to be done until everyone

has a better understanding. Next

week we are celebrating Autism

Awareness week in all sorts of

ways. The students will start by

decorating our hopes and

dreams dress with hand prints.

On Tuesday during class meeting

they will be making gold leaves

for our hopes and dreams tree in

the foyer. They will also be

decorating our leaves with things

that they like. On Wednesday we

will be having a ‘Celebrating Us’

assembly, where everyone will

show their leaves on stage. On

Thursday we will be having a

group photograph holding the

banner made by everyone in

school and a celebration in the

hall.

The students have been making

the banner during the

workshop sessions saying

‘Celebrating Us’ to hold during

the group photo.

Each and every one of us can

make a huge difference to the

lives of over 700,000 autistic

people by taking part in Autism

Awareness Week . We are here

to transform lives, challenge

perceptions and build a society

that works for everyone..

Autism Awareness Week

English with Kate Pursell and Class news

We have been making posters

to teach other students what

news is and where we can find

news. We have also been work-

ing together to plan and

prepare presentations about

exhibitions.

During GCSE lessons we have

studied ‘War Photographer’ by

Carol Ann Duffy as well as ‘The

Emigree’ by Carol Rumens.

We have looked at the

structure form and context of

each poem.

Class 9 have had a fabulous

time making masks for St

Patricks day, all of the class

were very proud and really

enjoyed showing the whole

school in assembly the masks

along with the bunting they

made.

Special Points of Interest:

Sutherhland House School receive a ‘Good’ by Ofsted

Another Green from CQC for our Services

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MARCH 2018

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We would like to give a

warm welcome to our

three new teaching

assistants, Georgina

Drewery Sophie King

and Sophie Smith who

joined us this week.

********

After 13 years at

Suther land House

School Sally West is

moving on to pastures

new and we wish her

all the best in her new

venture.

Sue Jacobs, another

of our long standing

members of staff is

leaving us at Easter

moving onto our adult

services and finally

Caroline Taylor our

senior administrator is

moving on for a new

challenge. We wish

them both well in their

new positions

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Congratulations to

Theo in group 9, who

turned 18 last week!

Celebrat ing with

chocolate cake and a

dance with Gail!

**********

Very well done to

Raushan Burgess ,

Gabe Devenport and

Jimmy Eve for 100%

attendance - huge

achievement!

evaporated samples and

weighed the residue

mass. They also distilled

water. OCR Students

were assessed on their

internal end of unit OCR

test. Christopher Mottram

achieved 100 % in his test!

Well done to all other

students who achieved

good grades.

Keys Stage 4 Students

have been looking at

Safety around Electricity.

Key stage 2 Students

have been studying light,

T h i s w e e k i n Science GCSE Students,

I saac and Lauren

participated in Rushcliffe

Science week and made

“Elephants Toothpaste “

GCSE Students also made

Carbon Sugar Snakes!

GCSE Students

successfully completed

their Chemistry Required

Practicals and learnt

various techniques

involved in purifying

Water Samples. They

tested samples using

indicators for PH,

sound, movement and

heat energy. We were

photographed by our

very own professional

photographer, Rinzing!

Group 7 participated in

the football tournament

at Harvey Hadden

Stadium.

Joe, Isaac and Maycen

played some serious

Chess this week during

their social breaks. Joe

and Maycen also cooked

a fish pie. Kate visited the

Galleries of Justice and

thoroughly enjoyed it.

Hello, Goodbye and Congratulations

Science with Kalpana Malhotra

group painting and

offered assistance

when needed.

Life Skills with Class 4

Group four, as a part

of life skills, have been

painting the chalk

b o a r d s i n t h e

p layground. They

worked as a team to

paint 2 of the chalk

boards, they worked

very sensibly and

thoroughly enjoyed it.

Logan enjoyed being

the class supervisor

during this time. He

took photos of the

“To catch the reader's attention, place an interesting sentence or

quote from the story here.”

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Last week Class 5

celebrated recycling

week by re-using

coffee containers.

We up-cycled them by

planting them up with

spring flowers and

bulbs. We enjoyed

placing the plants

carefully in the soil and

pouring or spraying

them with water.

We had a good look at

the flowers, leaves and

roots and all of the

students knew that the

plants needed to be

put into the soil roots

down. Everyone put

the old plant pots in

the bin and Rohan

used the dustpan

and brush to sweep

the soil off his table into

the bin.

Spring is here!!

Good work Class 5.

joined by Group 9 to

make up three sepa-

rate teams.

On Thursday the group

were joined by

students from Group 7

and we entered a

7-a-side football

tournament. This is the

third time we have

entered this

tournament against

other schools in

Nottingham. It is

Duke of Edinburgh: This

week the group have

attended two sport

tournaments as part of

their PHYSICAL section

on their SILVER

award. Both events

were held at Harvey

Haddon Sport Centre

in Nottingham. On the

Wednesday the group

played Boccia with

students from Rosehill

school. The Duke of

Edinburgh group were

organised by the

Notts FA and is well

attended and

supported by schools

from across

Nottingham.

Finally the group have

been practising for a

Dance/Drama

production at Trinity

School at the end of

March. Bethany from

Group 9 has led the

group in a on stage

performance and

dance.

Recycling with Class 5

Duke of Edinburgh and Dance & Drama

completed with eggs

and ribbons.

A new group were

introduced to the

Forest School this week

and everyone had a

great time. On Tuesday

students from lower

school went for the first

time and we used this

session to introduce

them to the different

areas such as: pond,

compost, greenhouse,

bug hotel etc.

The students found

there way around

using a map and

photo recognition.

Active Living with Richard Gennard Forest School: This

week the Monday

group have been

making a wreath for

Easter. The weather

was really yucky on

Monday so we stayed

in school and used

wire, ivy, raffia and

wicker to start to make

the wreath. The group

did fantastically well

and next week the

decoration will be

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Results from Last weeks tournaments:

Boccia:

Sutherland House School V Rosehill

10 8

1 3

5 2

3 1

4 8

5 0

Football:

Sutherland House School v Derrymount

4 3

Sutherland House School v Oakfield

3 2

Sutherland House School v Dawnhouse

0 5

Man of the match:

Joe Broad - scored 5 goals

Easter Holidays:

1st day of closure:

Friday 30th March

Returning on:

Monday 16th April

Parent Group:

16th May 2018 10am –12noon

DON’T FORGET : UP AND COMING EVENTS

AUTISM EAST MIDLANDS

SUTHERLAND HOUSE SCHOOL

Head Teacher: Adrian Sugden

Sutherland House School, Bath Street,

Nottingham NG1 1DA

Telephone: 0115 9609263

Email: shsamin@autismeastmidlands.org.uk

Autism East Midlands is a registered charity, number 517954 and a

company limited by guarantee.

Registered in England number 2053860. Registered Office: Unit 31 Crags

Industrial Estate, Morven Street, Creswell. Worksop. S80 4AJ,

School registration Ofsted 134889 DfE 892/7041

P AR ENT GROUP

Parent Group was very successful and was attended by six families including parents and grandparents.

The focus this term was on signing and we learnt how to do the alphabet, enabling us to spell out our

own names, counting up to 20, and how to sign our feelings. The session was lots of fun and we finished

off with a game of bingo.

Parent group is a great way of meeting other parents and sharing your experiences of daily life with

autism!

OUR VI SI ON

“A world which recognises, understands and values

people with autism, and where they, and their

families, receive the services and support they need

throughout their lives”

OUR MI SSI ON

To advocate, provide and develop high-quality

services, information and support, in partnership with

others, for all those whose lives are affected by autism.

To recognise and respond to the needs of the

individual, enabling people with autism to live their

lives with dignity, choice and independence.