Headteachers Update 20th May 2022

It has been a musical week in the Oaks this week. Jessie’s Fund is a music charity and works in many schools and hospices providing music interaction. The children accessing our pre formal curriculum have LOVED the interactions and musical instruments. The whole staff team then received staff training on musical interaction & how to incorporate this into their provision. We look forward to the 4th & 5th days next week.

Congratulations to Danny M! Danny’s jubilee bunting was chosen with 4 others to represent HMO in the Ebor bunting competition. Danny’s design was then chosen by Ebor to represent HMO! He will receive a £10 Amazon voucher! We look forward to seeing Danny’s design on the Ebor poster.

As part of our Covid Recovery funding, I made the decision to send Gemma Scoreby on a sleep counselling course, ran by Sleep Scotland. We know that poor sleep has a huge impact on our pupils wellbeing and access to education, but also impacts on the health & wellbeing of our parents/carers. The course equips professionals with the skills and resources necessary to set up and run a sleep counselling service for children and young people with autism and other additional support needs.  Gemma had three days training this week and has said “the knowledge I have gained around supporting children’s sleep will be valuable to many of our families at Hob Moor Oaks. I look forward to completing the course and seeing the impact it has within our Hob Moor Oaks family.”

A few staff shout outs… Rachel Clark has welcomed the beautiful baby Willow into the world! We send lots of love to Rach and her new family. Jenni Payne completed the Midnight Walk for Cancer Research last weekend, she’s done amazingly well to hobble around school this week! Thank you to Beth for organising the piglets to visit us in school today!