Category Archives: Michael’s Blog

May in Stepping Stones!

We've had a great month in Stepping Stones. The better weather has meant that we have been able to go outside for PE lessons as well as taking part in a whole-school walk around the Belarmine area as part of active week. We have been learning life skills and doing some cooking too. The children…

April in Stepping Stones!

April was another short month at SETNS with the spring break! Some of the highlights of the month included making chicks and eggs for art and going on a chocolate egg hunt for Easter! We also tasted lots of different fruits and made healthy smoothies. We learned about nature and planted cress seeds, strawberries, potatoes…

December in Stepping Stones!

December was an exciting month in Stepping Stones. The students took part in the school's winter concert with their mainstream classes, we had a birthday party for one of the children and the "Elf on the Shelf" kept an eye on all of the work happening in the classroom! I hope everyone had a great…

November in Stepping Stones!

Here's a collection of pictures from the last month in the junior Stepping Stones class. The children integrated more with their mainstream classes during break times, golden time and during PE slots in addition to the learning and activities taking place in the classroom. We also made slime and moon-sand for Science Week as well…

September in Stepping Stones!

The start of the new school year saw the opening of Stepaside Educate Together's first ever ASD unit "Stepping Stones"! It has been a very busy month getting the place up and running from an empty space to a functioning classroom. The unit has a classroom, safe space, an indoor recreational area, sensory room and…

Sports Day 2018

June 25th was a great day for sports day as the sun was shining and it was our first day using our brand new outside courts. The children competed in lots of different fun games like the 3-legged race, "beach ball dream team," dress the scarecrow, bean bag bowling, the potato and spoon race, a…