Wednesday 25 June 2025 Upper Curriculum Highlights Spring Term Summer 1: Famous People

Monday 23 June 2025 Lower Curriculum Highlights Spring Term The children in the Ladybird Department have been really enjoying the ‘Zoom, Zoom, Zoom’ topic this term. They have been enjoying lots of transport themed play, with cars, trains and airplanes featuring frequently! The children have been doing lots of transport themed artwork, with trains making paint tracks and lots of roads being drawn. The pupils have been learning lots of new language related to transport, and many have learnt some key language relating to speedy cars ‘crash[ing]’ and going very ‘fast’.

Friday 20 June 2025 Sports @ Perseid Lower School have our annual St Helier Cluster Sports Day on Friday 20th June. This event will be hosted by us and taking place at Upper School. In addition, Merton School Sports Partnership continues to come in once a week to support with PE lessons across lower school.

Wednesday 18 June 2025 Careers and Preparation for Adulthood There will be on-going preparation for adulthood lessons for Sixth Form pupils to support their understanding of options with regards to their best next steps around the four PfA outcomes.

Monday 16 June 2025 Link Visits from Mainstream Peers Student volunteers from local mainstream schools join various classes on a weekly basis. They have various responsibilities from mentoring a Perseid learner to general classroom support. They bring a positive peer influence, leading to improved social skills, increased self esteem and broadening the breadth of experience of Perseid the pupils. This term, students are volunteering from King's College, Ursuline and Wimbledon High.

Friday 13 June 2025 Pupil Voice Pupil Voice is a priority at Perseid and it is elicited in a number of ways to allow all pupils to express their needs and wants. All pupils are given the opportunity to express themselves using their preferred communication method and all voices and views are valued. The benefit is that pupils are supported to develop their social and communication skills, pupils are heard and as a result their self-esteem and lived school experiences are improved which research suggests holds a direct link to improved long term outcomes.

Wednesday 11 June 2025 Outdoor Learning and Citizenship Outdoor learning is a key part of the school curriculum. Outdoor learning is proven to be beneficial to pupil wellbeing and readiness to learn, improving their overall quality of life and school experience. Outdoor learning at Perseid increases our pupils’ opportunities to develop skills beyond the classroom that will help prepare them for life beyond school. Not to mention they also have lots of fun!

Tuesday 10 June 2025 Drama at Perseid During the Summer Term, KS3 will have the opportunity to watch the KS4 drama production and will be continuing to develop their drama skills through their understanding of World Literature using the text ‘Matilda’. They will use the KS4 production as an inspiration to develop props, character understanding and take part in role play. The students gained confidence with their performance skills and increased their teamwork by participating whilst working alongside or with peers within the drama games.

Friday 6 June 2025 Arts at Perseid The Creative Arts supports all pupils to develop their skills in drama, dance, art and music. The Arts are taught both as a separate subject, and used as a teaching method in other subjects areas. The curriculum ensures that pupils have access to a broad and diverse culture.

Wednesday 4 June 2025 Music at Perseid Pupils continue to participate in the Mini Musicians programme funded by Merton Music Foundation, Roehampton University and Merton Council. This week Adam Ockelford from Roehampton who is the Professor of Music running the research project and expert in SEND Music visited pupils in Tiger class and observed a session. He was very impressed with how well the pupils played, sang and their general level of musicianship. Some pupils will take part in an end of project celebration with other schools across the Borough.

Monday 2 June 2025 Online Safety and PSHE Staff ensure pupils follow the ‘Keeping Safe Online’ posters displayed around the school, with all staff adhering to this guidance too. School computers are equipped with website filters, and teachers and support staff closely supervise pupils’ online activity to ensure they are accessing safe, appropriate and only meaningful websites that have been reviewed by teachers prior to the learning session. When computers are used for leisure activities, an adult is always present to offer support and supervision. Staff know to report any websites which we do not deem appropriate. Additionally, all staff are expected to close computers when not in use to maintain safety.

Monday 19 May 2025 Staff Blog: May Each month, a member of our team at Perseid contributes to our staff blog, sharing with our community different aspects of the Perseid School experience, ranging from teaching practise, therapies, the importance of enrichment and strategies used every day within the school.

Monday 12 May 2025 An Introduction to the Calder Curriculum The Calder Curriculum has been designed to meet the needs of our pupils with the most complex emotional wellbeing / behaviours. These are pupils who have been identified as having frequent and intense periods of distress or dysregulation and / or pupils who are not meeting their academic targets due to reasons associated with significant emotional and / or physical wellbeing support needs. They are pupils who are “More Complex learners” and have been identified through monthly interdisciplinary pupil of concern meetings as requiring even “More Personalised Learning” (Imray & Finchcliffe, 2014). They are pupils who require enhanced or enhanced plus provision at Perseid in order to remain sufficiently regulated to access their EHCP outcomes. These pupils require teachers to find varied and different pathways of teaching that best suit the individual.

Wednesday 7 May 2025 Jack and Morgan Run the Marathon! We are delighted to share that Jack Fry; Turtle Class teacher and Morgan Butler, Trainee Teacher ran the London Marathon and fundraised for Perseid School.

Thursday 1 May 2025 Run, Wheel or Walk Challenge Local & national events and projects offer opportunities for pupils to take part in national and local community events, contributing to pupil’s rights to be part of a community. It builds on their social skills and offers them a breadth of experience.