Aspen’s class teacher this year is Corbin Sharp. Watch this space for updates from Aspen class throughout the year!

February 2026

In Aspen class we have been super busy over the winter term, filling the term with lots of experiences. Aspen managed to get out and about this term. When we got back from the Christmas holidays, we were lucky enough to go to see the panto, Jack and the Beanstalk. The young people had the best time and loved the music, lights and all the jokes. We have also started our new National 1 unit exploring and engaging with the community. Pupils have been going out on the bus to visit the supermarket and purchase ingredients for our class cooking. This has been a great opportunity for the young people to practise and use life skills in the wider community.  

Another topic that Aspen class have been exploring is Rainbow and Sounds. Over the term, the pupils have been exploring the different colours of the rainbow in our art lessons from making red collage love hearts, orange Irn Bru monoprints to yellow Van Gogh sunflowers. The pupils will continue to explore the rest of the rainbow after the February break. We have also enjoyed exploring sounds, the pupils have explored sounds through; copying different sound patterns, loud and quiet sounds and controlling the pace of music.  

December 2025

We’ve had an incredible autumn term filled with lots of lovely events. Aspen managed to celebrate many different celebrations from Halloween, Diwali and Guy Fawkes, we explore these festivals through stories, art and games. The young people particularly enjoyed the literacy walk around the story ‘Room on the Broom’ during our
Halloween week. Also, we have started to make excellent use of school buses to get out and about in the community visiting the local shops to practice our life skills, going to Holyrood Park and experiencing the Holyrood challenge, and recently out to see Christmas lights. These trips have been great for the young people to explore what’s on our
doorstep and visit new places. The class have also been lucky to have Drake Music coming into school and running sessions where the young people create music together using adaptive technology. These have been a big hit, and we can’t wait to share the finished project soon.
Aspen have continued with our sewing projects by moving onto making ASN bibs for our Christmas fair, the class have been hard at work using different craft tools to cut, pin and sew our finished products. The class have also been extremely busy preparing for their Christmas show making props, costumes and practice our performance. We really look forward to seeing many of our friends and family as they come and cheer us on. As the holidays soon approach, we are keeping ourselves very busy we can’t wait to finish the term with a bang and start off the new year.

September 2025

Aspen Class have had a super busy start to the new school year. We’ve made good use of the nice weather and have been out to the allotment to make wind spinners and explore what’s grown and changed over the summer. Also, we have out into the woods, experiencing and finding what interests the young people. We’ve started to collect materials for books we are making around the theme ‘All About Me’ with the young people starting to create a text about themselves.

The class have got stuck into our sewing project, with the pupils using switches and the sewing machine as they explore using different craft tools. They are aiming to first make a cushion cover and then we’ll see what we can make next. Great British Sewing Bee here we come!

In short, the pupils have had a great start back and we can’t wait to get into the autumn term.