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30 April 2024

Bubbling Planets

Students in KS3S have enjoyed their sensory science topic activity. They created planets using baking soda and water, chose a planet and added food colouring to make it the right colour, then observed the planets fizz as they dripped vinegar onto them. Students demonstrated fantastic Skills…

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19 April 2024

Key Stage 3L

In Key Stage 3L our topic for the term is ‘Space’.  Some of us have been to the Immersive Room to look at the International Space Station.  Some of us have been learning about the moon.  We have been playing Tag Rugby in My Body getting ourselves for a Tag Rugby competition we will be going to.…

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18 April 2024

Squiggle while you wiggle!

Students in KS3 have enjoyed taking part in an early writing and mark making intervention “Squiggle while you wiggle”. Students practiced the dance moves “up, down, side to side and cross over” and then applied this to mark making on paper - copying the directional movements along to George Ezra’s…

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16 April 2024

KS3S Countdown to Blast Off!

KS3S have started learning about this term’s new topic - Space. In Maths, they enjoyed counting backwards from 10 to make the rocket blast off into the air. Students then engaged with a range of different space themed maths activities. 
 

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15 March 2024

KS3L Friday Reflection - 15.3.24

This week in KS3L, students in KS3L have focussed hard on their Personal Learning Goals. They learned about hurricanes in Science, performing an experiment to simulate a hurricane, using food colouring and water in a cup. On Friday, Intervention couldn’t take place but they enjoyed taking part in…

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14 March 2024

Squiggle while you wiggle!

Students in KS3S have built up their skills ready to start ‘Squiggle while you wiggle’, which is a program designed to link movement and music to making marks. Today we focused on moving our hands “up” to the sky. Each week students will build up different movements until they are ready to move to…

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1 March 2024

KS3L Friday Reflection - 1.3.24

It has been an excellent week in Key Stage 3L. We are continuing our 'environment' theme.  In CLL we have been using 'Song of the Dolphin Boy', 'Mia Makes a Meadow', and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'.  In Maths we have continued to explore time in our lessons.  In Computing students have been using…

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23 February 2024

KS3L Friday Reflection

It has been a wonderful week in Key Stage 3L for the first week back after half term.  We are continuing our 'environment' theme.  In CLL we have been using 'Song of the Dolphin Boy', 'Mia Makes a Meadow', and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'.  In Maths we have been exploring time in our lessons.  In…

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6 February 2024

KS3S Visit to Skelmersdale Fire Station

Some students in KS3S enjoyed a visit to Skelmersdale Fire Station this afternoon as part of their Careers program - ASDAN Raising Aspirations. Students are learning about places and people who help them in the community. Students tried on parts of the uniform and sat in the fire engine, enjoying…

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31 January 2024

Communication in KS3

Each week our KS3S class focus on a different “core word of the week” and staff model using this word across the curriculum. This week’s word is “help”. Students and staff have used core boards, AAC, Makaton sign and spoken word to offer and request “help” in different contexts. As well as using…

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26 January 2024

KS3L Weekly reflection - 26.1.24

KS3L are taking this week about the most interesting things that have happend to them this week.

 

Josh - letting people be independent with breakfast club and help out.

Jamie - coming in to every lesson and learning.

Joe - my cat Sasha Is friendly and kind of bites

Amelia - making…

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19 January 2024

KS3L Weekly Reflection - 19.1.24

Students in KS3L have spent some time this afternoon looking at themselves and thinking about all of the things that make them unique. They have focussed in particular on things that they enjoy doing and the people that are important to them.

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