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20 February 2024

KS5C Lunch in Unit

For lunch in unit this week KS5C have been making cottage pie and flapjacks. They all decided which part of the meal they wanted to help to make and showed excellent teamwork. Students displayed many skills such as peeling, chopping, mixing, melting, mashing and baking to create their…

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9 February 2024

KS5W Friday Dance

KS5W have loved being able to have a dance to start our Friday off. This helps the students to get ready for the day ahead and set a positive tone for the next lesson. 

 

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9 February 2024

KS5W Cafe visit

KS5W visited the local cafe to buy a drink. The skills they used included keeping their wallet safe at all times, choosing a drink, ordering it, paying for it , waiting for change and receipt. The students represented our school as excellent ambassadors during our community…

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9 February 2024

KS5W Shop

KS5W have been working all week within their classrooms to earn money to be able to spend in our classroom shop which we open every Friday morning. This helps students to develop skills with money management, communication and also developing skills in work experience with completing their jobs.…

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8 February 2024

KS5 Sensory Club

Students have enjoyed talking part in sensory club at lunch time. They read stories and coloured in pictures, whilst some students chose to relax in our comfy area. 

 

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8 February 2024

MOVE challenges

Pupils have been working hard on their individual exercise plans in our MOVE workshop to get us moving more with greater independence. We always have fun during the sessions and students and staff take what they have learnt back to class to practice their skills further. 

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8 February 2024

KS4 Technology Club

All students in KS4 work hard through the week to earn Friday tech time using the school Technology. Some students want to dance, sing, chat or talk. This is something the students look forward to. Great fun is had by all and some great team work.

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8 February 2024

KS5L Tuck Shop intervention

This week students from KS5L have been taking part in counting tuck shop stock, the money and then serving this to fellow students at break time. This encourages money management, counting skills and communication skills. All students have really enjoyed taking part in this activity.

 

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7 February 2024

KS4 Life Skills

A small group of KS4 students did some life skills in the community. They used their bus passes to get the public bus to the Concourse. They then used their money to buy an item of their choice. We then got the bus back to school. The students also achieved some of their PLG targets while being…

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7 February 2024

KS5 S Making hearts

Students from KS5S have had fun making hearts for a thank you card to give to give to a church within in the local community. The students had fun designing their own hearts to add to the card using various materials and resources.

 

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7 February 2024

KS5W shape maths

KS5W used art to create a shape dragon during their Numeracy lesson. Students were able to name the shapes they were using and identify the shapes’ properties. It was a lovely way of assessing students’ learning. 

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6 February 2024

KS4 Developing Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills involve small muscles working with the brain and nervous system to control movements in many areas such as the hands, developing these skills supports students with writing. Each week during handwriting sessions students are given different fine motor activities to help them…

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