Welcome back to Spring term 1 - if we thought last term was busy, we have another thing coming this term! 

This week started with Picture News. This week starts the annual Birdwatch, ran by the RSPB. We looked at what the Birdwatch involves and thought about why it is important to track bird numbers across the country. 

On Wednesday we were back swimming at Hindley. It was great to get back in the water. 

Despite the weather, on Thursday we drove to Brockholes for our first community visit walk. This is following on from Bendrigg and the fun we had on our expedition whilst we were there. It was great to get out and spend time together, even though it was so cold. We stopped for warm drinks along the way, taking time to look at the wildlife (we chatted about how Brockholes would be a great place to count for the Birdwatch). We had lunch on the bus and then headed into the visitor centre. It was interesting to see how the visitor centre was built and how many animals Brockholes is estimated to be home to. 

On Friday, we learnt about Braille, as it was World Braille Day on the 4th January. We used Braille alphabet cards to help us identify our names and then wore blindfolds when feeling other objects, to see if we could figure out what it was. It was tricky and we all used different words to describe the objects! 

In the afternoon we had Golden Time and celebration assembly. This week's Star of the Week is Olivia, for a fantastic swimming session! Well done Olivia! 

10A - Spring 1 Week 1 - W/B 06.01.2025