Blog Author: Mrs Banks

As part of our new school year we are embarking on our Young Enterprise experience. 
As part of this we have had to create a company, this involved a board meeting where we discussed job roles, we then had to decide what roles we would like to apply for and have a small interview to say how we…

On Tuesday we were lucky enough to be invited along to the judging for Chorley in Bloom.

We got the chance to have a chat with the mayor and ask him about his gold necklace. 
 

We were then invited to join the buffet lunch where we enjoyed sandwiches and cream scones, We got the chance to…

10A visited Haigh Hall this week, each group was given a map and were asked to find specific things whilst in the park. We had a great time exploring the woodland areas and the park areas where we found a train station, a pond with ducks, and walked all the way towards the Leeds Liverpool canal. 
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During the week we have studied poems by Rudyard Kipling “The Magical Woodland” and “A Sensory Stroll” to develop our understanding we then took a class visit to Roddlesworth Reservoir. Whilst we walked around the reservoir we discussed the poem and what things we could hear and see. The sounds,…

10A and 11G took part in a Colour Dash today. We had great fun climbing through foam being sprayed by water pistols and getting covered in lots and lots of coloured paint. We all had a great time whilst we remember that we are raising lots of money for such a good cause ‘Rosemere Cancer…

On Thursday 10A took part in a treasure hunt around the beautiful village of Whalley, we had to work as a team to  read and solve clues. We had to listen really well as the clues were really difficult, we had to use our numeracy skills, and our reading skills to decipher the codes to find the next…

Firstly we learnt about the different types of flags we may see when around water they were 4 flags orange windsock, black and white water sports area, red danger, red and yellow lifeguard on duty.

We then listened as the instructor explained how we would help ourselves and others if we…

As part of the school sports week activities Ashley from Nuffield Health Club kindly came to school to deliver a PT for the secondary pupils. 10A are pictured enthusiastically following the training circuit prepared by Ashley, the battle ropes and the body boards were a favourite!! 

After…

Another fun day at The Anderton Centre. This week we took to the water to learn paddle boarding. We firstly had to collect our water safe clothing this included a wet suit, waterproof jacket, life jacket and helmet.

We listened to our instructor Robin who gave us our safety information and our…

First week at Nuffield Health Club for the latest group of pupils to take advantage of the PT sessions from Ashley. The pupils were introduced to the routine they will be following over the next six weeks which includes:

. Treadmill  . Rowing Machine  . Ski pull  . Hand weights  . Bunny…

On Friday we visited The Anderton Centre, we were introduced to our group leader Robin. To familiarise ourselves with the centre we began the day with some team games, we had great fun and used some great listening to our team mates who were giving us the instructions and giving each other some…

As part of our ongoing learning about independence and independent living we have been working on our social eating skills, practicing skills such as setting the table, serving each others lunches, eating together as a group and socialising with our friends.

To extend this we had a visit to…