Blog Author: Miss Carter

Last night we had our Halloween disco! 11R and 11G have been busy getting ready for the past couple of weeks, choosing jobs and selling tickets. In the afternoon, 11R were busy finishing off some decorations for the hall, where we then joined 11G in decorating to make it nice and spooky for after…

Today 11R had their first gym session, led by Mr Murphy, as part of learning about about healthy lifestyles. We got the minibus to the gym this morning as it was raining quite hard and we didn't want to start the day off soaking wet. We went into the gym and everyone was a little bit nervous…

11R had their third session at Chorley in Bloom this week! When we got there we met David and Mrs Broughton. We sat down with David and he told us all about different types of flower bulbs! We looked at the different sizes and shapes of lots of different flowers and plants, including rosehips,…

On Friday morning we had Macmillan Coffee Morning in school. As part of their Young Enterprise ASDAN unit, 11R were helping to run it, doing various jobs and roles throughout the morning.

We helped serve both the drinks and the cake to our learners and their parents and guardians. We had talked…

Yesterday 11R had their first visit to Chorley in Bloom! We walked from school to the main site and met the volunteers who would be helping us during our sessions.

Iris sat us down and talked through some basic safety instructions we would need to follow whilst on site; including no running and…

This morning 11R made bacon butties for 11G as part of their Young Enterprise PSD unit. Last week we planned out what we would need; both the equipment and the ingredients, and talked through the method of making a bacon butty.

Yesterday afternoon, we had a practice go at making them, learning…

What a year in 10R! We've been busy, busy all year and this last week has been no different! On Monday we had our first transition session with Mr Murphy where he talked about what we would be doing when we got back in September and what he expects of us in year 11. In the afternoon we had our…

On Monday we had our second session at the Anderton Centre! This week we tried some on-land activities which we all did our best at.

We started the morning with archery where, before we could have a go, we listened to the safety instructions that Emily the instructor gave us. Everyone had a…

Yesterday 10R had their end of term trip to Blackpool! When we arrived there, we headed down onto the beach and had some fun drawing in the sand with sticks and we went down to the water, trying to keep our feet dry while we did! We then walked along the beach and made our way up to the…

This week in 10R we've had lots to do! On Monday we had our morning maths lesson and in the afternoon we had our first session of sports week when we played some relay games and activities. 

On Tuesday we continued with our ASDAN and our Preparation for Work Unit and in the afternoon we went on…

Well it's been a hot one this week!

We started Monday with a maths lesson and we had ASDAN in the afternoon, which we continued on Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon we continued to read The Wizard of Oz in English and completed some more comprehension tasks.

Wednesday morning we had a short…

10R have had a busy first week back after half-term! We jumped right into things on Monday, starting off with Maths in the morning, where we continued to learn about time and how to read a clock. In the afternoon we had a small game of rounders before it got too hot to continue, so we decided to…