Blog Author: Mrs Crouch

7P are having a wonderful start to residential. Our group is called Dodd group and our instructor is Lou. We are having so much fun! Everyone has settled in really well. 

Last night we enjoyed a session in the Calvert swimming pool. We loved the lights and music! We had a chill in the games…

This half term for Me and My Body, we have been doing Outdoor Adventurous Activities. We have practiced our team work skills and learnt that good teamwork means good talking and good listening to each other. We have practiced this through lots of games and some of us have also worked on our…

This half term, as we have continued our Our Planet theme, 8A have been reading stories from around the world in My Communication.

First, we read a story called Lila and the Secret of Rain. This story was set in Africa and we thought about what it would be like to live somewhere without rain,…

Today 8A have been learning about epilepsy. We learnt what tonic/clinic seizures, absence seizures and focal seizures look like and talked about how we can help people who are experiencing seizures. We took part in a short first aid session where we learnt how we can keep somebody safe if they…

This term our theme is “Our Planet”. In our My Community lessons we have been thinking about our local environment and some of us have been out in the local community litter picking. We have been shocked at the amount of litter we have found over the past few weeks in Chorley Town Centre and at…

Happy New Year everyone!

8A have had a fantastic start to the new year. We thought you might like to know all about our new theme, "Our Planet" and what we will be learning about this term. 

My Communication

In My Communication this half term, Mrs Crouch will be helping us to write some…

Wow we have had another fun filled day in 8A! This morning we were visited by some alpacas and then we enjoyed a festive games afternoon. We played a snowman beetle run, Christmas bingo, Christmas charades and pin the nose on Rudolph. We all took turns and had lots of fun. 

Tomorrow we have…

This morning 8A enjoyed breakfast with Santa. We enjoyed some of our favourite breakfast foods - Coco Pops, croissants, pain au chocolat or toast before our video call with the big man himself! Santa’s elves delivered our presents and Santa revealed the names of those of us who were on his good…

We are ready for Christmas in 8A. The countdown is certainly on! 
 

Yesteday we joined in with the Be Internet Legends Google assembly. This was an assembly streamed via YouTube with lots of interactive questions. We even got a shoutout! Mrs Crouch, Mrs England and Mrs Taylor were so impressed…

8A had a brilliant time on the playground this afternoon. We hope it’s dry tomorrow for more fun in golden time! 

This term in My Communication we have been learning all about space as part of our Bright Sparks theme. In Autumn 1 we focussed on the Hidden Figures and NASA, and in Autumn 2 we have been focusing on finding out more about the planets. We have learnt that the planets in our solar system orbit the…

On Tuesday 30th November, we will be celebrating St Andrew’s Day in classes. Some classes will be celebrating this through sensory play with water, some will be focusing on the story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand, whilst others while be exploring the life of St Andrew using information…