Blog Author: Mrs McShane

We were all excited today in 11G for two reasons- tomorrow we can officially start to talk about Christmas and today we were going to learn all about St Andrew.

At the beginning of the lesson we really didn’t know very much about the patron saint of Scotland, but after listening to a…

On Monday 15 November all of us in 11G celebrated Odd Sock Day!

Odd Sock Day is a National Annual event celebrating what makes us unique!

It is celebrated at the beginning of Friendship week.

What a fun filled day we’ve had in 11G- celebrating Children in Need 2021!

We started off by researching  exactly what Children in Need actually means- it was quite emotional- and made us all realise how lucky we all are!

We created Pudsey masks, bookmarks, and completed a reflective…

We had a lovely surprise today- we have all been waiting patiently- and today- it finally happened! Our Leavers 22 Hoodies arrived! We couldn’t wait to try them on, we all felt (and looked) very important, smart and grown up! We definitely stand out from the crowd!

A massive Thank You to…

We have had lots of fun in 11G- our PE this half term has been Dance! We’ve been looking at different styles of dance each week- this week has been Ballroom!
Oh my goodness the professionals on Strictly Come Dancing make it look so easy! But we had lots of fun practising our moves! I’m sure…

Today we celebrated a very important date- Dylan’s 16th Birthday! We had a lovely time singing to him- but the best thing was eating cake! Dylan really enjoyed the fuss we made of him, he loved his presents- and enjoyed celebrating with his friends.

We had an amazing time- making the most of our leisure time- by having a class visit to Astley Park. We started our adventure by taking in the aromas and sounds in the sensory garden- it made us all feel, calm and relaxed before we headed off into the woods, we used all of our senses to…

Mental Health- we all have it! Sometimes its all good- and other times not quite so good!

We are very good in Y11R at talking about our mental health-and trying to address any problems that we may have!

Many of our worries have been based on- next steps and moving forward- as we have been…

MADD Wednesday!

Our theme today is Brazil!

We started our day-looking at Brazillian rain forests and the famous statue of Christ The Redeemer!

We looked at the famous carnival in Rio! Wow- it looked amazing fun!- We would love to go and see it for real- if Mr Welsh would let us!

Our…

MADD Tuesday -Ireland!

Another fun filled day in school! We watched a short video about two giants having an argument- Finn McCool and Bennandonner- its a story set in Ireland- we then looked at the Giants Causeway, looking at the shapes of the rock formations. We made our own games using…

MADD Day Monday! Theme of the day Spain!

We started MADD day by looking at Piccaso pictures, before creating our own using lots of lovely bright colours.

We listened to some Spanish music, then used drums to create our own music-slow and quiet then fast and loud-we had lots of fun!

Listen…

On Wednesday 22 April we will be celebrating 50 years on Earth Day- the theme for this year is climate action! The main aim of Earth Day is to raise awareness on the negative impact that we are all guilty of on our environment!

11R have done lots of work on this during our Environmental…