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The power boat was ace!!! - the students got a chance to go really fast up and down the reservoir last night, before making their lunches in readiness for the trek up to the Pike today. The students showed incredible team work to ensure that one of our number that uses a wheelchair was able to…

This half term in our Me and My Body lessons, 8A will be developing skills to play team games. We haven’t played hockey before in 8A so we are starting to learn to control a ball using a hockey stick and we will be applying these skills to simple hockey games. We had so much fun in the sun today.…

Fantastic weather once again for our adventures on the lake. We began the day rafting all the way across the lake to Lever Park. We walked through the woods and visited Liverpool Castle. The students had an impromptu game of sardines within the ruined castle; we made hot chocolate over a camping…

We were worried that the weather was going to be wet but the sun shone and the students had a fantastic time, showing their head for heights. It was great to see them putting mind over matter as they scaled the tree climb and held their nerve balancing on the crate stack. After a lovely lunch, we…

Today for speaking and listening 10R had a go at Lego therapy. Going forward we will be doing interventions to develop this. 
 

It is trickier than it sounds. One pupil explains what is needed and another pupil finds the pieces. A builder listens to how to place the pieces.

Well done…

What a fantastic start to the new year!

Willow staff were so excited to welcome pupils back to school on Monday and couldn’t wait to get to know everyone. The children arrived full of excitement and were eager to get start the new year.

We have all had such a lovely week playing games,…

What a fantastic first day!! We arrived at the Anderton Centre at 1pm, checked in and most importantly, made up our own beds. It was great to see the students helping each other with this. Next we had a walk around the centre so we have a good idea as to where everything is; we met our visit…

Hello Everyone!
 

Last week was our first week in Sycamore Class! We have all had an amazing week, it has been so lovely to see all of our friends again after a wonderful summer break. We have done lots of different activities to get to know our new classmates and our new teachers! 
 

We…

8A have had a great first week back. Everyone has settled into our new classroom, we have a new outside area with beanbags that we can chill and relax on and lots of fun activities that we can enjoy outside. We have played lots of games. We have learnt about how we are feeling and zones we are in…

9R have had a busy and enjoyable first week back after the long summer holiday. It has been lovely to see them catching up with their friends and myself, Ms Lea, and their class teacher, Mr Smith, have spent lots of time getting to know the students through activities,  online games  and fun…

Welcome back Chestnut Class! 
 

This week we have enjoyed getting to know lots of new names and faces that make up our fabulous new Class via Attention Autism. We are also very lucky to have another little girl joining us soon and we can’t wait to meet her! We have had so much fun making…

After a long (not so hot) summer break, it was great to get together as a class again as 11R.  We welcomed our new team members Mrs Powell and Mr Connor. 
To help class settle back after the break there have been fun activities and pupils enjoyed games and time with friends who they have not seen…