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We’ve had a busy couple of weeks in 11P!

We’ve had trips to ASDA to buy breakfast supplies and swimming lessons at Chorley leisure centre. Everyone has worked really hard at Chorley In Bloom preparing the gardens for the winter season and making willow wreaths. We have done lots of…

Again, Monday started with Picture News. This week the focus was around the Guiness World Records, as it has been 70 since the first book was published. We researched some weird and wonderful records that have been set and also records we would have a go at ourselves if we could. These included…

Today as part of learning about healthy living, 10P visited All Season’s Leisure Centre in Chorley. Here we had a go on using the different machine and equipment. Staff were so impressed how everyone had a go even though they were feeling a little nervous at first. 
We are looking forward to…

Again this week started with Picture News. The topic this week was around the reduction in age of voting in England. We talked about what it means to vote and why we do it. We also talked about whether we felt ready to vote next year and what we need to think about to make an informed decision. At…

Welcome back to Year 11! I can't actually believe that we have started the final year at APS!

We had a nice, chilled start to the week, spending time catching up with friends, and talking about what we got up to over the summer. We also received our new 'Leavers 26' hoodies (which look very…

On Monday in maths we worked really hard and did some great problem solving. We also had a look at picture news and talked about the pros and cons of self driving taxis. Not many of us were keen on the idea of getting into a taxi without a driver. In the afternoon we practiced more computer skills…

Monday morning started with our usual maths and picture news. The learners had to write a diary entry about a shipwreck that they had survived. They had to describe what had happened and also how they might have felt. In the afternoon we had the class computers and learnt how to log on, sign in…

Monday morning saw us doing maths and looking at money again. After break we all did some 1:1 reading. 
In the afternoon some of us went to Tesco for shopping for food tech on Thursday, this week we are making fajitas, the learners chose what they wanted to put with their chicken. To get to Tesco…

What a busy 4 day week 10A have had!

On Tuesday morning we went back to Chorley life centre, this week we looked at the catering side of the hospital. The lady who was in charge of catering, was called Shelly. Shelly took us to her office and gave us all a hair net and jacket to wear, whilst…

Another short week for 10A, so lots to do. 

On Monday we looked at money in Maths. As part of our Asdan work  we are looking to make and sell items to raise funds for our year 11 prom. We talked about how we should work as a team when we are making the items, we discussed ground rules we would…

Welcome back 10A, hope everyone had a relaxing break is ready for our last term in Year 10. We have lots to look forward to in the summer term!

On a Tuesday morning for the next five weeks we will be visiting The Life Centre at Chorley Hospital. We will be looking different jobs and roles…

On Monday, Lee, from DWP came in for her final visit with us. This week we focused on our CV. Lee gave us all a sheet of paper with different questions on, we answered these questions to help us build up our CV. Lee, then spoke to it’s about how to make a good impression for an interview. We then…