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It has been a busy week for the pupils and staff in 8P. 

We have done lots of hard work and also had lots of fun. 

Unfortunately, the rain meant that we had to use the school transport to take part in our weekly shopping trip (instead of practising our travel training), but we still had a…

This week in our food technology activity, 8A participated in making some war time biscuits.

These biscuits had the regular ingredients such as butter, sugar, flour and vanilla essence but there was an additional ingredient added……. Grated carrots.

We were all very unsure how these…

Pupils and staff in 8P have returned back to school, refreshed and ready for lots of learning and fun.

This week, we have been taking part in lots of different activities, including maths where we have been beginning to learn about money and all the different types of coins, as well as our…

Welcome back to spring 2, hope you’ve all had a lovely break. We’ve got a very busy half term again and lots of things to look forward to. 9A welcomed a new pupil into class, they have all been very friendly and we look forward to getting to know him. 
On Monday morning as the learners came into…

It has been a very busy week for the staff and pupils in 8P. 

We have done lots of interesting lessons, including Maths, English, Phonics and Cooking. 

This morning, we were fortunate enough to go on a trip to Rascals indoor play centre, to make up for the Christmas trip which was cancelled…

Ration baking in 8A

In our food technology lesson this week we had to use food that was rationed. We explained to 8A that in the 1st and 2nd World War, certain foods were unable to be purchased, so when making meals, some ingredients couldn’t be used because of being in short…

This week has been mega busy in 10A. Jake was able to work with Chorley in Bloom and continue his Community Action Project. The whole class have been crazy busy working towards ASDAN qualifications in class and in the community, including sentence structure in English and measurement and  time in…

The pupils of 8P have done lots of learning and fun activities this week. 

We enjoyed a walk to Tesco, where we split into two groups to buy the ingredients for cooking and items for snack. We followed our shopping lists really well, and took turns carrying the basket, choosing the correct…

1st school in for 2024 in 8A

It was so nice seeing the learners in 8A returning back to school in 2024.

It was lovely hearing all their enjoyable Christmas and New Year celebrations.

We have had a fun and relaxing week this week settling the learners back into school…

The pupils and staff have had a lovely week back in class, after a very busy Christmas.

We had a walk to Asda where we split into two groups, one group searched for and bought items for our snack time while the other group searched for and bought items for our food technology lesson. 

Using…

Today in 9A we have been learning about Hanukkah which is the Jewish festival of light. We looked at how Jewish people might celebrate. We learned what the menorah represents and then we made our own menorah lamps. In food tech we had a go at making some Hanukkah sweets. Everyone thought they were…

This week 9A we’re lucky enough to visit the pantomime at Victoria Hall in Bolton. We travelled with some other classes to see Cinderella and Mr Welsh kindly drove us in the school minibus whilst some travelled on the coach. Everyone found the pantomime very funny with lots of silly jokes. The…