Blog by Tag: D of E

Our visit to Chorley in Bloom was cancelled due to the icy weather. So we continued with our D of E topic in school. We all contributed in a class discussion with everyone saying something that could help the environment, from recycling to using energy efficient light bulbs. Then the fun…

This week in school has been World Religion Week 11 G have been learning about Buddhism. We learnt who Buddha is and how their religion helps Buddhists with their feelings and emotions. 

In our Monday morning café we tried some different foods for breakfast,we had seeded bread for our toast,…

This week was the start of our volunteering section of our Duke of Edinburgh Award. We walked upto the education hub space of Chorley in Bloom and we had our induction with the lovely team there. We learned about health and safety in a garden and working as a team. We had a tour around the site…

This week in 11G we had 2 birthdays Skye and Jake were 16 on Tuesday. 

On Monday morning we talked about our weekend news with a partner. In the afternoon we planned a special party for Skye and Jake, we made some sandwiches, we practiced using a cheese grater to grate cheese we also made a…

Wow!!! Another busy week in 11G we are working really hard on our Asdan work. 

On Monday we shared our weekend news with our friends, we all had very busy weekends but we were eager to come back to school to learn. In English we are reading the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory we looked…

We’ve been very busy this week in 11G. On Monday we celebrated Charlie’s16th birthday, we sang to him and had a chocolate caterpillar cake. 
On Tuesday we talked about personal hygiene and the importance of keeping our mouths and teeth clean and healthy. We all brushed our teeth with our own…

As part of Duke of Edinburgh award the learners will be undertaking many different activities to enable them to achieve their award.

Every week we will be visiting the gym to cover the physical element of the award. Everyone in 11G have worked so hard in the gym already and have amazed us with…

As part of our Duke of Edinburgh award we are learning dance- this week we had a visit from Danni from Chorley Schools Sports Partnership.

We talked about the musical theatre production- Hairspray- and started to learn a dance routine to the song - ‘You Can’t Stop The Beat!’ 
Despite some…

Another fantastic event for 10G. We had a super time at the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations. We extended the skills we have developed through our café work experience to our hot dog stall. We used our communication, cooking, Maths and safety knowledge to run this successfully. We had roles of the…

Alongside our usual chocolate Advent calendar- this year Mrs McShane and all of us in 11G decided that we would do something a little bit different- we came up with an idea to help people in our local community by making a donation of foods and toiletries to our local food bank, we are…

What a busy last few weeks it’s been! To continue building our functional skills 11G organised this year’s Valentines Disco.  This meant our learners had to uses a variety of skills to ensure the event ran smoothly.  The task they undertook included creating posters (by hand and digitally), making…

Year 7 and Year 10 visited Calvert trust last week for a 5 day stay. We took part in activities that developed confidence and team building skills and...what a fantastic week we all had!!!

Please have a look at the photos to see some of the amazing activities that your students took part…