Blog by Tag: Personal Social Development and Life Skills

Good afternoon, 

Sometimes when I write this blog I just do not know where to start! We have been that busy this week I haven’t even got room for photos of our scientific investigation which challenged the pupils to make a traditional compass using water and magnets. 
 

But one thing did…

This week 7A visited the café in Chorley town centre to practice our independence.

We walked from school into town showing our road safety skills, looking both ways when crossing roads and using pelican crossings when available.

When we arrived at the café we all sat down and perused the…

7A went to Legoland in Manchester this week. We have been looking forward to it allllllll week and it didn’t disappoint!

When we arrived we had to queue up, while queuing up we saw some of what was to come, Hagrid, Darth Vader and tubes full of Lego. 
7A then got into the lift, which was very…

We’ve had a great week in 9A!  

We’ve been starting to access the community again. Many pupils have enjoyed going shopping this week. They sourced ingredients for our cooking sessions. One group made cheese toasted sandwiches and one group made chocolate brownies. Yum yum! They were delicious.…

Good afternoon all 8A fans and families,

I will start this week’s blog by announcing our Star of the Week.  This week Joseph won the award for showing great maturity throughout the week and dealing well with our problem-solving tasks in baking and keeping a calm head. He has been that mature…

Good afternoon 8A fans and families!

Wow what another busy week we have had.  Lets start by celebrating our Star of the Week - Olivia!
Olivia showed great teamwork skills across the week and real leadership skills in our life skills lesson today.  Olivia showed she could delegate tasks…

Well I knew the pupils in 7A had worked hard this year and they have been rewarded by making a sweep at the Annual Secondary Awards!

Gemma (Pupil of the Year), Joseph (Secondary Positivity Value Award), Jake (Secondary Teamwork Value Award) and Alfie & Grace (School Councillor Awards).…

Yesterday, Mrs Linde and I attended the Lancashire Careers Hub Conference at Ewood Park. We attended three workshops - Careers in the Curriculum, Encounters with Employers and Experiences of the Workplace. We were able to share some of the outstanding practice that occurs at school, and we gained…

To mark a Queens Platinum Jubilee, 7A went to the fairground. They were able to show all their circus skills in the performance workshop and their athletic skills on the helter skeleter & obstacle course. They also enjoyed spending their money in the Key Stage 4 cafe and sweets stalls and riding…

This week 7A have been looking at the Anglo Saxons and what weapons they used to fight in the battle against the Vikings. At the start of the week they looked at what they used to defend themselves. The children made some amazing shields and designed their very own pattern to go on the front of…

This week in 7A we have been learning the importance of looking after our bodies and how we can look after our friends. 

The children have been following on from last week with first aid training. This week we discussed and practiced the recovery position and the steps we need to take before…

As part of Personal, Social Development and Life Skills, 9R spent a lesson learning about First Aid and in particular how to place a casualty in the correct recovery position.

Mrs Lea showed the class her First Aid uniform that she wears when doing voluntary work outside of school and then she…