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This weeks picture News “Girls can have short hair get over it” 

This week we watched a news video about girls being asked to leave a girls football match because they were accused of being boys because they had short hair. They have started a campaign with the slogan “Girls can have short hair…

Welcome back!

7A have settled back into school life exceptionally well after the holidays.

On Monday, they got back into their swimming lessons at Hindley swimming pool. 

In music, in the afternoon, Miss Troughton introduced us to a new song, ‘Three little birds’ by Bob Marley.…

In picture News today we were discussing climate change, we looked at a news reel where they were interviewing a lady from the government about what climate change means and how we can help.

We looked at what the impact of climate change is on the weather around the world, watching videos and…

Willow have had a great first week back and have been super busy!! The learner’s really enjoy our sensory story of ‘The Hungry Catepillar’ pretending to be caterpillar’s then to transform into butterflies. They have completed really good maths work and shown good engagement and their work has…

On Tuesday we were very excited to go on a visit to Lancaster Castle which concludes our learning of the Pendle Witch trials.

We were very lucky to have a guided tour of the castle, this included the men’s prison and the women’s prison. We had a look inside some of the cells and the guide…

This week in maths we have continued with working on the four operations, focusing on division Some of us have learnt what sharing is, how to use physical resources to help us share and also how to use factors to divide large numbers by 2-digit numbers! 

In Picture News on Monday, the question…

This week in picture news 11A looked at the wildfires in America, specifically in Los Angeles.

We watched a news reel and some interviews with people who had been evacuated from their homes. We then discussed about what has caused the fires, what help was in place for both the people and the…

This week in class 9P, we have been busy with lots of different lessons and activities.

On Monday, we have been focusing on our phonics, picture news and reading. 
We have also been focusing on our road safety, and with the weather being so bad outside we practised using the car mat in class.…

During World Religion Week, 9P we looked at the different religions and beliefs. Looking at the different Gods and places of worship. 

The children watched a PowerPoint and discussed the different beliefs from around the world. Looking at similarities such as the Holy book, places of…

We’ve had a fantastic first week back in 9P! 

On Monday, we did Phonics, Picture News and PSHE in the morning. They did really well in their decision making activities linked to road safety and social skills. We also made a group decision on where we want to go on our reward class trip before…

Happy New Year and welcome back.

7A have settled back into school life very well this week and what a cold week it has been. 7A have been wrapped up this week enjoying playing in the snow.

During our Nuture Time everyone showed fantastic school values using Teamwork to work together on…

Today, Josh and Owen visited Brothers of Charity at Lisieux Hall. They have been tasked with producing a promotional media video to advertise their sensory areas of the venue. They were able to have a tour around the media department and meet with staff and service users. During the afternoon they…