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This week we have:

- Developed our gross motor skills, balance and special awareness on the adaptive bikes.

- Collected leaves in the sunshine to create a hedgehog craft as part of our learning about woodland animals.

- Followed visual instructions and weighed ingredients to make…

Jessica - This week in Expressive Arts we were listening to The Carnival of the Animals. We played a game were we were guessing which animal each piece of music was representing.

Tyler - In My World we made information booklets about the animals we have adopted which are penguins, elephants and…

KS4W loved exploring small animals and hunting for bugs. Our two resident Guinea pigs joined us, as did Teddy our wonderful therapy dog. After that, we went looking for bugs. What a busy morning. Well done!!!

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KS3H have had a brilliant first week back after the half‑term break, filled with fun, learning and lots of hands‑on activities.

In CLL, we enjoyed diving into colourful semantics, phonics and handwriting.

Maths brought a big surprise, we had LOTS of fun learning to tell the time to…

Students in KS3S have had some incredible WOW moments this week.

Tom followed instructions to independently complete a circuit. With no physical support from staff, he was able to crawl along a mat and then roll onto his front.

Oscar followed instructions to make himself a cup of water,…

We had a lovely visit to the café today using our total communication approach to order drinks and snacks. Or students were so well-behaved and polite and managed their money safely, kept hold of their wallets and put their receipt away with the change. It was an honour to spend this learning time…

This week in Life Skills, 3W made wedges. They cut potatoes, used the air fryer and then enjoyed eating them!

This week KS3C enjoyed their delightful time back from a blazing hot half term. We began our week off by using BBC Micro Bots and coding them to read and generate different types of Energies which we subsequently tested outside and gathered our statistics to produce a result.

The class spent…

This week we’ve been learning all about birds and have explored their habitats by making nests, observed their movements using kites and learnt about the noises they make. Students have also enjoyed their class sensory story, followed sequences to create a bird craft and have continued working…

Students from KS4W shared a magical morning with their parents at the cafe. This was a wonderful celebration and a chance to show their families the variety of skills they have learned through community visits. 

We have been working towards regulation, communication and money skills in the…

KS3H have had a lovely final week before half term. We enjoyed a Life Skills trip to the Beacon, travelling by bus and practicing our road

crossing skills. In maths, we worked on doubling numbers and in CLL we focussed on improving our handwriting and reading. In topic, we learnt all about…