Blog by Tag: Careers

Students in KS3S have been hoovering as part of their ASDAN Raising Aspirations program in Careers, which aims to support their life skills. Students enjoyed locating the plug socket and using it safely, exploring how the hoover worked and then hoovering up the mess the staff left on the…

KS5W students and staff opened up their final pop-up cafe of the academic year to make brekkie barms today. It was a great team effort. It is fantastic to see the independence and self help skills being used by all. And it’s wonderful to see how all students can spread butter so…

KS4 were very privileged to be invited to the STEM Festival 2024 (Science Technology Engineering Maths) at West Lancashire College.

The Students enjoyed a Trip through Space and Time. KS4 learnt all about the history and future of space inside the wonder dome. 

We attended a presentation…

Students from KS5W opened up a cafe to welcome our new parents into our school.

Students loved going shopping this week for breakfast items for their cafe.

Students from KS5W have taken part in making sausage and bacon barms for staff within school. During a business enterprise lesson the students revisited counting in two’s when counting the money made from sales. They had been counting in two’s earlier in the week during their maths lesson. They…

KS5W made breakfast barms to sell to staff within school. Students went shopping for the items the day before to ensure that everyone who had ordered had their order made. Students made a variety of barms which were sausage, bacon, sausage and bacon and also vegetarian. Students cooked items,…

KS5W went shopping for provisions to make breakfast baps tomorrow to sell to staff. Students used a list to help them remember what to buy. They worked as part of a team to find the items and put them in the trolley. 

Students loved practicing their peeling and chopping skills again today. The menu was chips, oven roasted gammon followed by ice cream and fresh fruit salad. Everybody chopped, peeled and sliced and washed away all their dishes afterwards. Great teamwork. 

KS5W continued with their Business Enterprise learning and opened up another breakfast cafe for staff. They cooked sausage and bacon and buttered bread rolls ready to serve to staff. Students are really enjoying running this small business. Watch out for out next pop-up cafe in the hall.

KS3S enjoyed a visit to Skelmersdale library where they read stories with staff as well as independently. Students demonstrated a love of reading by choosing their favourite books, looking at pictures, smiling and communicating about what they were reading. All students demonstrated their…

On Friday the 8th of March students from KS5W took part in creating a pop up cafe for family and peers from KS5S and KS5H. This is part of KS5W Business Enterprise and learning how to make money. The students baked cakes to sell to family and peers and were able to make £26.00 profit after initial…