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8 May 2026

Pets at Home

This week’s Animal Kingdom focus has been all about pets! We enjoyed a visit from Coco the therapy dog and the guinea pigs in Mr Croft’s lesson, and did some mark making activities too! We also followed a sequence to create our own cat crafts and participated in some pet care role play…

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1 May 2026

Our week in 3S

We were “on the farm” this week in 3S and enjoyed learning all about farm animals. Students enjoyed exploring Miss Seagrove’s farm themed tuff tray and made sheep crafts using cotton wool. Students have also visited The Hub this week and have continued to work on key maths skills,…

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1 May 2026

KS3 Blackpool Zoo

The KS3 department enjoyed a trip to Blackpool Zoo as part of this terms topic “Animal Kingdom”. All students had opportunities to develop their skills beyond the classroom. Some focused on communication, others learnt various facts about the animals, and some students even begun a photography…

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24 April 2026

KS3 Blackpool Zoo Trip

We had a fantastic time at the zoo for our Animal Kingdom Topic Day. We loved observing the animals and working on our communication skills.

 

 

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17 April 2026

Our first week back in KS3S

We welcomed a new student to 3S this term and have e joyed interacting and sharing experiences together.

This term marks the start of our “Animal Kingdom” week and this week we explored all things “safari”. Students enjoyed their new sensory story “Rumble in the Jungle” and have been…

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27 March 2026

KS3S and KS3H visit to Sea Life!

Students in KS3H and KS3S were immersed into the world of “Under the Sea” at Blackpool Sea Life on Wednesday. They enjoyed watching the different sea creatures, and some students even touched them! We had a wonderful day and students represented the school values impeccably well. We are so proud…

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13 March 2026

Look what we can do!

We’ve had a fantastic week working with lots of different staff this week! This has allowed us to transfer our skills to different people and situations. 
Our favourite moments this week have been cookery with Mr Machaj, MATP with Miss Wilson, the bikes with Miss White and Maths with Miss…

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6 March 2026

World Book Day 2026

Students and staff enjoyed celebrating World Book Day. Our theme this year was Roald Dahl, and students enjoyed making Charlie and the chocolate factory themed snacks, created ENORMOUS crocodiles and went on a book scavenger hunt, as well as many other activities linked to Roald Dahl.

All…

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6 March 2026

Our week in KS3S

We’ve had a fantastic week celebrating Careers week and World Book Day.

Some stand out WOW moments have been the progress made with brushing our teeth. Students are tolerating the brush in their mouths loaded with toothpaste, and some students have even accepted brushing their teeth themselves…

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13 February 2026

Our week in KS3S

This week we’ve done so many fun things!

- Communicating using our core word boards and communication books

- Learning how to put clothes in the washing machine

- Made mocktails in Maths

- Gross motor and sensory circuit activities 

- Cafe visit

- Motor Activity Training…

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