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This week in KS3L, students in KS3L have focussed hard on their Personal Learning Goals. They learned about hurricanes in Science, performing an experiment to simulate a hurricane, using food colouring and water in a cup. On Friday, Intervention couldn’t take place but they enjoyed taking part in…

Students from the KS4 Art group made a visit to Speke Hall to look at the Wallpaper Designs of the Artist William Morris. The students were given the tasks to find the work within the building and sketch what they had found, alongside finding out any interesting facts. All students were polite and…

KS5W have been creating their own red noses for Red Nose Day. They completed mazes, red noses and colouring pictures. 

Students enjoyed visiting the school library to explore the variety of books on offer. Some students had the chance to listen to a story being read to them.

KS5W have been practicing their fine motor skills by turning pages within books, learning to tie shoes laces, matching right colours to the right bowls and practicing small fastening like buttons and tags. 

On Thursday mornings, both 3H and 3S have community visits.  Last week, both classes visited Midstream Cafe.  It was great to see both classes together.

At Midstream Cafe, students convene,

For a break from the academic scene.

With drinks and snacks in hand,

They form a merry band,…

Students in KS3S have built up their skills ready to start ‘Squiggle while you wiggle’, which is a program designed to link movement and music to making marks. Today we focused on moving our hands “up” to the sky. Each week students will build up different movements until they are ready to move to…

Last week, KS3S combined a visit to the park with litter picking.

In the park, students took up the chore,

To pick up the litter, galore.

With passion and zest,

They cleaned up the mess,

Leaving nature applauding for more!

On Wednesday 13th March KS5W made southern fried chicken and home made chips with beans for their main meal and then they made flapjacks for their pudding. The students are learning to improve their peeling skills and being able to follow instructions. Each student had the opportunity the peel and…

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…

What a wonderful Wednesday we have enjoyed. We started off our wonderful day with data handling. We began to learn about making pictograms. After break we cooked a feast when we made homemade chips, southern fried chicken and flapjacks. We have been practicing how to peel and did a great job with…

Students from KS5L have made a pork roast dinner and a pineapple upside down cake. The students all supported each other and took part in peeling and chopping vegetables, mixing and weighing ingredients, boiling water for the vegetables and prepping the meat as well as making stuffing balls. All…