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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…

Students in KS4 had a maths lesson all about graphs today. We used the space in the hall to create graphs using our bodies to indicate how many votes different categories got! We voted on lots of different things such as sports, colours, food and different careers!

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…

Some of KS4 students had a lovely visit from West Lancashire College today to learn all about what they can expect if/when they go to college. The Tutors Tina, Ryan, and Lauren were absolutely brilliant with the students engaging them in conversation, group activities and Team Building. We…

This week KS5 H have been counting stock for the tuck shop and then the students have then been selling the tuck to their fellow peers during break time. This has helped students with their Maths skills, Communication skills and even have those interactions with others within the year group. For…