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This week KS5C have been counting tuck shop and selling it to fellow students touring break time. This is helping students to build on their counting and communication with other people and developing good teamwork skills.

For lunch in unit this week KS5C have made Mac and cheese with crispy bacon and wedges. All of the students took part in making the dish and using kitchen skills like chopping, mixing, measuring, frying, boiling and using a microwave to make a syrup sponge pudding. 

KS5W really enjoyed surveying traffic to record the different colours of cars going past. Afterwards they counted and shared their results. There were more white cars on the roads that morning than any other colour. This was closely followed by blue and silver.

KS5W loved making their own pizzas today using fresh homemade dough. Students used their mathematical knowledge to describe the shapes they made. They learned how to roll the dough and layered their pizza by following instructions. They used good listening skills and were very organised at tidy up…

KS4L enjoyed learning about shadows as part of their Science CREST Award. Pupils experimented with making shadows outside. Pupils went on different equipment; stood still and moved to see if their could change their shadows.
 

This week KS5C have made cottage pie and flapjacks for their lunch in unit meal. Every student took part in mixing, peeling, mashing, browning, chopping and melting ingredients to create their lovely meal.

KS5L have written a newspaper article about the Bear who came to babysit. The students listened to a story about a big brown bear who came to babysit, they were asked to write about this and draw a lovely picture of their favourite part of the story. The students enjoyed this activity and were…

KS5 L students have been practicing counting stock and selling items to their friends at break time. Students have been able to record what stock has been in our containers and then at break time came to sell the items and worked as a team. They all enjoyed doing this task and next time they will…

It has been a wonderful week in Key Stage 3L for the first week back after half term.  We are continuing our 'environment' theme.  In CLL we have been using 'Song of the Dolphin Boy', 'Mia Makes a Meadow', and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'.  In Maths we have been exploring time in our lessons.  In…

We loved heading out on the public bus again. Everyone is getting used to keeping hold of their travel cards and scanning them. Everyone thanked the driver. All students were excellent representatives of our school. 
 

KS5W love Fridays when they have Music Therapy with Mrs Sinclair.

KS5W cooked sausage and bacon breakfast barms this morning for staff. They are going to be opening up a pop-up cafe soon as part of their Business Enterprise challenge and wanted to start practicing. Lots to be learned from today and everybody worked really hard. Staff said they enjoyed their…