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All set to welcome friends and family for our BBQ. The sun is shining and the food cooking!

We had a fantastic day learning about Africa, KS3F especially enjoyed African drumming, eating plantain and colouring the national flag of Ghana. 

KS3T enjoyed taking part in Africa Day. They all took part in different activities such as a talk with Julie about her trip to Ghana, food tasting, drumming and carrying a bucket filled with bean bags to represent water carrying.

The pupils gave some feedback about the day:

”We learnt about…

We have enjoyed a range of activities this morning. We watched videos from Africa and talked about their living conditions. We were shocked to hear how hard they worked for such little money.  We carried buckets to help us understand how hard it can be for them to get water and ate rice with our…

In our Art sessions the students have completed a class project to design and create a Native American Headdress.  The students also developed their fine motor skills and used their pincer grips to pick up small and fiddly items to place on our piece of work.

In our fine motor skills sessions today the students have been practicing their pencil grip and control.  They have used shape templates to draw a given picture.  They have used vocabulary that they have been using in Maths too.  They have used 'left' and 'right', 'big' and 'small'.  They have…

In our Autism and Me session today we have talked about the causes of autism and how autism impacts our daily lives.  We have explored how the brain receives, processes and sends information differently too.  The students have completed their journals and each week complete a small quiz to show…

Learning Suite Foundation have been learning about Hinduism and India as part of their Religious Education sessions. Yesterday, they began work on a piece of Indian art by making spice paint out of flour, water, oil and different spices. Students had a brilliant time and really enjoyed the sensory…

KS3T went on a nature hunt in Science. They made a tally chart of things they saw. This was then transferred into a bar chart.

KS3T enjoyed a visit from Lancashire Fire Service. During the visit the students were pretending to ring for the fire service - this was a really useful exercise as some pupils weren’t aware of their address. One student tried on the full uniform. They thoroughly enjoyed the visit.

Students in KS3P spent time during Autism Awareness week discussing what Autism is and how it affects the lives of those with Autism. The particular focus was on how Autistic people communicate with those around them and how each persons Autism is unique. They also looked at how everyone is…