Year 9 pupils in Geography conducted a traffic survey identifying the amount of traffic that pass our school. The group completed a bar chart to find out that the most vehicles that past were delivery vans. During the discussion it was noted that their is a lot of pollution in the air due to the…
Everyone in 9R has been having lots of festive fun throughout the week. Taking part in decorating biscuits, designing a bauble for the tree, festive bingo, Christmas jumper day, a live link to Jack and the Beanstalk pantomine. Each day a super star pupil is chosen to select the solar system advent and read the…
During Enrichment today some of the Year 11’s visited Stoneleigh residential care home and dropped off some flowers for them to display in their communal areas. Previously the group wrote some letters with words of kindness for the residents to help lift their spirits and make them feel loved. During this time the pupils adhered…
During our Enrichment afternoon today Timur shared his power point presentation on Children in Need and identified that Article 11 and 25 were to ensure children were free from hunger and have clean food and water provided. The pupils made themselves a hot drink and a hotdog then in preparation for next week’s outing to…
Pupils in 9R have been working on identifying different types of weather gauges such as Thermometer, wind turbine and rain catcher. All the children were involved in designing a rain catcher and then went out and about around the schools grounds to find suitable places to hang them. They are currently checking them weekly to…
Over the last week pupils in 9R have been completing a range of activities and discussions around the topic and events of what happened after the wars. They have embedded knowledge and skills from History and English to produce a brilliant Art piece for to Display in school and share in the Remembrance assembly. The…
In Art today Hazel class explored colour changing. They discussed what primary are and how we can make secondary colours. Some pupils used PECS to request the colours and then comment on what colour they had made. Being able to use PECS in a more cross curricular way enables pupils to generalise the skill.…
Year 11 have been working towards increasing their independence in the community and went out this afternoon to practise their personal and road safety skills in the community. Whilst they were out they visited a local shop and made a small purchase ensuring they followed safety rules in the shop and remembered to use their…
During Mental Health Awareness Week 80 took part in some Mindfulness sessions allowing them to express their feeling and identify opportunities what Mindfulness means to them and what helps them relax and enjoy to make them happy. Pupils were giving arrange of different breathing techniques to do whilst going through the range of scenarios. They…
As part of Mental Health Awareness week the focus was nature and the pupils in 80 have had the opportunity to participate in something that makes them happy and increases their self esteem to ensure they are happy. Mrs Devlin went through a range of activities and ideas of things they could do to increase…