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Life's a Picnic!

Life's a Picnic!

Published: 27 May 2021

The older pupils in the School for Autism rounded off their ‘World Around Us Theme’ by celebrating the great outdoors with a picnic this afternoon. The pupils had made their own wraps, with the aid of our amazing school cook Kerry. There were one or two treats and…
Fun in the Park

Fun in the Park

Published: 26 May 2021

S1 have been visiting a local park to develop their physical skills and independence. They are all confidently using a wide range of playground equipment and communicating their preferences along with developing some lovely turn taking…
Picnic Prep in Autism School

Picnic Prep in Autism School

Published: 25 May 2021

This morning A7, 8 and 9 in the School for Autism, worked with the school kitchen to prepare a snack ready for a picnic on the school grounds tomorrow. Pupils chose their own tasty fillings and prepared their own wrap under supervision from Kerry from our kitchen team, who showed them…
Majority Audio for World Earth Day

Majority Audio for World Earth Day

Published: 16 May 2021

At the beginning of term classes in the school for Autism came together to make a poster or complete activities related to World Earth Day. As part of our work on this…
Fantastic Fun Learning

Fantastic Fun Learning

Published: 10 May 2021

Pupils in SEND have been taking part in sensology sessions as well as making use of our brilliant new stairs to practise walking up and down steps. It’s a great life skill to master and really hard for some of our children so we are…
Summer Activities 2021

Summer Activities 2021

Published: 07 May 2021

We have had a really busy, fun week taking part in lots of activities across both the school for SEND and the school for Autism. In class 3 children haver been developing their social and independence skills in their weekly breakfast club - it looks great! Some of key stage 2 pupils have been enjoying swimming sessions at Darwen Leisure Centre now that…
Newfield Comic Strip!

Newfield Comic Strip!

Published: 29 April 2021

Some of our talent pupils have been practising their writing skills to create a comic strip about super heroes. We are very impressed with what they have put together - the boys all worked really hard writing their own superhero stories.
More Pottery in the School for Autism

More Pottery in the School for Autism

Published: 29 April 2021

Here are some more pictures, this time of children from the school for Autism at Newfield taking part in pottery workshops with our community potter Alistair. They had a great time watching the wheel spin and some even braved tossing the clay. Everyone had a great time and some of the staff think we should have him back every week!
Pottery at Newfield

Pottery at Newfield

Published: 28 April 2021

Today the community potter spent more time in the school for SEND this morning and for the rest of the week he will be working with children in the school for Autism, helping them develop their creative pottery skills! Many of our children have sensory impairments, and the great thing about working with clay…
Curriculum Activities for Summer 21

Curriculum Activities for Summer 21

Published: 27 April 2021

We’ve had a busy week so far - some of our children have been delighted to go swimming at Darwen leisure centre as it re-opens for private sessions - what a fantastic treat after such a long time not getting in the water, they all absolutely loved it! Back in school, we have had Alistair, the community potter in…
Earth Day 2020

Earth Day 2020

Published: 22 April 2021

This week in our School for Autism we have been celebrating Earth Day by combining our creative skills to create one huge poster that increases awareness of the event. The event itself began in America in 1969 as a reaction to a disastrous oil spill. Since then, every year people all over the world come together to increase awareness of how we can all become more environmentally friendly in our everyday lives…
Fun in the Sun 2021

Fun in the Sun 2021

Published: 22 April 2021

Children have really enjoyed learning and enjoying time with their friends in the sunshine this week - Class 6 cleaned all their bricks and then had a music session outside before finishing with a lovely parachute session with S3. Some children enjoyed the story of The mermaid…
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