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Fun in the Sun

Fun in the Sun

Published: 01 July 2021

Children from secondary SEND classes have been having fun in the sun with water balloons. Children have been filling them…
Art Exhibition - Autism

Art Exhibition - Autism

Published: 25 June 2021

Over in the school for Autism children and staff had also been working hard to create masterpieces to display for the outdoor art exhibition. As part of this term’s theme, students had been creating Olympic Collages - Japanese Cherry Blossom Trees - inspired by artist Hokusai…
Sushi Chefs

Sushi Chefs

Published: 25 June 2021

Pupils in A13 have done something unusual this week. They have followed instructions to make their own sushi. The class is learning about…
Art Exhibition 2021

Art Exhibition 2021

Published: 24 June 2021

Today we held our annual Arts Exhibition - and this year, the major difference was that in order to be COVID safe, we took our creations outside for our very first open air exhibition! The children have been working all year towards their Arts Award on a huge range of creative arts and today a selection were displayed around the school grounds…
IQM Flagship School Re-Accreditation 2021

IQM Flagship School Re-Accreditation 2021

Published: 21 June 2021

On 25th May our assessor Steve Gill attended school for our annual assessment visit and unbelievably it was yet again virtual rather than face to face because of the COVID pandemic. Happily, he was just as impressed with what we have managed to accomplish and was very happy to re-accredit as a flagship school…
COVID Reflections Poem - Installation

COVID Reflections Poem - Installation

Published: 18 June 2021

This week saw the installation of a line from the COVID Reflections Poem that TG1 wrote earlier in the year. Artist Emma came along to school with the stencils to support pupils to chalk on the outline letters, which the artists then spray painted onto the wall at the back of our pool - pupils in SEND can walk directly past this, and pupils in Autism walk on the road below…
Teddy Tennis

Teddy Tennis

Published: 17 June 2021

Today we have had the company ‘Teddy Tennis’ in the School for Autism working with the younger classes as part of our Olympics theme. They have all really enjoyed…
Blackburn Rovers visit Newfield

Blackburn Rovers visit Newfield

Published: 08 June 2021

Yesterday we had Blackburn Rovers Football Club in for some of our older pupil’s opening ‘Olympics’ theme event. The pupils took part in some boccia, kurling and ball skills. They all…
End of Half Term Activities - Olympic Fun!

End of Half Term Activities - Olympic Fun!

Published: 28 May 2021

To round off the theme for this half term around sports days, children have been enjoying lots of sporting activities and medals ceremonies. In C4 they made clay medals and painted them gold. they also made some yummy rice crispy medals and then had a fun sports event and celebrated all being winners. Our youngest children…
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…
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