Blog Author: Mrs Bretherton

This week in school our theme has been 'Different Families, Same Love'. In 11R we have been celebrating LGBT+ History Month. We enjoyed a TEAMs call with our friends that are learning from home and we found out all about different celebrities that are part of the LGBT+ community. We did our own…

This week in 11R we have been busy learning all about online safety. 

Safer Internet Day was on Tuesday 9th February. Together we watched the BBC live lesson in class, and our friends at home joined in the fun by watching it too. We talked about making the right choices online and the dangers…

 This week 11R have continued to put huge effort in to their environmental awareness work. We were lucky enough to be given some wooden pallets and plastic pipes, due to the generosity of Logan’s dad we have been able to start work on our bug hotel. 
We certainly looked the part as we got suited…

As part of our ASDAN work we have been talking about ways in which we can improve the environment. We decided that it would be a great idea to clean up the wooded area at school. The class discussed what they would like to do with the area and came up with some amazing ideas such as planting…

This week in 11R we have been celebrating world religion week and have been learning all about Judaism. We have taken part in TEAMs calls with our remote learners so that we could all find out about Judaism together. Logan, Ryan and Steven were happy to see their friends and it was wonderful to…

This week in 11R we have been learning all about the environment. The learners at home joined the class via TEAMS to discuss Mrs Linde's lesson on things that harm the environment. Logan and Steven worked very hard on their ASDAN Powerpoints to show the effects of climate change and what we can do…

We would like to introduce you to Mr Maudsley who has been working with us in 11R. He has been with us for a few weeks now and has already made an impression on our class.

This week we have had 'snow' much fun outdoors enjoying the weather, even if it has been a bit chilly. We have loved being…

11R thoroughly enjoyed their work on Islam this week. They were introduced to the Islamic tradition of Sadaqah, which is about kindness. We learnt about the importance of giving and being thankful for the things that we have. We made gift boxes, filling them with chocolates and then chose a…

This week 11R have really been getting in to the festive spirit. There has been some jolly good teamwork, laughs, Christmas songs and goodies. We have worked so hard to make Christmas decorations from a variety of different materials. Our 11R classroom looked like it was covered in snow today as…

This week in 11R we have been learning all about gender stereotyping. We started off by watching a video where we all had to share our thoughts on how people looked and what opinions we formed based on that. Everyone contributed maturely towards the discussion and listened respectfully to each…

This week in 11R we having been doing bingo and as starter to our functional maths skills. Ryan was our super bingo caller and his calling skills were AMAZING!! It was an intense game and a few of us were sweating towards the end waiting for our numbers to be called. 
 

Once we had finished…

This week 11R have been taking part in an action packed boot-camp. We had plenty of equipment to use and were even lucky enough to get some new battle ropes. Everyone in the class tried super hard and really worked up a sweat! 

Today we celebrated Mental Health Awareness Day. We started the…