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What a busy couple of weeks we have had in 10P!

Last week we had our last visit to the Anderton Centre along with 10A. We were all very excited because it was paddle boarding day! We split into two groups each with an XL paddle board and off we went. The instructors got us to play some…

Monday morning started with our usual maths and picture news. The learners had to write a diary entry about a shipwreck that they had survived. They had to describe what had happened and also how they might have felt. In the afternoon we had the class computers and learnt how to log on, sign in…

We had such a busy few weeks before half term that we didn’t have time to put up a blog post! Here are some of the things 10P got up to:

We had more visits to the Life Centre at Chorley hospital to have a go at being patients and staff in their training ward.

All our learners have…

Monday morning saw us doing maths and looking at money again. After break we all did some 1:1 reading. 
In the afternoon some of us went to Tesco for shopping for food tech on Thursday, this week we are making fajitas, the learners chose what they wanted to put with their chicken. To get to Tesco…

Another short week for 10A, so lots to do. 

On Monday we looked at money in Maths. As part of our Asdan work  we are looking to make and sell items to raise funds for our year 11 prom. We talked about how we should work as a team when we are making the items, we discussed ground rules we would…

Welcome back 10A, hope everyone had a relaxing break is ready for our last term in Year 10. We have lots to look forward to in the summer term!

On a Tuesday morning for the next five weeks we will be visiting The Life Centre at Chorley Hospital. We will be looking different jobs and roles…

On Monday, Lee, from DWP came in for her final visit with us. This week we focused on our CV. Lee gave us all a sheet of paper with different questions on, we answered these questions to help us build up our CV. Lee, then spoke to it’s about how to make a good impression for an interview. We then…

On Monday Lee was in again and this week she talked about employability. She showed some jobs on the whiteboard and asked if they were fake jobs or real jobs. There were some very funny jobs that people get paid for.  The pupils did a questionaire about their School and Home Habits and why these…

This half term is going so quickly, the learners have been really busy with Asdan work and their other curriculum lessons. 
This week started off with another visit from Lee from DWP, this week she talked about the skills the learners needed for their next steps. She asked the learners to work in…

Another busy week for10A this week. On Monday morning Lee from the DWP came in for session 2 of our workshop. She talked about strengths people need to do their jobs, we discussed the strengths we have and completed a worksheet to show the strengths we have and use daily.

Picture News this week…

Last night we were invited to an awards evening with Chorley in Bloom to celebrate ours and others amazing contributions to the community volunteer group.

We were honoured to be presented with a Certification of Appreciation for our amazing continual contribution to the group. We also received…

This week we all had fun at Chorley in Bloom! We went to a different site than we usually do, and went to the community garden next to Chorley B&Q. We learnt that this is used by members of the community if they can't always afford vegetables and that a lot of people who may not have their own…