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We’ve had a great last couple of weeks in 10P!

As well as keeping up with our regular Maths and English lessons, we have kept up with our class jobs and even done a whole class game of Uno to practice turn-taking and group work.

We have been making ‘no-bake’ chocolate treats in food tech…

It’s been another great week in 10A this week. 

We have spent some time finishing off our end of year assessments and completing some practice papers in preparation for year 11. 

 In picture news this week we looked at different types of houses around the world and then designed our own…

On Monday in maths we worked really hard and did some great problem solving. We also had a look at picture news and talked about the pros and cons of self driving taxis. Not many of us were keen on the idea of getting into a taxi without a driver. In the afternoon we practiced more computer skills…

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…