January 15th to 29th 2024

We have had a great start to the new year with lots of new activities and learning.

In English the students have been looking at the novel Moonfleet.  The TAs even made Blackbeard's coffin, which features in the book.

This half term it is Wollaton's turn to access the Takeover radio station at Sutton Academy.  They have been using the Garageband App to create jingles and backing tracks.  Students have also broadcast live.  If you want to catch them on Wednesday afternoons the frequency is 106.9.

For our Christmas Enterprise this year we used cut out Christmas tree shapes (Cut by Mr Tomlinson), painted them, then decorated them with buttons, tinsel, sequins and fabric.  They looked amazing!

In PE we have been learning about Orienteering using compass directions.  Students practiced direction and distance, using a compass to mark the points on the floor.  We also used photographs of objects from unusual angles to complete a Christmas Orienteering challenge.

In English students have been looking at biographies and autobiographies  They learned about Mary Anning and her discovery of a fossil Ichthyosaur.  Students made fossils using chocolate, then had fun digging out the fossils.

In Maths we sorted money by value, made different amounts using coins and carried out additions and subtractions.  We worked on our Enterprise project to make items to sell at the Christmas fair (no photos yet, spoilers!)  Our students also took part in a session on using money and banking.  

Look at our art work!  As part of our ASDAN Towards Independence Course the students chose images they liked, then created their images using black and white news print.  They made their own borders and held a mini art exhibition in our Classroom.  

In PE we had a game of indoor rounders with a giant inflatable ball!  

In maths this week some students have been looking at the value of money, we have explored the colours and shapes of different coins and have sequenced them in order of value. We have then used our new found knowledge of the values to work out how money we have been given. Other students have been working on the sequencing of objects by size and have completed lots of practical based work on this. 

This week we have been completing our National Citizen Service at Portland College, we have all enjoyed the adventurous activities and most of us have challenged ourselves to try something new. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great but we didn't let the rain dampen our spirits. 

Week Beginning 11.9.23

This week in English we have continued looking at our topic of Diaries, we have spent the week learning about Anne Frank and have had some thoughtful moments when we watched clips of her dad talking on Blue Peter and when we watched the film. 

Week beginning 5th September

We are very pleased to welcome back all our students. New students have settled in well. In PE we have been working on our batting skills. We had a "round the table" game of table tennis and practised our ball control. Mrs Waterhouse showed her talent at keeping a rally going with the students. 

As part of our Asdan modules our students have been doing some colour mixing to find the shade they liked.