Redwood School

Redwood School

Preparing For Adulthood: Independent Travel Programme

It is always a pleasure to see so many of our youngsters from Year 10, 11 and Post 16 who participate in the Independent Travel Programme. The support from parents and carers is invaluable for the success of the programme which is planned in great detail to meet the needs of each individual student. The level of attention to ensure each journey is planned with the correct level of support is the responsibility of Lynda and Sam, our Independent Travel Facilitators – it really is a crucial aspect of `Preparing our Youngsters for Adulthood’ and gaining life skills and confidence in carrying out a planned journey from home to school or work placement!

Youth Sports Trust: KiteMark

School had a visit from Youth Sports Trust as part of the Gold Award kitemark process to confirm the high quality provision we offer all our students in all aspects of PE, sports and personal development, including hydrotherapy, rebound therapy, wheelchair dancing as well as the more traditional aspects of sports and healthy exercises and activities. We will feedback to parents / carers on the outcome in the near future.

Spotlight on Safeguarding

`Spotlight on Safeguarding` came into operation this week to support all our youngsters to understand how the school implements safeguarding procedures to keep them safe from various forms of danger. This week`s focus being: 1. What is safeguarding, 2. Who is our Safeguarding Lead in school ? House points are being awarded for answers on these issues.

Parental Survey

You will have received an envelope today with the spring term parental survey which I would ask that you complete and return to school as a hard copy or email to school by Friday 12 February. The information will be collated and parents / carers notified of the results and follow up actions after half term. Other information relating to ` Our Offer ` and the curriculum model ` Preparing Youngsters for Adulthood `is also enclosed.

KS3

Green 8/9 group have been making some papier mâché volcanoes as part of their Geography topic – Our Restless Earth. They have been learning the key features of a volcano and are going to see if they can make their models erupt when they are finished!

7A tutor group have been designing a house mascot in PSHE sessions. The mascot must be an aminal and it must be yellow which is the colour of Ash House. There are some house points up for grabs for the winner! What do you think of these efforts?

Blue 8/9 group have been learning about Colour Theory in their Art lessons this term. They have learned the three primary colours and can now mix other colours using just these three colours. This week they created some paintings by exploring warm and cool colours.

G’Day mate. Yellow group have been learning all about Australia in their lessons this term. Students had a go at making Australian damper bread this week and had to carefully weigh out the ingredients and knead them together. The students enjoyed tasting the damper bread when it was cooked. “It was delicious!” said Caroline M.

KS5

The Skills For Independence Life Skills group visited B&Q to practice locating items in shops and interacting with shop staff politely. Komel found the fence paint and Tom was interested in the pressure washer. Ephraim and Patrick found out about the price of the door bells

In 5C the students have been working on a Community project. They were working on the 6th Form Community looking at pictures, taking pictures and recognising staff and friends in 6th form.

We were visited by Hayley and Louise from SENDiass who gave a presentation about the changes to provision and we took part in some activities that helped us to think about what was important for our future, where we had to work as a team and compromise.

We have been learning about different jobs in the Health and Beauty sector. We visited a salon in town, Maithe had never seen hairdryers like that before and Jamie thought the beard wig was funny.

KS4

Students in Miss Greenhalgh’s form group have been learning how to make an advert in their Enterprise time.

A Key stage 4 new movie in progress. Written, directed filmed and staring key stage four creative group. First week of filming and we had a whale of a time we can't wait to see the finished production.

Ryan and Sabrina are part of the KS4 intervention group, which means they spend their Wednesday morning focusing on Maths and English. They both work super hard and last week earned a house point each.

This week in Cook and Eat students have made toad in the hole and cream scones. Students worked really hard and made some very tasty food, there was none left.