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• Friday 19 December 2025 Horticulture - 19.12.25 This week horticulture went Dunham Massey.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Christmas Café Last week Living Skills held their last café of 2025 and it was only right that we made it Christmas themed!
• Friday 19 December 2025 7B Term Blog As we come towards the end of our term, we would like to share some of the fantastic learning that 7B have done over the past few weeks.
• Friday 19 December 2025 9C Update - 19.12.25 Reflections on a Wonderful Final Week of Term
• Friday 19 December 2025 9M Christmas Party 9M enjoyed a traditional Christmas party this morning. They played pass the parcel, musical bumps, musical chairs, musical statues and corners. A good time was had by all.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Christmas Tree During PSHE, 7F were put into 3 different group and given the materials to put a Christmas tree up. Each group worked together and were able to put the trees up in the classroom. One tree was used for a whole school assembly. All students participated well and were respectful to one another.
• Friday 19 December 2025 8B Travel Training and ASDA Trip It's been a busy couple of weeks in 8B! Not only have we had our travel training trip, where we practised our road safety, we had a trip to Asda, where we used our supermarket knowledge to help other classes in the school fulfil their shopping lists!
• Friday 19 December 2025 Dunham Massey Sports & Outdoors spent Thursday morning exploring the grounds at Dunham Massey. Wet weather aside, we were lucky enough to spot wild deer in the park, and we managed to clock up a walking distance of 6.5km. It's always good to get outdoors to stretch our legs, enjoy nature, and spend time together outside of the classroom.
• Friday 19 December 2025 CORE Group PE Blog This half term, our Core Group PE classes have been working hard to improve their fitness levels through a series of engaging and energetic sessions during their Health-Related Fitness unit, and they've certainly been put through their paces!
• Friday 19 December 2025 Christmas Dinner Day On Wednesday we had a fabulous Christmas dinner at school, there was even a surprise visit from Santa!!!! Many pupils made place mats, table decorations and Christmas hats to bring that sense of festive cheer to the event. We were really pleased that two of our governors were able to join us for dinner and experience the event first hand.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Mission Christmas - Comms 2 Over the last half term, Comms 2 have completed a fundraising campaign. Students came up with ideas about how we should raise money and who we should raise money for.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Samuel Laycock Autumn Newsletter - December 2025 Please take a moment to look at the latest newsletter from Samuel Laycock.
• Wednesday 17 December 2025 Food Tech - 17.12.25 Gingerbread biscuits
• Monday 15 December 2025 Panto Season! Performing arts pathway have outdone themselves again!
• Thursday 27 November 2025 9S Trip to the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Class 9S had an incredible day exploring the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Their adventure began in the Powerhall, where they were amazed by the impressive collection of trains and engines. The pupils also discovered the fascinating history of cotton mills and cotton traders, gaining insight into Manchester's role as a global hub during the textile boom.
• Thursday 27 November 2025 Living Skills After School Club In the Living Skills Club, pupils strengthen their social skills by engaging in board games with their peers. Through these activities, they learn to communicate, collaborate, take turns, and build positive relationships in a fun and supportive environment.
• Thursday 27 November 2025 8R Manchester Trip
• Thursday 27 November 2025 8B – This Half-Term In 8B we have been having a great time learning about light and shadows! We started off the unit of work feeling around different objects and realising that it's light that helps us know what's in front of us.
• Monday 24 November 2025 9S - Week 11 We had another lovely week in 9S.
• Monday 24 November 2025 Another Great Week for 9C What a fantastic week it has been for 9C! In English, we have been diving into story mapping and actions using the Talk for Writing method. This approach is helping us remember the sequence of events, which will be invaluable when we come to innovate our texts.
• Monday 24 November 2025 Digital Pathway Yorkshire Sculpture Park The Digital Pathway had their annual trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
• Friday 21 November 2025 Work Experience - 21.11.25 When the weather gets tough, Samuel Laycock students get going. This week's work experience was forecast to be an experience as the temperatures really dipped the night before.
• Friday 21 November 2025 Breakfast Club - 21.11.25 Our Breakfast club pupils wrapped up warm and braved the bitter cold to enjoy fresh air and a taste of Guatemala. On the menu was plantain, which received a big thumbs up from everyone especially Kayla, who said it tasted just like potato! Even staff joined in the fun.
• Friday 21 November 2025 8R Update
• Thursday 20 November 2025 7F Update 7F have been working on their communication skills, asking 9 different questions they have created for their classmates.
• Thursday 20 November 2025 Zones of Regulation Communication 3 have been looking at Zones of Regulation in PSHE this week.
• Thursday 20 November 2025 Sensory 1 Food Tech This week the group have embraced the theme of Magical Mysteries and asked ASDA (other supermarkets are available!) to deliver ‘Dragons eggs' to make Omelette.
• Sunday 16 November 2025 Horticulture Update - 14.11.25
• Sunday 16 November 2025 Performing Arts Update - 14.11.25 Performing arts pathway have been so busy we have barely had time to blog!!
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