Redwood School

Redwood School

Following on from our national TES Award in the summer for ‘Outstanding Sporting Partnerships and Initiatives,’ the school was asked to submit a bid to become a regional lead school on the Project Ability programme. The aim is to promote sporting achievements and participation for young people with learning disabilities. We found out this week that our bid was successful and we are attending a national workshop this week to find out how we can lead and support other schools within the region! Another success for Redwood.

Parent Governor elections - Following the recent ballot, we are pleased to announce that the following parents/carers have been elected as Parent Governors: Andrew Fleming, Debbie Tyzskowski and Derek Whelan. We look forward to working alongside them at the next full governors meeting on Monday 14th November.

Congratulations -To Sam Edge, KS4 who was presented with his STAR award by the Mayor and Executive
Director last week at the 6th Form College. Sam was chosen for ‘Making Positive Choices’ - something we all agree with at Redwood. Sam is an excellent student always supportive of others and is extremely helpful in school. Well done Sam.

Key stage 4 news - Last week the SEB unit had a lovely day out, they took a trip to the garden centre, While the weather was nice they had a lovely walk in Queens Park too. 4J had a trip to Spotland library to look at some books, they had some quiet time to choose and look at books of their choice. 4C made bacon sandwiches and porridge as part of the Jamie Oliver course they are working towards completing, maybe we have some budding chefs amongst us.

One of the Yr 11 careers groups have been working together as part of a team to build a bridge out of newspaper. 4L and B joined forces and made some chocolate shortbread, and as you can imagine they ate all of it. We now have a new section to our newsletter, Miss Daisy is going to provide us with a fact every week about a country involved in the Olympic Games. This week her fact is based on Belgium, which is her form’s chosen country to support. Daisy’s fact of the week: The Belgian Royal Palace is bigger than Buckingham Palace.

Key stage 3 news - Mrs Richardson celebrated a ‘big’ birthday this week—a party was held in her classroom. Big thanks and well done to Jordan—he escorted prospective parents during the Year 6 open day—he did a great job. We had an opportunity to use the pool at Oulder Hill for a whole morning—the pupils expanded their swimming / splash skills. Ellis and Dwayne attended a lunchtime art session at Oulder Hill.

Thanks to all parents of the Lilac Room for responding to the letters sent as part of the Sensory English lesson. New students had an opportunity to try their ‘hand’ at horseriding this week, whilst another group had an opportunity to visit Manchester Airport as part of their Spanish topic.

6th form news - Adele’s Sensory Cooking group have been on a fantastic journey around the globe. They have been sampling food, drink, music and culture... Ooh la la! So far the group have been to England, France, Italy America and the Caribbean. Next week they look forward to visiting India and China.
Every week students in 6th Form take turns to experience working in the kitchen helping Carol prepare some amazing, healthy and mouth watering lunches. This week Jake was the chosen one. He helped prepare food, wash up, dry, tidy away pots and pans and serve dinners to staff and students. Not an easy job but Carol said “he was wonderful and a great help to have in the kitchen.”

As part of their Vocational Education, Kirsty, Maria, Sophie and Rebecca have been practising their hair and beauty skills on each other. The group have learnt to wash, condition and blow dry hair. Hair and Beauty tutor Anne Simpson said “the girls are fantastic, they have worked really hard and are always keen to learn new styles and techniques.”

Don’t forget October half term break – Redwood closes Friday 21 October and reopens on Tuesday 1 November.