Redwood School

Education, Health and Care Plans – update for parents / carers 

Discussions with members of the Rochdale Parents Forum have been held regarding Redwood School hosting a meeting to update parents / carers on the implications and timescales for the introduction of Education, Health and Care plans from September 2014. The current statement of special educational need will be converted to a `My Plan’ over a three year period starting in September 2014. We have a group of parents who have agreed to use this new format this year at annual reviews and we will ask for their feedback. We aim to hold a workshop presentation in the New Year for parents / carers.

Student Council

Elections take place next week for the post of chair and vice chair of the council. Good luck to those who have been nominated.

Anti Bullying Week 18 – 22 November

The national theme this year is `The Future is Ours, Fun, Safe and Connected`. Classes will be taking part in activities and special lessons related to the theme. Anti Bullying wristbands will be given out during the week to pupils.

Extended Schools Provision

A reminder that all the after school clubs and youth clubs are in operation and youngsters can attend.

Key Stage 4

The media Group at Middleton City Learning Centre have designed and produced a real working clock for themselves or members of their family. They look amazing.
The Friday afternoon creative cookery class have been busy making and selling curries to staff all term. As a treat for all their hard work they made Halloween cakes and took them home.

KS4 held a PSD day; students took part in wellbeing activities based around animation, horticulture, animal care and craft. Students also learnt how to look after themselves; the dental nurse showed students how to clean their teeth properly, students were shown how to relax and the importance of healthy eating was also investigated.
It’s Movember time again and weekly updates on staff’s moustaches will be included in the newsletter. If anybody would like to donate online towards our efforts for Movember you can now do so at the following page: https://www.movember.com/uk/donate/payment/team_id/1476821

Key Stage 3

Pupils in the Lilac room celebrated the end of the Gruffalo story with a PARTY. Together they made Gruffalo crumble which was very much enjoyed. They also made and ate scrambled Snake, Owl ice-cream and roasted fox.

International Inspiration - Key Stage 3 staff met to explore the potential to extend the sports project to other curriculum areas linking with Egypt.

Next week is Anti-Bullying week; we are supporting this by doing group work sessions to learn how to stand up to bullies and why we think bullies bully. We will also look at how bullying effects a person’s life. Many celebrities have been bullied but have made a success of their life.

In assembly we learned about Poppy Day, some pupils created some lovely work which was displayed for all to see.

Also in assembly Key Stage 3 was visited by the Police, they explained what they do in their jobs and gave the pupils chance to give answers.

Student comment: Alicia and her group were learning about healthy lifestyles, as part of this everyone had a go at skipping, Alicia said to a passing member of staff “we are all stripping in there and I’m really good at it.”

Students of the week:

Year 7 Olivia Year 8 Harris Year 9 Zain

Key Stage 5

Name of Intern: Jake Keddie

1st Rotation Placement: Coffee Ami Café

Job role – Catering Assistant

Intern’s comments – “I really enjoy working and this week I have just found out that I have just got a Saturday job.”

Colleague comments – “Jake is working really hard. We are all thrilled that he has now got a paid Saturday job. He has been amazing on placement, becoming more confident with his work routine and is able to work more independently.”

In Saj’s Personal Independence Programme, the group have been working on their personal targets in the Social Inclusion skills area. This week the group visited Hopwood Hall College and met some of our ex students and enjoyed a drink in the café. Raabia, Rizwan, Farhaz, Ian, Raymond Tanzila, Sheraz and Habib worked really hard on their target and behaved impeccably. They interacted maturely with our ex-students and their staff. Well done everyone.

In Sensory ICT Ryan, Reece, Ragnar and George made vegetable soup using switches to control the blender. The group worked really hard and impressed our new volunteer Chris. Well done lads!

Kyle and Tom N took part in a Sports Leadership Programme at Salford University The duo took part in various sports workshops to develop their skills and confidence to be able to deliver sport to others. The duo were chosen for their dedication and enthusiasm for sports and to help them to gain confidence.

Achievements

This week Student of the Week is Alex. Alex has been completing his classroom jobs without being asked and has been using his voice more to communicate with staff and peers.

The Most Improved student of the week is Mitchell. Mitchell is always very helpful in registration and has been acting more maturely during social times.
Well done to you both, Keep it up.