Learning Centre Blog (7.11.25)

It’s been an eventful week at the Learning Centre, culminating in this afternoon’s announcement of our newly elected student council. Students got a taste of the electoral process by watching videos and going to vote in booths at our very own polling station set up in the small hall. (Big thanks to Oldham Council for loaning Ballot boxes)

You can see all the news within this week's blog from Mrs Curran, however I wanted to send my personal congratulations to the following candidates who have been duly elected to represents their year groups as student council representative for 2025-2026.

Congratulations to:

· Leo, Nimra & Asa representing Year 12

· Lucas, Jack & Jasmine representing Year 13

· Antonia. Amy & Page representing Year 14

· Jo representing the Interactive Base

· James representing the Entitlement Base.

I’m so very proud of you all and can’t wait to get started, I know you’ll put our students at the heart of everything you do. 

I’d like to say a special thank you to all students who were brave enough to put themselves forward and makes speeches. I understand you may be disappointed, but please don’t be. I’m impressed with you all and I’m looking forward to our thank you afternoon tea, and not just because there will be cake!

Massive well done to you all.

Now to what else has been going on this week...

E-Base 4 have had a busy and exciting term for Ebase4, filled with creativity, exploration and lots of learning. From spooky Halloween fun to outdoor education and traveling the world throughout enrichment lessons. Please check out their blog to read more about their ‘Halloween fun’, ‘Exploring Nature’, and trip to Mexico. Miss Millward said:

"E-base 4 have had amazing first term full of learning, laughter and new experiences. We can’t wait to see what exciting adventures the next term will bring..."

Well done guys, great pictures!

See below!

Mrs Reade’s class have also been busy

“Over the past few weeks we have been learning about visiting cafes and restaurants looking at how to order food and talk about different meals.

The students really enjoyed talking about their favourite foods. We have been making pumpkins dressing up in our costumes everyone looked brilliant.”

Please check out the pictures of students preparing their Remembrance Day displays. We’re running a competition next week for the best class display, I look forward to sharing all the pictures within next week’s blog.

And on to next week...

...which is another busy one.

On Monday afternoon, Mr Barker is holding our LC Parents and Carers Group. All are welcome, it's an opportunity to meet with other parents and carers, share worries or concerns and develop links with other families.

Our hope is that, through coming together, families will feel less isolated. If you would like any further information, please do call the Learning Centre.

On Tuesday we will be observing Remembrance Day and holding a two-minute silence at 11.00.

On Thursday we are holding our @Kindness Café’ as part of ‘World Kindness Day’.

On Friday, it is of course ‘Children in Need' Day – better get my Pudsey gear out!.

Have a lovely weekend

Take Care

Miss Allison

EBase 4 

It was a busy and exciting term for Ebase4, filled with creativity, exploration and lots of learning. From spooky Halloween fun to outdoor education and traveling the world through out enrichment lessons. Here’s a look at some of the highlights from the past few weeks.

Halloween fun in the classroom

This term, our class had a fantastic time celebrating Halloween with a range of spooky and creative activities. We have enjoyed a sensory story of Room on the broom, where we explored different textures, sounds and smells bringing the story to life. Everyone got hands on carving pumpkins, showing there amazing designs and teamwork. Our effects even paid off; we were thrilled to come second place in the school pumpkin competition. It was a wonderful mix of imagination, fun and a few friendly frights.

Exploring nature in outdoor education

In outdoor education, ebase4 have been busy exploring the school grounds and discovering all sorts of treasures in nature. We went fruit picking and found crab apples, sloe berries and even some juicy pears growing nearby. While exploring we also spotted a variety of fascinating mushrooms, including the common bonnet, honey fungus, golden wax and the deceiver. It was exciting to learn how to identify them and see how much life there is just beyond the classroom doors. Our adventures outdoors helped us appreciate the changing seasons and the beauty of autumn.

Enrichment: A trip around the world – destination Mexico!

During enrichment sessions, we have been traveling around the world, without leaving the classroom. Our most recent stop was Mexico, where we discovered interesting facts about the country and learned how to say ‘hello’ in Spanish, as well as how to count from one to ten. To make the experience even more fun, we wore colourful sombreros, listened to traditional music, and had a little dance together. The highlight of the lesson was making and tasting our own nachos, a delicious end to a cultural adventure.

Ebase 4 have had amazing first term full of learning, laughter and new experiences. We can’t wait to see what exciting adventures the next term will bring.

EBase 4 (7.11.25)

 CL8

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about visiting cafes and restaurants looking at how to order food and talk about different meals.

The students really enjoyed talking about their favourite foods. We have been making pumpkins dressing up in our costumes everyone looked brilliant.

As November began, our focus as turned to remembrance Sunday and the students have made fantastic poppies.  

CL8 - 7.11.25