Ash Class Archives

Jun 26, 2024

The last College visit for Ash class this academic year was at SWRAC near Dorchester. A small friendly college set in the Dorset countryside with lovely staff and students who spent the day with us telling us about their college and experiences. SWRAC have a range of animals including sheep, goats, donkeys ,and chicken that we enjoyed spending time with.

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Sports Leaders in Ash Class

Apr 26, 2024

On Monday some of Ash class joined other schools in finishing their sports leadership course, learning how to deliver short sports activities to younger children. Head of PE Kelly Trotter is hoping to roll this out most years from now on to give our students leadership skills and help deliver PE and sports around the school.

Ash Class visit to Kingston Maurward College

Mar 25, 2024

Ash enjoyed another college visit to Kingston Maurward, where we met lots of friendly cows and sheep with lambs. A few of our students are already considering this college.

Ash Class – Employ My Ability Visit 2024

Jan 24, 2024

Ash class had a great day yesterday at Employ My Ability despite the rainy weather. We had a quick tour of the animals, horticulture areas and saw some of the classrooms. We then went into the cafe where some of the students from EMA served us a drink which the venue covered. The students then went up individually to the counter to order something from the menu using their own money. After lunch we were able to have a walk around the gardens before going back to school.

Ash Class – Asker Meadows Nature Reserve

Jan 19, 2024

For the past 18 months Oak and Ash class having been volunteering at the Asker Meadows Nature Reserve in Bridport. With funding from Bournemouth University and the support of Wen Fern and the volunteers we have collected litter, monitored water in the River Asker and planted trees. Alongside this artist Sarah-Jane Ross and poet Jonny Fluffypunk have gathered their ideas to create some amazing pieces of work. The project has allowed them to experience the meadows as a community space close to our school. The work produced has expressed their experiences through poetry and art and really captured the joy of being out in nature and caring for the environment. It’s better than being in the classroom according to one student.

On Monday 15^th January we held an exhibition at Bridport Town Hall as a celebration of their hard work welcomed by the Mayor of Bridport. A group of students read poetry alongside Jonny Fluffypunk and everyone got to view their amazing art work and poems. Each student was presented with a book of the poems, a certificate naming them as official litter pickers by the Mayor of Bridport and their own litter pickers (pinchy num nums). If you would like to purchase one of the books of poems they are available from the school for £5 (any money raised will go back into the Nature Reserve project).