Behaviour for Learning Awards @ Clarkehouse Centre - Autumn 2 Half-Term

We are very pleased to announce that the following students have earned awards this half-term:

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Daily Achievement Awards:

1st Prize - Michael (earning 25 yellow letters)

2nd Prize - Tom (earning 12 yellow letters)

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Weekly Achievement Awards:

1st Prize - Michael (earning 5 green slips)

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100% Attendance Certificate:

Michael

Josh

Jamie B

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Best New Student:

Josh

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Well done

to all students this half-term!

Skills Base and the Solar System

In Skills Base this half term we have learnt all about the Solar System. We can now recognise the planets in the Solar System. This includes our sun with its orbiting planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

Below is our model of the Solar System and some of our work on display. Some students have also completed individual research projects on the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, Rockets in Space and Life as an Astronaut.

Clarkehouse Masterchefs

Students at Clarkehouse Centre have come up with a range of culinary delights since September. They've been working hard learning about tastes, temperatures (including the odd burnt finger!) and healthy diets. Here are a few snapshots of our young masterchefs at work:

Clarkehouse Centre infested by a bookworm!

As part of their 'Famous British Authors' project, the students at Clarkehouse Centre have been given their own pet bookworm. The bookworm arrived in a box today with the following label attached:

"Bookworm (Peskius Bookwormus)

The bookworm is a common pest found in libraries and other places where books are stored.

The bookworm is flat and brown. It can grow up to the size of a large book, such as an atlas, and will eat up to one book per day when fully grown. The bookworm’s favourite food seems to be dictionaries.

It is usually a very secretive creature and will cleverly hide in the most boring books. However, it can be spotted by its droppings which are made up of undigested longer words."

This week we will be deciding on a name for the bookworm... watch this space!

Whirlow Hall Farm 'Bottle Greenhouse' project

Louise, our learning mentor based at Whirlow Hall Farm, is getting ready to start working with students on an eco-friendly plastic bottle greenhouse.

Instead of using new glass - which is expensive, easily broke and costly to the environment - a wooden frame will be filled with recycled 2-litre plastic bottles instead. The plastic bottles will do exactly the same job in keeping the inside of the greenhouse warm enough to grow plants.

All we need now is the bottles - around a thousand of them! So please start sending them in!

Sheffield Wheel Visits October '09

During the last week before half term each group got the opportunity to visit the Sheffield Wheel as part of their skills base lesson. Staff and students alike enjoyed the panoramic views of Sheffield, come rain or shine! We indulged in a much needed hot chocolate afterwards.

The wheel is over 60m high, weighs 365 tonnes and is secured by its own weight anchored by 40,000 litres of water.

If you get the opportunity you should try and take a turn on the Wheel before it leaves Sheffield.

New signs for Whirlow Hall Farm

Two students have helped design and make new signs for the KS3 Garden Den at Whirlow Hall Farm. Thanks to George and Connor!

Horror! Horror! Horror!

Students in English lessons have begun working on a horror story this week in time to present their gruesome greats in time for Halloween. Their ideas have been really interesting already and I'm sure they're going to be geteven more ghoulish in the coming lessons. Keep it up everyone!

Our New Blog

Thanks to Matt for setting up our new blog!

We're all learning how to use it and we look forward to sharing all our news and seeing some great photos of our students enjoying their learning.

Sue Walker

What is Sheffield KS3 Inclusion Service?

We are the Pupil Referral Unit forKey Stage 3 (11 - 14) students in Sheffield.The Service operates a number of centres in Sheffield(Clarkehouse Centre, Riverside Centre, Sports Base, Whirlow Hall Farm and The Crescent) - all with a specific focus but with the overall aim of re-engaging students in learning and unlocking potential.

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