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Inside this issue
NHOP News
KS4 News
KS3 News
Important Dates
17th July 2015
End of Term
20th August 2015
GCSE Results Day. Results available at Longbarn site from
10am.
1st September 2015
Staff Inset Day
2nd September 2015
Start of Autumn
Term for pupils
New Horizons
School This newsletter highlights the diverse range of educational and
social opportunities available to our students across our provi-
sions at New Horizons School. From outstanding attendance
with the best ever figures from the Orford Park provision,
through to exciting residential trips at KS3 Longbarn or the tre-
mendous sporting activities at KS4 and GCSE level, it is abun-
dantly clear that our school offers some first class experiences.
Add to this a successful launch of a new Primary Nurture Group
then it’s a testament to the creative work of a dedicated staff
team and most importantly a reflection of the effort , commit-
ment and attendance of our students to ensure 2014/15 has
been a very successful year.
I hope this newsletter gives you the reader a taste of the vi-
brant, stimulating world that is New Horizons School.
May I take this opportunity to thank all those who have made
this success possible, students and staff alike. Have a wonder-
ful summer
Kind regards
K Thomson B Titchen
Karen Thomson—Headteacher Bryan Titchen – Deputy Head
July 2015
New Horizons - Orford Park
Summer Term
This term some of
our students have
enjoyed music and
singing lessons.
Some are learning
to play the keyboard
and Guitar
Pupils and Staff enjoyed a day trip to Crosby Beach, where they made friends with an “Iron Man”. They shared a picnic on the beach and thoroughly enjoyed their day out tremendously
And Now the End is Near !
Well done to the pupils at Orford Park for their commitment and
endeavour to attend school. Our school attendance has reached
it’s best performance yet. So well done - we hope you will keep
the commitment going for when you return in September.
Attendance vouchers will be sent out
shortly to the best and most improved
pupils.
Calm & Tranquil
Our students have a
weekly session with a
wellbeing practitioner
The students can
practice relaxation
techniques that fills
them with a feeling of
calm and pure posi-
tive energy.
September will see pupils attending our Orford Park provision move to a new location at Woolston Learning Village, Holes Lane, Wool-ston. We are all very excited and are looking forward to our own ded-icated space and purposely developed site that will offer more class-room space, a reception area, additional offices, common room, mul-ti-purpose classrooms, a sensory room, and a private pastoral /counsellor/agency space.
Further details will be sent out to parents and carers over the summer
Our Year 11
STARS!!
Our Year 11 students have
now left us. The staff had
mixed emotions when we had
to say good-bye. From sad-
ness in watching them go,
to immense pride in ob-
serving the commitment
and maturity demonstrated in
Character
And Currency
Resilience Hope
If you're moving on...
Here we are now
Everything is about to change
We face tomorrow as we say
goodbye to yesterday
A chapter ending but the stories
only just begun
“I like coming here because I feel comfortable and safe”
KS3 Pupil May 2015.
Our Photo Album
In the last term, students from Key Stage 3 have been on many school trips in order to develop their social skills and widen their ex-perience as good citizens. Students agreed that by far the best of these was the residen-tial trip to Pettypool.
In May all KS3 students managed to attend the residential trip to Pettypool, which was due to their positive behaviour in the class-room. During this two day trip, the students took part in many activities including high ropes, “Jacobs Ladder” and the leap of faith. Students overcame their fears and showed real resilience and teamwork in conquering the challenges that the Pettypool staff put be-fore them.
In addition, as part of their Spiritual, Social, Cultural and Moral learning, students took part in a visit to Taybarns, Laser Quest and the Catalyst Museum for a Science Day to see how particle science works.
In addition to these one off visits, students regularly access Walton Gardens for their action for learning sessions.
On a weekly basis we also arrange for coaches from LiveWire to come into school and undertake sports coaching with the stu-dents.
Finally, PC Geoff visits the school once a week to talk to the students and build positive relationships. He has covered many issues including knife crime.
KS3 Longbarn
“To catch the reader's attention, place an interesting sentence or quote from the story here.” “I mostly enjoyed driving the boat and learning how all of the sails go up” LB July 2015
In order to develop their physical fitness
and find out ways for engaging in lifetime
physical activity the pupils have participat-
ed in gymnastics, trampolining, climbing
and Golf. Some year 11 students were
able to use their new found skills as part
of their GCSE PE course.
A group of year 11 students have worked
with our primary department to deliver
sporting activities and earn the
Junior Sports Leader Award.
Sporting Activities
Team Building 2/3rd
July 2015.
On the 2nd July six intrepid year 10 pupils
and accompanying staff set off for the
Lake District. Once the pupils had erected
the camp they set off to the lake for sail-
ing. Later on, after a delicious barbeque,
the group walked into Coniston before re-
turning to toast marshmallows before bed.
After a good night’s sleep the group en-
joyed sailing during the morning before
returning to Warrington later in the day.
The weather was mixed on the first day
but beautiful on the second day and pupils
thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
KS4 Longbarn
We have been very pleased by the way the Primary Nurture group has been
established this year. In response to the needs of the primary sector, New Horizons
has developed a provision that has garnered much praise and is well set to develop
further. Situated currently at Beamont Primary School, but under the remit of New
Horizons, the nurture group has catered for up to 12 primary pupils, Infants in the
morning and Juniors in the afternoon. Run by highly experienced primary
practitioners, the school has recorded excellent rates of emotional, behavioural and
social progress . New Horizons will look to develop the service over the next few
years across Warrington to meet the needs of the Primary Sector further.
Activities the Primary Nurture Group are particularly proud of:-
* Music with Pete. The children have learned guitar and have had a brilliant time
learning music through ICT.
* We have enjoyed baking (chocolate Easter baskets) and growing sunflowers and
Grass Heads.
* The children have really enjoyed taking part in PE lessons run by the KS4 pupils.
* We have enjoyed social stories to help us with our social skills and behaviours.
* The children have taken part in lots of art therapy work emulating the artists Andy
Warhol, Matisse, Magritte, LS Lowry, Mondrian, Hunderwasser, African art and
Australian art to name a few.
KS4 Art exhibition
At the Community Day
on 10th July visitors were
able to view the Art work
of the GCSE students
from Orford Park, Long-
barn and Halliwell Jones
students. The standard
this year has been very
high and the students
should be rightfully proud
of their achievements.
Primary Nurture Group
New Horizons School Fallowfield Grove Padgate Warrington WA2 0QQ Phone: 01925 818516 Fax: 01925 850964 E-mail: horizon_admin @warrington.gov.uk
Note: Easter Weekend – Friday 25 March and Monday 28 March 2016 does not fall within the holiday period.
Inset Days (School open for staff only)
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Friday 23 October 2015
Thursday 5 May 2016 – Election day
Friday 1 July 2016 (Warrington Walking day)
Friday 22 July 2016 (to be run as twilights throughout the year)
Term Dates 2015/16
Terms Date of Opening Date of Closing
Autumn – first
half term Wednesday
2 September 2015
Thursday
22 October 2015
Autumn – sec-
ond half term
Monday
2 November 2015
Thursday
17 December 2015
Spring – first
half term Monday
4 January 2016
Friday
12 February 2016
Spring – sec-
ond half term
Monday
22 February 2016
Friday
1 April 2016
Summer – first
half term
May Day
Election Day/
Inset Day
Monday
18 April 2016
Friday
27 May 2016
Monday
2 May 2016
Thursday
5 May 2016
Summer –
second half
term
Monday
6 June 2016
Thursday
21 July 2016