Newsletter...made their own wattle and daub walls. Thank you to all the staff at Bramhall Hall for making the trip so special for us. School Trips - Group 3 Autumn Newsletter 2017

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Piper Hill High School

BBC Breakfast ShowRecycling with Group 1And much more.......

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Recycling - Group 1

Lego Therapy - Group 2

Schoot Trips - Group 3

Science - Group 5

Forest School - Group 6

Room on a Broom - Group 8

Marvellous Magnets - Group 10

Children in Need - Group 15

Winter Wonderland - Experiential Group

PE News

Teamwork - Group 11

English - Group 12

Careers - Group 14

Business & enterprise - Group 13

BBC Breakfast Show

Business & Enterprise - Cafe / David Lewis Arts Festival


Music - Group 4

Wythenshawe Park Visits - Group 9

Christmas Jumper Day

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RecyclingBy Group 1

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Group 1 have had a fantastic time studying sustainability in Geography. We particularly enjoyed learning about recycling. We designed and created our own toys made entirely out of recycled materials. We had lots of fun, and the toys we made were really good!

I made a spider out of cardboard and old bits of art materials. I turned a box into a bus.Jacob made a robot

froma shoe box.

I turned an old cereal box into a dolls house.

We couldn’t wait to show off all our hard work! Well done group 1!

This term in group 2, the class have really enjoyed our Lego Therapy sessions. Lego Therapy is an activity which encourages our pupil’s speaking and listening skills as well as practising teamwork and turn taking. The students have worked in small groups and over the term have progressed to making some very complex models out of Lego. We are looking forward to continuing these sessions after Christmas.


Lego Therapy - Group 2

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This term Group Three have enjoyed some fantastic reward trips linked to their behaviour. Last half term students were rewarded with a wonderful trip to the Cinema, attending the Intu film festival at the Didsbury Cineworld Cinema. We all enjoyed watching the classic film ‘Wonder Woman’ and we were well looked after by the attentive cinema staff.

This half term, behaviour has been just as exemplary; as a consequence students earned points to attend a second reward trip to Bramhall Hall. Students were able to draw on their knowledge of the Tudors and made some really insightful contributions whilst participating in the guided tour. They also played a variety of instruments from the period and even made their own wattle and daub walls. Thank you to all the staff at Bramhall Hall for making the trip so special for us.

School Trips - Group 3


ScienceBy Group 5

In science this term, Group 5 have been looking at sound. We had lots of fun making our own plastic cup telephones. We tried different string and wool to see which was the best. Some of us tried hard to think about how the sound travelled down the string as vibrations, while others tried really hard to use the phones, taking turns to talk and listen to a partner. Great work Group 5!


Group 6 have worked especially hard in Forest School this term. We have loved getting outdoors and exploring the environment around our school. We have explored trees outside and brought this into the classroom by making our own friendship tree using paints. We even collected our own sticks from outside to make a frame! We have also collected leaves to make some beautiful leaf collages. I am sure you will agree our forest art work fantastic!

Group 6 Forest School


Room on the BroomBy Group 8

This term, group 8 have been reading the book of ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson. We have had lots of fun dressing up as the characters from the book as well using our colourful semantics to understand the story too! The use of colourful semantics has helped us sequence the story and recognise key themes as well as using our props to help role-play key characters. We are looking forward to our next book in the spring term!



Group 10 have really engaged with their ‘Magnet and Springs’ module in Science this term. We’ve enjoyed seeing which magnets are the strongest as well as what marvellous tricks the magnets can do. We were even able to make a car move without touching it!


Group 15 organised the children in need events and were supported really well by all the students and staff around school.

Group 15 baked cakes and biscuits and organised a raffle and a bring and buy stall, there were lots of bargains to be had and everyone found something that they liked.

As part of one of our mini enterprises the students also sold pickles and preserves that they had made in their lessons leading up to the event, we will also be selling some at the end of the winter assembly.

We would like to thank each and everyone of you for helping to support this event and we are absolutely delighted to tell you we made £386.51

Children in NeedBy Group 15


Experiential GroupThe experiential group had the opportunity to create a Winter Wonderland; all students experienced a range sensory stories and had a fantastic time.

PE NewsWe have had another fantastic term in PE with the students participating in and enjoying a wide range of activities including gymnastics, basketball, tag rugby, orienteering and High and Low apparatus.

All of the students have continued performing fantastically well in extra curricular PE and we have put in some excellent performances in a number of competitions this term including football, boccia, cross country, indoor rowing and table cricket. Our runners were superb at the Inclusion cross country competition at Wythenshawe park, finishing in 1st place and achieving gold medals. Well done to all of our students for another brilliant term in PE.


TeamworkGroup 11


The students in Group 11 have been focusing on team work in their PSHE lessons and PLATS time. At the end of each day the students have worked in small groups, with some adult support, to complete a 1000 piece Disney jigsaw puzzle. They have worked very hard and all demonstrated great communication skills and perseverance. Here is the finished product!

English - Group 12Group 12 have worked on the books ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘The Wizard of Oz’. They have enjoyed listening to and learning about both of the books, and we did some fantastic work for our ‘Peter Pan’ display board. We worked together on making some ‘Wizard of Oz’ character puppets too, which were great to play with and use afterwards. Fabulous work Group 12!


This term in Group 14 as part of our careers lessons we have been working hard at the allotments in Wythenshawe park. The whole class has been raking and collecting leaves and taking them to be composted. Some great team work and turn taking skills have been developed over the term.

Careers - Group 14By Group 14


FE Group 13 Business and Enterprise

Each student has been supported to make Christmas cakes and chocolate yule logs to sell to staff at Piper Hill. We had a very long order list and have worked really hard to make the cakes, ice and decorate them ready for sale!

Students have been encouraged to be creative, original and have some fun with their designs.


BBC Breakfast TVOn Friday 1st December, the BBC Breakfast Show came into

school to broadcast as part of the BBC’s SEN Week.

The BBC were looking for an outstanding school from which

to broadcast and Piper Hill were chosen! We were the

“inspirational showcase” at the end of the week long series on

special educational needs; they featured some of our students

and areas around school, including the hydro pool, Forest

School, sensory room and also Pets as Therapy dogs.

This term in group 7 we have really enjoyed forest schools. We have taken part in loads of art and craft activities like; painting shells, making our own paintbrushes and making clay bowls, We have also been helping to tidy the courtyard soil beds ready to plant new things in spring and exploring the forest school area including the cabins and hammocks.




In Music this term, Group 4 have been looking at African Music. We had lots of fun drumming and listening to a variety of African rhythms.

To celebrate the work the student have achieved with their drumming they finished off the term by producing and performing a Christmas Samba which they filmed as part of the end of term Assembly.

This perform shows great team work well done Group 4!

Group 4 - Music


Group 9 have been working very hard during their citizenship lesson, getting to know their new classmates and staff. We have been visiting Wythenshawe park so we can work with one of our friends and a member of staff to complete a walk around the gardens. Everyone has really enjoyed our walks, exploring the gardens and playing with their new friends.

Wishing everyone a

Happy & Peaceful Holiday

and we will see you all on

Monday 8th Jauary 2018

Christmas Jumper Day

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Newsletter...made their own wattle and daub walls. Thank you to all the staff at Bramhall Hall for making the trip so special for us. School Trips - Group 3 Autumn Newsletter 2017