Blog by Jo Robb

Key Stage 3 enjoyed their outdoor Education this week, working with the high ropes,crate stacking, thus encouraging team building and communication.

KS3 walked Hen Cloud today and explored the 150 million year old rock formation better known as The Roaches.  A fine example of a natural play area and the beautiful Peak District. 

What an absolute national treasure.  Fantastic school trip today with History student to Quarry Bank Mill.  Highly recommend when teaching the Industrial Revolution.  Students explored what working conditions were like in a 19th century cotton mill and the life of a child…

Our first match of 2022 for the school football team.  Away at Solihull.  Well Done lads.

Well done to 2 of our students, who were nominated in recognition of their resilience and progress made whilst on roll here at The Bridge Centre.  Here are a selection of pictures from the Joshua Ribera awards night which celebrates achievement of students excluded from mainstream education.  The…

One of our KS3 History groups has been studying the 9/11 Terrorist attacks. We have explored and researched the tragic events of the morning of 11th Sept. 2001 and what the short and long-term consequences it had on America and the greater world.

Students channeled their inner journalists,…

Key Stage 3 pupils worked hard last week creating the best remembrance display in Mr Nation's history classroom window.

A few Key Stage 3 students have done the start to finish today by finding a recipe, visiting the butchers and the market, sourcing fresh ingredients and then preparing and serving a delicious steak pie with vegetables and mashed potato.  They washed up too.  Well done.

Key Stage 3 took a very wet trip to the Roaches this week to overcome some fears.  They were presented with a few new challenges and approached the day with enthusiasm using superb teamwork and showing tremendous courage.  This was followed up by individual accounts of their day, including…

We have been spending a lot of our Outdoor Education time this half term participating in Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Sessions.  This encourages discipline and channels energy, supports physical education and mental health. It has even encouraged a few students to join clubs in their local…

Bushcraft Autumn 1

We have looked at basic fire starting using materials that the wood has provided us. The students have studied the 3 elements needed to sustain fire

1. Fuel

2. Heat

3. Oxygen 

The students have looked at different types of tinder and kindling to…

KS3 Students got the opportunity to explore the sculpture of Lichfield last week when we took them on the Sculpture Trail. This walking tour took us past the new sculpture of St Chad positioned by the Cathedral at the end of Dam street, the sculpture of Dr Johnson in Market Square as well as the…