Hawthorn Education Blog

Hands-on Learning

This week, LP was working on interpreting isometric drawings; taking 3D objects and drawings and converting them into plans, and front and side elevations. A . . .

Personal progress

Progress is personal. The improvements that a student makes is relative only to them. So for some of our students, what looks like a simple . . .

Mouthwatering Maths

Maths never tasted so good! This week, one of our teachers skilfully deployed a maths lesson in the form of baking some chocolate orange muffins. . . .

I want to ride my bicycle!

This week, our student, KB, completed an epic 35 mile mountain biking course at Grizedale. Despite the inclement conditions he ploughed on and was in great . . .

A tailored education

This week, two of our teachers have been working hard with one of our students, as he advances towards his GCSE exams in the summer. . . .

Opportunity knocks.

This post is to recognise the achievements of one of our Year 11 pupils, LP. LP is a young man who has not attended ‘normal’ . . .

The spice of life

This week, DW has been involved in gardening activities – planting seeds to grow ‘grass hair’ and decorating / painting cups to hold the seeds. He . . .

Arnside Knott

Our student, KB, cycled his 100th mile and was also able to take in Arnside Knott. He is learning to look after his equipment and . . .

Brief Encounter

This week, RA enjoyed the trip to the Carnforth railway Heritage Centre. He enjoy discussing how old the film brief encounter was. We stopped at . . .

Furry Friends

Mindful of learning ways to renew, recyle and reuse, our student, EM, took an unwanted furry blanket and the Hawthorn sewing machine to design and . . .

Aide-mémoir

In order to assist a student with complex learning needs, one of our teachers employed simple memory techniques to enable their charge to summarise, and . . .

Autumnal Learning

This week, one of our younger students was identifying the difference in the trees as leaves start to change colour before they fall to the . . .

Mini Zoo day trip

RA enjoyed a trip to Williamson Park where he enjoyed the views over the estuary and the mini-zoo.  He enjoyed seeing new animals and loved . . .

A marathon lesson

KB is continuing to enjoy his physical education which supports his social awareness and emotional well-being. Another mountain bike ride took us along the canal . . .

Make way, Master Chef

RA loves cooking and baking! What is even better, is that he is a very generous person and enjoys sharing his efforts with his friends, . . .

Birds in The Bay

RA continues to enjoy his Physical  Education and is walking further and further each session. We linked this to learning about local history, the meaning . . .

Work, rest and play.

One of our students, RS, likes to play games he is familiar with, but he was proud of himself when he tried something new and . . .

Healthy Body. Health Mind.

Our student, KB, is engaging in a variety of different forms of education this term. In order to improve his fitness, he was keen to . . .

Indian Summer

Today, our student, RA, found out how important it is to get fresh air even if the weather is turning cooler. With the tutor’s dog . . .