Hawthorn Education Blog

Self portrait

Last week with Jane KH completed a self portrait which is uncannily accurate displaying hitherto unknown skills.

Packed lesson

During one of this sessions with Gillian this week AS looked at commonly misused words e.g. anyone / any one and he understood all the . . .

So many pieces…

Out and about in the community today MH took some time to learn about how Penwortham high street incorporates quirky local shops such as the . . .

Rocket to the Moon!

Leon had previously expressed an interest in making a bottle rocket, and last Friday Jim brought the kit for him to do so. They first . . .

Guess which Founding Father has links to Preston?

That’s right, it’s Benjamin Franklin, him of stamps and American dollar bill fame. Oh yes, he was also one of the Founding Fathers of the . . .

Something to place your cuppa on

HR has  spent the last 30 mins of a couple of recent lessons planning, starting and finishing off a mosaic coaster and he’s rightly pleased . . .

Unbelievably cool Halloween art

The final activity of MM’s session yesterday with Lousie was decorating ceramic pumpkins in preparation for Halloween – how splendid does this look? Prior to . . .

Deeply spooky

Today in the Art portion of his lesson CS learned how to: To design and produce a Halloween themed face mask. Apply face paint observing . . .

Spooky happenings

Samantha and MM have been up to their old tricks (geddit?) during a break from writing and practicing English Speaking and Listening work.

A wide ranging lesson

In a recent session with Vicki AS worked on the career of Lionel Messi, English, made pizza and tried to sort the chain on his . . .

Science with Jim

JJ expressed an interest in making a PowerPoint presentation, so Jim asked him to make one about universal indicator and the pH scale. JJ performed . . .

Practice makes perfect

Yesterday KW was encouraged by Jane to critique his own handwriting which he did quite willingly. He then made improvements to the letters he felt . . .

Halloween on the horizon

The spooky time of the year is hurtling towards us and lots of eerie things are planned so keep looking out for them. Here Samantha . . .

Completed masterpiece

MM was able to use the skills we learned from last week’s tutorial in the painting she did with Samantha today. MM chose to paint . . .

A delighted young man

CS was SO happy to have finally completed his textiles piece! He was so enthused that he went on to find out about the Day . . .

Football and learning

AS is quite new to Hawthorn Education and today had his first lesson with Wendy who quickly ascertained that AS likes football. She provided AS . . .

Buzzin’!

Today with Louise HD was given a model of a bee to construct. He had to follow a series of instructions and carefully place the . . .

Ideas can be sparked anywhere

There are a number of art installations dotted around Preston. This one is outside the bus station and MH used it as a basis for . . .

New horsey staff member!

This beautiful animal is the recently weaned foal Shekinah Teddington who is part of Angie Letchford’s equine team. Why is Angie such a valued member . . .