Hawthorn Education Blog

Bookshop visit

MH let it be known that he’d never been in a bookshop so Simon rectified this situation asap and a trip to Waterstones was arranged. . . .

Macmillan coffee morning at the Hub

This worthy event will take place on Monday October 2nd and a number of staff (possibly including Antony) have offered their services to bake all . . .

Practical shopping skills

MH was surprised to learn that a) bread has a bet before date and b) that it’s more about the quality of the product rather . . .

More of Preston’s proud history

This morning during his PHSE/Local History session MH visited the site of The Old Cock Pit, which,  as the plaque suggests is where the Temperance . . .

Oldie but goodie

After completing a good deal of academic work this afternoon Simon introduced HR to the classic 1970’s Mastermind game in order to practice lateral and . . .

Last of the summer sunshine?

This morning MH and Simon took advantage of the late summer sunshine to work outside at Hurst Grange Park cafe. After doing numeracy at Kingsfold . . .

Preston Tile Project

During a recent local history lesson LT visited the Deepdale area of Preston and one of the things which intrigued him most were the number . . .

More street art

After finding the mural on the side of Hogarth’s last week, MH was keen to see other examples of street art so we went to . . .

Inspired painting

This is a painting done by RR under Faiza’s watchful artistic eye. It was inspired by their recent trip to Moor Park Observatory which really . . .

Magnet investigation

Recently in a lesson with Jim, CS used iron filings to investigate the shape of the magnetic field around a bar magnet. He also looked . . .

What’s all this about?

Whilst on an educational walk last week MH encountered the new mural on the side of Hogarth’s. Being somewhat of a curious individual he came . . .

RR’s a star!

This is RR listening attentively to a talk at the observatory in Moor Park. She was an absolute star. She was polite, inquisitive and keen.

Penwortham water tower

As part of his ongoing lessons on local history today MH learnt all about Penwortham water towe.. This late Victorian tower was built by Canon . . .

This is why the core subjects are so important

After completing her English and Maths work MM was today allowed by Vicki to further practice her numeracy skills by doing some home economics. It’s . . .

Quick cake break!

During his lesson with Antony, HR took a quick break from academic learning to make some chocolate buns. Antony says ‘we improvised a bit with . . .

New teaching assistant!

This is Sam the golden retriever who recently met and helped to teach AG.  He took AG on a walk in local nature reserve and . . .

Return to Cuerden Valley

As suggested last week LT returned to Cuerden Valley with Lindsay as part of his summer programme. Lindsay introduced LT to the orienteering map they . . .

Busy bees

This week LT and Lindsay visited The Bee Centre in Chorley. LT explored the displays and learnt about beekeeping. He also learnt some extra facts . . .

Life and other important stuff

As well as practicing his hand writing ,times tables and suffixes with Lindsay,  BL learnt about life through playing ‘The Game of Life.’Hopefully he wasn’t . . .