Author: Jen Köhler

  • Congrats AF!

    Congrats AF!

    We always celebrate our students amazing achievements, but this one feels really special! A few months ago we got approved to invigilate Functional Skills exams so our students can take exams and earn their Functional Skills qualification in an environment where they feel safe and comfortable. A little while ago AF became our first student…

  • Last Term at SB

    Last Term at SB

    It’s been a great term leading up to the Easter break so here are some great highlights, amazing achievements and fun lessons from the last 5 weeks: With Easter just around the corner our creative students had a great time engaging in many Easter-themed activities.Just have a look for yourself: With AI becoming more and…

  • Congrats, Lucy!

    Congrats, Lucy!

    At SB it’s not just our students that keep learning! To improve our understanding and our ability to support our students SB staff are dedicated to keep learning, too. Lucy has recently completed a 6-month course to earn an Understanding Autism Level 3 certificate. About her experience with the course she said: “I found the…

  • Easter Decorations

    Easter Decorations

    With only one week left before the Easter break, this is your chance to get some of our remaining Easter decorations!(many are also available in other colours, so just pop in or ask!) A little extra money can go a really long way when it comes to acquiring machinery and materials and planning trips to…

  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    Happy Mother’s Day!

    We hope you all had a lovely day yesterday 🌻 Over the course of the week we encouraged our students that were interested, to create something for Mother’s Day. Now that all gifts were hopefully received we thought it would be nice to celebrate their lovely work: Some students tapped into their creative side and…

  • Careers Support at SB

    Careers Support at SB

    Here at SB it is very important to us to make sure we set up our learners in the best way possible for whatever comes next.Each one of our students follows an individual path towards educational and occupational goals that will lead them in the direction they want to take. Figuring out what that path…

  • Raspberry Pi: Experience AI

    Raspberry Pi: Experience AI

    In recent years AI has become an ever-present term and tool in our everyday lives. What started as machine learning research in the 1950s has since become a pocket intelligence we all have access to. But a question our students tried to answer is : What actually is AI? Their initial thoughts: ARTIFICIAL– not human–…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    Another awesome week at SB. Alongside their Maths and English our students got up to a lot of great and creative things. Have a look at what they were up to here: While most of us think of LEGO as a fun toy it can be an incredible tool, also! Practising team-work, creativity, physics, patience,…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    Last week ideas and creativity could be found in every part of the building! Have a look at what our students were up to here: Last week creativity was through the roof! TE created an absolutely stunning rose, JW cleverly used coloured studio lights to make his Spider-Man action figure look extra dramatic, three other…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    Another awesome week at SB. Have a look at what our students were up to here: Last week ES tested his patience building a LEGO car and then his knowledge when programming the car to drive! He created a short algorithm including making the car go forward and turning. Have a look for yourself what…