Author: Jen Köhler

  • 🎄Thank You!🎅

    🎄Thank You!🎅

    We would like to say thank you to everyone that showed up to our Christmas Open Day yesterday. Whether it was out of support, curiosity or both, you made the afternoon and evening truly special🌟.The money raised throughout the evening will be put to good use and will enable us to buy more equipment and…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    Have a look at what our students were up to last week: Last week was full of Christmas creativity! Cards, bookmarks, photography, even the walls were carefully decorated by our students. 🎅 AF’s nanoleaf project is in full swing! After weeks of designing and printing individual tiles and choosing the best lights for the project,…

  • Learning by Doing: Scientific Exploration

    Learning by Doing: Scientific Exploration

    For the past few weeks AF has spent some time with one simple question: How can this picture be recreated? But rather than simply looking it up his task was to use his previous knowledge to hypothesize, plan and test his ideas to find a way. STEP 1: Brainstorming & Research Initially, AF was unsure.…

  • Delicious Chocolate Pine Cones

    Delicious Chocolate Pine Cones

    Going into the kitchen during the week you may have been met with an odd sight. Neatly arranged on a tray sat several… pine cones? Even on closer inspection these small works of art looked indistinguishable from perfectly shaped pinecones. And even better: They were edible, too! Following a video recipe HW carefully and patiently…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    Last week our students experimented, created and learned all sorts of things! Have a look at some of last week’s highlights here: You often hear that children play too many video games, but hardly anyone talks about the educational value of creating them! Using patience, creativity, programming skills and attention to detail are absolutely essential,…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    Another week and even more great work! This week was creative, productive and delicious all in one. Have a look at what our students were up to: Last week the faint smell of something delicious lingered in the air all week! Our students that enjoy cooking made some absolutely delicious Bolognese (and garlic bread in…

  • Weekly Highlights

    It’s been our first week back after the half-term and it’s been a busy one!Have a look at what our students were up to and what is going to be happening this term: This term even more students are beginning or continuing their functional skills Maths and English journeys. This week a few students did…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    We’re getting closer to the end of our first term back now and it’s been amazing seeing our students get stuck into their learning and projects! And just like that we can add another operational machine to the SB-Arcade! With the final touches in place and the mat secured to the base SB’s very own…

  • Celebrating Creativity, Courage and Character

    Celebrating Creativity, Courage and Character

    Our students at SB work incredibly hard on their academic skills and, rightfully so, their achievements and efforts are celebrated. Sometimes, however, it is nice to take a step back and focus on the things that aren’t just academic because our students are also… …willing to try new things …working together to create something new…

  • Weekly Highlights

    Weekly Highlights

    This term is just flying by and our students are making so much amazing progress!Have a look at what they were up to last week: Working on any DT project is better with music, so naturally the DT area needs an awesome speaker system! After making clear speakers this week it was time to think…