Arran Hill Go Horse Riding

?Our students have the opportunity to attend weekly horse riding lessons at Lilly Lodge. This is part of a therapy intervention where the students learn stable management and the skills for horse riding. The students have built wonderful relationships with the horses and staff at the stables. 

Cooking Up A Storm At Arran Hill

Students at Arran Hill engage in weekly cooking sessions as part of the curriculum, but also as a therapeutic intervention. These sessions take place in our purpose built kitchen to support students with the KS3 curriculum and emotional based needs. They have recently enjoyed making pizza dough, victoria sponge cakes, cookies and apple pies. Alongside practical lessons, they […]

Science at Arran Hill

At the Arran Hill Centre, students have had the opportunity to take part in hands-on, practical science investigations and activities. Y8 students have been studying breathing and respiration and have used their knowledge of the respiratory system to create model lungs. They also used their working scientifically skills to investigate how yeast respires and what […]

Learning New Skills At Arran Hill

At the Arran Hill Centre, the children have been taking part in a range of interventions where they have been learning new skills which include: how to cook independently, box through talk (body conditioning), music lessons, active revision for students and creating/designing projects in DT. All students have worked extremely hard and continue to make […]

WPT Newsletter – February 2023

Welcome to the next installment of the WPT newsletter for the 22/23 academic year. It’s been a busy half term, with lots of new and exciting things happening across the trust. This newsletter will showcase just a some of the things that we’ve been getting up to over the last few weeks. On behalf of […]

Scaling New Heights at the WPT Climbing Competition 2023

Last week, students from Wickersley School & Sports College, Rawmarsh Community School, Thrybergh Academy and Clifton Community School went head-to-head at the WPT Secondary Schools Climbing Competition 2023. The competition took place at Thrybergh Academy’s bouldering room, which has a large section of climbing wall with different angles and an additional speed climb wall. Eight […]

Aiming for Awesome ?

Students from Wickersley School and Sports College were among the first to test out Cranworth Road’s latest sporting addition – indoor Archery.  The floor to ceiling hall width Archery net was installed in January, and has enabled students to practice and perfect their Archery skills indoors with some healthy competition encouraged by WPT Outdoor Education […]