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Jun 27, 2018

Knife Crime Information

Please find important information published by West Midlands Police.

Jun 13, 2018

Mobile Phone Safety

West Midlands Police have published the following safety advice regarding mobile phones: Keeping Yourself Safe, Students Love Your Phone,...

Jun 5, 2018

Knife Crime Information

West Midlands Police have released the following documents for young people and parents to read regarding Knife Crime. Parent Knife Crime...

Mar 29, 2018

School Safety Advice – Useful Documents

Please find below a number of documents shared by West Midlands Police regarding staying safe. Silent Solutions, Students Snapchat Maps, ...

Mar 20, 2018

Lawnswood Partnership Centre of Excellence

The Lawnswood Partnership Centre of Exellence website is now online. You can view conference facilities and courses that we have on offer...

Jan 25, 2018

Science Experiments!

Groups S & T merged to take part in practical experiments to see the reactions of group 1 metals and how compounds are made. Students dem...

Jan 25, 2018

Practising old skills – Outdoor Ed

Last week was all about toasting marshmallows over the fire, this week has been all about the hot drinks. The weather has been dry for mo...

Jan 15, 2018

Outdoor Education Help

A message from Mr Hupfield… I have been taking our KS3 students (+ a couple of KS4) to the woodland on site over the Autumn term and want...

Jan 15, 2018

Building Positive Relationships – Outdoor Education

This week has been much drier than last and having had the rain literally put a damper on some of our sessions last week it’s been great ...

Jan 15, 2018

Follow us on Twitter!

Don’t forget that you can now follow us on Twitter @orchardctr where you can find regular updates and a wide variety of shared resources.

Jan 15, 2018

CPD – Virtual Reality

Teachers across Lawnswood Campus participated in a very exciting session that marks our journey into the future. Our e-learning group tes...

Jan 5, 2018

Outdoor Adventures

We were greeted by weather warnings for high wind on our return from the Christmas break. High winds and thunder storms are typically the...

Dec 18, 2017

Seven Nation Army – Band

Here are The Orchard Centre we were very lucky to be treated to a lunch time of entertainment by our own ‘School of Rock’! Well done to a...

Dec 18, 2017

Outdoor Education Update

We were planning to start introducing fire to our sessions in the Spring term but the snow this week was the perfect excuse to bring that...

Dec 4, 2017

Outdoor Education Update

We have had our first frosts this week and the temperature has dropped significantly. The colder weather is hammering home for our studen...

Dec 4, 2017

Elf on the Shelf – 4th December 2017

There has been some strange goings on with Oliver – our very own naughty elf. Oliver has hijacked our breakfast supplies. Look out for th...

Nov 29, 2017

YouTube Safety

YouTube allows users to upload and share content instantly from their phones, tablets and personal computers. Check out our safety tips f...

Nov 28, 2017

Outdoor Education Update

Whatever the Weather The woodland changes so much throughout the seasons and during different weather conditions. Taking part in sessions...

Nov 17, 2017

Baking Success

Students at The Orchard Centre have created some amazing cakes in Food Technology. Well done to Thomas, Bryony and Kia.

Nov 17, 2017

Outdoor Education Update

The Importance of Play Play is essential to children’s development. It’s so important that it’s recognised by the United Nations as being...

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