Fern House School

Just a few more highlights of the past few weeks, lots of active play, exercise and outdoor learning!

Big wins, bigger smiles and a whole lot of growth this term! We are heading into Easter break celebrating every single milestone. Our pupils have worked incredibly hard, well done everyone!
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For world book day, we challenged our pupils to go beyond the cover and step inside the dictionary! Inspired by ‘The Word Collector’ , by becoming a word, our pupils explored definitions, synonyms and the impact of language in books.
We saw everything from eccentric to furious and perplexed walking through the gates!

Today some pupils explored the journey of flour from the grain in the field to the flour in the package. We have been focusing on independence and community responsibilities through some fantastic hands-on activities! We took our learning outside for a local litter pick.
Lots of sensory and visual learning for Peach class today!

Our pupils have been busy sharpening their oracy and social skills this week through building Lego and campfire story time!
It's amazing to see their confidence grow, one brick and one page at a time!

We were honoured to take a seat at the judges’ table for today’s Connect Education Trust debate competition. Huge congratulations to all the teams for their fantastic passion and precision! Well done everyone!

It has been a busy and successful start to the Spring Term. Here’s the quick recap:
🏆 Boccia Tournament: Showcasing teamwork and sportsmanship.
🍳 Food Tech: Whipping up new recipes and life skills in the kitchen.
🦖 Educational visit to the Natural History Museum, stepping back in time to explore the wonders of the natural world.
🚀 Future Planning: Celebrating Apprenticeship Week and supporting KS4 with focused GCSE preparation.
🤝 Parent Pods: Building our community through vital connection and feedback.

🔜 Coming Up in Spring Term 2

The momentum keeps building! Get ready for World Book Day 📚, Careers Week 💼, enrichment activities and so much more!

Enjoy the break, everyone!

We wish you a lovely and restful Christmas break! For those celebrating, Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
We will see you all in January 2026 🎁🎊

A massive thank you to for hosting an incredible Collapsed Curriculum Day!
This gave our KS4 pupils an opportunity to explore career pathways, build resilience and teamwork as well as setting big goals for the future!

This term Oak class have been learning all about the heart in science! Today they dissected a heart to explore how the heart really works! There is no substitute for seeing structures like the ventricles, atria and valves up close!

A massive shout out to our brave KS4 pupils who stepped up today to prepare and delivered assemble an inspiring assembly to KS2 and KS3!
Their hard work, confidence and leadership skills were on full display! Well done Katie & Jamie!