The Bridge Special School

Our Summer Term 2 Class Bulletins are now live!
Take a look on our website to celebrate the fantastic learning, achievements, and memorable experiences from across the school this term.

Our Classes | The Bridge School

School will be closed for the summer holidays -
Monday 20th July - Tuesday 1st September.

PD days are Tuesday 1st September and Wednesday 2nd September.

Pupils are back on Thursday 3rd September.

As the school breaks up for the summer holidays, please note that the school office will be closed too.

During this period, email inboxes will not be monitored so any enquiries received will be dealt with when the school reopens in September.

If you have an urgent safeguarding concern regarding a child during the holiday period, please contact:

School Welfare Team - [email protected]
Family Services - Customer First: 0808 800 4005
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/eha/contact-the-family-support-team
Police: 999 (in an emergency) or 101 (for non-emergencies)

Please do not use the school's email or social media accounts to report urgent safeguarding concerns, as these will not be monitored.

Thank you

Sailing Opportunities over the summer holidays for SEND children

This week is the start of our transitions week where there might be change some pupils experience as they move from one class, year group, or school environment to another. These changes might include:

Moving to a new classroom
Having a new teacher
Joining a different peer group
Adjusting to new routines
Becoming familiar with new surroundings

Staff will be supporting pupils throughout with all of these to help pupils build their confidence and feel safe.

Highfield Children's Centre Summer Holiday Programme for your information.

The Woolverstone Project are offering boat trips accessible for wheelchair users over the summer holidays (weather permitting)

For your information: A community health and employment event run by suffolk county council, is taking place on the Cornhill in Ipswich on Wednesday 15th July 10am till 2pm, involving local services giving advice on a range of topics such as finances, support for carers, health and more.

We were fortunate to participate in the Beyond Labels exhibition, which took place at The Hold, Suffolk Archives.

Some of our pupils got the opportunity to go sailing!

In music this term panda class have been exploring the part of a drum kit.