Class 12 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Class 12’s website page.

In Class 12, our pupils are supported by myself, Fiona, Natasha and Shamyana (Sam). We’re all working towards varying levels of Functional Skills Maths and English this year, focusing on our exam skills and applying our knowledge and understanding to answering questions. We are all completing our Personal Development Program (PDP) Silver or Transforming Aspirations ASDAN qualifications. These allow us to cover a wide range of topics/subjects/projects such as:

· Looking after our mental health (PSHE)

· Enterprise

· Improving the look of a garden (science)

· Learning a new creative skill (music/art)

· Tidying a room (life skills)

Spring Term

Class 12 have got a lot to look forwards to this term!

We’re starting to focus in on our exams practice as exam season will soon be upon us! The pupils have all been trying very hard as we focus in on certain exam skills for both English and Maths, ensuring an even coverage of our exam specifications. We have also been continuing with our class enterprise, making and delivering a range of breakfast sandwiches – we’re very close to unveiling our newly updated menu to the whole staff.

We have SENDsafe from the Lancashire Fire and Rescue service coming in to deliver a range of sessions about staying safe in the home and how to deal with emergency situations. We’ve started learning basic first aid each week, looking at bleeding, head injuries, allergies, burns & scalds and basic life support.

In PE we have started learning how to play dodgeball, each team taking turns to have a match. The staff vs pupil match at the end tends to be quite popular! In computing we have started to access Digital Functional Skills. This term we have been accessing our own Hillside email accounts to add each other as contacts and send each other a variety of emails including attachments.

Over the term we will also have a variety of trips planned, please keep a look out for any letters. We are looking forwards to our trip to Preston North End FC, who are hosting us for a morning with tea and toast, to give us a talk about all the careers they offer there.

Summer Term

How are we in the summer term already?! It’s another busy one, but with lots of fun planned in too!

The first half of this term is going to be our final big push towards our Functional Skills examinations in both English and Maths and finishing off our accreditations either PDP Silver or Transforming Aspirations. Everyone has been working hard and we just need that final step, we are very proud of how well everyone is trying!

Children’s Services are coming in to see us each Tuesday afternoon with Claire, delivering some practical PSHE lessons, which have proven interesting so far.

We’ve been continuing with our breakfast sandwiches enterprise for the next few weeks, before starting to plan our new summer enterprise project for the final seven weeks.

We’re busy this half term with various trips out in the community, such as weekly shopping trips, our swimming sessions on a Wednesday morning and then our rearranged Preston Train Station visits in May. The pupils are also busy planning their end of year trip, spending their hard-earned enterprise money!

If parents have any questions, please feel free to contact me through school or the Class 12 email: class12@hillside.lancs.sch.uk

James and the Class 12 team.