Oak 2026 - 2027

Welcome to Oak Class!

We have eight wonderful pupils supported by myself, Sam, Janette and Iqra.

We are all working towards a mixture of qualifications, which include Functional Skills in Maths and English, ASDAN Personal Progress and The Kings Trust Personal Development and Employability course. This year we are very excited to be starting our Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award also, with lots of practical and outdoors activities planned! All of these qualifications will allow us to undertake lots of fun, practical and engaging activities that will provide us with skills for the future.

In college we put a big focus on Preparation for Adulthood, building up our independence skills and how we’ll use these in the future. As part of this, we complete daily jobs around the college, take part in weekly in-house work experience with the site team and in forest schools and also have plans to take part in some work experience out in the community.

We have the opportunity for pupils to plan, shop for and then prepare their own lunch daily – if you think this would be an option you would like for your child, please contact me to discuss how it works. Pupils in college are also welcome to wear their own clothes if they wish to.

If parents or carers have any queries, feel free to contact me on our class email: Oak@hillside.lancs.sch.uk

James and the Oak Class team.