May is the awareness month for Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Bladon House School staff and students are holding lots of fun events on the 26th of May which is Go Orange Day for PWS!
All students and staff will wear something ‘orange’ in support of people with PWS and raise awareness. The main events on the day are the Treadmill Marathon Challenge and an art competition for the best PWS poster.
Staff will have the opportunity to take part in clocking up the miles in the marathon challenge from 7.30am with each class having a timeslot throughout the day, ending at 2pm. After completing their treadmill challenge students will receive a certificate of achievement, a PWS wristband or pen and an orange jelly. Art competition winners will receive a PWS baseball cap.
If you would like to make a donation to PWS click here.
Edgewood School will be the newest and latest edition to the SENAD Group portfolio. Currently undergoing major building and renovation work, our site in Lingswood Park, Northampton will become a vibrant, ambitious and caring independent day and residential school for young people aged 7 up to 18 years old.
Opening in Autumn 2023, the school will be able to accommodate up to 26 pupils, first starting with day placements (14) and then after completion of the children’s home development, reaching up to 12 residential placements (38 and 52 week). Pupils who attend will have an EHCP and experience a range of special educational needs including: Autism, moderate to severe learning disabilities, speech, language and communication difficulties and challenging behaviours.
All classes will be small with a high staff to pupil ratio and the school will offer a broad curriculum designed to meet the very individual needs of each pupil and supported by a range of therapeutic programmes.
Last week staff at SENAD Community (West Midlands) all got together to surprise their lovely training co-ordinator Bobbie with a baby shower.
Bobbie has worked for the SENAD Group since December 2015 (7years), and has always brought a smile and calm to the office. She will be missed whilst she is on her maternity leave, but we do have Sarah stepping into the helm who know will be just amazing.
Sending lots of love and best wishes to Bobbie and her family, we know she is going to be the best mummy ever and we can’t wait to meet her new bundle of joy.
At youth club the young people have been celebrating St Patrick’s day and Red Nose Day. Some of our young people entered a St Patrick’s day hat competition which they have coloured in tonight. The hat with the most votes using red nose stickers will get an extra special prize. All the young people who have entered will also get a little goodie too.
This year Comic Relief teamed up with Mr Men/Little Miss to produce some fabulous merchandise to raise money for this year’s cause.
Here are our very own Little Miss & Mr Men, all sporting their red noses & Mr Men/Little Miss outfits, along with their creations for our annual competition.
Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Competition for #comicrelief
The overall winners of the Mr Men & Little Miss Competition were:
• Silver Class – Rowden House – Overall Winners
• Fairfield House – Adult Home Winner
• GO, Purple Class – Runner Up
• OM, Purple Class – Runner Up
• LMc, Purple Class – Runner Up
Thank you to everyone who purchased a red nose & entered the competition this year, we have raised £50.00 which is a fantastic effort.
What did you do for Red Nose Day? Here at Maple View School we decorated cakes and biscuits in class and Oak class did a penalty shoot out and raised £30, linking brillianlty to this half term’s PSHE of community and charity.
On Friday 20th January 2023, Bladon House School celebrated their second annual Bladon Charity Day.
The event was created as a way of making young people aware of charities, the work they carry out, and the people (or animals) they support.
Throughout the two weeks prior to the event day, young people and class staff visited charity shops within the local area and bought items of clothing (and in some cases entire outfits). They also engaged in two assemblies and completed activities related to supporting good causes.
On the event day itself, young people and staff wore their new attire which had been bought from a range of charity shops. Some of those shops visited were Scope, Sense, RSPCA, Cancer Research UK, Oxfam, British Heart Foundation, and the PDSA.
The event not only raised money for a range of charities but it also provided young people with the opportunity to access the local community and to use their social skills outside of the classroom.
