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• Friday 26 July 2024 Summer Newsletter 2024 We rounded off the end of the academic year with our Summer Newsletter which is packed full of news, events and achievements.
• Tuesday 23 July 2024 Leavers' Assembly 2024 Our end of term Assembly where we said goodbye and good luck to those students and staff that are leaving for new adventures and opportunities. We will miss you all!
• Monday 22 July 2024 Leavers' Disco 2024 At the end of term we had a fun disco to celebrate the students and staff that are leaving us this term. Thank you to Lee from LR Disco for being such a brilliant DJ. We all loved it!
• Friday 19 July 2024 Post 16 Prom 2024 At the end of the Summer term, some of our Post 16 department got dressed up in the party gear to attend a Prom with some students from other Surrey schools. As you can see, they had a great time!
• Thursday 18 July 2024 Kirsty M's Leaving Event At the end of this term we said a fond farewell to one of our longest serving members of staff. Kirsty joined us in 2008 as a Teaching Assistant, then progressed to an HLTA followed by Family Support Worker, Behaviour Lead and Deputy Safeguarding Lead. We wish her all the very best in her new role within Surrey County Council. Good Luck Kirsty, we will miss you!
• Thursday 11 July 2024 Presentation Evening 2024 Our annual Presentation Evening and BBQ where we celebrate our students' achievements over the course of the academic year. Well done to everyone - you have made your parents and teachers very proud!
• Monday 1 July 2024 Secondary Communication Day 2024 Our Speech & Language Team (featuring 'Draco The Dragon'!) recently had their Communication Day for the Secondary Department. We all helped Draco find his way home using visual, sensory and auditory support and everyone helped to make it a really fun and engaging day.
• Wednesday 19 June 2024 Primary & Secondary Sports Days This year's Primary & Secondary Sports Day were great fun, as always! Thank you to the parents and families that joined us, and to the students from Lakeside Primary School for supporting the events!
• Friday 24 May 2024 May Newsletter 2024
• Thursday 28 March 2024 Easter Newsletter 2024
• Monday 18 March 2024 Secondary Enterprise Week Our Secondary Department have been working hard on their maths skills this half term. In order to put these skills to the test in a practical way, the classes took it in turns to set their own shops, selling various foods, drinks and other items to staff and students. This gave the students a chance to practice their money skills (and cookery skills!).
• Friday 15 March 2024 Red Nose Day 2024
• Friday 15 March 2024 Primary Communication Day 2024 Our speech and language therapy team hosted their annual communication day with Primary and EY classes on Friday 15th March. Each class had their own slot where they came to listen to a bespoke sensory story about a Unicorn who had got lost. A range of communication strategies and techniques were modelled and we had brilliant engagement from all of the classes which was so lovely to see. We look forward to the Secondary and Post 16 communication day in the summer term.
• Friday 8 March 2024 World Book Day 2024
• Thursday 7 March 2024 Table Cricket Competition - Mar 2024 In March, a group of keen cricketers from across Secondary and Primary ventured over to Guildford to take part in a table cricket competition against other local schools. Each student showed off their excellent skills at batting, bowling and fielding and successfully won one of the matches! There was a lot of competitive spirit shown from all that played, and it was a great chance to meet and chat to new friends. We are all looking forward to the next competition!
• Friday 9 February 2024 February Newsletter 2024
• Wednesday 7 February 2024 Chinese New Year - 2024
• Wednesday 31 January 2024 Food Project - Jan 2024
• Monday 29 January 2024 Ski Trip - Jan 2024
• Friday 15 December 2023 Christmas Newsletter 2023 Christmas is now upon us so what better way to get into the festive spirit than reading our Christmas Newsletter?
• Friday 8 December 2023 Christmas Lunch - Dec 2023 This year the whole school came together to enjoy our annual Christmas lunch with all the trimmings, cooked by our amazing school caterers, Laura and Penny. It was delicious (as always) so a big thank you from all of the staff and students!
• Wednesday 6 December 2023 Christmas Sing-a-long - Dec 2023 Our Secondary Department performed their annual festive music event where each class performed a christmas song to a packed audience of parents and carers.
• Monday 4 December 2023 Christmas Grotto - Dec 2023 We were lucky enough to have a special visit from Santa, his elves and some of his animal helpers! All of the students got to meet him and receive a special gift-wrapped present.
• Tuesday 28 November 2023 Sleep Workshop
• Wednesday 22 November 2023 Singing Hands - Nov 2023 We were delighted to welcome 'Singing Hands' Suzanne and Tracy to Portesbery to help us celebrate our 50th birthday and Makaton friendly status. They performed 4 concerts throughout the day, with nursery rhymes and action songs for our younger pupils to the latest pop hits for our older students. As you can see from the photos a fantastic time was had by all!
• Friday 17 November 2023 Children in Need - Nov 2023 Post 16 organised a fun-packed afternoon to raise funds for Children in Need. Pupils were invited to dress in something spotty and then had a choice of activities including making Pudsey lollipops and a disco. Lots of fun was had by all and £68.57 was raised for this worthy cause. Thank you for your support!
• Tuesday 31 October 2023 Halloween Pumpkins - Oct 2023 As part of our Halloween activities, Post-16 created a pumpkin patch for classes to visit, pick and pay for their pumpkins, and then decorate them. As you can see lots of fun was had by all! Congratulations to Ash class who won the pumpkin competition!
• Friday 20 October 2023 October Newsletter 2023 Our first newsletter of this academic year is now ready to read. Click on the link below to discover what we have been getting up to in the first half of the Autumn term.
• Friday 21 July 2023 Summer Newsletter 2023
• Wednesday 19 July 2023 Portesbery Variety Show 2023 This year we held our first Variety Show where students were invited to show off the singing, dancing and acting skills.
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