A very warm welcome from
Pond Meadow Academy Trust
We are an outstanding special school with high ambition, committed to best preparing pupils from the moment they join us for life beyond school, which is reflected in our vision and values.
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The 10th of October was World Mental Health Day. As a school, we take mental health and wellbeing of our staff, students and families very seriously. We are lucky to have a group of dedicated Mental Health First Aiders to support our staff and students. We also have our very special therapy dogs, Jax (in photo), Pepper and Maddie.
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Well done!
One of our students completed his Grade 1 Horse Proficiency Test at @cranleighrda at the end of last term. To gain the certification, he completed tasks such as mucking out, feeding and brushing of the horses. He also needed to be able to name the different parts of a horse and equipment needed when looking after horses. He had so much fun that he’s looking forward to completing Grade 2 very soon. Well done!
We are very grateful for this opportunity at the RDA, as well as the support from our parent volunteer who makes this possible. More of our students will be completing their work experience at RDA in Cranleigh this term.
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As a school, we always work to ensure our school environment is organised in way that best supports learning for all pupils. Over the summer holidays as part of our expansion works, a range of updates were made to the current building. The vast majority of the work focused on creating updated storage cupboards, a new Planning, Preparation and Admin room for teachers, updates to the hydrotherapy pool and a DT and Art room. We will also be having new regulation and sensory spaces added by the end of 2024. In the Spring construction of our new post-14 building will begin.
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WORLD TEACHERS DAY
Tomorrow is World Teachers Day – a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education worldwide. Today we celebrate all our teachers and the difference they make in their students’ lives. THANK YOU!
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LET’S BUILD!
Brick club is the Pond Meadow creative @lego and Duplo building club. We love to see how our students thrive when given the opportunity to build and play! Playing with LEGO has been shown to help develop social skills, such as listening, turn-taking and sharing. It can encourage problem-solving and language development. LEGO can also be used to support speech and language therapy sessions and targets.
For more about LEGO and speech therapy, visit @webuybricksapp .
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