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Herding the Sheep (Teamwork) - We all worked together to help herd the sheep from one field to another. We had to work out where each of us needed to stand and what we needed to do to stop the sheep from running the wrong way.

The Sanctuary group have been learning about the First World War. They visited an exhibition at Oswaldtwistle Mills to learn about the part the Accrington Pals played in the war.

Feeding the new born lambs at Hawes Farm.

Today at Harwes Farm so of the pupils met the new arrivals. Lilibet and Jubilee were born to Penelope on Tuesday 17^th May. The lambs have to be bottle fed as Mum doesn’t produce enough milk. Mum looks after them in every other way though and they are doing brilliantly. Even big brother Scott had…

Three of our students have been on work experience. The work experience is organised as part of a course run by the Calico Group, which is a large local provider of community service in housing, healthcare, support, employability and construction. Oswaldtwistle School and Calico have been…

As a form, Beacon worked together to make some pancakes on March 1^st – PANCAKE DAY.

Some worked out better than others but everyone had the opportunity to try a pancake, even some of the staff.

A group of pupils has started level 1 course in motor vehicle engineering at 4 Techmoto. 

The Sanctuary group visited Hawes Farm today. Activities today included carving pumpkins and cooking on the open fire.

The trip to Lancaster Castle was amazing. The behaviour was impeccable and our pupils asked relevant questions during the tour.

Brilliant work from the wonderfully multi-talented staff at Oswaldtwistle School!

Gemma Cook describes the incredible task of setting up and completing training of staff to operate our very own Covid testing operation - all in a very short period of time. 

"On Monday we found out we had to…