Where a Love of Learning Grows
Birch Wood School
Where a Love of Learning Grows
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We provide a wonderful learning environment and SEND expert staff who are highly committed to our pupils. An education at Birch Wood positively changes children’s lives allowing them to achieve their ‘personal best’. Our ENABLES culture embodies our high aspirations and unwavering passion and determination to provide outstanding outcomes for every pupil.
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🌳This Week at Birch Wood
What a fantastic and inspiring week it has been across Birch Wood! 💙
At Birch Wood Vale and Ashton House our Dance, Drama and British Sign Language students have been working incredibly hard preparing for the Moving Together Showcase in June. We cannot wait to see their performances come together! 🎭
A huge well done to our Year 11 students and members of Birch Wood College who have been completing their GCSE and Entry Level Biology and Maths exams. We are so proud of their positive attitude and the way they have approached this important time. It has also been wonderful to see our younger students showing kindness and mindfulness around school to support their peers. 🌟
Our student enterprise Birch Wood Bargains, continues to thrive making over £50 profit this week alone! Ice poles have proved especially popular and all profits will go towards further developing the playground at BWV and AH.
We are very proud of our KS2 students at Ashton House for completing their SATs.
At Birch Wood College, students have been busy in the garden, planting vegetables such as lettuce, carrots and spinach, alongside beautiful flowers including sweet peas, dahlias and lavender creating a welcoming space for everyone to enjoy. 🌱
Students also had an amazing hands-on experience at Burton Lazars Farm, feeding calves, caring for lambs, collecting eggs and learning all about crops and farming life. 🐄🐑🥚
Across college, students continue to build independence and confidence every day. From developing practical life skills to exploring new tools like voice-to-text technology, their resilience and determination are truly inspiring. 💪
At Grange Drive, our Merlin class enjoyed a wonderful canal trip on the Sunbeam II from LOPC to Leicester and then to Birstall. Everyone enjoyed the cruise listening to sea shanty songs, singing, waving our boom whackers to the music and taking it in turns to feel the wind on our faces up on deck. Many thanks to Mosaic 1898 for making this wonderful trip possible! 🚤
Students from across Grange Drive also took part in bellboating at Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre.
Grange Drive students also continued their exciting learning about pirates 🏴☠️
💙 We are so proud of all our students for their hard work, kindness and achievements this week. Well done, everyone!
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📖Once upon a Thursday – A story to NAS accreditation 🥳
We are incredibly proud to share that once again our school has been awarded Advanced Accredited status by the National Autistic Society 🌟
This highest level of accreditation recognises the quality, consistency and care within our provision. The NAS report highlights:
“Staff demonstrated an exceptional and deeply embedded understanding of each student’s individual communication profile.”
“Staff interactions were consistently warm, thoughtful and highly attuned to individual needs.”
“The consistent use of autism-specific strategies, combined with a whole school culture of inclusion, ensures that every student is supported to thrive academically, socially and emotionally.”
We’re incredibly proud of our staff, pupils and families — this achievement reflects a shared commitment to ensuring every student is understood, supported and valued.
📄 The full report is on our website for our community to read.
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This ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ we are reflecting on last week’s big "Glow Up” event in celebration of PMLD Awareness Day. As always it was wonderful to celebrate our amazing young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. From a live Tac-Pac inspired session led by our brilliant music therapist Neil, to pupils coming together for a party in our music themed corridors around Grange Drive. There was joy, connection and celebration everywhere!
While we are proud that all of our young people are celebrated every day at Birch Wood, we also want to see a wider “glow up” in our local community. Our learners and their families deserve inclusive, accessible and equitable facilities and opportunities beyond school.
Something as simple and essential as a Changing Places toilet can make a huge difference, instantly improving accessibility and enabling families to participate more fully in community life. Following our petition two years ago, we are hopeful that plans to install this facility Melton town will soon progress. We would very much welcome an update from Melton Borough Council on this important development.
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🌳This Week at Birch Wood
What a fantastic and enriching week it has been across Birch Wood!
Students from our KS2 classes enjoyed a full-day Forest School trip to Battram Woods. They developed their knowledge of trees and wildlife while taking part in a range of exciting activities. Engagement from all students was truly amazing!
Our GCSE Photography students successfully completed their exams, producing some incredibly high-quality work. We are very proud of their creativity and dedication.
On Tuesday, BWCA students visited Belton House, where they worked towards two ASDAN modules. They explored the history of the building and researched a national conservation organisation. It was a wonderful day, and students produced excellent work inspired by their hands-on experiences.
Students from across the school also took on the challenge of climbing at Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre.
At Grange Drive, we held a vibrant Glow-Up Day to raise awareness for PMLD Day!
Members of the Falcons proudly represented Birch Wood at the Secondary Inclusive Athletics Competition at Saffron Lane, showing great sportsmanship and effort throughout.
Students came together to enjoy a joyful singing assembly. They learned Makaton signs for the marathon and practised singing through a variety of songs, showing great enthusiasm and engagement.
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