Myerscough group
Students have been handling the Bearded dragon and the Geko today at Myerscough. They have worked in groups to bath both reptiles in preparation for them shedding their skin.
Students also cleaned out the Gerbil cages and make the rodents some enrichment of their enclosures.
well done…
Category: Sixth Form
ECO Sixth Form Life skills College Links Preparation For Life Learning outside the classroom
Myerscough College
As part of the students external college placements, we will be visiting Myerscough College on a Tuesday.
Today students have had a health and safety talk and groomed the Guinea Pigs. We have talked about the health benefits of keeping the Guinea Pigs well groomed and how to look out for…
Category: Sixth Form
ECO Sixth Form College Links Learning outside the classroom Myerscough College
Hygiene Stop Shop
5J have set up their free Hygiene Shop for our students at lunch. All the products have been donated through our local community groups and businesses. Students are excited to be running the stop shop over lunch.
Well done 5J
Category: Sixth Form
ECO Sixth Form Community Links
Photography
In photography we looked at depth of field. This is the distance between two objects and where the focus will be on. This allowed us to create some interesting photos using toys and action figures.
We used the different functions on the camera to make the correct settings to allow different…
Category: Sixth Form 2023-2024
Madame Tussauds Careers Event.
We were very lucky to have been invited to Madame Tussaud’s in Blackpool to learn about the job of wax modelling and jobs within the tourism industry.
We were able to ask lots of questions and were shown the studio where they model the waxworks and add the paint and hair etc.
We also learnt…
Category: Sixth Form 2023-2024
KS5 Sixth Form Creative Arts Careers Community Links
Music at Blackpool the and Fylde College
In our music lessons at college today we learnt about the beat, rhythm and groove of the music.
We then made a PowerPoint with different job roles and information on them, we then finished working on our music tracks on Logic Pro.
Well done KS5
Category: Sixth Form 2023-2024
Blackpool and The Fylde College Sixth Form College Links music
5J Photography
In photography this week we started to look at the different aspects of photography.
We looked at “The Triangle of Exposure” this is the settings we need to look at to take good photos
the 3 points of the exposure triangle are.
ISO, shutter speed and aperture.
We then practiced…
Category: Sixth Form 2023-2024
Home cooking
In our home cooking session this week we made lemon and blueberry muffins.
We all learnt how to carefully zest the lemons using a grater, we then mixed this with the other ingredients into a batter which we carefully placed into muffin cases.
We also checked what temperature the oven…
Category: Sixth Form 2023-2024
Harvest Contributions
It that time of year where we are asking for donations for Harvest. Luca in 5I has already made a contribution which will go to a worthwhile local charity. Please feel free to send in:
Tins, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant and other non-perishable items.
Category: Sixth Form 2023-2024
5J Resilience
In our resilience session this week we tried some activities we hadn’t done before.
Jorja was extremely helpful, helping Leah to make loom bands.
Anthony showed real resilience as his Hama bead pattern got knocked and he had to remake it from scratch.
Well Done 5J!
Category: Sixth Form 2023-2024
Designing our Oracle garden
As part of our creative sessions we have been designing a ‘grow your own’ area on the Oracle site. Students have been researching the types of fruits and vegetables that can be grown in the UK. Students have then worked in groups to discuss and make a plan of what plants they would like to grow…
KS5 ECO Sixth Form Learning outside the classroom Gardening Horticulture