News

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have now reached the end of Autumn 1 and our students have settled well and embraced their learning programmes positively. We have had many new pupils joining the school and they are settling in and making new relationships at Inscape. It has been a busy half term, and much will be reported in our Autumn 1 newsletter. I have detailed some of our highlights below:

Autumn 1 highlights:

• We purchased a bearded dragon as a new addition to our AAI provision which is very exciting for our pupils. Our children have been tasked with naming the lizard and this will go to a vote when we return after the half term.
• Our links with a SEND school in Ghana is flourishing through the New Horizons project and many of our pupils were involved in making gift boxes which were sent to Ghana and well received by the children. We received many thank you cards and letters from the children in October and it was very moving to see how Inscape pupils had made a difference to the lives of the children in Ghana.
• Stephane Maitrejean is collaborating with staff and pupils across the school as we continue to work towards the Rainbow Flag Award which demonstrates and recognises the positive LGBTQ+ and Inclusion work that is happening at Inscape.
• The PBS team now have a new improved dojo reward shop which has been refurbished and converted in the main school and this is stocked with our pupils favourite items.
• We now have 2 sensory/regulation trails painted on our outdoor areas which pupils and staff are enjoying.
• A number of Upper and Post 16 students engaged in a Digital advantage project which they completed across 3 days in September and the project focused on the development of media and technology skills. The pupils created an online magazine which is amazing and will be shared very soon.
• We are working towards the Nurturing schools accreditation which we will hopefully achieve by December 2023. Our pupils have been creating a video in October with support from Ilinca in the communications team and Emma and Kathryn from our Nurture team. The video will showcase the Nurture provision. We are so proud of the pupils involved in this project since they were able to talk openly about their journeys and challenges.
• The Giles Trust visited the school on the 3rd of October to discuss how they could support the schools PSHE curriculum. We have a representative coming into school to work with pupils on the 17th of November to focus on a number of important youth issues.

I will soon be returning to my substantive role since Hannah Stollar will be returning from Maternity leave in December and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support over the past year which I have thoroughly enjoyed.  

Have a great half term.

Regards

Richard Nancollis, Interim Inscape House School Headteacher