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  • 27/06/24

    Doubletrees Family Engagement Session 16.09.24. Bridging & Ready to Learn class parents.

    Come and join us for our next family engagement session on the 16th September 2024 at 10:00 am. Please see details below, which is for our Bridging to Learn and Ready to Learn classes.  Places must be booked, so please contact Michelle if you wish to attend - msandham@doubletrees.org.uk...
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  • 26/06/24

    Your Child's Future Event 10.10.24

    All parents are welcome to come along and find out more about post-16 support, education, training and career opportunities.  Book your place with Michelle msandham@doubletrees.org.uk. 
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  • 24/06/24

    Celebrating Arts Week 2024

    Our Artsweek in June was rounded up nicely with a full day of music!  Thanks to the Friends of Doubletrees school, we welcomed Drums for Fun CIC, who delivered music workshops to all of our learners.   Drums for Fun provides sensory, therapeutic and energetic percussion experienc...
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  • 20/06/24

    Sports Day(s) 2024

    All of our classes really enjoyed our June 2024 Sports Day(s).  The weather was really kind to us, and we made full use of our outdoor spaces and the cricket field for lots of games and sensory delight.  We would like to thank all the parents and carers that attended the events and joined...
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  • 18/06/24

    Visit to the Keay Theatre

    Willow, Maple and Cedar classes enjoyed a trip to the Keay Theatre last week to watch and perform in the Singing Hands Makaton choir.   Some of learners use Makaton as a communication tool, and took this opportunity to showcase and share their skills with others and learn some new skills...
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  • 13/06/24

    Free Parental Support App 'Hibi'

    Simplify & centralise your child's care with the HiBi App!   Our mission For every family caring for a child to have the support they need. We support families with children who are neurodivergent, have physical disabilities, rare diseases, and a range of o...
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  • 13/06/24

    Tesco Blue Token Scheme Appeal. Raising funds for our School playground!

    We are very pleased to share with you that our school charity, The Friends of Doubletrees, have been successful with their bid for the Tesco Stronger Starts Blue Token Scheme.   The funding these blue tokens attract is dependent on Tesco customer support.  Let's invit...
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  • 11/06/24

    Supporting Child Safety Week

    Our learners have supported Child Safety Week in classes, by learning all about dangers and dangerous situations.  We have discussed how we keep ourselves, and each other safe through our actions and our choices.  We have attached a Parent Pack below to support children and their f...
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  • 04/06/24

    Doubletrees School receives prestigious Artsmark Award!

    Our learners and staff are celebrating after receiving a prestigious Silver Artsmark Award. Artsmark is the only creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. It supports them to develop and celebrate arts and cultural education across the whole curriculum, bringing l...
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  • 24/05/24

    This week in Willow Class...........

    For Science in Willow class we have been looking at different materials using all our senses, and this week we focused on rubber.  We smelt some rubber based items, checked our own shoes and then played with water balloons. We were waiting for them to fill, watching them get bigger and heavier...
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  • 22/05/24

    Doubletrees 'New Style' Newsletter!

    We have redesigned our school newsletter!  We now include a section for each class, so parents can keep up to date on all of our class learning and events, and we now incorporate our star learners into our 'Core Values - our A,B,C's' so you can follow our achievements thro...
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  • 21/05/24

    This week in Maple class.........

    This week during work related learning, Maple class experienced a range of plants that have specific properties e.g. spiky holly, long grass...  Everyone was amazed by the large purple plant growing in the poly tunnel which had huge soft leaves! We finished off by ensuring all plants had a good...
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