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The latest news from our school and organisation.
ALP Schools Paddleboarding
Thanks to funding from Paddle UK – and with potential further investment from the Duke of Edinburgh Awards – ALP Schools had 6 staff members pass their level 1 Stand Up Paddle Instructor course last weekend! Training was delivered by the team at Mote Park Watersports centre – From the spring term we will be introducing ALP […]
World Mental Health Week!
ALP Sittingbourne’s learners are celebrating Mental Health all week with a range of mindfulness ALP Sittingbourne’s learners are celebrating Mental Health all week with a range of mindfulness! So far, we have made biscuits, positive pebbles, embedded mental health into mental maths and enjoyed a range of calming, sensory tuff trays. For the rest of […]
Harvest Donations
One of our Amazon (Life Skills) learners went out in the community this week to buy items to donate to the local food bank. He chose tinned and shelf goods so they could be stored longer and verbalised how the food banks would help homeless people and people with not a lot of money. Well […]
Mental Health Wellbeing Highly Commended Status!
ALP Sittingbourne are thrilled to announce that we have been informed that we have been awarded ‘๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ’ after being nominated for the 2024 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. This is A huge accolade we are all very proud of, and the team has worked very hard to get to this level. We look forward […]
Huckleberry Farm
Yesterday, Caspians and Waves had a fantastic morning at Huckleberry. They were able to feed and pet the chickens, turkeys, alpacas, goats, donkeys and sheep. It was clear to see that the children were fully immersed within the animal care that was offered to them.
Happy Pants Ranch
On Tuesday, Atlantic volunteered to support The Happy Pants Ranch. They had an amazing time meeting the animals and getting stuck into some hard work in the very soggy fields. Both learners have cemented their desire to work with animals in the future through their experience today. We look forward to volunteering again!
An Interesting Listen!
David Cowell MBE, our managing director, has recently been invited to appear on The Wild Minds Podcast- In this episode he covers – – What the purpose of education is. – Providing other learning opportunities for young people who find traditional education challenging. – How and why, David opened ALP The Lodge. – The benefits […]
ARRRTT
ALP Sittingbourne have had a busy few weeks back at school, welcoming new learners and staff and working through our school ARRRTT values. Our ARRRTT values are as follows: ATTENDANCEFocus on improving each learnerโs attendance level to ensure they give themselves the basis to achieve. ROUTINETutors help learners to gain a routine that is adapted […]
‘Accolade of Distinction’!
ALP Sittingbourne are thrilled to announce that we have achieved our Eco-Schools Green Flag Award, with the extra accolade of Distinction! This is the highest level you can be given and is only awarded by the Eco-Schools judges for schools who they believe have gone โabove and beyondโ. We are delighted to share that our […]
Spring Term Newsletter
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! Term 3.1 draws to a close and it is time to reflect on all the wonderful things we have been up to and once again there has been so much to celebrate and share. New students, staff and animals have joined our community, all of whom have settled […]