3-19 provision for pupils with communication needs/ASD and an EHCP. Family of provisions including Little Blossoms, Northcott School and Sixth Form College
To celebrate the end of term and our OUTSTANDING in all areas, the staff decided to create a video for the pupils to show them how much we appreciate them! It’s worth a watch!!!!
We are excited to announce that we have had 2 book vending machines installed!!!! These provide reward books to encourage reading for pleasure. They earn tokens to get a free book to keep. Special rewards will appear in them as well!
#happyreading
#believebelongblossom
A quick tweet to thank everyone who has donated money, time and checked in. I have been blown away by the outpouring of support. It is a reflection on the true community that Northcott is. I would love to thank you all in person eventually. Katherine Johnson, Head Teacher
We’ve experienced a significant amount of vandal damage over the last 2 days amounting to tens of thousands of £😞. This takes away from all that we do, to those responsible, please bear in mind we can’t afford this amount of damage and SEN pupils will suffer as a result
We are thrilled with our
@ADHDFoundation
installation showing our support for
#Neurodiversity
including but not limited to ASD, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD. Inclusivity is a key part of our community and this is a stunning way to show it
#believebelongblossom
Exceptional morning for our Year 11 students. Too many incredible stories to mention individually and some massive barriers overcome, so we are immensely proud to announce a total of 28 GCSE’s achieved in total and 13 of those a grade 4 and above!!
#believebelongblossom
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded full accreditation status. The school had had partial accreditation for 30 years, but this month, for the first time in the schools history, we have achieved it across the WHOLE SCHOOL!
#believebelongblossom
We are beyond thrilled to announce our OUTSTANDING ofsted judgement in all areas.
We are so proud of our school, our community and our families! This is everyone’s report and embodies Believe Belong Blossom 😊
We are THRILLED to announce our best GCSE results in the HISTORY OF THIS SCHOOL. Our pupils achieved 67 GCSE (or equivalent) grades, 49 of which are grade 1-3 and 18 grade 4 and above. Including one fabulous grade 6! We are blown away. Beyond proud 🥹
IMPORTANT: we are aware that some nasty challenges (Momo challenge) are hacking into children's programmes Challenges appear midway through Kids YouTube, Fortnight, Peppa pig to avoid detection by adults. Please be vigilant with your child using IT, images are very disturbing
We shared this very special announcement today via letter after announcing to our staff that our proposal had been ratified. We are now officially this name ⬇️ and we are thrilled 😁
Our life skills flat is open and already in use! Here, our pupils learn how to look after a flat and have their own social and independent living space.
#believebelongblossom
Introducing Albus who belongs to some of our staff. He’s a fully trained therapy dog who will be with us doing agility and training every week!
#petsastherapy
#therapydog
#proud
We are very proud of Tristan who entered a competition when he was at LAFFS to design this years Pudsey T shirt for
@BBCCiN
This is his winning design from when he drew it, to it being printed on the final t shirt! Well done!
#believebelongblossom
Once finished, it will be an outdoor learning and reflection space for staff and pupils. There will be a special corner dedicated to the memory of a special TA 😊
Today our pupils have shown care for each other, resilience, grace, respect and maturity in light of the loss of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. We continue to be immensely proud 🥹
#believebelongblossom
We are thrilled to announce the location of our Pathway provision managed by James Berridge
@TheWarrenHull
We look forward to an exciting partnership! 👍
All set up ready for our annual Christmas banquet. It gives us chance to thank all our staff and pupils for another amazing term.
#believebelongblossom
The final product. We are thrilled with the result. It will be a learning space, a social space, a quiet space and a perfect space for staff and students alike 🙏
On
#LoveYourPetDay
it would be very rude not to tweet a pic of this handsome boy. Forever and always the best therapy dog and pet you could have. We love you Ozzy ❤️
It’s a monumentous day for the school today. 2 building parts have arrived already and we are awaiting the crane to lift them into place. Our formal ceremonies and filming start at 10.30am with our competition winners and lunch after!
Our new Sensory Path designed by our ASD outreach service was opened today. Our pupils use this for regulation on the way to and from lesson! Get in touch if you would like us quote for your setting!
Macauley has done this amazing piece of art to celebrate
#neurodiversity
week. He is an amazing artist. Our pupils are doing incredibly well following a difficult year
#believebelongblossom
…..and with that, we are out. We wish all our staff and families a Happy Easter and we look forward to seeing staff back on Monday 25th and pupils on Tuesday 26th April!
#believebelongblossom
#ozzyoverandout
The staff and pupils enjoyed the performance of Grease by active day care featuring some of our ex pupils. They did a fabulous job, well done to all involved 👍
Pupils and staff had a great day dressing up as Harry Potter characters for Harry Potter day. Pupils wore the sorting hat, played Quidditch, and made potions. All the money raised went to
@childrensuni
#fancydress
#HarryPotter
#fundraising
We are thrilled to have been awarded the
@HeadStartHull
Mark of Excellence today. Our young evaluators have been incredible in representing their peers views as part of student voice
#believebelongblossom
Happy birthday to this special little guy. He’s done so well to learn howto help our children in a relatively short time. 2 years old today
#birthdayboy
#believebelongblossom
As part of our growing family, we are thrilled that our new pre-school opens tomorrow!!!! We look forward to welcoming our new little blossoms!
#littleblossoms
#believebelongblossom
Primary and year 7 had a fabulous visit today from
@HumbersideFire
and socks the fire search dog. Ozzy the school therapy dog was very pleased to meet another working spaniel!
It’s world book day today and so many of our staff and students are dressed up! Ozzy decided he also wanted to take part and today he is Marshall
#nojobtoobignopuptoosmall
A huge thank you publicly to our teacher Jo Richardson who created the KCOM bid which we were then awarded. Dedicated staff like Jo make our school what it is; an amazing place to be!
#believebelongblossom
Jack and his family have made an amazing snow model in tribute to Sir Captain Tom whilst taking a break from his blended learning! (as seen in the Hull Daily Mail!)
@captaintommoore
#believebelongblossom
Today is a monumental day for
@NorthcottSchool
After a HUGE amount of planning and work we open our 16-25 supported internship provision. We can not wait to welcome our learners. We are very proud how far the school has come!
#supportedinternships
#believe
#blossom
Today we said farewell to our greatest achieving y11 cohort ever. They’ve made us laugh, they’ve made us cry, and they have never failed to make us PROUD. Best of luck to everyone, and to the new 6th form…. See you soon 🙂🏆👏🏼
We hope all our families are enjoying the holidays. We know a few children will be missing him, so here is Ozzy enjoying some time on the beach, apart from the fact he is scared of the water!
#believebelongblossom
#summer2022
#therapydog
We have had a truly amazing afternoon with
@PetriniLynn
@GrahamPetrini
@enttruth
at the Guildhall celebrating the neurodiversity competition winners. Thank you so much for your hospitality. These 2 boys made us incredibly proud and felt very special.
#believebelongblossom
Loving our new signage by
@sowdens
that has been installed this week. Feels real now that we are officially age 3-19. Nice to see the little blossoms signage up after our opening in September!
#littleblossoms
#believebelongblossom
It’s been a busy week for our Therapy dog in training Ozzy. He has visited different classes and helped individual students cope with difficulties. He has a day off tomorrow and will be back with us next week! 💙🐾
#believebelongblossom
Relaxing after another busy week at work. Good job I love it as much as my small friends (and some big friends) love seeing me. Same time next week?
#ozzyoverandout
We love this!!!!! Right everyone, Scarlett has set the challenge..... let’s see everyone’s rainbows and positive messages! Tweet us and we will retweet!!!
Today was the first day of our new enrichment timetable including construction, animal care, motor vehicle maintenance, computer science and DIY!!! Everyone enjoyed their new options 👍😬
#believebelongblossom
#stem
#workexperience
#vocational
We are thrilled with the achievements of our Yr 11’s today who leave us ready to start their college journey. We have a record no. of students accessing full mainstream courses in Sept. All due to their hard work and dedication (and a little bit of support from fab staff)
#proud
Incredibly proud of all the pupils who attended today and also had their covid test done. The support the staff and pupils gave each other is why Northcott is BRILLIANT! 😊👊🏼
#believebelongblossom
Half term is here. Have a relaxing break, especially our Y11’s who need some down time amongst the revision. Disclaimer: this dog does have a proper bed and all appropriate facilities, but always chooses to sleep on the shredding pile 🤪
#ozzyoverandout
#itsbeenalonghalfterm
On Friday night a group of children and staff had a sleepover at the Deep with Scouts. This was a first for Northcott School! All had an amazing time & it was an experience to remember. They coped amazingly well with a large number of children there
#deepsleepover
@thedeephull
We are developing a new sensory garden, if anyone in Twitter world has links to any garden centres/ building suppliers who may like to help, please retweet them our request. Many Thanks 🙏
We were delighted to receive a visit by Jethro from Dove House Hospice who collected a cheque for £649 which we raised through the Rudolph Run. Thank you for the trophy too!
#community
#believebelongblossom
We are yet again blown away by our Y11 students and their achievements.
GCSE or Level 2 qualifications achieved: 48. Highest grade : Grade 5
Level 1 qualifications achieved: 112
Total number of qualifications achieved: 673. Well done everyone, we are beyond proud of you all!
We are holding an
@mssocietyuk
awareness and fundraising day today for our local branch. It is a cause close to the hearts of our staff and pupils.
#believebelongblossom
We are very proud of Jeannie in Year 7 who won the aim higher’s got talent event at the weekend. What a star and well done to all the other competitors 👍😊
We are thrilled with our sensory circuit playground that was finally finished today (🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧) we love it and it’s very popular already!
#believebelongblossom
We are thrilled to announce that we will be changing our designation to 3-19 and expanding our site to 200 pupils. This journey has been long, but we are so proud. Pupils will have the option of staying on at 16 if they aren’t ready, as well as early intervention from aged 3.
Our early years dream cave is all set up and ready in the first half of our new class which we have called “little blossoms”. We are thrilled to welcome our youngest additions to the school and are very proud of Lizzy for all her hard work
#littleblossoms
#believebelongblossom
This message is for
@Nigelmarven
in the hope that he sees it. Jack is reluctant to write but he adores animals and wrote this for Nigel as part of his English work . We are so proud of Jack. Let’s hope Nigel can see how important he is to Jack!
#believebelongblossom
Our Dean met Dean Windass (who he is named after) and got his goalie gloves signed. Dean is passionate about
@HullCity
and this has made his day and so much more!