Samuel Laycock School - News Listing

Thursday 6 November 2025 Dystopian Worlds This week core group 1 started their new English topic ‘Dystopian World'. We are basing our work on The Hunger Games. We have watched clips from the film and talked about what it must be like to live under a dictatorship.

Thursday 6 November 2025 Sensory 1 - Baking Pupils in Sensory 1 practised their baking and decorating skills making toadstools fairy cakes linking in with our magical mystical theme.

Thursday 6 November 2025 Kayaking What a fantastic end to our kayaking programme at Debdale Water Centre! Over the last 7 weeks, our students have developed their paddling skills, water confidence and teamwork, all while having plenty of fun on the water. They've also all secured their Start Award from Go Paddling which is a great achievement.

Friday 24 October 2025 Headteacher's Blog - October Half Term 7F Food Technology

Monday 20 October 2025 Super Learning Day - Hinduism Our Super Learning Day on Wednesday 15th October was a wonderful opportunity for the children to explore and celebrate the rich traditions of Hinduism.

Monday 13 October 2025 World Mental Health Day 2025 - Hello Yellow What a wonderful day celebrating World Mental Health Day! Our whole school community came together wearing yellow to show our commitment to mental health and wellbeing.

Friday 10 October 2025 Harry Potter Day Pupils at Samuel Laycock School experienced a truly magical day as they celebrated Harry Potter Day 2025! The school was transformed into a world of wizardry and wonder, with activities including potion-making, crest-designing, face-painting, baking, herbology, and even a thrilling game of Quidditch!

Monday 21 July 2025 Samuel Laycock Summer Newsletter - July 2025 Please take some time to look at the final newsletter of the 2024/ 2025 academic year from Samuel Laycock!

Thursday 10 April 2025 Yorkshire Three Peaks! We Did It!

Friday 4 April 2025 Samuel Laycock - Spring Newsletter (April 2025)

Friday 7 March 2025 7B's World Book Day 2025 7B showed up this morning to the news that our beloved Mrs Wilson had disappeared!

Thursday 6 March 2025 Super Learning Day Tuesday 4th March was Super Learning Day at school. This time the pupils learned about Islam. We learned about the 5 Pillars of Islam, Shahada, Salah (Prayer), Zakat, Sawm (Fasting) and Hajj (Pilgrimage).

Friday 14 February 2025 Bowling Blog! Our Key Stage 4 communication pupils ventured to Hollywood Bowl, Middlebrook in Bolton for the Greater Manchester Bowling Finals, after qualifying in December in the Tameside District competition. Seven of our amazing pupils Faris, Savannah, Steven, Deacon, Lewis, Ellis and Ellie took to the lanes for a very competitive event against 6 other schools from across Greater Manchester. Representing Tameside, Samuel Laycock pupils were raring to go with Deacon stating “We are going to win it Sir” on the way to the event.

Friday 7 February 2025 Chill Factore! It was our 4th week on the slopes at Chill Factore, and due to lots of sickness bugs around school only 5 pupils managed to ski this week, however this didn’t stop our pupils making amazing progress throughout the lesson.

Friday 17 January 2025 Living Skills - Self Care Today was all about self-care in Living Skills.

Friday 20 December 2024 Samuel Laycock - Autumn Newsletter (December 2024) Please take a moment to read the latest newsletter from Samuel Laycock.

Friday 13 December 2024 Mission Christmas This week, pupils from from KS4 Comms and KS4 Sensory pathways completed their fundraising activities following the £400 they have raised.

Monday 9 December 2024 Careers Newsletter - Issue 2

Tuesday 3 December 2024 KS4 Sensory - 3.12.24 Yesterday in PSHE, pupils form the KS4 Sensory pathway focussed on recognising our energy levels and exploring some of the strategies we could use to help us to focus in our lessons.

Friday 29 November 2024 Horticulture Update - 29.11.24 Pupils from the Horticulture pathway went to Cockfields Farm for their last week of work experience, 2 members from the digital pathway joined us to make a short film for the school website.

Thursday 21 November 2024 KS4 Comms Blog Pupils from KS4 Comms braved the freezing temperatures to take a trip to Manchester yesterday. We travelled by bus, then tram with pupils being able to buy their own tram tickets.

Monday 18 November 2024 Super Learning Day - Judaism

Monday 18 November 2024 Sport Pathway Goes Boxing On Friday, some of our year 10 sports pathway pupils attended their first boxing provision with Sporting Chance Group and head coach Eamonn Muldoon.

Monday 18 November 2024 Anti Bullying Week Drama Workshops Last week, all pupils in KS3 took part in Anti-bullying drama workshops.

Friday 15 November 2024 Dragons Den - Careers Event

Friday 15 November 2024 Performing Arts Blog - 15.11.24 Every Friday in performing arts, pathway students work on their choreography skills.

Friday 15 November 2024 Horticulture Blog - 15.11.24 Pupils from the Horticulture and Sports pathway joined together to do a hike in preparation for their DofE qualification.

Friday 15 November 2024 Digital Blog - 15.11.24 The final rules of photography trip by the Digital Pathway were to trek Cliff Cavern in the Peak District.

Monday 11 November 2024 Communication & Sensory Groups at CAFT

Friday 8 November 2024 Children's Adventure Farm Trust Pupils from Year 7 had an amazing time at the Children’s Adventure Farm Trust!

Friday 25 October 2024 Welcome to the Jungle! Jungle animals took over the performing arts area this week with an explosion of singing and dancing.

Friday 25 October 2024 Virtual Schools Awards This week was Tameside's very first Virtual School Awards night at Clarendon Sixth Form College.

Thursday 17 October 2024 World Mental Health Day 2024 Last Thursday we celebrated World Mental Health Day together as a school.

Friday 11 October 2024 KS3 Sensory Update - 11.10.24 Pupils in KS3 Sensory 2 have been working very hard over the past couple weeks repotting lots of spider and Aloe Vera plants.

Friday 4 October 2024 Performing Arts Blog (4.10.24) Well, what a bunch of dancers we have in Performing Arts!

Friday 27 September 2024 8SW's Busy Week! Pupils from 8SW have had a busy week at school this week.

Thursday 19 September 2024 Key Stage 4 Sensory

Monday 16 September 2024 Horticulture Pathway Blog (13.9.24) Pupils from the Horticulture pathway visited RHS Bridgewater to magpie ideas for our own school grounds.

Monday 22 July 2024 Samuel Laycock Summer Newsletter - July 2024 We have reached the end of another academic year!

Thursday 18 July 2024 Headteacher's Tea! On Thursday, I had the pleasure of spending time with the wonderful pupils who had been awarded a Headteacher’s Award during this term.

Thursday 11 July 2024 Super Learning Day - Zoroastrianism On Monday 8th July the children and young people had great fun taking part in a Super Learning Day where they learnt all about the Zoroastrianism and all their traditions.

Friday 5 July 2024 Transition The past 2 days pupils have spent time in their class groups for next year. We have also had the Year 6 pupils in from our feeder primary schools and the Year 6 parent’s evening.

Thursday 20 June 2024 7W Visit Blackpool Zoo 7W went to Blackpool Zoo this week!

Monday 17 June 2024 Year 11 Leavers' Assembly

Sunday 16 June 2024 Food Tech Pathway Visit Grandpa Greene's This week, pupils from the Food Technology Pathway visited Grandpa Greene’s Ice cream Parlour in Diggle.

Friday 7 June 2024 Shakespeare for Kids

Thursday 6 June 2024 D Day 80th Anniversary at Samuel Laycock

Thursday 6 June 2024 Premier League Showcase - MCFC

Friday 24 May 2024 Food Pathway Visit Bella Italia! On Thursday, pupils from the Food Pathway went to Bella Italia for lunch.

Sunday 12 May 2024 Digital Pathway - Water

Thursday 2 May 2024 KS4 Comms - Forest School This week pupils from KS4 Communication Pathway have accessed the forest. This something that we have been working up to ensuring all pupils know the forest safety rules well.

Friday 26 April 2024 9A - Food Bank Donation

Friday 19 April 2024 Living Skills - Espresso Yourself! Yesterday, pupils in the Living Skills pathway launched their coffee shop ‘Espresso Yourself’ for staff.

Thursday 28 March 2024 Samuel Laycock Spring Newsletter 2024 Please take a look at the latest newsletter from Samuel Laycock!

Friday 22 March 2024 Super Learning Day On Wednesday 20th April the children had great fun taking part in a Super Learning Day where they learnt all about Humanism, a non-religious worldview or a non-religious approach to life. The children learned that Humanists believe it is possible to lead a good, happy, and meaningful life without the need for religion.

Friday 22 March 2024 Samuel Laycock Latest - 22.3.24

Thursday 7 March 2024 9M's Trip 9M made Samuel Laycock School proud with their usual outstanding behaviour on their trip to Ashton.

Friday 1 March 2024 Year 8 Trip to George Street Chapel

Friday 9 February 2024 Samel Laycock Latest - 9.2.24 Children's Mental Health Week

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