Students at Lavender Walk began an exciting project with musicians from the City of London Sinfonia. They worked with Gawain to create compositions using field recordings of a marsh in Suffolk along with Matt on viola and playing instruments in the classroom. We took inspiration from the book Diary of a Naturalist by Dara McAnulty, the memoir of an autistic teenage boy and his passion for nature.

We are delighted that Shaun, our artist in residence, has taken up the position of Secretary of HOPE. Shaun will be assisted by Charlotte. We also send a huge thank you to Kim, who has previously worked so hard in the role of HOPE Secretary.

Congratulations to our ex-student, Melissa, who got a first in Nutrition this year.

Read our latest blog post over on Well at School as we start a new school year.

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The young people were very excited in the preceding weeks and learnt all about the structure and functions of the parts of the eye. On the day, only the dedicated ones could see the dissection through - I also had to leave after we squeezed the vitreous humour out!

Have a look at some of the fabulous work from students attending our school holiday Summer Club at the Brompton Hospital.

One of our students received a BBC Micro:bit for attending regular programming lessons and producing excellent pieces of work.

Students enjoyed a workshop with Opera Holland Park. Next week students and staff will go to see the performance of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro".

For Mental Health Awareness Week the children designed their perfect nature window and created it as a diorama.

This week we looked at how some key organs fit together. The lungs and how the trachea is connected to each lobe as well as how the lungs are connected to the heart.

Students at LW examined and dissected hearts. It was fascinating to see the arteries and veins and especially the valves. Everyone got involved, even the doctors 🙂 Lots of fun had by all!