New Beginnings - Access to Education
Gallery
Welcome to our gallery!
This page showcases all of the incredible activities and achievements our students have experienced from reward trips to practical lessons. We aim to create an engaging environment that fosters curiosity and growth in all aspects of our students' education.
Festive Fun 2025
Following their termly assessments, our students have been getting wonderfully creative this season, producing everything from handmade Christmas cards to delicious rice crispy cakes - that somehow disappeared almost as quickly as they were made. Along the way, they put their paper-engineering talents to the test, worked together like holiday elves, and used plenty of problem-solving skills
Opie Portraits 2025
Our students and teachers created self-portraits in the style of Julian Opie - a British artist known for his bold and simplified designs that reduce faces to clean lines, bright colours, and minimal details. We used bright watercolours which have made these portraits the vibrant centre piece of our Hub.
Take a look and see if you can spot who's who!
DIY Hub Project 2025
At the start of the 2025/26 school year, our students worked together with their peers and teachers to build two sets of drawers for our Hub. This hands-on project was a great way to develop teamwork and practical skills while creating something useful for our learning space. Each student now has their own dedicated drawer to store their work and belongings, giving them a real sense of ownership and pride in their environment.
Wallings Reward Trip 2025
In May, a well-deserved reward trip took a group of our teachers and students to Wallings Ice Cream Parlour—a much-loved tradition at New Beginnings. Each year, we treat our hardworking students and teachers to ice creams as big as their heads! After much suspense and several pep talks, one brave student faced their greatest fear — and finally stroked one of the residing goats. Legend has it that they’re ‘pen’-pals now. But the real challenge? Everyone containing their excitement long enough to plan the perfect two-scoop combo. We're happy to report that no ice cream was dropped, and everyone left with full tummies and sugar-fuelled smiles!
Science Practical 2025
At New Beginnings, our budding scientists moved the 'lab' outside on a rare sunny day in Preston. With the sun blazing and the perfect combination of snacks, they practiced the art of using the bunsen burner to investigate the calorific content of crisps. This was all under the careful supervision of our science specialist. Rest assured, no eyebrows were singed in the pursuit of science.
Spooky Snacks 2024
Halloween 2024 was the perfect excuse to make some spooky snacks in food technology. From ghostly strawberries with chocolate faces to skeleton marshmallows that were almost too cute to eat (almost!), the students demonstrated the ability to follow a recipe to make snacks perfect for a monster with a sweet tooth.
DIY Bookcases 2024
In September 2024, New Beginnings moved to our new Hub in Preston and with our large collection of teen novels, we needed a place to store them. This required the recruitment of our students and teachers who joined forces to tackle the ultimate DIY challenge - the flat pack bookcase! After deciphering the very vague instructions, they successfully turned a pile of planks into the perfect home for our books. They left the lesson with a new appreciation for IKEA engineers and a proud sense of accomplishment.
