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providing children with a

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providing children with a

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providing children with a

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A calm, safe and secure environment

Building confidence, self-worth, resilience and aspiration

Calder Lodge school provides children with a calm, safe, secure physical and psychological environment. Highly experienced staff ensure that pupil’s negative behaviours and mindset are confronted in a non-confrontational way. Personal responsibility is placed at the forefront of behavioural change, supporting children’s ownership of themselves and their actions. Using strong boundaries and modelling social norms, children are given space to grow. By building confidence, self-worth, resilience and aspiration, we help furnish children with the skill set to engage with academic and social learning for life.

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Hello and welcome to Calder Lodge School.

Here you will find wonderfully unique children who have a range of needs including SEMH, ASD and all associated needs. Our vastly experienced staff base provides consistency and safe boundaries in which pupils feel settled, allowing them to be children. A rural backdrop and expansive varied curriculum helps pupils understand the social expectations of life but more importantly themselves. Pupils thrive in the calm and ordered operations of the school. High expectation and belief in the pupils allows them to believe in themselves, increasing engagement with learning across the academic and social spectrum.

Kelly Farnworth – Headteacher

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Brockholes visit 1/10/2025

In Parlick as part of our Topic ‘Lets explore!’ We took our exploration further afield to the Brockholes Nature Reserve. Despite the rainy weather, the nature reserve provided the opportunity…

Homles Wood 30/09/2025

This week, Bleasdale Class took their learning outdoors with a series of exciting activities in Holmes Wood. In science, pupils explored changes of state through hands-on investigations. They observed a…

Brockholes visit 24/09/2025

In Oakenclough class as part of our Starry, Starry Night topic in English and our Science topic on Animals Including Humans, we went on a brilliant trip to Brockholes Nature…

Brookland’s farm visit 28/09/2025

On Friday a group of children visited Brooklands Farm in Scorton. This was our first time at the farm and we had a wonderful time. We met Cookie and Oreo, the…

First aid for children 23.09.25

Children Calder Class enjoyed a day dedicated to First Aid training. During the first aid training, the children actively engaged in learning essential safety and care skills through a mix of…

Holmes Wood Trip Report – Invasion Topic

17/9/2025 Our class had a fantastic day out at Holmes Wood as part of our Invasion topic. The trip gave everyone a chance to get stuck into history and geography…

Summer residential

The Year 6 children headed off to Waddecar Scout Camp for the annual Residential trip to celebrate the end of their Calder Lodge journey. The children  took on the role of Robin…

LANCASTER RACES at Calder Lodge

As sections of our races are on roads: WE DO NOT ALLOW THE USE OF HEADPHONES unless they are  BONE CONDUCTIVITY HEADPHONES as authorised by England Athletics. LANCASTER RUNNER’S CLUB…

Team Games at Calder Lodge 30.06.25

Today Calder Class engaged in a series of team games.   The first game involved the class working in teams of 3.  They had a line of 10 PE cones.  The…

Waddecar Summer 2025

Throughout this half term our children have visited the wonderful Waddecar Scout Camp on our annual trip. The children have had a wonderful time exploring Waddecar as well as having…

Bronze age baking with Nicky Nook. 11.6.25

For our cultural capital this week we linked our experience to the Bronze Age, which is the time period we are currently studying. We made Bronze Age cookies, using similar…

Calder Class Visit Longridge High School for a Fantastic DT Workshop! 5.6.25

Pupils from Calder Class had an exciting and inspiring visit to Longridge High School, where they took part in a hands-on Design and Technology workshop. The children had the opportunity…

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