Dear Students, Parents and Carers, It’s always a surprise how soon the third term of the year comes around and here’s a round up of important information for you all. Around the Centres Do take … Read more

Being student-led means our learners have agency and autonomy over their own education. It also means they are fully invested when they choose to pursue a project. Case in point are some of the recent … Read more

During the week beginning 19th January, students at the Lighthouse celebrated World Religion Day. This day happens annually on the third Sunday of January and this year it fell on the 18th. The purpose of … Read more

There is often a lot of pressure and expectation attached to the new year. It’s okay to find the new year difficult and it’s okay to not have everything together. Setting new year resolutions based … Read more

We have been marking the season with a range of activities in each centre, from carol singing to Christmas crafts, festive baking and advent activities. We have also enjoyed coming together for our annual Christmas … Read more

One of our Lighthouse students has been researching different attitides to Christmas from a historical perspective, and contributed this fascinating blog post on the subject: After finishing our sociology module we had time before Christmas … Read more

Moving on from Breakthrough can feel both exciting and daunting, as students transition away from this part of their educational journey. One of our outreach students was recently reflecting on this, and the ways that … Read more

We celebrate Christmas in each of our centres in different ways. One of our Lighthouse students has written this lovely overview of what Christmas is like there: Christmas at The Lighthouse is a good and … Read more

As part of a broader English curriculum, we encourage many of our students to pursue creative writing. Writing, whether fiction or journaling, can be both therapeutic and creatively stimulating. And it doesn’t need to be … Read more

Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse. It is a hands-on way for us to help children in need across the world by filling shoeboxes with toys, personal care items, school supplies, and … Read more