Blog Author: Miss Buck

As well as participating in the arranged Sports Week activities this week, 9A have also had in-class lessons focused on particular sports this week. 

This has included: 

Monday - focused on different sports 

Tuesday - Went swimming and then played football in the…

Astley Park pupils have had a fantastic time during Sports Week! 

We have participated in the following activities: 

Monday - Multisports 

Tuesday - Multisports/Fundamental Movement Skills/Football 

Wednesday - Multisports/Fundamental Movement Skills/Rugby 

Thursday -…

9A celebrated Rainbow Day by completing a carousel of activities in class linked to learning about different families. These tasks included: 

- being taught about different families by Miss Buck 

- researching rainbows 

- rainbow crafts 

We also participated in the parade on the…

On Friday afternoon this week, 9A enjoyed visiting the Creative Space Centre in Preston. They loved having a two-tier sensory room to themselves, which included:

• large slide
• dark den 
• ball pool 
• musical steps
• massage chair
• other comfortable seating 
• roller 
• calming…

9A enjoyed our end of half term treat today! 
 

They made really good choices during our visit to Burger King and we even got them a treat of ice creams at the end out of the class budget (and we got some for free, wow). 
 

Amelia had a lovely McDonald’s with Ms Carter and Miss…

9A enjoyed having Owen R’s mum and Teddy’s mum join us this week for our SMSC lesson on Buddha Day! 
 

We enjoyed learning about the Buddha and Buddhism by: 

- watching the Buddha’s story 

- learning about the Buddha, Buddhism and how Buddha Day is celebrated around the world 

-…

9A had their first Share Our Learning event of the Summer term this week! 
We had Josh’s mum and Daniel’s mum visit us. 

The pupils started off by performing their sensory regulation carousels. 
They enjoyed showing the parents how to use the resources. Josh even used the head massager on…

9A did absolutely amazing in their Tag Rugby tournament this week.

They got to the final and came 2nd place! 

Here is a brief synopsis of each game: 

First game -

We lost 4-3 in the last minute of the game! 

Jake scored 2 excellent tries with huge runs and he also passed…

9A has had a fantastic time celebrating the King’s Coronation this week! 
 

We enjoyed a range of activities in the hall, as well as in class activities, including: 

- compass work involving key words linked to the Coronation (as part of our My Thinking and Problem Solving learning) 

-…

Last week, the pupils in 9A celebrated Earth Day! 

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970. 

We completed a carousel of activities including: 

• Earth Day crafts: making their own painted Earth…

In 9A this week, we’ve been learning about Eid. 

The children enjoyed our focused lesson about Eid and Islamic Culture. 

First of all, we discussed what Eid is: a festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan. We recapped what Ramadan is and other important Islamic traditions and aspects of…

This week in 9A, we have been learning about Easter! 

This involved us reading the Easter Story and learning about Easter traditions. We also made Easter Egg nest cakes (using mini eggs too of course) and enjoyed doing lots of different Easter activities. 

These included…