Blog Author: Ms Carter

1st school in for 2024 in 8A

It was so nice seeing the learners in 8A returning back to school in 2024.

It was lovely hearing all their enjoyable Christmas and New Year celebrations.

We have had a fun and relaxing week this week settling the learners back into school…

Christmas final week in 8A

This week has been all about Christmas and we have made time to calm and relax after a busy half term. We have watched a great Christmas film “Polar Express”. 

It was also the secondary production of our Christmas play this week. 8A was amazing at singing…

Celebrating Hanukkah in 8A

Today 8A Celebrated Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light.

The learners watched a PowerPoint, telling them what this means, why and how it is celebrated.

Firstly the learners learnt that Hanukkah means “ rededicate” which in turns means to make something…

8A visited Astley Inn 

So, on Monday we made the very soggy walk to The Astley, but we didn’t mind because we were hungry and we were really looking forward to our food.

When we got there the waiter and waitress were waiting for us and showed us to our table. 

We took our wet coats…

Children in Need in 8A goes all dotty. 

Today is “Children in Need” day in Astley Park School. 

We started the day in 8A by doing some Pudsey colouring. Lovely use of the colour yellow and what fantastic spots, well done! 

The learners then watched a video of different schools…

Thank you for being a friend in 8A

This week has been “Friendship week” at Astley Park. 

We have been looking out for our learners being kind towards other. 

We have seen learners looking after their friends whilst out walking to and from Asda in the high winds. We have also seen…

Remembrance Day . 8A will never forget

This Thursday the class watched a very short film that showed a silent cartoon that represented how poppies appeared after the battle was over in France and Belgium in World War One. It was very moving and the learners understood what they had watched…

8A Me and My Body. 

As we start to look at “Me and My Body”, 8A learnt about different body parts. 

The learners had to do good listening and listen out for a body part. When staff called out a body part, 8A had to point to that body part on themselves. 

We had the easy body parts,…

8As Afternoon at the Park.

On Monday afternoon, we made the most of the dry weather and the class walked to the near by Devonshire Rec Park. 

Whilst walking to the park, the learners were reminded on keeping themselves safe when crossing the road. 

When at the park, the learners…

8As day out to Rascals and McDonalds 

The learners were very excited this morning coming into school. 

They still had to do their reading and writing and had their morning snacks before we all set off to Rascals. 

Mrs Cheetham was our driver for the day and chauffeured the class…

Rocket making in 8A.

As our topic is “Space”, 8A was given a sheet to jot down ideas to design their very our Rocket.

The learners were given ideas on different materials they could use when they started to make their Rocket.

The learners then drew their design out on paper,…

8A on how to make the world in 7 days.

This term 8A will be learning all about beginnings and endings. Today, 8A looked how our world was created. We did explain at the start of this topic that different religions believe in different scenarios as to how the world was created, and the…