Blog Author: Mrs Cobham

So the 12th July  finally arrived and we spent the last morning with our friends and family before we move on to our college places in September. Some of us have been at Astley Park school since Beech class whilst others haven’t been here quite that long but we all agree that we have some…

In class, 11G enjoy using Earth Cam to look at different webcams around the world. We have travelled to Times Square in New York, Porthmeor Beach in Cornwall and a manatee cam in Florida where we’ve spotted sharks and lots of brightly coloured fish and lots of other places. But our favourite…

Over this half term in our learner led “good to be me” sessions we have been talking about “worries.” Through our group discussions we have realised that we all have worries and feel anxious sometimes and this is ok. We have talked about what worries us and some of us have very similar…

11G were given a white wooden bunny to decorate for Easter. They were given lots of ideas on how they could decorate them. Some chose to use felt tips - thankyou Mrs Williams, and others chose to use paint or to decoupage them using small pieces of patterned paper and glue and…

11G were given a sloth to use to raise funds for prom. Together they came up with a list of names which Donna in the office kindly made into a sheet. At the Valentines disco Lily and Mrs Cobham sold names for 50p.

Today the name was revealed and he is called Jackson - the winner is Maisie who…

On Tuesday with Mrs Cobham we were discussing qualities so we talked about why we like staff members and we all agreed that we like staff who are caring,  Friendly and shows us respect. We like staff who are calm and cheer people up. Staff who get to know us as individuals are important because…

In class we talked about New Years Resolutions. Mr Crofts said that he sets goals and finds it hard to stick to them. Mrs Cobham said she starts the new year with good intentions but then forgets about it.

As a class we discussed what sort of activities we could do that could be achievable and…

This week 11G have learned about the religion Hinduism.

On Tuesday we did some cooking with Mrs Fisher and Mr Crofts. We made samosas using filo pastry and the filling inside consisted of potatoes, onions, peas with cayenne pepper and cumin to season. We all tried them and most of us liked…

This is one of Mrs Cobham’s favourite Christmas stories. It’s a lovely story about a little boy and his friendship with a little lost reindeer. What would you do if a little reindeer turned up at your house?

Last year 10G made a video showing some Christmas signs using Makaton and they asked could it be shared again. We hope you enjoy it.

On Thursday afternoon 11G talked about the Christmas Story.

Mrs Cobham found a story called “The Impossible Promise” and we watched it on You Tube.

Then we learned some Makaton signs to go with the story.

Well done 11G 

On Tuesday we talked about friendship and what makes a good friend.

We watched a PowerPoint and we completed a cutting and sticking activity - “what makes a good friend” we all had similar ideas and enjoyed talking about our ideas.

Then we all had the opportunity to write something and put…