Blog Author: Mrs Crouch

7R enjoyed sports week last week. We accessed online learning activities related to sport, took part in a Joe Wicks workout challenge as a class on our video call, and some of us got involved with the six star challenge. In school, Thomas and Kristen walked a mile, enjoyed Just Dance and took part…

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9 out of 11 of you managed to join our first class video call this afternoon which was FANTASTIC! It was lovely to see you all and hear about what you have enjoyed during lockdown. We have missed you so much. Lots of you have enjoyed baking and going out for walks, and some of…

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This half term, as part of our “dinosaurs” topic, 7R will be reading “Mary Anning and the Time Twister” by Louisa Glancy. Each week will be reading one chapter of the book on Purple Mash and then we will complete activities based on that chapter. During chapter 1, we met a class…

We’re going on a lion hunt, 

We’re going to catch a big one, 

We’re not scared, we’ve been there before!

This week in chestnut class our story has been “We’re Going on a Lion Hunt”. We have had lots of fun swishing in the long grass, splashing in the lake and squelching in the swamp…

This week we have enjoyed lots of number songs in Chestnut class. We particularly enjoy the song “five currant buns” so today Mrs Crouch ran a very messy attention autism session based on the song. We made currant buns out of shaving foam and enjoyed splatting them when it was our turn to buy a…

We would like to wish Noah a very happy 8th birthday! We had a lovely time celebrating in Chestnut Class this afternoon!

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Would you like to take part in an exciting competition as part of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month? Take a look at the competition below. If you take part, make sure you send Mrs Crouch a copy of your entry (crouchm@astleypark.lancs.sch.uk) as well as emailing it over to…

This afternoon we enjoyed a music themed attention autism session in Chestnut class. We watched Mrs Crouch drop different materials on a xylophone or tambourine to create different sounds and then we took turns to play the instruments. We had lots of fun! 

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Well done for another week learning from home! This week we have learnt about Mary Anning, a palaeontologist who is famous for discovering dinosaur fossils! What a cool job! We have researched Mary Anning and produced fact files using Purple Mash this week. Take a look at some of…

The learners in school in lower primary this week have been exploring the story, “The Gruffalo” by Julia Donaldson. We are enjoying exploring the sensory story and have used shapes to create different faces of characters from the story. We are also enjoying “Mental Health Awareness Week” and have…

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I thought I’d do another blog so that you can see what each other have been doing this week. You are all working so hard at home and I am so proud of you. I have a few special mentions this week:

Kristen - Well done for a fantastic piece of writing on dinosaur extinction, and…

Hi everyone,

Firstly, a huge well done for keeping up the good work. We have been learning from home for a really long time now and I am so proud of each and every one of you for keeping up the good work! I know your families are extremely proud of you too!

Now, let’s look back on this weeks…