Blog Author: Mrs England

Wow 11G what a busy week back!!!!
On Monday morning we told our friends what we had been up to in the holidays, we all had a super week off and came back rested ready for lots of hard work. In the afternoon we looked at safety around the home, everyone had some ideas how to keep themselves safe…

Today in 11G we have been getting ready for the Halloween Disco. Everyone in class has embraced the spookiness.

We have been pumpkin carving and some of us absolutely loved getting messy, slimy hands inside the pumpkin. Yuk!

We have had so much fun dressing up in spooky, scary Halloween…

Wow! What another busy week in 11G. We have been continuing with our Duke of Edinburgh work this week. For the physical element we have been visiting the gym weekly. The learners never fail to amaze us with their perseverance and have shown huge improvements each week. The volunteering element has…

We’ve been very busy this week in 11G. On Monday we celebrated Charlie’s16th birthday, we sang to him and had a chocolate caterpillar cake. 
On Tuesday we talked about personal hygiene and the importance of keeping our mouths and teeth clean and healthy. We all brushed our teeth with our own…

During My Communication lessons this half term, the Adventurers in 8A have been writing a sensory story linked to our Circus theme through group writing. We sat together to talk about what happens at the circus and what we can include in our own story to perform to 9G. We first sat and spoke about…

8A worked hard on Wednesday our focus was Mental Health Week and Loneliness. During circle time we looked at a PowerPoint and talked about  how it would feel to be lonely. Everyone in class had some really good ideas and were able to talk about how to be a good friend if they thought a friend was…

It was a pleasure on Wednesday to take 13 pupils and 3 staff members to represent Astley Park School at Lancashire Special Schools U14 and U16 football league playing 8 competitive games in very warm conditions. Both teams played each game with a positive team spirit working hard for each other…

In 8A for Children in Need this year we have decided to make and sell dog biscuits to staff. Josh designed an order form and Owen G, Daniel and Jake made some money boxes. JJ, Teddy, Megan, Amelia and Annie worked as a team to make the biscuits we used Pudsey Bear shape biscuit cutters to cut out…

8A have had lots of Halloween fun this week. We used our maths skills to match some spooky Halloween objects to numbers. Mrs fisher brought in three pumpkins so we could practice carving scary faces into them. We had lots of fun deciding on our designs and worked in teams. We did a Halloween…

8A have had a great first week back. Everyone has settled into our new classroom, we have a new outside area with beanbags that we can chill and relax on and lots of fun activities that we can enjoy outside. We have played lots of games. We have learnt about how we are feeling and zones we are in…