Blog Author: Miss Grant

In 9P we have been remembering all the men and women who served their country in the different wars.

Remembrance Day is a significant occasion that is observed in many countries around the world. It serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by brave men and women in times of war.…

This week has been a very short one due to the heating and water issues in school but we have had a busy two days! This term in PE Mr Murphy is teaching us Dance. We all went into the hall and Mr Murphy chose a warm up dance for us to do, we were all certainly warmed up! He then let us chose a…

This week 9P have been busy bee’s.

We have been working extremely hard on our conversation and writing skills, using our chatter mats, soundswrite and playing Guess Who!

On Tuesday and Wednesday we split into our groups and went to Asda, we took turns in getting items off the shopping list,…

8P have had another fantastic week!

In our music lesson this week we have been learning about musical notes. We learnt all about crochets and quavers ( not the cheesy crisps) 

We watched a video called ‘Music with Meg’. She talked about beats and showed us what they looked like and clapped…

It has been Sports week at Astley Park School and what a busy week it’s been!

On Monday 8P took part in fundamental movement skills this included tig, dodge ball, trying to hit the cones with the golf ball using a golf club. We were all put into separate teams and showed fabulous kindness in…

This week we have celebrated Rainbow week.

Rainbow week is a joyful and colorful display of love, unity, and resilience, with lots of activities to promote inclusivity, educate, and celebrate diversity.

8P have looked at stories about families and how everyone is different and that is ok. We…

This week in 8P we enjoyed Farmfest.

Allday Farm visited school and bought lots of different animals in for everyone to see, there were lambs, sheep and a pony outside on the field. A few of us had some great questions for the farmer about the animals, where they live, how old they were, what…

Well what a great way to get back into school life… a trip to Blackpool Zoo!

7A were very excited as we set off to sunny Blackpool. 

We arrived at the Zoo and it was very busy.

First stop was the penguins, on the way we saw a couple of the little monkeys, we loved seeing them jumping…

Today we had a visit from a Buddhist Monk, Kelsang Pagpa. All Buddhist monks are named Kelsang which means ‘fortunate one’ and his name Pagpa means ‘realised ultimate truth’.

He wore orange robes which are meant to symbolize simplicity and detachment of materialism.

He spoke to us about how…

This week was very exciting in 7A… we were decorating our Coronation cakes in our Bake Off competition!

Everyone found their designs and got to work on their masterpieces. We rolled out icing (some may have been eaten along the way!!) and cut out pieces to make the designs. We had different…

This week 7A had some special visitors. Fudge, Dec and Beccaaaaaa the chicks. Sycamore have been working on life cycles and from incubator to hatching.
Sycamore class bought the chicks to visit. We had to be extremely quiet as they were only 7 days old.
Mrs Banks took them out of the cage and…

This week is all about King Charles III Coronation.

7A have been extremely busy with all things royal.

We have researched on our IPads all about King Charles III so we know when he was born, who his mum was, who his children are, his hobbies and lots of other interesting facts.

Everybody…