Blog Author: Mrs McShane

We had a lovely afternoon celebrating the Jewish festival of Passover- we watched a power point about this important event in the Jewish Faith.
We learned that the Jewish people had a party which lasted 7 or 8 days.

We learned lots of new words- and were all very interested in the Seder…

What a lovely day for Planting trees! 

We had a great time planting 6 Silver Birch Trees in Astley Park- in conjunction with Chorley in Bloom and Chorley Borough Council- the trees are going to be part of a Remembrance Walk in memory of a Council Worker and local people who sadly lost their…

What a lovely day we’ve had!
We took a football, rounders equipment and scatch to Astley Park- and also had the chance to play on the playground, luckily the weather was kind as it has been very unpredictable recently!

We then wandered down to The Astley where we enjoyed a lovely lunch…

Wow what an adventure we all had on our D of E expedition!
We all admitted to a few nerves before hand- but we smashed it, what an amazing couple of days we had!

It started off on Tuesday, we travelled up to Borwick Hall, and just as we had done on our practice expedition, we had to make our…

Well we’ve started our final half term at Astley Park School- all of our exams are finished- and our ADSAN portfolios have been sent off- so to celebrate we had a lovely trip to Level at Preston!

We used our Now cards to catch the 125 bus  which didn’t cost us any money! 

When we…

First apologies from in KS4, if it rains, it’s probably our fault, we have been using our creative skills to make rain- makers, and whilst we all had fun doing this activity we would really like the weather to be fine all of this one weekend!

On a more serious note, we all learned lots of…

Well we are in our final term at Astley Park School- and the sun is shining - we have had a lovely first week back, it’s always nice, after a couple of weeks off school, to get back with our friends and find out what every has been up to in the holidays- we have had camping, holidays abroad,…

What a lovely day we had today in11R! We helped Mrs Jones celebrate her birthday! Ate cheese, drank wine

(non- alcoholic) had party games, and ate birthday cake! What a lovely end to term!
 

We are all very appreciative of our mums in 11R and have enjoyed celebrating this special day!

Most of us enjoyed take out food or Sunday Roasts whilst spending time with our families, one lucky pupil went away to a caravan with a hot tub with his family! Another pupil didn’t think that she…

As you are probably aware, 11R are taking part in a sponsored swim in a couple of weeks time.

All funds raised will go towards our end of year prom, so please, please, please get those sponsorship forms filled in, as every pound counts!

We all know the importance of looking after our mental health in 11R- however this week we have been focusing on our worries and anxieties, looking at how they show themselves in in us- and some strategies that we use to help us!

We looked at positives, rather than things that we struggle…

The order forms are coming home today- for this years Valentines Disco- which will be held on Thursday 9th February- 5-7pm! Please fill in your slip and return to school as soon as you can! These events are great fun and raise valuable funds towards Prom/School funds!