Blog Author: Mrs Powell

Today is The Festival of Colours - Holi Festival in Hinduism. We celebrated this day by looking at the story of the festival and how it is celebrated across the world. We then used Attention Autism to look at using coloured paints. We made colourful bubble snakes and our own splat paint pictures. …

As well as all the wonderful activities that went on in classes during World Book Day, the day ended with a fabulous parade of the costumes worn by the students. Prizes were up for grabs for the best costumes in each key stage. Mr Welsh, Miss Melling and Mrs Powell had a very difficult time…

We had a special visitor into class on Wednesday as baby Harvey came to see us all. The children spoke to Harvey's mum about how hard it is to have a new baby. We talked about nappy changing, dressing and feeding, as well as how much it costs to buy all the things a new baby needs. Mum said that…

World Book Day 2020!!

Some students came dressed in some fantastic costumes today. We celebrated animals in literature and looked at the stories of "Little Red Riding Hood" and "A Squash and a squeeze."  The students watched a staff presentation of the Julia Donaldson story as well as taking…

As the students had come dressed in colourful clothes to celebrate Rainbow Day, we looked at what it is to be the same  but different. Students thought about how we are all different; including things like being interested in different hobbies, having different family members, speaking in…

We missed History Day while we were at Calvert Trust, so we decided to hold our own History Day in class today. The topic was the Ancient Romans. Students started off looking at where Rome is on the world map. We then looked at different styles of dress for different Ancient Roman people e.g…

10G took part in lots of activities for Internet safety day. We have been looking at stranger danger and why we use avatars on social media and gaming sites. Students played a game called "Be an Internet Legend" (available on Google) to understand what an avatar is. We watched a cartoon to think…

Year 7 and Year 10 visited Calvert trust last week for a 5 day stay. We took part in activities that developed confidence and team building skills and...what a fantastic week we all had!!!

Please have a look at the photos to see some of the amazing activities that your students took part…

What a fantastic week 10G have had, exploring Hinduism. We have dressed in traditional clothing, visited a place of worship, meditated with Yoga, enjoyed creating music with instruments and our voices, made Diwali lamps and also Rangoli patterns. This afternoon we finished off making traditional…

Welcome back to Astley Park everyone!! It was lovely to listen to the students talking about their Christmas presents and holidays.

We have another action packed term coming up and obviously the current buzz word is "residential. " Both staff and students are gearing up towards a fantastic week…

As part of our Christmas festivities, 10G had a fantastic Christmas lunch at the Fieldfare in Chorley. Each Student had the opportunity to choose their own lunch by looking at the menu. Everyone had a great time and it was lovely to see the students spending some well deserved down time…