Blog Author: Mrs Russell

Beech Class have celebrated Rainbow Day this week.

We have had colourful tuff trays to explore and played with colourful toys.

Mrs Barrand did a fun Attention Autism where she made a funnel, filled it with colourful materials, and then blew the end of the funnel so that materials flew…

Yesterday, Beech Class celebrated Earth day. 
We did a What’s in the Box where Mrs Barrand made Earth, using paint, sprinkles and sand. 
We then all had a turn at making our own. 
Later in the afternoon we went for a walk down in the woods. We looked at our surroundings and explored the…

Beech Class have had a lovely couple of days celebrating Eid. 
We have had Eid themed sensory trays, coloured ‘Happy Eid’ cards, decorated Mehndi handprints with pen dabbers, and made a moon and stars picture with materials in Attention Autism. 
This afternoon, for snack we have had an Eid…

Beech Class have been getting ready for Easter with lots of fun activities. 
We have explored some fantastic sensory trays such as decorating a big Easter egg, a rice crispy bunny, a carrot patch, and surprise eggs. 

We have also been making lots of lovely things for our Easter bags to take…

On Monday, Beech Class packed up their buckets and spades and headed to the beach. 

We all enjoyed the journey to Southport on the minibus, and soon could see the sea. 

Luckily once we got to the beach the sun came out and we were ready for a fun filled day. 

Once on the sand we all got…

We have had a super busy week in Beech class. 
On Tuesday we made our Mother’s Day cards. We created lots of finger prints using green and pink paint and then turned these into a flower. 
On Wednesday we all worked together to make some yummy, heart shaped biscuits for our Mummy’s. We mixed all…

Yesterday Beech class celebrated Holi. 

Holi celebrates the arrival of Spring in India, the end of Winter, and the blossoming of love. 

At Astley Park School it definitely wasn’t the end of Winter as we celebrated in the snow!!! 

Beech Class had a great time getting very colourful and it…

On Tuesday, Beech Class celebrated pancake day. 

We had a pancake themed sensory tray where we could sprinkle flour, make playdoh pancakes, and flip them in the pan using a spatula. 

Mrs Barrand made a messy pancake during Attention Autism!!! She used flour, milk, and cracked pretend eggs to…

Beech Class have had a lovely last week in class.

We have kept ourselves active and regulated for mental health awareness week. We have had lots of fun on the playground, had lots of movement sessions in the hall, and used our regulation equipment in class. 

We are all excited for a week off…

On Monday, Beech Class celebrated Chinese New Year. We explored a tuff tray filled with Chinese food and pictures, listened to some Chinese music, and made our very own Chinese dragons. We all enjoyed playing with the wiggly noodles using the chopsticks!! In our AA session some of us were lucky…

Beech Class have had a fun, festive last week of term. 

We have done some dressing up and loved looking at our funny outfits in the mirror. 
We have enjoyed playing with Christmas sensory trays and looking at all the sparkly objects. 
We had a little play in the snow before coming back inside…

You won’t believe what we have been getting up to in Beech Class!!!!

We have been making lots of Christmas crafts, some ready to send home and others for our art exhibition. We all decorated our class Christmas tree whilst listening to some festive music. On Thursday we had a Christmas party!!!…