Blog Author: Mrs Russell

As it is St Patrick’s Day, Willow Class have got into the Irish spirit!!!

We started by making Irish soda bread. We all had a turn at weighing out the ingredients, mixing them together, and then kneading the dough. 
Once it was ready we all smelt it, or tasted it. Some of us weren’t too keen…

Today, Willow class celebrated International Women’s Day. 
We talked about why we celebrate this day, and learnt all about some influential women in history. 
We discussed the women in our lives and spoke about what we all want to grow up to be. 
We then then made a special card and flower to…

Today we celebrated St David’s Day in Willow Class. 
We learned all about St David and then tested our knowledge with a quiz. 
Following the quiz we made beautiful daffodil sun catchers and coloured in some Welsh flags. 
At snack time some of us tried Welsh cakes and others smelled them. 
What…

Chestnut Class have been getting in the Summer spirit this week.

We have made some super summer crafts that we are going to take home!

We have all made a colourful sun catcher with tissue paper, paint and stickers. 

We then made a big yellow sun and chose different coloured rays to stick…

This week has been 'Sports Week' at Astley Park.

We have started our mornings off with some dancing to warm up our bodies, ready for our activities.

On Monday we had lots of fun in an egg and spoon race, we even had to move carefully around obstacles. 

We enjoyed practising our throwing,…

Today, Chestnut Class have celebrated Italy.

We all wore the colours red, green or white, and listened to some traditional Italian music.

For 'What's in the Box', Miss Beck made a big Italian flag out of all different sensory materials.

Chestnut class then all had a go at decorating our…

Chestnut Class have all been happy to be back at school after the half term holidays.

Yesterday we watched Miss Heaton do a super colourful 'What's in the Box'. She put lots of paper towels in a tray and then used pipettes with different coloured water to make marks. It was fun to watch and…

May is 'National Share a Story' month, and this year the theme is 'Myths, Magic & Mayhem'.

To celebrate this in Chestnut class, this week we have been looking at the book 'Room on the Broom', by Julia Donaldson.

We have listened to the story and the song, made our own potions, pretended to…

This week, Chestnut Class have been looking at animal homes.

We have been reading the story 'Oh Dear', all about looking for hen's eggs around the farm in different animal homes.

We also got busy mark making using different animals in paint to make footprints.

On Wednesday we had a…

This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week.

In Chestnut Class we have enjoyed some lovely, calming time in the great outdoors, and doing relax sessions in class.

We have been enjoying our outdoor area, listening to the birds and playing in the fresh air.

We have also been for lots of…

Yesterday, Chestnut Class got busy learning about Eid.

We enjoyed an Attention Austism where Miss sprinkled sand and drew a moon and a star, and then sprinkled blue rice to make the sky.

Afterwards we all got creative, painting a paper plate blue for the sky, and painting a moon and star…

Chesnut Class have enjoyed the theme of 'Bob the Builder' this week. 

We have done lots of building whilst counting and labeling the bricks, made some fantasic house pictures to use as touch and feel boards, and even looked at who lives in our houses!

We enjoyed 'What's in the Box' on…