Blog Author: Mrs Woods

College visits continued this week for some pupils who went to Newman college for the second time. They took part in some fun sports games in the dance room. There was also a tour around the beautiful outside area for some of the pupils. 
In class we have started to look at our environment and…

After an action packed fun week on residential 11R were all feeling a little tired at the start of this week, but we settled back with a range of different interesting activities at school. There was a game of rounders were we all had to try and remember the rules, after all it’s been a…

After a long (not so hot) summer break, it was great to get together as a class again as 11R.  We welcomed our new team members Mrs Powell and Mr Connor. 
To help class settle back after the break there have been fun activities and pupils enjoyed games and time with friends who they have not seen…

For our end of year treat 10R went out for lunch at ‘The Astley’ where we had a lovely meal and were very well looked after by the staff, so a big thank you goes to them. 10R represented Astley Park School brilliantly we and we are so proud of each and every one of them. On the way back we walked…

Today was the annual award ceremony at school.  Here in 10R we are very proud of our award winners which included awards won for ‘Pupil in Secondary - Trying  your best award’ and  ‘Pupil in Secondary -Taking part award’.  There was also a pupil of the year award voted for by the class…

10R really showed they were good sports this week. The week started with an egg and spoon race with a difference, pupils had to really concentrate and not drop their ’egg’ as they navigated the obstacles. On Tuesday there was a football dribbling and shooting contest and passing the rugby ball…

Today school had an Italian themed day. 10R started the day with using google translate to learn some simple phrases in Italian and share them with the rest of the group. Next our food technology lesson stayed with the theme and we made pizzas from scratch with home made bases. During golden time…

For our last day 10R planned an end of half term treat of a picnic. Pupils were asked to help with the organisation by firstly doing a spot of online shopping. Each group was given a budget and chose the foods they would like. In maths they totalled up the shopping to make sure the had spent…

It’s been a busy week in 10R this week. As well as continuing with our English work on the signs we see in and around the community and our Maths work which is measurement, we have celebrated Eid on Wednesday and taken part in Mental Health Awareness Week on Friday. 
To join in the Eid…

This week it has been Earth Day 2021, so 10R have turned their thoughts to what we can do for the environment. We have discussed how we can help the Earth, and pupils made posters to promote what we can all do towards this like reusing, recycling, using the car less and planting more trees…

We all know times are challenging at the moment. This means it is especially important that we look after our bodies and minds. This means being kind to ourselves and taking part in activities that we find relaxing and that we can do together at home. There is a strong link between cooking,…

Well the last day of half-term has come around ‘scarily’ quickly in 10R, and we decided to end with a day of Halloween fun activities. Preparations began last week in our English lesson, learning about the important information we need to include when writing invitations, then pupils made their…