11G

Apologies to everyone for the lack of blog last week. 11G’s curriculum newsletter was sent out last week, either via email or a paper copy. Please read and familiarise yourself with the things we will be doing this half term.

A massive plea, please can everyone try and take at least one…

We have had a busy second week back this week and hope everyone is ready to ramp things up again next week as we properly get back into our full timetable of lessons!

On Monday morning we voted for our new class councillors. Clayton volunteered to be deputy and Lily and Katie both volunteered…

We have loved having everyone back in school with us this week. It has been extra special as this will be the last ever first week back at Astley Park School for all our 11G learners! We are all so excited for the year ahead. Apologies for the lack of photographs, we are still getting back into…

On Friday 11G went bowling for Rose’s 16th birthday. As always everyone enjoyed the hospitality at Escape Venue, especially the yummy food.

We were BOWLED over by the wonderful manners of each and every member of the class, making us proud as always. 

We had a fantastic time!

A big…

This week we have celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi - also known as The Festival of Colours. Together the class worked in groups to make their own colourful Holi pictures, using various painting methods. Some of the class also took part in a colour run outside, wearing white t-shirts and…

11G celebrated Chinese New Year, the year of the rabbit, on Monday. We  looked at the year we were born to find out which animal was the zodiac symbol for that year. We learnt how to write our names in Chinese. Each pupil drew a picture of their zodiac symbol. Four of the learners went to the food…

This week in 11G we had 2 birthdays Skye and Jake were 16 on Tuesday. 

On Monday morning we talked about our weekend news with a partner. In the afternoon we planned a special party for Skye and Jake, we made some sandwiches, we practiced using a cheese grater to grate cheese we also made a…

This week we have been celebrating friendship week. We have been talking about what it means to be a friend and have discussed the different qualities that each of us have.

On Monday this week we wore odd socks to show that everyone is different. The learners in class designed and coloured…

Today in 11G we have been getting ready for the Halloween Disco. Everyone in class has embraced the spookiness.

We have been pumpkin carving and some of us absolutely loved getting messy, slimy hands inside the pumpkin. Yuk!

We have had so much fun dressing up in spooky, scary Halloween…

Wow! What another busy week in 11G. We have been continuing with our Duke of Edinburgh work this week. For the physical element we have been visiting the gym weekly. The learners never fail to amaze us with their perseverance and have shown huge improvements each week. The volunteering element has…

What an amazing day.

 We caught a taxi to Newman College for our visit today.

On arrival we met a member of staff. She took us to look at lots of different parts of the college. We saw lots of different rooms.

To get to some of the rooms we had to cross over a road as they were in…

We’ve been very busy this week in 11G. On Monday we celebrated Charlie’s16th birthday, we sang to him and had a chocolate caterpillar cake. 
On Tuesday we talked about personal hygiene and the importance of keeping our mouths and teeth clean and healthy. We all brushed our teeth with our own…