11R

This week has been a challenge for all pupils in class.

We have really raised the stakes for our independence. Pupils took part in a functional ICT lesson on Monday, editing a letter which had several errors, following instructions. We then learned about what an envelope should be…

Last year we did our first ever Reverse Advent at Astley Park School- and it was such an amazing success that we are doing it again!

Every day during Advent - we brought in donations of tinned food/ toiletries etc- and placed them into Christmas boxes- thanks to everyone’s generosity- by the…

Wow! What an amazing lesson we had at Preston College today!
We found our way to the studio- passing quite a few familiar faces (past Astley Park pupils) on the way!

Sarah our tutor certainly put us through our paces- after a warm up, were we stretched our muscles, we performed a quick Zumba…

Over the next couple of weeks Year 11 will be coming around to classes each day selling poppies and other Remembrance day items- we are suggesting a  minimum £1 donation for paper poppies- and £1.50 for the snap bands, key-rings, zip pulls and wrist bands- ( these items are very popular and go…

Halloween Goody Bags and Disco!

A Massive Thank You to everyone who supported our recent ‘Fundraising for Prom’ events!
We made over £250 towards our end of year prom!

And whilst this is amazing we were also ticking valuable boxes off our ASDAN qualification- working as a group- we had to…

This term we have been looking at Hairspray the musical. We have learnt about ‘Black’ and ‘White’ segregation in USA in the 1960s. 
 

Today we have proudly danced to ‘You can’t Stop the Beat’ a song from the musical - no matter who you are, if you want to get up and dance, don’t let anyone…

We walked up to Chorley Theatre and managed to miss the rain!

We looked at lots of different things that you have to do to make it special when you visit to watch a show. 
We all went on the stage it looks so different when you are looking out into the audience. We found out…

As part of our Duke of Edinburgh award we are learning dance- this week we had a visit from Danni from Chorley Schools Sports Partnership.

We talked about the musical theatre production- Hairspray- and started to learn a dance routine to the song - ‘You Can’t Stop The Beat!’ 
Despite some…

A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported the Year 11 prom raffle at the coffee morning today! 
 

We raised a whopping £139!

The draw took place at the end of the event, winners are as follows:

• Carrot cake - Sarah 11R ( this prize was kindly donated back to school from Sarah’s…

11R had a fantastic time at their prom on Thursday 30th June. After meeting for drinks and nibbles, the class had their official prom photoshoot before boarding the huge Hummer Limo that whisked them away to Shawhill Golf Club. There, they enjoyed a mocktail reception, a beautiful 2 course meal…

This week 11R have continued with their Environmental Awareness work in ASDAN. We took on the project of creating a bug hotel. To begin with we did some research and made a list of materials that would be needed to be gathered from around the school grounds. We had already got some pallets and…

Hello and welcome to our final year 11R summer term. This term is going to be fast and furious as we have lots to get through. 

As you will probably already know lots of our students have sat their initial entry level exams in maths and English. Some of the students will be continuing to sit…