8A

8A invited parents, family and carers to join us this afternoon for some activities as part of our Children’s Mental Health Week activities.

We themed our Sharing our Learning session around feelings and emotions. We had a variety of activities looking at labelling feelings, thinking about…

Last Monday, 8A learned about Martin Luther King JR. 8A had never heard of Martin Luther King before and enjoyed learning about him, his important work and why he is famous.

8A participated in a Circle Time session where we shared stories and facts about Martin Luther King JR and watched a…

For World Religion Week 2025, 8A spent time across the week learning about Buddhism.

We explored various elements of the Buddhism religion, including religious values, key beliefs, key symbols and artefacts and we learned the Story of Buddha.

8A participated in an array of activities…

We have been very quiet on the blog front during the Autumn Term but that does not mean we have not been super busy. We have lots to share and show from the Autumn term!

Our theme this term has been ‘Bright Sparks’ and we have explored, encountered and developed skills across the curriculum.…

8A have had a wonderful afternoon celebrating the end of the Autumn Term, with our very special guest, Mrs Crouch, our class governor and the Assistant Head Teacher for KS3!

As a treat for all our hard work we chose a special lunch of McDonalds – Chicken Nuggets were a very popular choice…

Yesterday, 8A were welcomed back to school after what sounds like a wonderful 6-week holiday for everyone!

Yesterday we had a calm day focusing on our class routine and some on the changes from 7A to 8A. During the morning, we looked at the rules we had in 7A and had lots of discussions about…

Our final week in 8A

Wow, what can we say. It’s been an amazing year in 8A. We have had plenty of laughs and also worked really hard all year! 

So, to celebrate our year in 8A, we had our own little celebration awards assembly in class. 

The learners were Worlds Best in different…

On Tuesday, 8A went on their end of year trip. We walked into Chorley and made our way to Escape Entertainment where the staff were waiting for us. 

When we went in we got ourselves settled and then started playing Crazy Golf. Wow, what amazing aim they all had and we even had a few holes in…

Sports week in 8A

Our first activity at the start of our Sport week was Yoga. 

We were introduced to Tracey again who started our Yoga session by a little Meditation. We followed Tracey’s instructions and did a big breath in then big breath out whilst holding their chest with their…

Duck visit in 8A

This week we have had a few special visitors. Miss Molloy from Sycamore class arranged for Astley Park to be the proud owners of some duck eggs. The school has looked after these duck eggs and three of the eggs hatched. 

In turn each class within Astley Park have looked…

What a busy week it’s been in 8A.

This week it’s been Rainbow week and Neurodiversity week.

At the start of the Rainbow activity day the class target was to say one thing they have learnt about Rainbow day / Pride month after the activity. 

Firstly, 8A watched a video about…

On Wednesday, 8A did an exciting science lesson with Miss Robertson. Their target was to design their very own potion. 

Firstly 8A watched a clip from Harry Potter where the pupils from Hogwarts were making their own potions. 

8A then looked at different shaped potion bottles on their IPads…