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Continuing on with our learning about the Pendle witches today we visited Pendle Hill and re created the walk that the women were made to do. We were very lucky with the sun shining although it was cold, and this made us think about the accused ladies walking, probably in bare feet all that…

So today sees the beginning of baking Christmas goods for our Youth Enterprise Tuck Shop.

This is the first experience of making mince pies and what a great job they did, rolling, cutting and filling.

On Monday 11th November, Astley Park School participated in Remembrance Day activities and traditions.

Throughout school, learners were provided many learning opportunities and activities to experience and learn all about Remembrance Day.

We saw learners enjoying various activities from…

Willow have had a fantastic start to the week, our learners have been thoroughly engaged and the interaction to their learning has been amazing. We focused on the letter ‘W’ and all of the children did really well with this and were very engaged. The children enjoyed their attention autism…

Monday 18th - Today we had our first look at picture news. We had a look at an ancient city that has been discovered in the jungle in Mexico. We all found it really interesting, we then went on to have a look at other big discoveries through history and how they impacted the world. In the…

This half term so far we have enjoyed a range of different activities, these include,  celebrating Halloween and exploring a variety of Halloween themed activities, such as pumpkin picking in our very own pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving and spooky stories with Mrs Mahood. We have also done…

On Tuesday, we celebrated International Men’s Day. We did a lesson linked to these celebrations on Tuesday afternoon.
 

In this lesson, we learnt about:

- stereotypes and looked at different types of stereotypes (with visuals for support) 

- how men can be under a lot of pressure at work…

This week we have had another excellent week. The staff team in 8P are extremely proud of all of the children in class. 

The week started off with weekend news and lots of super reading from the children. We had a visit to Asda to buy our ingredients for cooking on Thursday. The children…

On Tuesday this week it was International Men’s Day, this celebrates men's achievements and contributions while addressing critical issues like male health, gender-based violence, and the importance of positive male role models.

7A discussed different male celebrities and the male role models…

Celebrating International Men’s Day in 7P.

So on Tuesday, 7P celebrated International Men’s Day by looking at a PowerPoint about the special men in their lives and talking about how important they are. 

The PowerPoint named men like dads, stepdads, uncles, male cousins, grandads,…

Last night we were invited to an awards evening with Chorley in Bloom to celebrate ours and others amazing contributions to the community volunteer group.

We were honoured to be presented with a Certification of Appreciation for our amazing continual contribution to the group. We also received…

On Monday we started off our week the way we always do, with our weekend news. It’s always lovely to hear about what our learners have got up to at the weekend. In the afternoon we went to ASDA, where we did our shopping before having a bit to eat in the café.

We had our DofE carousel on…