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This week Chestnut Class have had a great time getting stuck into our Mini beast topic by reading The Hungry Caterpillar. We have enjoyed learning about different types of fruit, making choices and working on our fine motor skills to chop, peel and make delicious fruit skewers. We have been…

Today 10R did posters for our community action for Derian House in the local community to give to the charity shop so they can give nice things to the children to use.

The above blog information was written by 2 of our pupils. Well done team. 
 

On Monday 24th January 10R will be collecting…

Oh my , how busy have we been today?
We had breakfast in school before heading out to catch a bus from the bus stop. We talked about looking at the number on the bus we wanted and how to stop the bus. Then we used our ‘Now cards’ to get on the bus. When your Now Card has been scanned…

A massive thank you to Bircacre Garden Centre for donating some bulbs to our class - we have started planting them, watered them and are eagerly awaiting for them to grow!

Hopefully we will be able to show you a beautiful, display of flowers in a few weeks time!

This week in Sycamore it was World Religion Week in Sycamore we looked at Islam, we looked at The 5 Pillars of Islam and the beliefs of how to live a good life.  We looked at the declaration of faith (Shahada),  prayer (salah), alms-giving (zakat), fasting (sawm) and pilgrimage (hajj)

We then…

This week 10R have looked at Judaism.

pupils have explored what it is like to be a Jew, learning about their holy day Shabbat. They have also learnt about the symbol, the Star of David. 
 

We incorporated Hanukkah, a festival of dedication through light, into a yoga session. Pupils…

As we get closer to Online Safety Day 2022, we are beginning to look at gaming and the dangers for our pupils around being engrossed in such a hobby.

On Tuesday 8th February school will be looking at gaming and the relationships involved with such an activity. Pupils will be taking part in…

On Friday, Oak class had a very special treat to celebrate Arav's birthday! We all sat together at our group table and enjoyed a McDonald's treat to celebrate. We all chose what we would like and absolutely loved it! Thank you Arav - we hope you had a wonderful birthday over the…

This week we will be celebrating World Religion Week. Each class will have a different religion to learn about and celebrate.  Keep your eyes peeled for our whole school blog at the end of the week. 

Rowan Class have had a super busy week!

We got back in the pool on Monday as our weekly swimming lessons resumed and we all had so much fun.

We have been using our Thinking and Problem Solving skills in cookery this week, making sandwiches, and decorating cakes - counting ingredients and…

In class we have been having our breakfast in the “Cafe at The Astley”. Each person in our class has been given their own job role to fulfil within the cafe. We have various different roles including: waiter, cooks, washing up, drying up and cleaner. Everyone has worked really hard and has done…

9G on Safari

Our topic this half term in 9G is Safari Animals. 

We listened to the sounds of some different Safari animals. 

Some of the learners copied the sounds. 

We have been learning facts about loins, giraffes, cheetahs, zebras, elephants and monkeys. 

9G did a…