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Today 11G have been learning all about what jeans for genes day is, why we celebrate it and we learnt some facts another different genetic conditions. We learnt that the money we contributed went to help support children and families with different genetic conditions. We all designed our…

Another successful week in 10G.

This week has been very busy with PE, Maths and Science assessments. Everyone has worked very hard and had lots of fun showing the teachers their skills and knowledge. 

We have also been continuing our Zones work and finding out what makes us all feel…

We’ve been very busy this week in Maple Class. We have all had lots of fun taking part in attention autism sessions, messy play, workstation activities, interactive games and lots of singing and dancing. 

On Monday we learnt about numbers using sandcastles, Miss Howarth made 1 sandcastle, 2…

Beech class enjoyed mixing the flour with water to create a dough, they stirred in the water with their spoon, then kneaded the dough, which they loved. We can’t wait for it to bake and eat it for our snack

Our therapy dog Coco had her first official day at Astley Park today and was a huge hit meeting and greeting pupils as they arrived with Mr Welsh.

She had lots of attention, cuddles and treats and is now enjoying a well-earned nap. #itsadogslife

This week Beech class have been exploring ‘red’ and the story of The Little Red Hen. 

Beech class have been busy making jam sandwiches with the bread that they made, spreading the butter and jam. We enjoyed eating the jam sandwiches for our snack. Well done Beech class your jam sandwiches were yummy! 

The power boat was ace!!! - the students got a chance to go really fast up and down the reservoir last night, before making their lunches in readiness for the trek up to the Pike today. The students showed incredible team work to ensure that one of our number that uses a wheelchair was able to…

This half term in our Me and My Body lessons, 8A will be developing skills to play team games. We haven’t played hockey before in 8A so we are starting to learn to control a ball using a hockey stick and we will be applying these skills to simple hockey games. We had so much fun in the sun today.…

Fantastic weather once again for our adventures on the lake. We began the day rafting all the way across the lake to Lever Park. We walked through the woods and visited Liverpool Castle. The students had an impromptu game of sardines within the ruined castle; we made hot chocolate over a camping…

We were worried that the weather was going to be wet but the sun shone and the students had a fantastic time, showing their head for heights. It was great to see them putting mind over matter as they scaled the tree climb and held their nerve balancing on the crate stack. After a lovely lunch, we…

Today for speaking and listening 10R had a go at Lego therapy. Going forward we will be doing interventions to develop this. 
 

It is trickier than it sounds. One pupil explains what is needed and another pupil finds the pieces. A builder listens to how to place the pieces.

Well done…