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Thank you for being a friend in 8A

This week has been “Friendship week” at Astley Park. 

We have been looking out for our learners being kind towards other. 

We have seen learners looking after their friends whilst out walking to and from Asda in the high winds. We have also seen…

10A have enjoyed a great week at Bendrigg working towards their Duke of Edinburgh award.

We have shown some fabulous team work, independent living skills, determination and persistence in all activities and achieved so much.

We have had a chance to do some fabulous activities such as…

9A’s blog in the learners own words. 
 

On Monday morning we did some different number work in maths. Afterwards we had break time outside, it was windy and rainy but we still had fun catching the leaves. After break we planned some more of our planet stories in my communication. We looked at…

Today we have celebrated Diwali in 9P.

Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights. In the very old Indian language, Sanskrit, Diwali (or Deepavali) means 'row of lamps'. People light lamps at Diwali to show that light is more powerful than darkness, and good is more powerful than evil.…

This week the children have looked at the qualities in a good friend and together built a friendship wall . We then created a beautiful friendship wreath for our classroom door to show we are all different and each have our own qualities. 
In our lesson with Mrs Lane this week we started a new…

In 9P we have been remembering all the men and women who served their country in the different wars.

Remembrance Day is a significant occasion that is observed in many countries around the world. It serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by brave men and women in times of war.…

On Friday, Astley Park School participated in Remembrance Day activities and traditions.

Throughout school, learners were presented with many fabulous activities and learning opportunities to support them experience and learn all about Remembrance Day.

Our Explorers, had ample…

What a busy week in sycamore ! 

The children have discussed the events of bonfire and re created their very own firework display using paints and different techniques for their art. They explored splatting , blowing , dripping and finger painting for their display piece. 
Miss Molloy lead a…

We have been learning about many different Celebrations in both Autumn 1 and autumn 2 in 7P. 

We have got into the autumnal and spooky spirit of Halloween especially getting messy with the pumpkins and enjoying our witches kitchen making our own recipes.

Then we went on to learn about…

Last night was a chance for the former 11R pupils to return to represent Astley Park School again. We were invited by Chorley in Bloom to Chorley Town Hall to receive awards of appreciation for the work they have done over the year.  
 

During their work with Chorley in Bloom, Pupils were…

This week in 10A we have been learning about Remembrance Day and its significance in the world today. We were able to listen to Mrs Chaloner play the Last Post and observe the silence to remember the soldiers that fought for our freedom. We have been able to focus our English lesson around…

Today in Maple Class we have engaged with learning all about Remembrance Day. We all engaged with activities related to remembrance. We explored a tuff tray with the colours of green and red. We listened to a story and worked on our turn taking to sprinkle poppy petals. We also enjoyed listening…