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7P have had another lovely week. Part of this week was learning about World Down Syndrome day. 
 

7P spoke about what this means and how just because someone has Down Syndrome they can do the same things that we can. We are all unique and special and that is okay. 
 

We explored this…

It has been a lovely week in 8P and we have all been busy taking part in lots of different activities. 

To help us with our maths, we had a trip out to a local supermarket where we chose things from our  shopping list. We each took turns to pick items up from the shelves, but the best part was…

This week in Beech class, we have enjoyed exploring our “changes and growth” topic. 

First, we focused on baby animals and matching them to their mummies.

On Tuesday, we played with the baby dolls. We gave them a bath, dressed them, and rocked them to sleep.

Next, we explored faces. We…

What a lovely day for Planting trees! 

We had a great time planting 6 Silver Birch Trees in Astley Park- in conjunction with Chorley in Bloom and Chorley Borough Council- the trees are going to be part of a Remembrance Walk in memory of a Council Worker and local people who sadly lost their…

On Thursday 21st March Chestnut Class celebrated World Down Syndrome Day. The theme this year is # End the Stereotypes. The day is represented by lots of socks because chromosomes look like socks!  We wore brightly coloured socks or odd socks, designed socks using the primary colours and balloons…

On Friday it was Red Nose Day. We all brought the red and wore some amazing red outfits. We painted on our red nose, enjoyed lots of activities with 'red' themes and worked together to make some crafts and enjoy an Attention Autism session.

Well done Team!

This week in Maths we have finished our topic of data and statistics, we split into groups and looked at charts, line graphs, pictograms and collecting and reading data. On Monday we started making our world war 2 planes to show parents and carer’s when they come in for sharing our learning next…

Today we have learnt all about the history of Red Nose Day, why we celebrate it and how we can raise money to help children all around the world.

We also designed our own red noses, did some wonderful colouring and made a red nose picture of ourselves. 
 

It’s been very busy this week in Willow class. We had swimming, bikeability,and a library visit at the beginning of the week. We did some excellent work on the life cycle of a frog and continued our sensory story We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. We also read non-fiction texts and then made posters…

Today KS4 and KS3 had a very special visitor; Kerry from Lowther Theatre came in to run a short workshop with a few of the KS4 and KS3 classes. We talked about all of the different jobs that are involved in the theatre, from actors and dancers to the lighting and sound production to the people who…

What a fantastic visit to Boulder. 10A were a shining example of Astley Park School, displaying so many of our values. We showed great kindness and teamwork by helping each other, offering support and guidance to our friends. 
This week we re visited the holds we use and played a game to see if…

Celebrating Neurodiversity in 8A

This week 8A has been looking at Neurodiversity and celebrating “Different Minds” and that it’s good to be different. We are all different!

8A played a small game of bingo. The cards had different types of people’s hair.

Miss Robertson then…