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This Tuesday Astley Park School looked at “World Hunger Day”. 

Some learners in school brought in non perishable food items to donate. Thank you. These items will be donated to the locate food bank that families use when they are in difficult times.  

8A was asked to write down on a white…

As the finale to our “houses and homes” topic, this week we have explored zoo animals and their natural habitats.

First, we explored the artic. Mrs Barrand made magic snow and built an igloo for the polar bears.

Then, we explored the jungle. We explored had lots of fun exploring jungle…

As part of our ongoing learning about independence and independent living we have been working on our social eating skills, practicing skills such as setting the table, serving each others lunches, eating together as a group and socialising with our friends.

To extend this we had a visit to…

9P were looking at making 3-D shapes out of paper. They chose a shape, cut it out and glued the shape together.We looked at prisms, cubes, cones and cylinders.

Willow class have had another fantastic week this week! We are really enjoying our topic under the sea. One half of Willow made under the sea biscuits this week whilst the other half went swimming. They were brilliant at swimming and ventured into the big pool. We were so proud of his group for…

9P were discussing World Hunger Day. They planned and drew examples of a healthy meal. 

Over 2 days last week some pupils in 10A took part in Bikeability. 

As part of the qualification the pupils were asked to identify and respond to hazards

Start and stop on-road journeys

Maintain suitable riding positions

Comply with signals, signs and road markings

Communicate with…

8P have had a fantastic week! 

On Monday, we did Bike Ability in the morning, Yoga just after lunch and Weekend News in the afternoon. 
On Tuesday, we did swimming and summer fair posters in the morning, and learnt about postcards that used words from our Phonics units in the afternoon. 
On…

We have had a great week in Willow class. We made under the sea biscuits on Monday morning and utilised lots of different skills throughout this session. We also had another fantastic swimming session. We then enjoyed discussing our feelings and why we have big feelings sometimes. We played a game…

What a fantastic week in Chestnut Class!

This week learners have been accessing the community in small groups. Learners have visited Nuffield Health Centre for swim sessions learning to follow instructions in water and practising their dressing skills. Pupils have been to Astley Park with Mrs…

In class, 11G enjoy using Earth Cam to look at different webcams around the world. We have travelled to Times Square in New York, Porthmeor Beach in Cornwall and a manatee cam in Florida where we’ve spotted sharks and lots of brightly coloured fish and lots of other places. But our favourite…

This week in 9A we have been looking at Character descriptions. We read a description of a character and then had to draw what we thought they looked like from the description. We had some brilliant interpretations and pictures. 
On  Monday we were lucky enough to have a special yoga…