Blog by Tag: 11R Class

Well what a week it has been. On Wednesday we celebrated all our achievements whilst being at Astley Park School through our Graduation Assembly. Our parents loved the assembly and there were tears all round. 

It was fantastic to see everyone in their suits and dresses. They all looked so grown…

What a fantastic day we had on Thursday. The morning started off with us identifying what we would like to buy for our dinner from ASDA. 

We then costed up prices as a meal deal and worked out how much money we could save if we pooled our money together. 

We walked to ASDA and split up into…

Wow! What a week. 11R have worked their socks off over the last year in Maths and as a result have achieved the accreditation they deserve. 

As a reward we went to Haigh Hall Country Park. We went for a walk in the woods and used the wooded dens. We thoroughly enjoyed playing on the park and…

As part of our preparation for Sports Week, 11R have been trying out different sporting activities in the sun.

This week was cricket! and we all enjoyed taking part either fielding, bowling or batting (or all three).

We have some fantastic cricketers in our class, they really did bowl us…

We went on the bus to Cardinal Newman College. When we got there we met two teachers and they showed us the classroom. We were given Virtual Reality headsets and went on a virtual tour of the college. We also looked at different animals and virtual scenes from around the planet.

We went to the…

11R explore their inner critic and inner coach as well as expected and unexpected behaviours. We were given different phrases such as, 'I can do this' - 'I'm not good enough' and we had to decide whether they were positive and linked to our inner coach or negative and linked to our inner…

11R took a break from training their brains, to train their bodies today, with a super tough Boot Camp!

Firstly we made sure we completed a dynamic warm up, then the real work began. In pairs we completed a session on the battle rope, ladder runs, mini hurdles and a rugby passing drill,…

11R fully engaged in all activities over the week. We examined what mental health was and addressed any misconceptions. We spent time looking at fixed and growth mindsets and what it looked/felt like for others as well as ourselves. We discussed scenarios of when we had used our growth mindset and…

This week in 11R we have been learning about the Muslim festival, Eid. 

Together we learnt that Eid is also known as 'The Festival of Breaking the Fast'. Eid celebrates the ending of a month long fast called Ramadan. 

We found out that the date of Eid changes each year and is dependent on…

This week in 11R we have been working very hard on our Accreditation. 

We have been making a Power Point to explain how we can keep safe in the community, including what to do if we missed the last bus.

In Environmental Awareness we have been planting flowers, raking up leaves and litter…

Yesterday 11R enjoyed a fun but challenging lesson about online/internet legends. We had to answer a quiz on the board to figure out the instructions together. We all worked together as a team and put all the pieces of the puzzle together to make one blue small robot trophy. We can't wait to do…

Last week some of the children throughout school got busy to help school enter an Easter competition that Chorley police station is running to win lots of Easter eggs.

The children got very creative making cards with Easter egg prints, finger print Chicks, hand print Chicks and sheep. The…