Blog by Tag: 2023-2024

This week Beech Class have been exploring the different types of weather. 

At the start of the week, we explored the rain. In attention autism, Mrs Barrand used an umbrella to protect herself from the different types of rain. We used sparkly glitter, hailstone rice and some of even got sprayed…

We had a SUPER World Book Day in Sycamore Class.
 

Sycamore Class were joined by some new friends from The Hive at Buckshaw primary school. 

Our friends joined us for a morning of World Book Day fun, we started off in the hall where we all took part in a Super Hero themed drama…

This week you will see a new face in our pictures as we have a new member of the class team, Miss Knott. Miss Knott has been a great help and we are happy to have her.

This week is Neurodiversity Week in school, we started our Monday Morning off by talking about how our brains are different and…

This week it has been Career’s Week AND World Book Day, so we have been very busy!

On Monday morning, it was time for our Entry Level Functional Maths exams for some of our learners. The remainder of 11G and 11R pupils congregated together in 11G’s classroom for some speaking and listening…

This week 9P had the exciting opportunity to attend Careers week in school. On Wednesday and Friday some of Astley Park alumni were invited in to talk to us about what they have done since leaving school.

Our learners all sat listening intently whist they spoke and found this extremely…

On Friday 1st March a  mixed team from 9A and 9P were invited through to the next round of a bowling competition they had competed in and previously won.. Schools from across Lancashire, Cheshire , Greater Manchester and Merseyside met together at Hollywood Bowl at Middlebrook. The learners were…

8P have had a fantastic week! 
 

On Monday, we did Weekend News and then PE and PSHE. The children enjoyed making dance sequences and learning about their bodies. 
 

On Tuesday, we did Number in Maths and did Science in the afternoon. We did some really fun sound vibrations experiments. 
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What a super week we have had in 7A. Whilst some of the class went to Calvert Trust, some stayed at school with Mrs Hand and Mrs Bretherton.

This week we have been busy having lots of fun. We have played games, been swimming, baked yummy cookies, been on the bikes, had a mini cinema, splatted…

Last week a number of pupils from Year 11 took part in a Bikeability Level 1&2 assessment. After initially being assessed in school the pupils then went out on the road for a further assessment of their riding skills. The weather was against them but they remained positive throughout and after…

A very exciting week in 10A for careers week.

We were very lucky to receive a talk from past pupils of Astley Park, they each told us about their experiences since leaving school and entering into college or work. There were some very interesting stories and we had the opportunity to ask…

This week, Beech class have been exploring the story of Jack and the Beanstalk!

Throughout the week, Mrs Barrand has led us through a sensory story in our Attention Autism sessions. We’ve used wellies to make footprints up the beanstalk and dropped beans onto drums.

We’ve also enjoyed…

World book day in 8A

Thursday was World Book Day at Astley Park School and 8A joined in with the fun.

We had Black Panther, Harry Potter, Cat Women, Incredible Hulk, a Police person just naming a few. 

Even staff joined in. (Ms Carter was wearing her Captain Carter cape).

We…