Blog by Tag: 2023-2024

Last year 11G made a Makaton video showing lots of spooky signs.

Have fun practicing your scary signs and share them with your class team.

Happy Halloween 

Today was the second day of Holiday Heroes this half term and although the weather was wet again, it didn’t stop any of the activities that were planned.

The animal therapist from Alldays Farm brought a selection of small animals to meet everyone in the morning. The different groups of children…

Day one of October Holiday Club was action packed as usual and despite the wet weather, everyone had lots of fun. 

Children in Group 1 (pupils from Beech, Chestnut, Maple and Oak classes) had a great time playing on the didi cars, wobble boards and scooters in the hall in the morning. After…

We have had yet another fabulous week in 8P !

The activities that we have taken part in this week include the following :

Baking banana bread,

Learning about Black History,

Phonics, 

Swimming,

Visiting Asda cafe,

We also enjoyed a McDonalds meal on Friday as a very special…

8As Afternoon at the Park.

On Monday afternoon, we made the most of the dry weather and the class walked to the near by Devonshire Rec Park. 

Whilst walking to the park, the learners were reminded on keeping themselves safe when crossing the road. 

When at the park, the learners…

Happy half term! 
Homework: please see reading packs for homework instructions.

On Monday our leaver’s hoodies had arrived in school! We were all very excited to give them out 
between our class and 11R. We hope everyone is happy with them, everyone looks so smart in them!
In the…

8As day out to Rascals and McDonalds 

The learners were very excited this morning coming into school. 

They still had to do their reading and writing and had their morning snacks before we all set off to Rascals. 

Mrs Cheetham was our driver for the day and chauffeured the class…

It’s been another busy week in Willow class, we have reached the end of this half term and everyone in Willow class is very excited about the holidays (and Halloween)!

This week, we have continued our focus on money and have been practicing counting, adding and multiplying in our toy shop. We…

This week Chestnut Class have been enjoying lots of spooky goings on! During Attention Autism sessions we enjoyed a ghostly number rhyme and finding out how many left when one is taken away by splatting cream and we took turns to splat! We have been identifying Halloween themed key word language…

This week in Beech class we have completed our Autumn topic. 

We’ve rolled conkers, made leaf men with Googly eyes, painted with Autumnal spices, and made playdoh impressions using leaves, conkers, and pine cones.

We’ve had a wonderful half term in Beech and are so proud of how well everyone…

Black History Month is celebrated in October in the UK and Astley Park School is proud to celebrate Black History Month with a focus on, 'Saluting our Sisters'.  This is intended to build awareness, educate and share lived experiences of Black women.  The theme of ‘Saluting our Sisters’ highlights…

On Tuesday 10A were able look at how the Lungs work in the body. We were able to follow on from learning about the Heart last week. 

We recapped about the Heart and what its function is in the body and continued to look at the function of the Lungs. Everyone was able to make their own Lung…