Blog by Tag: 2023-2024

Welcome to our first day of Holiday Heroes in May half-term, everyone’s had a very busy day taking part in lots of fun activities.
 

The first set of visitors this morning were 3 lovely lambs from Alldays Farm, together with their rabbit, guinea pigs, chickens, tortoise and snake! iEach group…

8P had a fantastic day today at Rascals for our end of half term treat! 
We had our own party room and had lunch there too. 
Thank you to the Rascals staff who looked after us so well! 
 

Have a great half term break everyone! 

11R have had a busy last week leading up to our half-term break!

On Monday we had our usual maths lesson and in the afternoon we had a science lesson. We were learning abouts forces with Miss Anderton and today we were talking about wind power. We built our own windmills and coloured them in,…

9A have had a fantastic end to the half term. We started the week off with a descriptive game where we each drew a head on a piece of paper and then folded the paper. We passed it to someone else and they drew a body. We folded it again and passed it over to someone else for them to draw the…

We’ve had another busy couple of weeks in 7A. We have been working on our Aspirational Learning Intentions and our Curriculum Learning Goals. 

In Wizard Workshop, we finished our wands following our initial design plans and using a range of tools and materials.

In PE we have been developing…

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…

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…

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…