Blog by Tag: 2024-2025

This week in PE we have tried orienteering. We worked in pairs and had to follow a map to find the different signs located around the school. It was pretty tricky, but with determination we managed to follow the map and find what we were looking for. The sunshine was an added bonus.

In Science…

Mother’s Day treats in 7P

This week 7P was getting ready to celebrate Mothers Day. We talked all about the special ladies in our lives which included aunties, grandmas, sisters, mothers etc. 

The learners had a few jobs to do. Their first job was to colour in a Mother’s Day…

We started this week with Thrive on Monday morning. We talked about our hopes for the week and what we were looking forward to. After break time we had our next session with Lee from the DWP where we talked about lots of different jobs and what we might like to do when we’re older. We also talked…

What an egg-cellent week we have had this week in Beech. We enjoyed beginning our Easter celebrations by exploring egg themed tuff trays with sand, flour,eggs and chocolate! We enjoyed decorating pictures, practised our cutting and sticking and had tea parties with the bunnies. 

We also…

Some of Oak Class enjoyed a visit from the community lead from ASDA today.

We enjoyed a fruit tasting session in the hall making fruit kebabs. Then we took some fruit back to class for our friends to explore too.  

Oak Class have had lots of fun over the last few weeks celebrating the Holi Festival and Comic Relief.
During the festival we engaged in lots of activities with both our teachers, friends, parents and carers. We especially enjoyed the colour run it was such a great event. 
We also…

9P Holi Festival and Science Week 

In class 9P, we have celebrating the Holi colour festival and science week. 

For the Holi colour festival, we spent some time as a class learning about Holi and the traditions. 

Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates spring, love and new…

Last week, members of the school council met with Sarah from the PSHE association to contribute ideas to the development of PSHE resources for children with special educational needs. They gave some really good feedback such as resources that include images of real people rather than cartoons, and…

Last week Astley Park went back to the 80’s for Comic Relief. We had lots of fun dancing outside in the sunshine to 80’s music. Lots of people dressed up in 80’s clothes. There was lots of bright colours and frilly tutus. 
 

We really made the most of the sunshine, going out on community…

On Monday Lee was in again and this week she talked about employability. She showed some jobs on the whiteboard and asked if they were fake jobs or real jobs. There were some very funny jobs that people get paid for.  The pupils did a questionaire about their School and Home Habits and why these…

Comic Relief 80s theme

Today at Astley Park it was Comic Relief day and we had an 80s theme. 

It was great seeing the learners in their own clothes, especially the brightly coloured T-shirts, leg warmers and tutus. The staff also joined in with their dress wear!

The school…

What another fun week in Beech class! We finished our topic on pirates by painting our own flags, role playing and exploring the sea themed trays. 

We have enjoyed working on our fine motor skills, exploring animals, reading stories and playing in the sunshine! We have also loved making our…