Blog by Tag: 2024-2025

This week started with Picture News again. This week we had to think answer the question 'Should you be allowed to build homes anywhere?'. We talked about what it would be like if people started to build houses in the middle of the track or in the middle of Astley Park. We also thought about what…

As part of our English today in 11A we have been looking at and talking about the importance of Martin Luther King Day, we watched some clips and then had a discussion about how we were all feeling.

Some of us said that it made us angry, upset about segregation and we all agreed that…

This year for World Religion Week, Chestnut Class enjoyed exploring light linked to the Sikh celebration of Diwali. We made salt dough Diya lamps during our attention autism sessions and enjoyed turning the lights off and signing about our lamps on Friday afternoon to mark the end of the week.…

We’ve had another busy week in 10P!

On Monday most of us went to Asda in the morning to do some shopping for the week. Once we had bought all we needed we went to the cafe to buy ourselves some breakfast. This term we are starting some work experience placements so on Monday morning…

World Religion Week.

This week at Astley Park School,  it’s been World Religion Week.

7P has looked at Judaism.

The class watched a PowerPoint and learnt about Hanukkah.

We learned a story about an evil king called Antiochus who didn’t like people having different beliefs to…

This week Beech class have continued to explore winter. During our continuous provision, we explored different sensory snowmen, washed arctic animals, made our own snow and counted ice cream scoops. 

During our adult led activities, we used our fine motor to do some cutting and sticking,…

Three classes from the KS3 phase attended Blackpool zoo today. On the journey to Blackpool, it was very foggy. Once we arrived the fog cleared and the sun began to shine. The weather turned out beautiful and was lovely and warm!

Upon arrival, our dinners were dropped to our lunch area and…

What a week Willow class has had! Our learners have enjoyed swimming, PE, food technology  a visit to the supermarket and much more! We are so happy with our learners engagement and attainment during activities and tasks, they are all super stars. Our sensory story of Supertato ties in with our…

We’ve had a fantastic first week back in 9P! 

On Monday, we did Phonics, Picture News and PSHE in the morning. They did really well in their decision making activities linked to road safety and social skills. We also made a group decision on where we want to go on our reward class trip before…

A busy healthy and frosty start to the term in Oak Class!

We have all settled back into our daily routine well and have enjoyed exploring the snowy frosty environment this week.

At Asda we have bought lots of fruit and vegetables for our friends to enjoy at snack time. This has helped us…

Happy New Year and welcome back.

7A have settled back into school life very well this week and what a cold week it has been. 7A have been wrapped up this week enjoying playing in the snow.

During our Nuture Time everyone showed fantastic school values using Teamwork to work together on…

Masks from Africa 

On Thursday afternoons, Mrs Anderton will be helping in to 7P to teach My Creativity whilst Miss Robertson has time to plan lots of fun activities for the class.

This term, in My Creativity, the learners are looking at African Art. 

Mrs Anderton first put on a…