Blog by Tag: 2024-2025

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…

What a fun filled week we have had in 8A. 

We have taken part in science week and have done some experiments in class. We made a huge mess when making slime…but it was sooo much fun. We made spinning helicopters, built models out of straws and Playdough and did an experiment with milk and food…

9A had a very colourful week.  In Science we made ‘silent fireworks by mixing oil and water and then added food colour and watched as the colour ‘exploded’ in the water. We then noticed how the oil floated on top of the water and made a seperate layer.

We then all had had a lovely visit to…

This half term is going so quickly, the learners have been really busy with Asdan work and their other curriculum lessons. 
This week started off with another visit from Lee from DWP, this week she talked about the skills the learners needed for their next steps. She asked the learners to work in…

Another busy week in Oak Class. We have continued our healthy eating theme throughout the week: listening to the sensory story about Sammy’s Favourite Foods and healthy lunch box activities, trying different new foods. We especially enjoyed the mango, popcorn and yoghurt. We all practiced our…

This week, Chestnut class has had such a fun and busy week! To begin the week, we continued to read ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and did some excellent sitting and listening. We helped Miss Seddon read the story and took it in turns to identify the correct characters on the core board.  We…

7A have had a very busy couple of weeks.

We have worked exceptionally hard on our Thinking and Problem solving, using cubes to measure different things and solving number problems.

In My Creativity everyone has been learning to play ‘3 Little Birds’ on the xylophone and more recently, the…

This week we’ve been celebrating Science Week and we’ve also had our Holi celebrations.

On Monday morning Lee from the DWP came in for her second session with us, this time talking about our strengths and how these could be used in the future. We looked at different jobs and thought about what…