27 Nov

11A Enterprise Christmas Cooking

So today sees the beginning of baking Christmas goods for our Youth Enterprise Tuck Shop.

This is the first experience of making mince pies and what a great job they did, rolling, cutting and filling.

 

25 Nov

Remembrance Day 2024

On Monday 11th November, Astley Park School participated in Remembrance Day activities and traditions.

Throughout school, learners were provided many learning opportunities and activities to experience and learn all about Remembrance Day.

We saw learners enjoying various activities from…

25 Nov

10A Autumn 2 Week 4 & 5 - W/B 18.11.24 & 25.11.24

Monday 18th - Today we had our first look at picture news. We had a look at an ancient city that has been discovered in the jungle in Mexico. We all found it really interesting, we then went on to have a look at other big discoveries through history and how they impacted the world. In the…

24 Nov

Autumn 2 so far in Sycamore Class

This half term so far we have enjoyed a range of different activities, these include,  celebrating Halloween and exploring a variety of Halloween themed activities, such as pumpkin picking in our very own pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving and spooky stories with Mrs Mahood. We have also done…

23 Nov

9P celebrate International Men’s Day

On Tuesday, we celebrated International Men’s Day. We did a lesson linked to these celebrations on Tuesday afternoon.
 

In this lesson, we learnt about:

- stereotypes and looked at different types of stereotypes (with visuals for support) 

- how men can be under a lot of pressure at work…

22 Nov

Autumn 2, week 4 in 8P!!

This week we have had another excellent week. The staff team in 8P are extremely proud of all of the children in class. 

The week started off with weekend news and lots of super reading from the children. We had a visit to Asda to buy our ingredients for cooking on Thursday. The children…

22 Nov

International Men’s Day in 7A.

On Tuesday this week it was International Men’s Day, this celebrates men's achievements and contributions while addressing critical issues like male health, gender-based violence, and the importance of positive male role models.

7A discussed different male celebrities and the male role models…

22 Nov

Celebrating International Men’s Day in 7P

Celebrating International Men’s Day in 7P.

 

So on Tuesday, 7P celebrated International Men’s Day by looking at a PowerPoint about the special men in their lives and talking about how important they are. 

The PowerPoint named men like dads, stepdads, uncles, male cousins, grandads,…

22 Nov

Autumn 2, Week 4 in 10P!

On Monday we started off our week the way we always do, with our weekend news. It’s always lovely to hear about what our learners have got up to at the weekend. In the afternoon we went to ASDA, where we did our shopping before having a bit to eat in the café.

We had our DofE carousel on…

22 Nov

Beech class explore Old McDonald’s Farm

Beech class have had a fabulous week exploring Old McDonald’s Farm this week!

During our continuous provision we’ve explored tractors in the sand, tractor tracks with paint, giving the animals a bubble bath. We’ve also done lots of animal puzzles, reading and practiced our pencil control. We…

21 Nov

Super sensory stories in Willow !

This week the children have worked really hard. We have celebrated international mens days! We have talked about positive male role models in school and positive male role models in our life at home. We had an open class discussion about who is special to us and why. 
In PE we have worked on…

20 Nov

Orienteering in Queens Park with 11A

Yesterday 11A visited Queens Park, each group was given a map of the park with the markers to find. We looked at the map and used locations around us to help us navigate where in the park we were, we used things like the pond, buildings and structures to help us understand where we were and where…