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After the 6 weeks holiday 8A are the new 9A at Astley Park! We have all been getting to know each other and have had a very busy few weeks with lots of different activities.

In English learners are finding out lots of information about the work and life of David Attenborough and making their…

Last week, we decided in our English lessons that we would write a letter to Joe Wicks to tell him all about our topic Healthy Living and to ask him if he has any tips for us, so today we thought about what we wanted to tell him and what questions we had for him. Hopefully we will get a reply! In…

Week 2 in 7P

All the learners have settled in really well in their new class. 

This week 7P went on a scavenger hunt around school. They all went off in their groups and looked for different items. 

We saw lots of leaves when on the track, and beautiful little yellow and white…

We have had a fabulous first fortnight in 7A! There are 6 learners in our class who have joined Astley Park in September, so we have taken every opportunity to get to know each other. 
So far we have found out that together we have lots of siblings, lots of pets and that pizza is a firm favourite…

Beech Class have had a fantastic week 2 still settling in and exploring the colour blue! 

We have enjoyed exploring the sensory trays filled with flour, sand and glitter! We also had an exciting music lesson on Tuesday, taking turns to play the wind chimes and the drum.
 

Throughout the…

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks in 10P getting back into the swing of things as we begin our journey in KS4.

We’ve had our first couple of sessions at the gym where everyone has had such a positive attitude towards something new, even if lots of us were a bit nervous at first.

We also had…

As part of our new school year we are embarking on our Young Enterprise experience. 
As part of this we have had to create a company, this involved a board meeting where we discussed job roles, we then had to decide what roles we would like to apply for and have a small interview to say how we…

This week we have been busy in 8P. 

We have had our very first community visit into town, to get the ingredients for this week’s cooking lesson with Miss Troughton. The children showed us how amazing they can be with crossing the roads and walking sensibly. 8P showed off our school values…

Oak class have had a fantastic two weeks since returning to school after the holidays! They’ve worked so well learning our daily class routines and new faces!

Some highlights over the past two weeks include:

• Swimming lessons
• Walking to Asda, shopping for food technology ingredients…

So Monday started with us reading examples of letters, written in a formal tone. It was funny reading what the people were complaining about but we found some interesting vocabulary that the author had used to get his point across. After break we had maths, where we are recapping addition and…

9P have had a fantastic first week back at school! They've all tried extremely hard with their communication, requesting and positive behaviours all week. We are so proud of them! 

This week, we focused on fun activities, including the following: 

• parachute games 

• two…

What a brilliant first week back we've had in Rowan Class!

We have all enjoyed exploring our new classroom and making new friends, we have all settled in very well. 

We have been busy on bug and number hunts, playing on the bikes and scooters. 

We have even enjoyed a game of Guess Who of…