Blog by Tag: 8A Class

On Monday we were visited by Dance Syndrome. We took part in a dance session in the morning and had lots of fun showing off our dance moves. On Monday afternoon we were super excited to take part in zorbing on the field. It was so much fun running around and bouncing into our friends…..and staff,…

What a busy week in 8A. We have learnt about how to stay safe online and what to do if we are worried about something we see online. We also talked about what we would do in certain situations - such as if a friend was sending us unkind messages. Everyone was so mature and contributed to class…

We’ve had another week enjoying the lovely sunshine in 8A. We have been outside for p.e, playing rounders and practicing our throwing and catching skills.

We have continued learning about health and safety this week. We had lots of fun role playing in our ‘hospital’. We had patients, doctors,…

Another 4 day week for us this week. And another week of enjoying (and melting in) the beautiful sunshine. 

This week we have to been to Morrisons to pick some fruit for our breakfast in class. Whilst we were there we even got to enjoy some free fruit as it was available for children to help…

The last week of term in 8A and goodbye to Miss Cross.

This week we welcomed family in to our class for sharing our learning, learning about the celebration of Eid. We worked with our families to make lanterns and we got to try different foods that would be eaten during Eid. 

As an end of…

Today 8A have spent time across the day learning about Eid-al-Fitr.

This morning, we participated in a circle time, sharing what we already knew about Eid-al-Fitr, before engaging in learning tasks which entailed using iPads to research about the celebration.

8A shared some of their…

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…

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…

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…

This week is careers week. In class we have been looking at different jobs and what jobs we would like to do when we are older. We have had lots of different career ideas - firefighters, theme park workers, farmers, mechanics and more.

We split in to 2 groups and visited the local community,…

8A invited parents, family and carers to join us this afternoon for some activities as part of our Children’s Mental Health Week activities.

We themed our Sharing our Learning session around feelings and emotions. We had a variety of activities looking at labelling feelings, thinking about…

Last Monday, 8A learned about Martin Luther King JR. 8A had never heard of Martin Luther King before and enjoyed learning about him, his important work and why he is famous.

8A participated in a Circle Time session where we shared stories and facts about Martin Luther King JR and watched a…