Blog by Tag: 8A Class

This week in our food technology activity, 8A participated in making some war time biscuits.

These biscuits had the regular ingredients such as butter, sugar, flour and vanilla essence but there was an additional ingredient added……. Grated carrots.

We were all very unsure how these…

Miss McPartlin’s last day in 8A

Today, 8A has said a farewell to Miss McPartlin as she is having a little rest before her baby arrives at the beginning of March. 8A has been reading a social story together all week to help us with understanding where Miss McPartlin will be after half…

Mental Health week in 8A

It was lovely to see 8A learners in school on Monday, wearing green to celebrate Mental Health week . 

This Mental Health week, we are focusing on “My Voice Matters'”, and the class has had several chats, explaining that there are different ways the learners can…

Thank you to the 6 parents who enrolled and completed the National College Annual Award in Online Safety for Parents and Carers 2023-2024!

I am sure you found this super helpful- there will be more courses for parents and carers on here in the future!

The wheel has been spun and the…

8A at Fieldfare celebrating Miss McPartlin last week in school.

8A walked all the way to the Fieldfare for our lunch today, to celebrate Miss McPartlins last week in school, as she is leaving for a little rest before having her baby. 

8A was very sensible walking down the big hill and…

Ration baking in 8A

In our food technology lesson this week we had to use food that was rationed. We explained to 8A that in the 1st and 2nd World War, certain foods were unable to be purchased, so when making meals, some ingredients couldn’t be used because of being in short…

World Religion Week in 8A

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

8A looked at Buddhism religion.

The learners watched a PowerPoint about what Buddhist beliefs are. 

8A listened to a story about how Siddhartha Gautama became a Buddha and what he taught…

1st school in for 2024 in 8A

It was so nice seeing the learners in 8A returning back to school in 2024.

It was lovely hearing all their enjoyable Christmas and New Year celebrations.

We have had a fun and relaxing week this week settling the learners back into school…

Astley Park School are proud to be celebrating World Religion Week next week (15/01/24-19/01/24).

Each class has been allocated a different religion to learn about though a variety of lessons and experiences across the week. Please see the list below to see what religions individual classes…

Christmas final week in 8A

This week has been all about Christmas and we have made time to calm and relax after a busy half term. We have watched a great Christmas film “Polar Express”. 

It was also the secondary production of our Christmas play this week. 8A was amazing at singing…

Celebrating Hanukkah in 8A

Today 8A Celebrated Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light.

The learners watched a PowerPoint, telling them what this means, why and how it is celebrated.

Firstly the learners learnt that Hanukkah means “ rededicate” which in turns means to make something…

8A visited Astley Inn 

So, on Monday we made the very soggy walk to The Astley, but we didn’t mind because we were hungry and we were really looking forward to our food.

When we got there the waiter and waitress were waiting for us and showed us to our table. 

We took our wet coats…