Blog by Tag: 8A Class

Just wanted to show you the great baking 8A has been this week in our Food Technology lesson. Ethan’s mum donated three Solar System cake mixes, (Thank you again).

The class mixed up the cake mix and made some amazing cakes. We made sure to measure the milk, eggs and butter accurately…

On Friday children and staff were invited to wear jeans or blue clothing to help raise awareness and funding for  genetic conditions. Classes all across school engaged in ways meaningful to them, from Jean based crafts and sensory stories, coloured themed Attention Autism to circle time…

This week classes at Astley Park have been focussing on smashing stereotypes. Stereotypes restrict the ways in which we see ourselves, others and the world around us. They make us jump to conclusions, which can stop us from getting an accurate picture.  We have been learning…

This week 8A was introduced to our new topic, “To Infinity and Beyond”.

We have looked very closely at the moon, and the learners used describing words to write a small poem about how the moon looks. There was some brilliant words used by the learners and some good sentence…

This week, 8A has been looking at “Vision Boards”. 

The class firstly spoke about what they want to achieve this school year, either at school or at home. 

The class then looked at different areas of vision. We looked at what the learners are grateful for, self-care ideas, a phrase or…

Welcome back to the new 8A 2023/24. I hope you are all looking forward to a new school year. It was lovely seeing all the children returning with smiles on their faces. 

Our first week has been a nice chilled one, easing the learners (and staff) gently back into a school routine. 

On…

Another wonderful week to end the year in 8A Our tomatoes were picked and sent home to ripen. The sunflowers grew taller than our learners. We celebrated one learners birthday that is in the holidays and they were treated to some Stagecoach freebies.

Mrs England joined us this week to help with…

Well as the end of term gets closer, 8A enjoyed their last trip to Lytham St Anne’s. This week the learners all enjoyed a chippy lunch at the Cafe on the Pier and an ice cream from the kiosk later. Everyone had great fun playing on the beach. Some of us flew a kite for the first time ever. 
In…

What a fantastic afternoon we had for our last Sharing Our Learning in 8 A. Parents and Carers joined us for a game of cricket. Everyone had a fun time with parents and carers even more competitive than the learners. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the end of the year in 8A. Miss Bentham and…

On Friday 7th July 2023 we celebrated our Secondary Award Winners!

Parents and carers came to watch our assembly where children received their awards. Afterwards everyone was invited to stay for a refreshment and cake. 

Congratulations to all our award…

8A have had a very busy 2 weeks. We have continued to go on our visits to Lytham St Annes, Hindley Swimming baths and our local Asda. Gemma swam a full length of the pool and achieved her 25m award. Well done Gemma.

Miss Bentham has been teaching us all about capacity in Maths. We really…

Apologies for the missing Blog last week. 8A had such a busy week that it completely slipped by without us posting so this week we are covering both weeks. 
We hope you enjoy our Rainbow Flag design incorporating the AP logo. We enjoyed the parade around school looking at everybody’s designs. We…