Blog by Tag: 8A Class

Wow! What an absolutely fantastic day we have all had celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee at the Astley Park Funfair!! Pupils and staff have enjoyed a day full of excitement and nobody could keep a smile off their face when they walked into the school decorated in red, white and…

8A worked hard on Wednesday our focus was Mental Health Week and Loneliness. During circle time we looked at a PowerPoint and talked about  how it would feel to be lonely. Everyone in class had some really good ideas and were able to talk about how to be a good friend if they thought a friend was…

8A were very kindly invited to take part in canoeing activities at the Anderton Centre this morning. We were all very excited to be able to go back after visiting for our Residential trip in summer term last school year.

We got our helmets and lifejackets on and headed down to the water front.…

This half term for Me and My Body, we have been doing Outdoor Adventurous Activities. We have practiced our team work skills and learnt that good teamwork means good talking and good listening to each other. We have practiced this through lots of games and some of us have also worked on our…

This half term, as we have continued our Our Planet theme, 8A have been reading stories from around the world in My Communication.

First, we read a story called Lila and the Secret of Rain. This story was set in Africa and we thought about what it would be like to live somewhere without rain,…

Today 8A have been learning about epilepsy. We learnt what tonic/clinic seizures, absence seizures and focal seizures look like and talked about how we can help people who are experiencing seizures. We took part in a short first aid session where we learnt how we can keep somebody safe if they…

It was a pleasure on Wednesday to take 13 pupils and 3 staff members to represent Astley Park School at Lancashire Special Schools U14 and U16 football league playing 8 competitive games in very warm conditions. Both teams played each game with a positive team spirit working hard for each other…

Today is International Women’s Day! In 8A we have had a brilliant whole class discussion this morning. Some of the pupils asked why there isn’t an “international men’s day”. We looked at how, throughout history, women have been treated differently to men. We talked about how women didn’t used to…

On Tuesday it was 1^st March, which meant that it was St David’s Day. In 8A we learnt about who St David was and why people in Wales like to celebrate on 1^st March. We found out that the people of Wales like to march in parades, sing and play music and dance too. Lots of people (especially…

8A are continuing to learn about Sculptures in their art work this half term (as part of our Spring theme Our Planet). 

This week we learnt that sculptures can be made of any sort of material, but that the most common ones are metal, stone and clay.

To link to the Our Planet theme, we…

This week classes have been focusing one staying safe online. 

We have had a range of activities going on throughout the whole of school. Making friendship potions and learning and comparing physical and virtual friendships. Videos commentary on what to do in online situations. (YouTube…

All Fun and Games? Exploring Respect and Relationships Online 

The best way to support our children online is to take an interest in what they are doing.

Here are some posters which may help start some conversations with your child. What should we be looking out for in the gaming world,…