Blog by Tag: 9A Class

9A have definitely been in the Christmas spirit in the last week of term. We started with performing our poem at the Astley Parks Got Talent contest that was secondary performance.

We have then done lots of Christmas themed activities. We have made cards and some Santa sweet cones which look…

A huge thank you to Initiate Theatre for their fantastic performance of Dick Whittington this afternoon. Key Stage 3 and 4 Classes had a great time! 

Well with all the rain recently, water definitely has been a theme in 9A!

In Science we looked at how magnetism still worked in water. Pupils were amazed how they could still move the paper clip around in the glass of water using a magnet.

In Art we carried on looking at famous artists and…

This term 9A have done some fantastic work in our speaking and listening in circle time. To help us remember to take turns to listen and to speak we use ‘The talking turtle’ which means that we can speak if we have hold of it and if we don’t then it we listen and wait our turn to speak. This has…

There has been lots of activities and fun going on in 9A recently.  In Science everyone built a circuit using a battery, wires and a bulb. Everyone gave it a go worked and so hard and did a great job of lighting up the bulb. 
In Maths we played turn taking games with a partner, where we had to…

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…

Thank you to all the parents who came and cheered on the Secondary Award Winners! Congratulations to all who won an award we are all so proud of you all! Keep up the good work for 2024-2025.....

This week in maths, we continued learning about position and direction. We have been learning about clockwise and anticlockwise directions, applying our learning of fractions when talking about quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns, plotting coordinates to draw shapes and translating shapes…

This week we started our new maths topic, position and direction. We have been looking at the directions of turns, starting with left and right, moving onto clockwise and anti-clockwise. Some of us have also been looking at the position of coordinates and labelling what they have seen. In English,…

These weeks are just flying by - and the warm weather is definitely helping!

This week we have introduced a new regulation slot into out timetable. This involves getting outside and using battle ropes to get us energised in a morning. The learners have enjoyed spending this time outside. In…

This week started with us introducing 'Snack Shop', where our learners were given spending money for the week that they will use to 'buy' their snacks this week. We have been VERY generous with the pricing, with a whole piece of toast only costing 5p and a packet of crisp costing 10p. This will…

Hola! This week in 9A, we have continued to learn about multiplication and division. Some of us were learning about the multiplication symbol, some of us were learning about sharing and grouping and some of us were even learning about ratio! Great work from everyone. In English, we use our setting…