9 Jun

9As Muffin Making

So this Tuesday was our first time in making Muffins

Over the next 7 weeks, we will make different types of fillings for our muffins. We have chosen to used White Chocolate Chip, Milk Chocolate Chip, Cheese ( as a savoury option), raspberries and blueberries. 

This week we did Milk…

26 May

9As favourite Cookies

So this Tuesday was our last time making our delicious subway cookies. 

 

Over the last 6 weeks, we have used all different types of fillings for our cookies. We have used White Chocolate Chip, Milk Chocolate Chip, Smarties and Rolos. 

 

These cookies have looked and tasted better week…

19 May

9A Summer - Share Our Learning (session 1)

9A had their first Share Our Learning event of the Summer term this week! 
We had Josh’s mum and Daniel’s mum visit us. 


The pupils started off by performing their sensory regulation carousels. 
They enjoyed showing the parents how to use the resources. Josh even used the head massager on…

19 May

9A Rugby tournament

9A did absolutely amazing in their Tag Rugby tournament this week.

They got to the final and came 2nd place! 

 

Here is a brief synopsis of each game: 

 

First game -

We lost 4-3 in the last minute of the game! 

Jake scored 2 excellent tries with huge runs and he also passed…

21 Apr

9A Eid celebrations!

In 9A this week, we’ve been learning about Eid. 

The children enjoyed our focused lesson about Eid and Islamic Culture. 

 

First of all, we discussed what Eid is: a festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan. We recapped what Ramadan is and other important Islamic traditions and aspects of…

21 Apr

9As Subway White Chocolate Chip Cookies

This term, 9A in their Tuesday afternoon cooking activity, made “Subway Cookies” with different fillings. This week we used white chocolate chip. 

 

We have chosen cookies for this term as 9A is looking at capacity and showing the class that these cookies start as small balls but spread out…

30 Mar

9As Bunny Cupcakes

I bet you all “carrot” wait for the Easter holidays. 

 

In our last week of this term, 9A in their cooking activity made cupcakes that they designed into bunnies. 

We split the class into two groups. We had the green cupcake team and the blue cupcake team. 

Both teams showed our school…

24 Mar

9A Easter activities

This week in 9A, we have been learning about Easter! 

 

This involved us reading the Easter Story and learning about Easter traditions. We also made Easter Egg nest cakes (using mini eggs too of course) and enjoyed doing lots of different Easter activities. 

 

These included…

15 Mar

9A’s Cooking with Chocolate

This weeks in 9A’s cooking session, we made chocolate rice crispie and cornflake cakes. First, the pupils broke up the bars of chocolate, resisting the temptation to eat them! They then used the microwave to melt the chocolate and added in their choice of either the rice crispies or cornflakes.…

10 Mar

9A Holi Celebrations

This Wednesday afternoon, 9A looked at what is Holi and why people all over the world celebrate it. 

We learnt that it marks the beginning of spring. And during Holi, people celebrate the story of Prahlad. 

Prahlad’s father was a cruel king that wanted everyone to worship him, but Prahlad…

8 Mar

Astley Park celebrate Holi

Astley Park School had a fantastic time on Wednesday 8th March as we celebrated the Hindu festival of Colour known as Holi.  Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates Spring, Love and new life. Holi is a colour festival, with dancing, singing and throwing powder paint and coloured water. It marks…

3 Mar

9A PE - Sprinting!

In PE this week, the children started off the lesson by playing a game called Dragons. This consisted of them making two chains where they were holding onto each other’s shoulders and they had to try to remove the tag from the last person on the other chain. They really enjoyed this warm up and…