Blog by Tag: Arts and Creativity

That’s it folks, last week of school in 2024 and boy has it been busy!!!

On Monday our learners performed twice in our Astley Park’s got Talent show. Everyone had a great time and we hope you agree that they all did an amazing job!!!! Well done 7A.

On Tuesday we had our community visit to…

Well, what a busy week we have had!!!

We have had lots going on, on Wednesday in Our Creativity we made placemats ready for our Christmas lunch on Thursday. We listened to some nice calming Christmas music to get us all in the spirit of Christmas. In Food Tech we all made a sandwich ready for…

Christmas is fast approaching and everyone in 7A is getting super excited.

This week they have been doing lots of exciting things. In Music on Monday they did some excellent teamwork where one person jumped along the beat track whilst the rest played the beat to their jumps on their chosen…

This half term so far we have enjoyed a range of different activities, these include,  celebrating Halloween and exploring a variety of Halloween themed activities, such as pumpkin picking in our very own pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving and spooky stories with Mrs Mahood. We have also done…

On Tuesday this week it was International Men’s Day, this celebrates men's achievements and contributions while addressing critical issues like male health, gender-based violence, and the importance of positive male role models.

7A discussed different male celebrities and the male role models…

On Monday it was Remembrance Day. All of 7A went outside with the rest of the school and our very own Mrs Chaloner played the Last Post on her cornet. Everyone was extremely respectful whilst observing the 2 minute silence.

We had music with Miss Troughton again this week and drummed along to…

This week the children have been very excited about bonfire night. We have explored lots of different areas of learning using elements of fireworks and bonfire inspired words and patterns. The children created some very colourful pictures and used amazing communication with peers talking about…

This week in 7A has been a busy one!

Our ‘new’ food this week was plums. Some of us had never tried plums but we all really enjoyed them. A few people said they were like a cross between an apple and orange.

Autumn poems found the rhyming words and then coloured rhyming words in different…

This week willow class have had a very busy week. Some of the children went swimming working on their water confidence and techniques. On Wednesday some children had a lovely walk to the park working on their road safety and stranger danger. Towards the end of the week we explored the celebration…

This week at Astley Park, pupils have been learning about the Hindu and Sikh festival of Diwali.  It is also known as the ‘Festival of Light’ and celebrates good overcoming evil. 
Classes throughout school have celebrated this in lots of different ways, from Attention Autism sessions, to sensory…

Our new fruit this week was raisins. Most of us really enjoyed them. We enjoy tasting new fruits and can’t wait to see what new fruits we have next term. On Monday Miss Troughton gave us a Harry Potter booklet continuing our witches and wizards theme. Word searches, design a wand and spot the…

Our wonderful willow class children have been learning all about autumn over the last few weeks. They have created some beautiful pieces of art using paints and other media and explored our autumn tough tray, including leaves, sticks and insects! We listened to autumn stories including don’t hog…