Blog by Tag: Arts and Creativity

The pupils of 8P have done lots of learning and fun activities this week. 

We enjoyed a walk to Tesco, where we split into two groups to buy the ingredients for cooking and items for snack. We followed our shopping lists really well, and took turns carrying the basket, choosing the correct…

Willow class had a fantastic week last week, we are so proud of the progress they are making!
 

We started the week with some P.E. where we developed our striking and fielding skills in rounders. We practiced a throwing skills and our aim as we threw balls into hoops with our partners. We then…

On Tuesday we arrived at school to a beautiful white blanket of snow. 
We could not miss this opportunity to give our children a range of experiences. 
The children did some brilliant team work , using good communication skills , taking turns to build the most fabulous snowman . 
In maths we…

The pupils and staff have had a lovely week back in class, after a very busy Christmas.

We had a walk to Asda where we split into two groups, one group searched for and bought items for our snack time while the other group searched for and bought items for our food technology lesson. 

Using…

This week has been very very exciting!!!

 The anticipation of Santa’s visit on Thursday was clear for all to see. 

On Monday and Tuesday everybody gave their all in our performance of Last Christmas, I’m sure you’ll all agree they did amazing. We are so proud of each and every one…

This last couple of weeks we have been on the countdown to Christmas in 9A we have made lots of Christmas crafts and enjoyed some Christmas films. This week has been extra special and we have had lots of fun. We started the week with our Christmas production and and I’m sure you will agree our…

Today in 9A we have been learning about Hanukkah which is the Jewish festival of light. We looked at how Jewish people might celebrate. We learned what the menorah represents and then we made our own menorah lamps. In food tech we had a go at making some Hanukkah sweets. Everyone thought they were…

This week in Sycamore we have been working on road safety and staying safe whilst in the community . The class took a trip out on Tuesday to Astley Park. Whilst some amazing learning took place we also had lots of fun and a play on the park. 

On Wednesday it was Christmas dinner day for…

Children in Need in 8A goes all dotty. 

Today is “Children in Need” day in Astley Park School. 

We started the day in 8A by doing some Pudsey colouring. Lovely use of the colour yellow and what fantastic spots, well done! 

The learners then watched a video of different schools…

Thank you for being a friend in 8A

This week has been “Friendship week” at Astley Park. 

We have been looking out for our learners being kind towards other. 

We have seen learners looking after their friends whilst out walking to and from Asda in the high winds. We have also seen…

This week has been a very short one due to the heating and water issues in school but we have had a busy two days! This term in PE Mr Murphy is teaching us Dance. We all went into the hall and Mr Murphy chose a warm up dance for us to do, we were all certainly warmed up! He then let us chose a…

Rocket making in 8A.

As our topic is “Space”, 8A was given a sheet to jot down ideas to design their very our Rocket.

The learners were given ideas on different materials they could use when they started to make their Rocket.

The learners then drew their design out on paper,…