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Chestnut Class Week 4
This week Chestnut have enjoyed exploring utensils from the kitchen as part of our House and Homes topic.
We enjoyed Stage 2 AA watching Miss Spear create a fabulous recipe using flour and cream and took turns to sprinkle using a colander.
During Maths themed AA we watched as Miss created a…
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Chestnut Class explore Buddhism
Chestnut Class have loved the snow this week and spent lots of time outdoors exploring, scooping and throwing snow balls!
In PSHE we have been focussing on identifying and recognising facial features through songs, mirrors and matching activities and creating collages.
During Food tech we…
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Happy New Year Chestnut Class!
It’s been great to see everyone back in Chestnut class and get back into routines this week. As part of our house and homes topic, children have enjoyed 3 Little Pigs Attention Autism and even helped to ‘blow’ the houses down! We’ve been building structures and enjoying different homes in the…
World Religion Week 2024
Astley Park School are proud to be celebrating World Religion Week next week (15/01/24-19/01/24).
Each class has been allocated a different religion to learn about though a variety of lessons and experiences across the week. Please see the list below to see what religions individual classes…
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Merry Christmas from Chestnut Class
What an amazing couple of weeks in Chestnut Class!
Chestnut Class have been busy preparing and packing reindeer food for Santa’s reindeers, enjoying sensory exploration of oaty play dough and creating melting snowmen. Last week we enjoyed having some parents join us to share in our learning…
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It’s Hanukkah in Chestnut Class
Hanukkah or Chanukah means “dedication” in Hebrew, and the Jewish holiday, also known as The Festival of Lights, represents joy and celebrates one of the greatest miracles in Jewish history.
Today Chestnut Class have been exploring Hanukkah in our creative tasks and made some fabulous Star of…
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Chestnut Class
Chestnut class have been busy getting into the Christmas spirit!
We’ve have enjoyed Christmas themed Attention Autism, learning key words, sprinkling frost on trees and creating twinkling stars during Stage 3. We loved tracking the exciting Christmas toys during Stage 1 and communicating for…
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Remembrance Day 2023
On Friday, Astley Park School participated in Remembrance Day activities and traditions.
Throughout school, learners were presented with many fabulous activities and learning opportunities to support them experience and learn all about Remembrance Day.
Our Explorers, had ample…
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Halloween Fun
Last year 11G made a Makaton video showing lots of spooky signs.
Have fun practicing your scary signs and share them with your class team.
Happy Halloween
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Week 7 in Chestnut Class
This week Chestnut Class have been enjoying lots of spooky goings on! During Attention Autism sessions we enjoyed a ghostly number rhyme and finding out how many left when one is taken away by splatting cream and we took turns to splat! We have been identifying Halloween themed key word language…
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Black History Month
Black History Month is celebrated in October in the UK and Astley Park School is proud to celebrate Black History Month with a focus on, 'Saluting our Sisters'. This is intended to build awareness, educate and share lived experiences of Black women. The theme of ‘Saluting our Sisters’ highlights…
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Week 6 in Chestnut Class
This week Chestnut learners have explored all things ‘Autumn’. During daily Attention Autism sessions we have been anticipating and tracking exciting items from the bucket and during Stage 2 have been focussing our attention further to watch confetti fall like the leaves from the trees, a flour…