Blog by Tag: Chestnut Class

We have had another fabulous week in Chestnut Class exploring farm and jungle animals. 

At the start of the week we looked at the story of the ‘Three Little Pigs‘, this enabled our learners to explore the different materials the Pigs use to make their houses (straw, sticks and bricks).…

We combined three special occasions within this weeks learning, enabling our learners the opportunity to experience and explore recent key events - Macmillan Coffee Morning, celebrating the life of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and honouring our new King, King Charles III.

On Thursday, we…

Chestnut have had a wonderful first week back at school. It has been a busy week with lots to explore and lots going on! 

We got to meet our new teachers, Miss Hothersall, Miss Cross, Miss Masterson, Mrs Worthington, Miss Loan and Miss Brown, as well as our new friends.

We have played,…

Chestnut have had a great first day back !
We explored lots of different activities, enjoyed the sensory room and loved a 5 currant bun attention autism session. 
We’re so excited for the year ahead , what a fab first day!

Group 1 have had a super week in Holiday Heroes. This week we have been to the Space Centre, spent time in the sensory room, been on the bouncy castle and had a super time on the new playground. We have thoroughly enjoyed playing lots of fun games with our friends and getting to explore…

What another fantastic week for Group 1. On Tuesday, we visited the Space Centre and enjoyed the slide and swing. We then returned to school for lunch and lots of fun in the sun on the playground! On Thursday morning, we spent time on the bouncy castle in the hall and drank lots of water to stay…

Group one have had another lovely week in Holiday club!

On Tuesday we had a lovely trip to The Space Centre. We had lots of fun on the big slide, playing in the ball pool, and exploring all the bright lights and music equipment. Back at school in the afternoon, we enjoyed playing in the hall…

What a wonderful start to the summer holidays for the Holiday Heroes Group 1. 

On Tuesday, Group 1 went to ‘Brew and Buddies’ soft play centre. They had a day of play and enjoyed a lunch out too! 

On Thursday, Group 1 had a day based in school with lots of fun playing with friends. In the…

This week we have enjoyed coming together to meet our new friends and staff team as part of our transition onto Maple Class in September. Lots of us know each other already and we have also welcomed a new learner to Astley Park too and we look forward to her joining us full time.
 

Maple Class…

This morning Chestnut Class had their transition session ready for September. 

To fit in with the hot hot weather, Miss Hothersall and Miss Cross planned a fun sensory play based session around the theme ‘Ice Cream’.  

Our morning began with us exploring our environment and meeting our new…

Chestnut class have had a wonderful and active week and have taken part in lots of activities to develop our gross motor skills. We have been accessing the balance bikes and 3 wheelers and practising to navigate around the cones. We have enjoyed climbing and travelling at different heights on the…

Chestnut class have had a very colourful week as we have enjoyed lots of Rainbow themed activities as part of our Rainbow Day celebrations! We have enjoyed sharing photos of our families and finding them in the tuff tray. During Attention Autism sessions we have enjoyed creating our own flag for…