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We started this week on Monday with a breathing activity as it’s Children’s Mental Health week this week and we wanted to do something that is good for us. Then it was maths where continued to look at the months of the year. In the afternoon we were working on our road safety and we all went up to…

We have had another very busy week this week in 10P! On Monday morning we started off the week with Newsround, where everyone is really improving on remembering what has happened and being able to tell the class something they remember. After this, Miss Wilkins and Miss Carter ran some learning…

On Monday we started off our week the way we always do, with our weekend news. It’s always lovely to hear about what our learners have got up to at the weekend. In the afternoon we went to ASDA, where we did our shopping before having a bit to eat in the café.

We had our DofE carousel on…

A busy last week in 10P this week! On Monday we had weekend news, where we heard all about the exciting things people had been getting up to at the weekend. In the afternoon we went shopping to ASDA to buy bread for toast and the ingredients for our food tech lesson the following day!

On…

This week in English, we thought of a place we would like to visit on holiday and created a word bank to describe it. We then used these words to tell our families about our holiday on a postcard. We had to be sure to not write too much, as postcards aren't very big, but I think we all got across…

On Monday we were right back into lessons, starting off the day with a functional maths lesson on money. We used coins and notes and practiced identifying coins and how much each coin was worth. We looked at how many pennies were in a pound and how to add money up.

In the afternoon we had our…

This week in 10R we've had lots to do! On Monday we had our morning maths lesson and in the afternoon we had our first session of sports week when we played some relay games and activities. 

On Tuesday we continued with our ASDAN and our Preparation for Work Unit and in the afternoon we went on…

Even though it’s been short, 10R have had a jam-packed week!

on Wednesday in the morning we had some maths assessments to do, and in the afternoon we had our PE lessons where we learnt what a compass was and how to use one. We learnt about how to find the other directions once you have found…

Today our Year 10 classes had the opportunity to visit Runshaw College! We were welcomed by Angela and Karen and a group of foundation students, and we started our session with a lovely afternoon tea, with soup, sandwiches and cakes that had been prepared by the students at Runshaw. After enjoying…

Wow! What an amazing lesson we had at Preston College today!
We found our way to the studio- passing quite a few familiar faces (past Astley Park pupils) on the way!

Sarah our tutor certainly put us through our paces- after a warm up, were we stretched our muscles, we performed a quick Zumba…

On Friday 10R visited Newman College. We had a lovely day looking around the college and getting a feel for how busy it could get. We looked at the gym,climbing wall, nurture room and classrooms. 

We couldn’t quite believe how many different areas where we could get food and drink from. 

We…

On their return to school this week 11R received their leavers hoodies which they all look very smart in. A big thank you to 11G staff from all of us for arranging them.   
This week there have been lots of activities going on. We have continued with our Environmental Awareness module looking at…