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We have been very creative in 9A this week. On Monday we made some paper rockets to add to our space display in class. In the afternoon we started our research on Katherine Johnson ready for writing our biographies. On Tuesday morning we had a walk around Haigh hall and had a look at the walled…

It’s been another fantastic week in Willow class. The children have been busy taking part in lots of money related activities including playing money bingo, role play in our toy shop and coin matching games.
 

Everyone loved mixing paint and making splatter pictures with colours appropriate to…

Just wanted to show you the great baking 8A has been this week in our Food Technology lesson. Ethan’s mum donated three Solar System cake mixes, (Thank you again).

The class mixed up the cake mix and made some amazing cakes. We made sure to measure the milk, eggs and butter accurately…

9A have been learning to work on our independence skills by using the work stations again. We are gaining more confident at this and making our teachers proud. We have continued to explore To Infinity and Beyond and have looked at the story and film of Hidden Figures and the life of Neil…

This week classes at Astley Park have been focussing on smashing stereotypes. Stereotypes restrict the ways in which we see ourselves, others and the world around us. They make us jump to conclusions, which can stop us from getting an accurate picture.  We have been learning…

It’s been another busy week in Willow class. Unfortunately a couple of our fabulous teaching assistants have been unwell, but we are so proud that all the pupils have coped well with lots of new faces helping in class. We’ve done lots of assessments all week, so today we enjoyed making chocolate…

9A continue to work hard on their termly topic To Infinity and Beyond. This week we  have completed our planets to make our own solar system. We have had lots of compliments on our final display. We made model rockets and aliens in My Creativity. This lead to a discussion about whether aliens…

We have had another fantastic week in 9A this week. On Monday we painted our papier-mâché  planets and they are looking great. Tuesday we went on a wet walk through the woods at Haigh hall where all the pupils loved looking out for woodland creatures and exploring. On Wednesday we had our first…

Welcome back to the new 8A 2023/24. I hope you are all looking forward to a new school year. It was lovely seeing all the children returning with smiles on their faces. 

Our first week has been a nice chilled one, easing the learners (and staff) gently back into a school routine. 

On…

Welcome to 9A. We hope you’ve all had a restful break and enjoyed some family time together. The sun has started to shine just in time for our return to school. We’ve begun our community visits this week. We have visited Haigh Hall and had a great time on the play area. Our learners have…

Another wonderful week to end the year in 8A Our tomatoes were picked and sent home to ripen. The sunflowers grew taller than our learners. We celebrated one learners birthday that is in the holidays and they were treated to some Stagecoach freebies.

Mrs England joined us this week to help with…

Well as the end of term gets closer, 8A enjoyed their last trip to Lytham St Anne’s. This week the learners all enjoyed a chippy lunch at the Cafe on the Pier and an ice cream from the kiosk later. Everyone had great fun playing on the beach. Some of us flew a kite for the first time ever. 
In…