Blog by Tag: Equality

Last week in circle time, Willow class learned about Pioneer Day. We learned some simple facts including;

• Pioneer Day is a holiday celebrated on the 24th July every year.
• Mormons celebrate Pioneer Day and they celebrate with fireworks, rodeos and parades. 
• A Mormon is someone who follows…

Today we explored the Mormon celebration of Pioneer Day that is celebrated in Utah, America.  We learnt about Brigham Young, who in 1846, led like-minded people from New York, 2700 miles to Salt Lake City. They travelled pulling small wooden carts with their own belongings together with horses,…

9A celebrated Rainbow Day by completing a carousel of activities in class linked to learning about different families. These tasks included: 

- being taught about different families by Miss Buck 

- researching rainbows 

- rainbow crafts 

We also participated in the parade on the…

Well it’s been another busy 2 weeks. Last week we had sharing our learning and hosted ‘Farm Fest 2023’ and this week we have celebrated rainbow day across school.

As always the pupils have been busy working on their play skills, engagement and communication. 

We hope you enjoy our…

Astley Park School have a had a very colourful week as they explore rainbows, families and diversity as part of Rainbow Week celebrations! 

Rainbow week is a joyful and colourful display of love, unity, and respect, with lots of activities to promote inclusivity, opportunities to educate, and…

Maple Class have enjoyed lots of colour themed activities as part of Rainbow Week!

We have looked at Rainbows through AA, parachute games, sensory exploration, creative tasks and Food prep.

Maple went on a family hunt in the outdoor area, searching for people who are special to us and…

7A have had a very busy  colourful and exciting week exploring the subjects of diversity and equality through the medium of rainbow colours.

We began the week by using a variety of colourful fruit juices and fresh fruit in order to create a lovely rainbow coloured mocktail …we all tried it and…

Willow Class have been very busy this week celebrating what makes us different. 

We started the week learning more about each others families, using the ‘willow class family tree’ to talk about our different family members and had lots of fun looking at how much we have changed and grown since…

Wow it has been another scorcher of a week in school this week! Because of this, we have taken the pressure off with our daily step target and have accepted however many steps everyone has done by the end of the day. We have talked lots about the importance of resting when the weather is so hot,…

7P have had a lovely week celebrating Pride Month. We made our own Pride Emoji, read stories about different family types and then created some wonderful crafts! We even decorated some rainbow biscuits! 
 

7P loved the parade with the rest of the school, walking with their wind socks, emoji…

This week we have celebrated Rainbow week.

Rainbow week is a joyful and colorful display of love, unity, and resilience, with lots of activities to promote inclusivity, educate, and celebrate diversity.

8P have looked at stories about families and how everyone is different and that is ok. We…

Well it's been a hot one this week!

We started Monday with a maths lesson and we had ASDAN in the afternoon, which we continued on Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon we continued to read The Wizard of Oz in English and completed some more comprehension tasks.

Wednesday morning we had a short…