Blog by Tag: Equality

Today is International Women’s Day! In 8A we have had a brilliant whole class discussion this morning. Some of the pupils asked why there isn’t an “international men’s day”. We looked at how, throughout history, women have been treated differently to men. We talked about how women didn’t used to…

We had quite a lengthy discussion around - why it is important to celebrate this very important day! 
 

We looked at the life of a very important woman Mary Seacole- we all found it very difficult to comprehend what the world was like for women- especially for women from different ethnic…

On Tuesday it was 1^st March, which meant that it was St David’s Day. In 8A we learnt about who St David was and why people in Wales like to celebrate on 1^st March. We found out that the people of Wales like to march in parades, sing and play music and dance too. Lots of people (especially…

Chestnut Class had a lovely virtual visit from Mrs Parekh and we learned all about her Hindu Faith. She chatted to us about her favourite Hindu festival - Holi and the Celebration of Colour and we talked about our class learning of Diwali and the Festival of Light and what we had explored in…

On Friday, Maple Class had a very special visitor! Mrs Parekh joined us via Microsoft Teams and told us about her Hindu faith. Mrs Parekh shared interesting facts and described her favourite festival (Holi). Pupils were then invited to ask questions, they asked about bindis before trying some on,…

Pupils have had a fantastic day celebrating Shrove Tuesday. They have explored a pancake themed tuff tray, practiced number skills with TEACHH activities and with the ‘Five Crispy Pancakes’ song and have even participated in tossing and tasting!

St David’s Day has also been celebrated through…

Chestnut Class have enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year! We have been using our communication skills to make requests for lots of delicious Chinese food including spring rolls, noodles made by Mrs Duxbury, rice and prawn crackers. We watched Miss Spear create a huge tiger and watched as the black…

On Tuesday it was the first full moon of the Lunar calendar which meant it was Chinese New Year! 
pin Willow class we looked at how this special event is celebrated and why it is important to Chinese culture. We looked at ways people around the world celebrate the special day and days following…

What a fun day we’ve had today in 11G-

We talked about the festivals that we celebrate- before looking at celebrations in other cultures- as today is Chinese New Year- The Year of the Tiger!
Most of our class were born in the year of the Rooster- and some in the Year of The Dog- Miss…

In oak class today we have learnt about Chinese New Year, we started by attending to an adult led attention Autism where a big Tiger face was made out of paint. We then played animal splat taking turns to splat an animal card and red & yellow paint splatted out. 
we then explored different trays…

We have had a fantastic week at Astley Park celebrating World Religion! Pupils have participated in a range of activities across Key Stages and pathways focusing on the 6 major religions. Governor, Mr Maher even came to visit and see all of the wonderful, memorable activities taking…

This week we will be celebrating World Religion Week. Each class will have a different religion to learn about and celebrate.  Keep your eyes peeled for our whole school blog at the end of the week.