Blog by Tag: Explorers and Adventurers

In October Willow Class learnt about why we have black history month, celebrating the achievements of black men and women. We have had lots of good conversation about wrong it would be to be be treated differently for how you look or where you come from with learners relating this to our own class…

What a great couple of weeks in Willow class! We have been excited for Halloween all October and named it “spooky month” in class. Have a look at some of the exciting things we have been up to:

The children have enjoyed some spooky themed lessons and tying work into books such as funny bones…

We have had a busy busy week in Sycamore class. We have done lots of super learning and lots of team games together!
 

We are so lucky and are having a brand new play ground built at school, so everyday we have been going down to the playground to check on the progress and have a look at the…

Willow class have had a busy week showing their adults what smarty-pants they are at maths!

We have been refreshing our knowledge of numicon and completing numicon assessments to see what we can remember from last year and what we want to work on this year. While friends have completed their…

This week Willow class have been learning all about our own feelings and our friends’ feelings.

We have been looking at when to ask for help if we feel cross and that sometimes our friends might needs different things- some of us said we want space if we are sad, some of us would want a walk…

What a fantastic start to the new year!

Willow staff were so excited to welcome pupils back to school on Monday and couldn’t wait to get to know everyone. The children arrived full of excitement and were eager to get start the new year.

We have all had such a lovely week playing games,…

Last week Willow class held their very own awards ceremony in class! Everyone is moving on to new things in September- new rooms, new classes and new schools so we decided to have a big celebration and party to end the year.

The children worked hard with Miss Riley to create a PowerPoint…

On Wednesday this week we went on our last trip of the year- to the park on Devonshire Road!

The children had a fantastic time in the sun playing on the equipment together. Please enjoy all the photos.

Willow class have had a fantastic start to the week.. celebrating Chris’s birthday!

Today Chris turned 11 so we decorated the classroom and got ready for an afternoon party, celebrating with Chris! 

First we played pin the tail on the donkey.. but with a twist! Chris chose one of his…

Willow class have really enjoyed getting moving this week and have really showed off their sports abilities ! 
 

To start sports week on Monday we joined Mrs McDonnell on teams for a sports week warm up routine! We talked about sports week and how it is Astley Park’s version of the olympics.…

Today in Willow class we have been learning about The Mona Lisa . 
 

We learned lots of interesting facts about where the painting came from, what events have happened surrounding the Mona Lisa and practised lots of fun Italian words. 
 

The children listened really well and even had a go…

Monday was a special day in Willow class.. Luca’s birthday! 
Luca was super excited to turn 11 and everyone was happy to throw a party to celebrate! 
 

First we played musical statues to some of Luca’s favourite Tiktok songs where the children all showed off their super moves. We even had…