Blog by Tag: Explorers and Adventurers

Maple class love stories and books so we were excited for World Book Day! Harrison brought one of his favourite books to class ‘Superworm!’ (I love this one too!) and shared it with myself and his friends. Maple class enjoyed lots of activities linked to The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss in the…

Astley Park School had a fantastic time on Wednesday 8th March as we celebrated the Hindu festival of Colour known as Holi.  Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates Spring, Love and new life. Holi is a colour festival, with dancing, singing and throwing powder paint and coloured water. It marks…

We have today celebrated girls and women of Science by carrying out our own experiment! During attention autism, Miss Howarth modelled the reaction of mentos in Cola. Pupils looked on in awe. Pupils then took turns adding mentos, the fountains produced were amazing! Pupils engaged in the activity…

As part of our ‘Emergency, Emergency!’ topic, Maple class have been exploring the important roles of Nurses and how they help us. We have enjoyed our Sensory story, “Ouch! I need a plaster!” and located body parts by placing plasters on dollies. We have been counting and finding one less and…

Well, it’s been a busy last two weeks in Chestnut Class. We have been looking at Doctors in our Emergency! Emergency! Topic and the story of Ness the Nurse.  The pupils have enjoyed practicing putting plasters on our dollies and teddies. 

To mark Children’s Mental Health Week, we have used…

On Friday 3rd February Maple Class headed to the Space Centre in Preston. we had a fantastic time with our friends, accessing the swing for vestibular input, the fibre optics for visual and tactile stimulation and the responsive flooring which gave audio and visual feedback when pressed. We had a…

I visited Maple Class on 17th January as part of the Governor- Class partnership and Religious Education Week. I spent time with the wonderful learners and hard working staff in Maple as they explored the Islamic Faith. Myself,  Mrs Smith and a small group of learners made delicious sweets…

Maple Class have had a fantastic week exploring the Islamic Faith through Attention Autism, dress up, creative work, cooking and music. We have tasted traditional foods and made sweets eaten at Eid using our fabulous communication skills to make requests, follow instructions and take turns. We…

This week we have focused our learning around the Islamic faith as part of our World Religion celebrations!

On Monday, our topic was introduced through attention autism, we enjoyed dressing up during stage 3 in traditional clothes. We also explored frozen fruit as a media for painting, we chose…

Maple Class have started their new Spring topic - Emergency, Emergency! where we will look at all the very important people who help us. This week we have focussed on the special jobs that fire fighters do. We have explored this through Attention Autism, fine motor skills,  sensory exploration,…

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Another busy week in Oak Class, our Emergency Emergency! topic focused on the Police. We have enjoyed ‘Officer George’ the sensory story and have acted out simple rescue scenarios as part of attention autism. We have created fingerprints using paint and made tracks with various sized police…

Well, what a fantastic week we have had in Chestnut class this week. All the children have been busy establishing their routines and exploring our classroom and outdoor provision.  We have been looking at firefighters as our topic this week, which has led to lots of creative/messy play activities.…