Blog by Tag: EYFS

This term Beech class have been exploring our theme “journeys”.

We started with Mrs Barrand telling us the story “We’re going on a bear hunt” in attention autism before exploring the obstacles ourselves in trays! We stomped through the wavy grass, stepped carefully through the twigs, squelched…

This week Beech class have been celebrating the King’s Coronation!

In Attention Autism, Mrs Barrand made shaving foam cakes for the King’s guards and we all sang “5 currant buns”. We also used paints to create a Union Jack flag.

We have explored red, white, and blue sensory trays, had tea…

Yesterday, Beech Class celebrated Earth day. 
We did a What’s in the Box where Mrs Barrand made Earth, using paint, sprinkles and sand. 
We then all had a turn at making our own. 
Later in the afternoon we went for a walk down in the woods. We looked at our surroundings and explored the…

Beech Class have been getting ready for Easter with lots of fun activities. 
We have explored some fantastic sensory trays such as decorating a big Easter egg, a rice crispy bunny, a carrot patch, and surprise eggs. 

We have also been making lots of lovely things for our Easter bags to take…

On Monday, Beech Class packed up their buckets and spades and headed to the beach. 

We all enjoyed the journey to Southport on the minibus, and soon could see the sea. 

Luckily once we got to the beach the sun came out and we were ready for a fun filled day. 

Once on the sand we all got…

We have had a super busy week in Beech class. 
On Tuesday we made our Mother’s Day cards. We created lots of finger prints using green and pink paint and then turned these into a flower. 
On Wednesday we all worked together to make some yummy, heart shaped biscuits for our Mummy’s. We mixed all…

Yesterday Beech class celebrated Holi. 

Holi celebrates the arrival of Spring in India, the end of Winter, and the blossoming of love. 

At Astley Park School it definitely wasn’t the end of Winter as we celebrated in the snow!!! 

Beech Class had a great time getting very colourful and it…

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…

On Tuesday, Beech Class celebrated pancake day. 

We had a pancake themed sensory tray where we could sprinkle flour, make playdoh pancakes, and flip them in the pan using a spatula. 

Mrs Barrand made a messy pancake during Attention Autism!!! She used flour, milk, and cracked pretend eggs to…

Beech Class have had a lovely last week in class.

We have kept ourselves active and regulated for mental health awareness week. We have had lots of fun on the playground, had lots of movement sessions in the hall, and used our regulation equipment in class. 

We are all excited for a week off…

As part of our food topic, Beech Class have enjoyed making bread this week! 

In Attention Autism, Mrs Barrand mixed together ingredients to make the dough. A few of us helped by pouring in the water and stirring it with a wooden spoon. Once the dough had risen, we kneaded the squidgy dough on a…

On Monday, Beech Class celebrated Chinese New Year. We explored a tuff tray filled with Chinese food and pictures, listened to some Chinese music, and made our very own Chinese dragons. We all enjoyed playing with the wiggly noodles using the chopsticks!! In our AA session some of us were lucky…