Blog by Tag: KS4

In class we talked about New Years Resolutions. Mr Crofts said that he sets goals and finds it hard to stick to them. Mrs Cobham said she starts the new year with good intentions but then forgets about it.

As a class we discussed what sort of activities we could do that could be achievable and…

On Thursday afternoon 11G talked about the Christmas Story.

Mrs Cobham found a story called “The Impossible Promise” and we watched it on You Tube.

Then we learned some Makaton signs to go with the story.

Well done 11G 

11R have just got back from their Duke of Edinburgh residential at Bendrigg Lodge in the Lake District! We left Wednesday morning and have just arrived back at Friday lunchtime.

On Wednesday everyone was really excited to get going, but we were a little nervous as well. We got all of our…

Last night we had our Halloween disco! 11R and 11G have been busy getting ready for the past couple of weeks, choosing jobs and selling tickets. In the afternoon, 11R were busy finishing off some decorations for the hall, where we then joined 11G in decorating to make it nice and spooky for after…

Today 11R had their first gym session, led by Mr Murphy, as part of learning about about healthy lifestyles. We got the minibus to the gym this morning as it was raining quite hard and we didn't want to start the day off soaking wet. We went into the gym and everyone was a little bit nervous…

In 11G well-being group we’ve been looking at things we can do and thing we enjoy that make us feel good and we’ve linked it to Autumn.

The group chose a variety of activities, they didn’t always agree but said that’s okay because it’s good to like different things.

With the pictures,…

After an unsettled start to the week, 10A have come back to school after half term ready to learn! 10A have worked hard and challenged themselves by completing maths activities and making pumpkin soup.
10A did a maths lesson and showed lots of focus when practicing number. The group making…

As part of ASDAN, 10A were asked last week to make a choice to make them healthier. The pupils could pick between going to the gym or making healthy food. 

On Thursday afternoon, the pupils who had picked the gym went and explored some of the equipment. The pupils used the treadmill, the cross…

11R had their third session at Chorley in Bloom this week! When we got there we met David and Mrs Broughton. We sat down with David and he told us all about different types of flower bulbs! We looked at the different sizes and shapes of lots of different flowers and plants, including rosehips,…

On Friday morning we had Macmillan Coffee Morning in school. As part of their Young Enterprise ASDAN unit, 11R were helping to run it, doing various jobs and roles throughout the morning.

We helped serve both the drinks and the cake to our learners and their parents and guardians. We had talked…

This week classes at Astley Park have been focussing on smashing stereotypes. Stereotypes restrict the ways in which we see ourselves, others and the world around us. They make us jump to conclusions, which can stop us from getting an accurate picture.  We have been learning…

Yesterday 11R had their first visit to Chorley in Bloom! We walked from school to the main site and met the volunteers who would be helping us during our sessions.

Iris sat us down and talked through some basic safety instructions we would need to follow whilst on site; including no running and…