18 Nov

Children in Need at Astley Park School 2023

What a wonderful Children in Need day we have had around school. There has been a great variety of activities going on around school including sensory, fine motor, learning about why we celebrate the day and dressing up in our favourite Pudsey attire! 

Thank you to everyone who has donated. We…

18 Nov

Friendship Week in Maple Class

Maple class been enjoying The Rainbow Fish sensory story as part of our learning for Friendship Week! We explored how when the Rainbow Fish shared his beautiful shiny scales with his friends he was happy. We have been using our fabulous communication skills to create wonderful Rainbow Fish…

11 Nov

Remembrance Day 2022

This week classes have been invited to join in Remembrance Day traditions throughout school.

Each teacher has planned meaningful and engaging activities surrounding the theme of ‘War’ and ‘Remembrance’.

Learners have been exposed to different learning focuses and learning new facts through a…

11 Nov

Maple Class

Today Maple Class took part in Remembrance Day activities through Attention Autism and through creativity. We watched Miss flour sieve to reveal small crosses in the tuff tray and then sprinkle green glitter to represent Flander’s Field and we took turns in Stage 3 to sprinkle red tissue paper to…

2 Nov

Halloween and Bonfire Night in Maple Class

Happy Halloween and Bonfire Night from Maple Class!

 

What a fabulous week we’ve had in Maple Class. On Monday Maple Class enjoyed a day filled with dress up, using our fine motor skills to make spooky spider webs, pumpkin sun catchers and a Halloween hunt in the Woods using our wonderful…

2 Nov

Maple Class Show Racism the Red Card and a special visitor to Class

On Thursday 20th October Maple Class showed Racism the Red Card! We enjoyed sharing joint attention and exploring all things Red during Attention Autism and in our red themed sensory trays. We have been finding and putting together puzzles of photos of our face in the tuff tray and recognising our…

27 Oct

Holiday Heroes: Group 1

What a fantastic and busy week, for all who joined us in Group 1.

 

On Tuesday morning, we went to Brew and Buddies; enjoying time playing, making new friends and practicing lots of skills.

In the afternoon we had a visit from ‘All Days Farm’ who brought lots of animals into the hall for…

12 Oct

Our First 'Chill and Chat' Session

Our first 'Chill and Chat' session took place yesterday. It was lovely for parents/carers to have the opportunity to chat together over a cup of coffee and slice of cake.

 

Our next get together will take place on 6th December at 1:00pm. Further details to follow.

 

Hope to see you all…

30 Sep

Week 4 in Maple Class

What a busy and exciting week in Maple Class! We are working hard to learn and follow our routines and learn new names and faces. 
 

This week we have continued exploring the Jungle through sensory stories, Forrest walks, Attention Autism, play, jigsaws, sounds and getting creative. We have…

23 Sep

First stop…the jungle and Jeans for Genes day

As part of our topic this term, ‘All around the World’, Maple class have been enjoying the sensory story, ‘Walking through the Jungle’. We’ve been identifying animals from the sounds they make, finding them hiding in the tuff trays and in the outdoor area.


Chorley Sports Partnership have been…

9 Sep

Maple Class - First Week Back!

Maple Class have had a wonderful first week back in school! We’ve been busy learning new routines, getting to know new faces and enjoying lots of different activities and new toys! We have been finding our friends during Attention Autism and creating self portraits - check out our…

9 Aug

Holiday Heroes Week 3 Group 1

What another fantastic week for Group 1. On Tuesday, we visited the Space Centre and enjoyed the slide and swing. We then returned to school for lunch and lots of fun in the sun on the playground! On Thursday morning, we spent time on the bouncy castle in the hall and drank lots of water to stay…