Blog by Tag: Me and My Body

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…

8P had a fantastic time at the SPACE Centre today! 
They all made very good choices and we all had the best time.

We can’t wait to go again in two weeks. 
Keep up the good work, 8P!
 

8P had a fantastic second week back!

This week, we…

- Learnt about Smashing stereotypes

- Learnt about Florence Nightingale
- Were assessed by Miss Buck on reading and writing letters 

- Were assessed by Miss Buck on reading and writing numbers to 10/20 

- Continued to participate…

What a wonderful and busy week we’ve had in Chestnut Class!

As part of our topic, ‘In the Toy Box’ we have been exploring teddy bears through Attention Autism Stage 2 reveals, creative tasks - we created our own bear faces and during Food Tech we have been followed instructions and expressed…

Welcome back to the new 8A 2023/24. I hope you are all looking forward to a new school year. It was lovely seeing all the children returning with smiles on their faces. 

Our first week has been a nice chilled one, easing the learners (and staff) gently back into a school routine. 

On…

Welcome to Chestnut Class!

We have had a wonderful first week back in Chestnut Class, welcoming 3 new learners to Astley Park and getting to know lots of new friends and teachers.

We have been busy enjoying Attention Autism sessions, exploring the activities in the continuous provision and…

A huge welcome back!  What a fantastic week we have had in Sycamore Class. 

The children have had a very busy week with lots of fun and laughs.

We have made some super friendships this week welcoming two new children to Sycamore. 

The children have settled in very well back into school…

Well, what a year it has been in Chestnut Class.  On behalf of the class team, I want to say thank you the to the pupils and their families for another great year.  The pupils have had great time exploring and developing their attention, social and emotional regulation skills.  It has been a…

11G had a wonderful time at Chill Factore for their end of year treat. We travelled to the Trafford centre on the Sunshine bus and we went to McDonalds to order our lunch. We then headed over to the Chill Factor to get kitted out in our warm waterproofs and snow boots, then we went into the…

9A completed their unit on Handball this week! 
 

This unit has included them learning handball skills, including: 

- defending e.g. making themself bigger so the attacker can’t get past 

(also learning how to protect the ball and the goal) 

- attacking e.g. how to shoot 

-…

Good afternoon Chestnut followers,

It has been another busy 2 weeks in Chestnut Class. Last week was sports week and this gave the Chestnut pupils the opportunity to practice different fine motor skills activities, inflatable & bouncy castle challenges, made healthy snacks using fruit and tried…

This afternoon, Willow were very lucky to avoid the rain! We headed to Westway Sports Hub, to represent Astley Park School at the Quadkids event. Willow class completed various activities and challenges and made Astley Park proud. 

Well Done Willow Class!