Blog by Tag: My Community

Good Afternoon, 

I’d like to start by announcing this years Student Counsellors. We had a close run election but the majority voted Teegan our Student Counsellor and Olivia our Deputy. All our pupils treated the voting process with high level of respect! 

I have to say 8A have hit the…

Wow!

What an amazing first week in 7P! Take a look at all the pictures to see what we have been up to! 

This week we welcomed 4 new friends to Astley Park but we are all new to 7P! We are now all super friends and are working really well on our job roles, teamwork and getting used to our…

Willow class are very good at ordering food for snack time and paying using our snack money so we have been putting these skills to the test out in the community!

Last week willow class went to Asda cafe to practice asking for what they’d like, listening to the total needed and finding the…

9G have been very busy putting their social skills to the test!

They have been thinking carefully about the skills they use and how to react in different situations when with their friends.

9G have had a big focus on being a kind friend and spoke about what being ‘kind’ means. They decided…

We have been about and about recently as a class and have had some great visits! We went to try out the chippy we are going to as our final treat in a few weeks! We all were very thankful to the staff working there and really enjoyed a small plate of chips and hot chocolate! 
 

We have also…

On Fridays this half term, we have been practicing our road safety skills by walking to the park during Golden Time. This is part of our Travel Training work, which links to our My Community work and also allows us to work on our social skills and independence skills which link to our PLGs. Well…

On Wednesday, 8 pupils from Willow and Shcamore class attended the Chorley Schools Sports Partnership quad games competition at a local sports hub.

The children took part in a howler throw, standing log jump and a 50m sprint.

Unfortunately we had to leave to get back for buses before the…

Yesterday, Mrs Linde and I attended the Lancashire Careers Hub Conference at Ewood Park. We attended three workshops - Careers in the Curriculum, Encounters with Employers and Experiences of the Workplace. We were able to share some of the outstanding practice that occurs at school, and we gained…

Today, Maple embarked on the first of many scheduled trips to Asda! The boys have been preparing for a number of weeks through role play, travel training and social stories. 

The boys checked all roads were clear before crossing and gestured thank you to all drivers who gave way at the…

Today Sycamore visited Asda. The children were asked to make a healthy choice from the fruit and veg section; we had some great choices from coconuts to grapefruit and a broccoli. Later, we all had a try of our choices. Some were not very keen on trying the broccoli, others really enjoyed the…

Happy Birthday Oliver! You were really happy today and could tell the class you are 11 years old.

You smiled as your friends sung “Happy Birthday”.

Willow class had a great time celebrating rainbow week.

We learnt all about what Pride means and who is part of the  LGBTQ+ community, having some really grown up discussions! We talked about how families look different and people might have two mums, two dads, only one parent or live with a…