8 Dec

Christmas Party Afternoon in Sycamore Class

This afternoon Sycamore class enjoyed a Christmas party afternoon with Mrs Crouch. We started the afternoon with an attention autism session where we pulled Christmas crackers and put on our party hats. We then played pass the parcel, musical statues and pin the nose on Rudolph. We enjoyed party…

24 Nov

Christmas festivities begin in Sycamore Class!

As part of our “The World About Me” topic of festivals, we are beginning to think about Christmas in Sycamore class. We are learning that Christmas is about giving as well as receiving gifts. Today we experienced receiving a present during our Christmas present attention autism session. We wished…

18 Nov

You’ve Got a Friend in Me in 10G

On Monday we all made a friend a friendship band, some of us chose friends in class whilst others chose friends in different class and even a member of staff was given a band.

We decided it was nice when someone does something kind for someone else.

On Tuesday we added to our self portraits…

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…

3 Nov

Bonfire Night Safety in Sycamore

This half term, Mrs Crouch will be teaching The World About Me in Sycamore Class on Thursday mornings. As part of the class theme, All Around The World, we will be learning all about festivals. Today we learnt about how to keep safe on Bonfire Night. 

One group worked with Mr Flavell in the…

20 Oct

7A visit Pumpkin Patch Farm

What a great day 7A have had!!!

We visited Pumpkin Patch Farm in Scarisbrick. We were met by James who showed us where everything was then off we went.

We walked up and down the field in our wellies looking at all the different shapes, sizes and colours of pumpkins. There were orange, green,…

7 Oct

7A Building friendships at Legoland.

7A went to Legoland in Manchester this week. We have been looking forward to it allllllll week and it didn’t disappoint!

When we arrived we had to queue up, while queuing up we saw some of what was to come, Hagrid, Darth Vader and tubes full of Lego. 
7A then got into the lift, which was very…

8 Jul

You’ve Got a Friend in 9G!

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…

1 Jul

Park Fridays in 8A

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…

24 Jun

Lancashire Careers Hub Conference 2022 #inspiringlancashire @InspiraforLife @LancsSkillsHub

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…

20 Jun

Rainbow week in Willow class

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…

17 Jun

10G Celebrate Rainbow Week

This week at Astley Park School we have celebrated Rainbow Week, as part of Pride month. We have been talking about how we are all different which makes us all special. We enjoyed learning about families and how they can all be different, but still equally as wonderful. 

As part of the…