
St Andrew’s Day in 11R
Today in 11R we have learned so much about St Andrew the patron saint of Scotland. We started with word searches and crosswords which introduced us to some new words. Then we watched the story of St Andrew and did some guided reading from a Powerpoint. Some of us did a sequencing activity to help…

Celebrating St Andrews Day in 11G
We were all excited today in 11G for two reasons- tomorrow we can officially start to talk about Christmas and today we were going to learn all about St Andrew.
At the beginning of the lesson we really didn’t know very much about the patron saint of Scotland, but after listening to a…

St Andrew’s Day Celebrations at Astley Park School!
On Tuesday 30th November, we will be celebrating St Andrew’s Day in classes. Some classes will be celebrating this through sensory play with water, some will be focusing on the story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand, whilst others while be exploring the life of St Andrew using information…

9R Diwali and crafts 5/11/21
What a fun and busy week 9R have had during the week, researching facts of interest about the festival of light which is celebrated by Hindus world wide , creating and building bridges and also some pupils got the opportunity to sew beautiful craft squares with a renowned artist, Victoria…

Diwalli in Chestnut Class
This week in Chestnut Class we have been learning about Diwalli and the Festival of Light through Attention Autism, music, food, creating Diyas and expressive art. During Attention Autism Stage 1 we enjoyed looking at all the lights and coloured ribbons and during Stage 2 Miss Spear created a…

A Busy Week and a New Look 11R
On their return to school this week 11R received their leavers hoodies which they all look very smart in. A big thank you to 11G staff from all of us for arranging them.
This week there have been lots of activities going on. We have continued with our Environmental Awareness module looking at…

7P Celebrate Diwali and Bonfire Night
7P have settled in very well after their half term holidays. It was great to talk about what they had all been up to and look at pictures too!
This week 7P have been learning about Diwali through My Thinking and Problem Solving and My Communication. Learners in 7P have shown that they can…

Beech class celebrate Diwali and Bonfire night
Beech class has been looking at all of the colours for Diwali, we had a lovely sensory tray with lots of colourful sand and glitter. We made a glittery candle to celebrate the festival of light, and we had some Indian music and dancing on the screen to watch too.
For Bonfire night we melted…

11G Finding out about Diwali
Today 11G found out lots of new information about Diwali.
We looked at power points and had fun using the internet to help us find the answers to Miss Robertson question sheet. We looked at rangoli patterns and made some of our own…..great fun.
Elephants are an important symbol in…

Celebrating Divali in Willow class
Today in Willow class we were learning all about Divali! We looked at what Divali actually means- what is it and how is it celebrated? The children enjoyed talking about the special celebration and ways it is celebrated using special food, music, decorations and lights. Some of the children drew…

Celebrating Diwali in 7A 2021
7A have had a very busy week learning all about Diwali.
The children have been amazing this week asking lots of questions and showing lots of interest learning about Diwali ‘the festival of light’ .
We have read the story or Rama and Sita and answered questions to show our understanding of…

Happy Diwali from 8A!
Today we are celebrating Diwali in school. 8A thought about what we had learnt last year about Diwali as part of our Year 7 “celebrations” theme. We could remember that Hindus celebrate Diwali and that they get presents at Diwali. Mrs Crouch reminded us that Diwali was the festival of light and we…