16 Jan

World Religion Week in Oak Class

This week we have focused our learning around the Islamic faith as part of our World Religion celebrations!

On Monday, our topic was introduced through attention autism, we enjoyed dressing up during stage 3 in traditional clothes. We also explored frozen fruit as a media for painting, we chose…

12 Jan

9A visit to Chorley Mosque

In preparation for World Religion Week, where 9A will be learning about Islam, 9A went on a visit to Chorley Mosque to gain knowledge of the Muslim faith. We were very lucky because Mr Maher, one of our governors, came with us too.
 

When we arrived at the Mosque, Mubeen, the Imam (religious…

21 Dec

Willow class go see Santa at the farm!

As a special rewards treat for hard work all year, Willow. Lass went to Smithills farm to see the animals and a special visitor… Father Christmas!

We went to see the lovely donkeys just like in the Christmas story on our way in. Then we went to see the meerkats, wombats, owls and lots of…

12 Dec

Willow class visit Barton Grange and enjoy their Christmas Party


What a lovely week of festivities for Willow class! 
We started the week with an amazing trip to Barton Grange garden centre to look at the Christmas decorations. As part of our RE topic of Festivals and celebrations we have started work to learn about the Christian celebrations of Christmas.…

8 Dec

Maple Class Party Day!

Today Maple Class celebrated their Class Christmas Party! This morning we enjoyed a festive themed sensory circuit in the Hall and Attention Autism. At lunch we had party food and snacks and during the afternoon we played pass the parcel, pin the star on the Christmas Tree and enjoyed our…

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…

20 May

10G Celebrate Wesak

This week at Astley Park School we have celebrated the Buddhist festival of Wesak. 

In 10G we have been learning about Wesak and what the festival is about. We learnt that Wesak is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and during this time Buddhists collect food and donate it to…

17 May

Happy Wesak!

On Monday, all pupils celebrated Wesak (Buddha Day). The Buddhist festival celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. Pupils explored the story of Buddha in ways appropriate to their pathway and worked hard creating mandalas which were entered into the APS Mandala Contest, the…

6 May

Eid Mubarak

This week we have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr across school.

Eid al-Fitr (which means ‘festival to break the fast’) marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. Ramadan teaches self-discipline, self-control, sacrifice and empathy.

Pupils have celebrated by participating in a…

6 May

Rowan Class celebrate Eid

Rowan Class have enjoyed celebrating Eid this week, and exploring the Muslim religion.

We read stories about Eid, and discussed other religions and their special days/celebrations.

We decorated some traditional lanterns, and designed some lovely Mehndi patterns. In cooking we made some…

28 Apr

Governor Blog - Mr Maher

I was invited into school on Friday 22nd April 2022, along with a Jewish faith leader to join staff and pupils celebrating the Jewish festival of Passover. 

Passover is a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.  I thoroughly enjoyed joining…