Blog by Tag: Rowan Class

Rowan Class have had a lovely week, lots of super learning and lots of fun. We particularly enjoyed our hot chocolate and story in the woods, as a reward for our brilliant independent walking around school. Me and My Body was such good fun too, and we even had a go on the body boards! We will…

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…

On this special day, the pupils of Astley Park have been getting very artsy producing some amazing arts and crafts ideas to pay respect on Remembrance Day! The children have all had their creative hats on and have made some fantastic tributes!

Rowan Class have been busy learning about and celebrating Diwali this week. We read a story about a young boy and his Diwali experience, and made some brilliant sentences about different pictures from the story. We made diya lamps from clay and tried different foods. 

This week we also…

Victoria Hough is an artist who specialises in working with groups of children to create exciting pieces of art. We invited her into Astley Park School to help us create a masterpiece to incorporate our new school values of Kindness, Respect, Honesty, Positivity and Teamwork. Victoria worked with…

Congratulations to Class 7P who are the winners of our Halloween Pumpkin competition.  Mr Welsh and Mrs Millard were our judges for today and had a difficult decision due to the fantastic effort classes had made.

Mr Welsh presented 7P class and all the other classes with some lovely halloween…

Rowan Class have enjoyed learning about Autumn this week. We have been on a senses walk, finding lots of things we can see, smell, hear, touch and then we came back to class to taste snack. We have worked hard making brilliant sentences about different Autumn pictures, counted acorns, leaves and…

Rowan Class have worked very hard this week with their phonics. Sound Bingo, matching initial sounds to pictures, blending sounds to make words and we finished the week off with a lovely initial sounds walk with Coco! It was so much fun, the sun stayed out and we all had a turn walking Coco.…

This week Rowan Class have been showing off their number, writing, and reading skills as we are in the assessment phase of the term, getting ready for target setting soon. Everyone worked very hard, showing lots of determination! We have enjoyed the story The Colour Monster, and we were able to…

Rowan Class have had a very busy and fun first week! We have made lots of friends, old and new and enjoyed exploring our new classroom and outdoor area. We have done lots of painting, singing, climbing, building and shared lots of stories. Well done to all Rowan Class, enjoy your weekend and we…

Pupil Of The Year Award In Rowan 

Jaden won the ‘Pupil Of The Year Aware In Rowan’ for coming on leaps and bounds from his first day at Astley Park School in September. He has grown in confidence around the school and has developed some good friendships with his peers in Rowan class. He…

This half term Rowan class have been learning all about the Vikings.  

Vikings lived in a long, narrow building called a longhouse. Most had timber frames and thatched roofs. Viking jewellery was beautifully made, using materials ranging from gold to simple animal bones. Both men and women…