Blog by Tag: Rowan Class

Black History Month is celebrated in October in the UK and Astley Park School is proud to celebrate Black History Month with a focus on, 'Saluting our Sisters'.  This is intended to build awareness, educate and share lived experiences of Black women.  The theme of ‘Saluting our Sisters’ highlights…

Rowan class have all worked so hard this week. We have been to the park continuing our travel training skills. We have made biscuits and used our creative skills to turn them into some very cute hedgehogs, they were delicious! We also enjoyed our music lesson, lots of us liked the recorder and…

We have had a lovely week in Rowan Class. 

As part of Me and My Body we have been practicing fundamental skills including: running, skipping, jumping, balancing, catching and throwing. We all did very well and really impressed our teachers with our instruction following.

Have a lovely…

We have been supporting both Jeans for Genes Day and Macmillan Coffee Morning in Rowan Class.

We enjoyed some lovely cakes at snack time and used some great communication to request the different coloured cakes.

We designed jeans and decorated them and found lots of words beginning with the…

On Friday children and staff were invited to wear jeans or blue clothing to help raise awareness and funding for  genetic conditions. Classes all across school engaged in ways meaningful to them, from Jean based crafts and sensory stories, coloured themed Attention Autism to circle time…

This week classes at Astley Park have been focussing on smashing stereotypes. Stereotypes restrict the ways in which we see ourselves, others and the world around us. They make us jump to conclusions, which can stop us from getting an accurate picture.  We have been learning…

This week we have been enjoying a community visit to the park.

We all walked very sensibly, holding hands and looking for dangers.

At the park we enjoyed exploring all the different areas with our friends.

Well done all and have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Down and the Rowan Class Team

We have had a very busy week in Rowan Class.

We have explored textures in My Creativity - making ice creams and flowers with smooth and rough materials. We have used some brilliant communication to comment on fruits we like and enjoyed making cakes in cooking, using some fantastic problem…

We have had a lovely first week back in Rowan Class!

The sun has been shining and we have made lots of new friendships. We have enjoyed exploring both class and school and getting to know each other. 

Have a lovely weekend all!

Mrs Down and the Rowan Class Team

We have had lovely year in Rowan Class.

Enjoying lots of different topics including Down at the Farm, Around the World and Emergency Emergency Emergency!

We have all made fantastic progress and had lots of fun along the way.

Highlights of the year include visiting the farm, the zoo and…

We had a lovely end of term trip to the farm this week.

We fed lots of animals including: sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, cows and horses. We enjoyed a lovely tractor ride to see the donkeys and horses, and had lots of fun on the play park.

We ate lunch in the barn and then watched the cows…

On Friday 30th June we celebrated our Primary Awards and Year 6 Graduation.

Parents and carers were invited to join in the celebrations! The event was streamed in school so pupils and teachers from other classes could also watch. 

Our Year 6 graduates were given certificates, goody bags &…