15 Sep

9A Goes Bananas

We have had another fantastic week in 9A this week. On Monday we painted our papier-mâché  planets and they are looking great. Tuesday we went on a wet walk through the woods at Haigh hall where all the pupils loved looking out for woodland creatures and exploring. On Wednesday we had our first…

10 Jan

Reverse Advent 2022


Today myself, our School councillor and deputy from 11R  delivered all of the donations that we had collected during advent to our local Food Bank!

We had planned to go as a class- but unfortunately due to the weather we couldn’t!

A big Thank You to everybody that sent in donations-…

15 Dec

Bowling Fun!

Yesterday the School Councillors enjoyed a visit to Escape Entertainment, to say thank you for helping with our recent interviews in school. The pupils and staff enjoyed a game of bowling followed by a fantastic lunch. The bowling was very competitive but all the pupils supported and encouraged…

7 Nov

Welcome to the School Council 2022-2023

Today we have welcomed our new school councillors and their deputies for this school year. We all met for a delicious breakfast which included a pain au chocolat and drink of hot chocolate. Miss Della Fera and Mrs Patterson gave out the new school councillor badges and welcomed each pupil to the…

1 Nov

Poppy Appeal 2022

Over the next couple of weeks Year 11 will be coming around to classes each day selling poppies and other Remembrance day items- we are suggesting a  minimum £1 donation for paper poppies- and £1.50 for the snap bands, key-rings, zip pulls and wrist bands- ( these items are very popular and go…

11 Mar

Astley Park take part in The School Games Baton Relay

To celebrate the Commonwealth Games being hosted in this country, and the Queen’s Jubilee year, the school took part in the Lancashire School Games Baton Relay. Members of the school council, together with participating classes, provided a welcoming party for teachers and pupils from St Mary’s…

8 Dec

School Council have their say!

Over the past few weeks the School Council have been busy meeting with Mr Welsh to discuss our new school values and have their say. They have all learnt the signs for our new values, which are; Kindness, Respect, Honesty, Positivity and Teamwork and have been busy teaching these to their classes.…

10 Nov

10G’s Busy Day

10G have had a busy, but fantastic day today, we were very excited to join in with Children in Need and we saw some lovely Pudsey clothes and accessories around school. We had double celebrations is class today as Miss McPartlin celebrated her birthday with some yummy cake! 

Charlie did a…

22 Sep

Macmillan Raffle

As part of our fundraising for Macmillan we are going to be holding a raffle to raise as much money as possible. Several local businesses have kindly donated some raffle prizes, including...  

  • A cream tea for two at The Old Stables Vintage Tea Shop 

  • A box of 6 brownies from One…

10 Sep

10R Together Again

This week we all returned to school refreshed and ready to find out what being in year 10 is like. We were welcomed into class by Mrs Tolan, Mrs Cobham and Mrs O’Reilly.

It was really nice to see each other again after 6 long weeks at home, to catch up and just chat.

We have spent some time…

5 Oct

Our Amazing Macmillan Coffee Morning

Thank-you to everyone who joined in with our virtual Macmillan Coffee Morning, it was a great success and everyone had a fantastic time. All classes took park and completed some brilliant activities within class, including holding a Teams meeting with parents and carers so they could join in from…

2 Oct

What Makes Us Happy ... Being Together! & 9G Macmillan Coffee Morning!

Wow, what an amazing first whole week back 9G have had! Everyone has coped very well, and we have had so much fun being back together!

On Monday, we continued to look at our feelings, recognising what makes us happy, sad, cross, or scared. We explored this through the story ‘What makes us…