8 Jul

Sycamore share ‘The Snail and The Whale’

 

Sycamore have had a wonderful afternoon sharing their learning from the summer term and would like to thank the family members who were able to join us today for our Sharing our Learning event. 

 

We shared a video of all our hard work on the story of ‘The Snail and The Whale’ and…

13 May

Mental Health Awareness Week in Sycamore!

Sycamore have been exploring activities this week to help them think about their feelings and the choices that they make. 

 

We have been enjoying circle times and talking about feelings and what makes us ‘happy’ or ‘sad’. We have also been talking about what we can do to make us happy and…

13 May

Sycamore Celebrate Eid!

This week Sycamore have been busy learning new facts about ‘Islam’ and the festival of ‘Eid’.

 

We have been learning that;

  • Islam is a religion.
  • Muslims are people who follow Islam.
  • Eid is a Muslim festival, celebrated at the end of Ramadan.
  • Ramadan is when grown up Muslims do…
30 Apr

Sycamore Wear Red!

Today we have been celebrating our differences in Sycamore for our ‘Astley Park Wears Red’ day.

Sycamore enjoyed a morning of activities including, circle time and portrait crafts. 

During our circle time we had a talk about why we are wearing red - Sycamore were great at sharing their ideas…

23 Mar

Easter Card Competition

Last week some of the children throughout school got busy to help school enter an Easter competition that Chorley police station is running to win lots of Easter eggs.

 

The children got very creative making cards with Easter egg prints, finger print Chicks, hand print Chicks and sheep. The…

19 Mar

Red Nose Day in Sycamore!

Today Sycamore Class have enjoyed celebrating Red Nose Day! 
 

In class we have our very own Red Nose Day competition; creating and designing a red nose just for us. We were challenged to use different colours, drawings, patterns and to be as neat as we could. To make our challenge even harder…

12 Mar

Sycamore all back together!

It has been a very busy week here in Sycamore! 

 

We have loved seeing all our friends and hearing what they have been up to while they have been at home. 

 

This week we have been looking at the story of the little red hen. We loved the story, asking lots of questions and making…

4 Mar

World Book Week in Sycamore

We have been very busy in Sycamore class this week, We have been focussing on the story of Lost and Found. We have enjoyed hearing all about the boy and the penguin. We discussed how the boy and the penguin could get to the south pole and how the penguin was feeling at different parts in the…

25 Feb

‘Different Families, Same Love’ in Sycamore.

This week we have been very busy in Sycamore class. Our theme has been ‘Different Families, Same Love’ we have looked at how families may vary and what family means to us. We enjoyed seeing our friends and listening to the story of ‘Part of the Party’ and hearing how the plan for the party had…

22 Feb

Different Families, Same Love - An Information Blog for Parents

Different Families, Same Love

LGBT+ History Month is celebrated in February in the UK. This week, Astley Park School is proud to celebrate LGBT History Month through exploring different family types. 

  • All learners will be working towards our weekly six star challenge in which all…
11 Feb

Sycamore Class Week 6

Sycamore Class have enjoyed our Teams calls this week.....on Monday we did movement incorporating our animal theme. We moved like a Gorilla, a Flamingo, a Frog, and a Kangaroo everyone in class and at home did really well and had great fun acting out the different animals!

On Weds morning we…

8 Feb

100 laps for Captain Sir Tom Moore

Over the next week pupils and staff at Astley Park will be attempting to walk a total of 100 laps of the school track or if learning from home around their local area or gardens in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore who became the nation’s hero last spring after raising more than £32m for the NHS…