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On Tuesday we were very excited to go on a visit to Lancaster Castle which concludes our learning of the Pendle Witch trials.

We were very lucky to have a guided tour of the castle, this included the men’s prison and the women’s prison. We had a look inside some of the cells and the guide…

This week in maths we have continued with working on the four operations, focusing on division Some of us have learnt what sharing is, how to use physical resources to help us share and also how to use factors to divide large numbers by 2-digit numbers! 

In Picture News on Monday, the question…

This week in picture news 11A looked at the wildfires in America, specifically in Los Angeles.

We watched a news reel and some interviews with people who had been evacuated from their homes. We then discussed about what has caused the fires, what help was in place for both the people and the…

This week in class 9P, we have been busy with lots of different lessons and activities.

On Monday, we have been focusing on our phonics, picture news and reading. 
We have also been focusing on our road safety, and with the weather being so bad outside we practised using the car mat in class.…

During World Religion Week, 9P we looked at the different religions and beliefs. Looking at the different Gods and places of worship. 

The children watched a PowerPoint and discussed the different beliefs from around the world. Looking at similarities such as the Holy book, places of…

We’ve had a fantastic first week back in 9P! 

On Monday, we did Phonics, Picture News and PSHE in the morning. They did really well in their decision making activities linked to road safety and social skills. We also made a group decision on where we want to go on our reward class trip before…

Happy New Year and welcome back.

7A have settled back into school life very well this week and what a cold week it has been. 7A have been wrapped up this week enjoying playing in the snow.

During our Nuture Time everyone showed fantastic school values using Teamwork to work together on…

Today, Josh and Owen visited Brothers of Charity at Lisieux Hall. They have been tasked with producing a promotional media video to advertise their sensory areas of the venue. They were able to have a tour around the media department and meet with staff and service users. During the afternoon they…

That’s it folks, last week of school in 2024 and boy has it been busy!!!

On Monday our learners performed twice in our Astley Park’s got Talent show. Everyone had a great time and we hope you agree that they all did an amazing job!!!! Well done 7A.

On Tuesday we had our community visit to…

9P have had a fantastic last two weeks of term! We have been to the cinema to watch Moana 2 as our belated Autumn 1 reward trip and we’ve been to Chill Factor and McDonald’s for our Autumn 2 reward trip. The children behaved amazingly on both trips and we had such a fantastic time! 
 

They…

Well what brilliant Christmas celebrations for year 11, a meal at The Astley pub and party day, great fun had by all!

What a super Christmassy day, we were served our Christmas lunch by Mr Welch and Mrs Ashcroft we enjoyed some Christmas singing and cracker jokes, a traditional Christmas lunch.

After we went to Chorley for our Secret Santa shopping, we all had our secret list of ideas for our friends we had…