Blog by Tag: Understanding the World

Willow class are very good at ordering food for snack time and paying using our snack money so we have been putting these skills to the test out in the community!

Last week willow class went to Asda cafe to practice asking for what they’d like, listening to the total needed and finding the…

This week 10R have been learning all about diversity and inclusivity.

We have learnt about how Families come in all different sizes and shapes and how this is wonderful. 
10R showed a fantastic knowledge of how to be inclusive and what diversity means. 
We are all proud to be us and how each…

Wow! What an absolutely fantastic day we have all had celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee at the Astley Park Funfair!! Pupils and staff have enjoyed a day full of excitement and nobody could keep a smile off their face when they walked into the school decorated in red, white and…

What a wonderfully time 9R have had this week…

Yesterday we travelled on the mini bus to The Fylde rugby club to take part in a Tag Rugby inter schools competition alongside nine other schools.

What a fabulous fun and very active time we had, the pupils played so well and it was heartwarming…

8A worked hard on Wednesday our focus was Mental Health Week and Loneliness. During circle time we looked at a PowerPoint and talked about  how it would feel to be lonely. Everyone in class had some really good ideas and were able to talk about how to be a good friend if they thought a friend was…

This week the children have done some magnificent money work in maths. The children used role play to work in small groups visiting the shop, selecting games and items of different amounts . Each child had £10 to spend , when selecting items from the shop they was able to work out weather or not…

This week in 7a we have enjoyed orienteering in PE. The children have shown great listening and communication skills in this terms PE with a difference. They have been working in groups independently to explore the grounds of school to find multiple musical instruments hidden around the forest and…

In Sycamore for International Woman’s Day we learnt about what International Woman’s Day is and why we celebrate it. We looked at how throughout history, women have been treated differently to men. We talked about how women was not allowed to vote and how in some job roles, men were paid more than…

Today is International Women’s Day! In 8A we have had a brilliant whole class discussion this morning. Some of the pupils asked why there isn’t an “international men’s day”. We looked at how, throughout history, women have been treated differently to men. We talked about how women didn’t used to…

10R had lots of fun researching and learning all about the Chinese New Year. We learned that 2022 is the year of the Tiger and that the learners in 10R were born either in the year of the dog or the year of the pig.

We watched the story of how the Emperor challenged the animals to race across…

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…

Today we looked at Remembrance Day. We listened to Mrs Cobham read her Uncle Bert’s memories of being a soldier in WWII and listened to his thoughts and feelings about war. Mrs Cobham shared some photos of Uncle Bert’s time as a soldier and some photos of her family.

We listened to a beautiful…