Blog by Tag: Understanding the World

We have had a wonderful day in Sycamore exploring Italy 

It was lovely to see everyone wearing red, green or white. 

This morning we have been learning about Leonardo da Vinci. We found out that Leonardo da Vinci lives in Italy and is famous because of his artwork. We learned that…

Today in Willow class we have been learning about The Mona Lisa . 
 

We learned lots of interesting facts about where the painting came from, what events have happened surrounding the Mona Lisa and practised lots of fun Italian words. 
 

The children listened really well and even had a go…

This month Willow class has been learning all about Ramadan and how Muslims practice their faith during this time. We also took part in the Ramadan kindness challenge of daily activities to spread kindness and happiness. 
On Thursday it was Eid so the children learnt all about what Eid is as a…

This week we’ve had Herbology which is all about plants and flowers with Professor Clarke. We all planted sunflower seeds. We are going to look after them by watering and letting them have plenty of sunlight, I wonder who’s will be the tallest.

In language and communication we have been…

Today Willow class learnt about racism and equality- treating all people the same. 

Willow class discussed what it means to be racist and everyone knew this was a bad choice. We talked about how it would make us feel to be treated differently to everyone else. Willow class said treating someone…

8R have had such a busy week this week earning so many team points for Gryffindor and Slytherin. 
We were all sorted into our teams last week and have been earning team points the last 2 weeks. So far... Slytherin have the most points. 
 

This week we have carried on looking at newspapers and…

Thursday 22nd April was Earth day so Astley Park school celebrated in style!

The children learnt about ways in which we can look after our planet, making artwork and posters to inspire  others to keep our world clean and look after it.

Please have a look through a selection of fantastic work…

10G had lots of fun yesterday celebrating World Earth Day. We talked about what we thought World Earth Day first and thought it was something about making good choices with the Earth. Then Miss Robertson read to us and talked to us all about what World Earth Day was. We found out that it has…

This week Willow class have been giving back to our community helping people and nature.

Willow class put their knowledge about British birds into action by designing and creating some fantastic bird feeders. They make sure the feeders were camouflaged to blend in with the environment and all…

8R have had such a busy week this week!

We started our week by looking at why St David’s day is celebrated and thinking about the first day of spring. As you can see in our photos we did some wonderful art work, even Miss Brophy gave it a go.

And Mrs Devlin surprised us all with a lovely…

11G learners both in school and at home had a fantastic World Book Day today, starting with story time. As a class we have been studying animal habitats and at the moment we are looking at Oceans. For World Book Day, we chose the story Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz.…

7A have been working hard today this week. 
 

On Monday in school we practiced our number skills with Mrs Fisher and then went on a materials hunt outside in the afternoon. 
 

On Wednesday we continued to work on our number skills and then in the afternoon continued to learn about the…