Blog by Tag: Voyagers

On Friday, Astley Park School participated in Remembrance Day activities and traditions.

Throughout school, learners were presented with many fabulous activities and learning opportunities to support them experience and learn all about Remembrance Day.

Our Explorers, had ample…

Black History Month is celebrated in October in the UK and Astley Park School is proud to celebrate Black History Month with a focus on, 'Saluting our Sisters'.  This is intended to build awareness, educate and share lived experiences of Black women.  The theme of ‘Saluting our Sisters’ highlights…

This week classes at Astley Park have been focussing on smashing stereotypes. Stereotypes restrict the ways in which we see ourselves, others and the world around us. They make us jump to conclusions, which can stop us from getting an accurate picture.  We have been learning…

Astley Park School have a had a very colourful week as they explore rainbows, families and diversity as part of Rainbow Week celebrations! 

Rainbow week is a joyful and colourful display of love, unity, and respect, with lots of activities to promote inclusivity, opportunities to educate, and…

This week classes have been invited to join in Remembrance Day traditions throughout school.

Each teacher has planned meaningful and engaging activities surrounding the theme of ‘War’ and ‘Remembrance’.

Learners have been exposed to different learning focuses and learning new facts through a…

In Willow class we enjoyed our DT topic making musical instruments last term. Miss Riley and the teachers were so impressed and could tell the children were ready for an enterprise project this term to put their planning and design skills to the test!

Our first enterprise project is looking at…

What a brilliant day in Willow class! 
Lots of friends wore costumes or their own clothes to celebrate Halloween and everyone had lots of fun with the masks and props.

In the morning we listened to a spooky story about skeletons scaring people and feeling scared. We had a good chat about what…

Wow what a start to the year! We have all had a lovely first two weeks in Willow class making new friends and getting to know each other.

We have enjoyed lots of play and learning activities to help get to know our new friends and help our teachers see how to support us best in this new…

Willow and Sycamore had a lovely morning working on our healthy eating choices and love of fruit!

We were very lucky and had a special visitor- Lucia from ASDA. Lucia brought in lots of different fruits for us all to try. We shared what our favourite fruits are and which fruits we have tried…

Friday was our last day all together as Willow class 2021-22! 
We had a lovely day together and celebrated in style. In the morning we had our last swimming session where Mrs Smith initiated a class water fight much to the children’s delight! We all got soaked and enjoyed taking I in turns to…

This afternoon children from Willow class and Sycamore class were invited to join other Chorley schools for a football skills session at westway sports centre.

We practiced looking after our own ball, taking the ball from opponents, shooting, dribbling the ball and passing to friends. All the…

For our end of year treat Willow class went on Safari on Thursday! 
We enjoyed the Safari drive to spot the animals and use our maps to predict what was coming next, Looking at where the animals would live in the wild.

Next we enjoyed watching the sea lion show. Willow class loved when the sea…