Blog by Tag: Willow Class

Astley Park School are proud to be celebrating World Religion Week next week (15/01/24-19/01/24).

Each class has been allocated a different religion to learn about though a variety of lessons and experiences across the week. Please see the list below to see what religions individual classes…

Willow class have had a week jam packed with Christmas events.

Everybody was very excited to perform in the Christmas shows on Monday and Tuesday, then on Wednesday we had a class trip to Escape Entertainment Centre where our pupils took part in ten pin bowling. We practised our road safety…

On Wednesday, pupils from Willow class attended an Inclusive Festival run by Chorley Sports Partnership at All Seasons Leisure Centre. There were lots of sports to try including dodgeball, volleyball, football and basketball. We also enjoyed dancing to Christmas music and throwing snowballs at the…

In Willow class this week, we enjoyed holding a Sharing Our Learning event where parents were able to join their children making melting snowman biscuits, completing Christmas crafts and watching PowerPoint presentations that some pupils had made about themselves. 

We enjoyed walking to Asda on…

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…

Another week has flown by in Willow class, please read on to learn about some of the fantastic work we’ve been doing…….

In My Communication, we have started to focus on our handwriting and letter formation, everyone enjoyed getting their fingers warmed up for writing with Play-dough Gym. We…

It’s been great to see our fantastic Willow pupils back in school and we have all enjoyed hearing about what they did in the holidays. 
On Tuesday, we celebrated Halloween by holding a party in class. Children were invited to wear fancy dress costumes, they made Halloween crafts, they played…

On Wednesday some of our Willow class pupils attended a Chorley Sports Partnership bowling competition at Escape in Chorley.

We competed against five other schools, having lots of fun taking turns and cheering on our friends. 

Once all the schools had finished there was an awards ceremony,…

Last year 11G made a Makaton video showing lots of spooky signs.

Have fun practicing your scary signs and share them with your class team.

Happy Halloween 

It’s been another busy week in Willow class, we have reached the end of this half term and everyone in Willow class is very excited about the holidays (and Halloween)!

This week, we have continued our focus on money and have been practicing counting, adding and multiplying in our toy shop. We…

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…

We’ve had a fantastic time in Willow class this week.

We’ve continued exploring puppets as part of our Toybox topic and whilst half of the children were swimming, the others planned and performed their own puppet shows.

We had a maths challenge this week when Mrs Mahood brought in a big…