Blog Author: Mrs Bretherton

Wow, what a fantastic first week we have had in 7A. We have spent lots of time this week getting to know each other and making lots of new friends.

On Monday we looked at photos from the summer holidays and shared with the class what we had been up to. On Wednesday morning we had a go at…

On Friday 11G went bowling for Rose’s 16th birthday. As always everyone enjoyed the hospitality at Escape Venue, especially the yummy food.

We were BOWLED over by the wonderful manners of each and every member of the class, making us proud as always. 

We had a fantastic time!

A big…

This week we have celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi - also known as The Festival of Colours. Together the class worked in groups to make their own colourful Holi pictures, using various painting methods. Some of the class also took part in a colour run outside, wearing white t-shirts and…

This week we have been celebrating friendship week. We have been talking about what it means to be a friend and have discussed the different qualities that each of us have.

On Monday this week we wore odd socks to show that everyone is different. The learners in class designed and coloured…

As part of Duke of Edinburgh award the learners will be undertaking many different activities to enable them to achieve their award.

Every week we will be visiting the gym to cover the physical element of the award. Everyone in 11G have worked so hard in the gym already and have amazed us with…

Welcome back everyone. We hope you’ve all had a lovely summer.

WOW, Year 11 already! It has been lovely to see everyone back in class this week and to hear all of the wonderful things that they have been up to over the holidays.

We have had a busy and fun filled week this week. We have…

As part of their ASDAN work 10G have planned and prepared a birthday party for 3 members of their class.

The first task was choosing what party food we were going to have. After lots of suggestions (some of us wanted a roast dinner on our buffet) we managed to narrow down the list to a few…

This week it has been Sports Week at Astley Park School. We have taken part in lots of different sporting activities over the course of the week. We have taken full advantage of the beautiful weather and have spent lots of our time outside enjoying the sunshine.

Monday was our turn for the…

This week at Astley Park School we have celebrated Rainbow Week, as part of Pride month. We have been talking about how we are all different which makes us all special. We enjoyed learning about families and how they can all be different, but still equally as wonderful. 

As part of the…

As part of our ASDAN work we have been visiting Chorley library. As we do every Monday afternoon, we walked from school to the library using our road safety skills to ensure that we kept safe. 

Once at the library we throughly enjoyed having a look around at all of the books and choosing…

This week at Astley Park School we have celebrated the Buddhist festival of Wesak. 

In 10G we have been learning about Wesak and what the festival is about. We learnt that Wesak is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and during this time Buddhists collect food and donate it to…

We had the most exciting day in 10G today celebrating Thomas’ 15th birthday. Thomas’ mum kindly invited us to Gator Golf for fun and food.

We had such an amazing time playing golf, a couple of the class even managed to get a hole in one. We have spent the afternoon eating yummy food and playing…