Blog Author: Ms Spear

Maple class love stories and books so we were excited for World Book Day! Harrison brought one of his favourite books to class ‘Superworm!’ (I love this one too!) and shared it with myself and his friends. Maple class enjoyed lots of activities linked to The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss in the…

Astley Park School had a fantastic time on Wednesday 8th March as we celebrated the Hindu festival of Colour known as Holi.  Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates Spring, Love and new life. Holi is a colour festival, with dancing, singing and throwing powder paint and coloured water. It marks…

As part of our ‘Emergency, Emergency!’ topic, Maple class have been exploring the important roles of Nurses and how they help us. We have enjoyed our Sensory story, “Ouch! I need a plaster!” and located body parts by placing plasters on dollies. We have been counting and finding one less and…

On Friday 3rd February Maple Class headed to the Space Centre in Preston. we had a fantastic time with our friends, accessing the swing for vestibular input, the fibre optics for visual and tactile stimulation and the responsive flooring which gave audio and visual feedback when pressed. We had a…

I visited Maple Class on 17th January as part of the Governor- Class partnership and Religious Education Week. I spent time with the wonderful learners and hard working staff in Maple as they explored the Islamic Faith. Myself,  Mrs Smith and a small group of learners made delicious sweets…

Maple Class have had a fantastic week exploring the Islamic Faith through Attention Autism, dress up, creative work, cooking and music. We have tasted traditional foods and made sweets eaten at Eid using our fabulous communication skills to make requests, follow instructions and take turns. We…

Maple Class have started their new Spring topic - Emergency, Emergency! where we will look at all the very important people who help us. This week we have focussed on the special jobs that fire fighters do. We have explored this through Attention Autism, fine motor skills,  sensory exploration,…

Maple Class have been been springing into action today exploring different equipment to regulate our bodies. We’ve been coordinating our bodies to climb on different levels of apparatus, balance along the benches and jump landing with both feet at the same time! We’ve been passing the balls in…

Holiday Heroes have had a fantastic three days as we head towards Christmas. On Tuesday Group 1 accessed The Space Centre where we enjoyed the ball pool, the swing, slide, tunnel and cause and effect toys! On Wednesday group 1 had a visit from The Animal Therapist - Steven Allday who enjoyed…

On Friday 2nd December and Friday 9th December, we welcomed parents to join us for the morning to share in our Christmas crafts and see how we learn Maple Class.  Firstly we enjoyed Attention Autism Stages 1,2 and 3 where we created a Christmas Tree decorated with coloured confetti then during…

Today Maple Class celebrated their Class Christmas Party! This morning we enjoyed a festive themed sensory circuit in the Hall and Attention Autism. At lunch we had party food and snacks and during the afternoon we played pass the parcel, pin the star on the Christmas Tree and enjoyed our…

On Tuesday Maple Class went to Brew and Buddies with our friends from Rowan Class for our end of term trip. We enjoyed lots of soft play, racing our friends on the slides, cause and effect toys and climbing! We loved being with our friends and it was great to be back together again!

Thanks to…