11R

This week 11R have been taking part in an action packed boot-camp. We had plenty of equipment to use and were even lucky enough to get some new battle ropes. Everyone in the class tried super hard and really worked up a sweat! 

Today we celebrated Mental Health Awareness Day. We started the…

Parents were invited to join our Macmillian Coffee Morning virtually over TEAMS.

We did a quiz on sweets and chocolate. We were in three teams called - Mourinho KSI,  We're the Employees of Mcdonalds and We're struggling and Man United 235. 

We had Team Leaders, writers and helpers and we…

Wow what an energetic first few weeks back for our class. We have been learning about the different coloured zones and how we may feel in each of them. Furthermore Mrs McDonnell has had the class working out with various movement exercises. The class joined in some boot camp style fitness and also…

What a busy few days we have had!

Our amazing plans for our Green Zone bags have been completed and our bags are looking fantastic. We have worked really hard on thinking about what we need to do to keep or move into the Green Zone and have tried a range of different activities to see if these…

This week we have been Working on our Covid story and thinking about things we enjoy and things we found challenging during lockdown. We are going to use our ideas to make a presentation to share with our friends.

We have also been doing lots of different activities around the Zones of…

This week pupils returned to school to celebrate their time at Astley Park. 

Over the two days pupils made keyrings, painting rocks, decorated ties for a game of pin the tie on Mr Welsh. We played party games, shared our favourite memories. pupils shared an afternoon tea and popped party…

This week has been one of mixed feelings. A mixture of nerves and excitement for our next steps.

pupils were invited back into school in their college cohorts to focus on what college will be like. We looked at our college websites, completed challenges set by college, joined in teams…

As this week is Sports week, here are some suggested activities to keep you busy throughout the week! 

I look forward to seeing your pictures remember to blog them on Purple Mash or upload them to EFL

Disney active 10 minute games

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities 

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Breathing is a great way to focus the mind. It can stop unwanted distractions and help us to concentrate on what is important. 

Try this:

• Stand or sit for this activity.
• Put both hands on your belly.
• Close your eyes, or look down to your hands.
• You may like to count “1, 2, 3” for…

This week pupils were challenged to complete 'All About Me' documents and/or videos to be passed on to their colleges. Well done to those who did this. I have forwarded these and spoken with your future tutors. They are very excited to be working with you. 

Learning from home isn't all…

We've had a busy week in 11R. We've talked about our feelings and what we can do to help ourselves if we are feeling worried. We have practised "Take 5 breathing" and had a go at meditation - Cosmic Kids Rainbow Waterfall which made us feel calm and ready to work. We talked about different…

In a world of uncertainty like we are currently in we need to look for the positives. This weeks mindfulness activity is for you to fill a jar of dandelions and for each dandelion you place in the jar, think of something positive about moving on to college. It may be that you are excited to meet…