8A

First week back in 8A after the Easter holidays. This week we welcomed Mrs Crook into 8A as our new teacher. Mrs Crook will be sharing the teaching with Mrs Lane.

We were only in for 4 days this week so we’ve had to work super hard to fit everything in. We have been learning about first aid and…

The last week of term in 8A and goodbye to Miss Cross.

This week we welcomed family in to our class for sharing our learning, learning about the celebration of Eid. We worked with our families to make lanterns and we got to try different foods that would be eaten during Eid. 

As an end of…

Today 8A have spent time across the day learning about Eid-al-Fitr.

This morning, we participated in a circle time, sharing what we already knew about Eid-al-Fitr, before engaging in learning tasks which entailed using iPads to research about the celebration.

8A shared some of their…

This week in PE we have tried orienteering. We worked in pairs and had to follow a map to find the different signs located around the school. It was pretty tricky, but with determination we managed to follow the map and find what we were looking for. The sunshine was an added bonus.

In Science…

Last week Astley Park went back to the 80’s for Comic Relief. We had lots of fun dancing outside in the sunshine to 80’s music. Lots of people dressed up in 80’s clothes. There was lots of bright colours and frilly tutus. 
 

We really made the most of the sunshine, going out on community…

What a fun filled week we have had in 8A. 

We have taken part in science week and have done some experiments in class. We made a huge mess when making slime…but it was sooo much fun. We made spinning helicopters, built models out of straws and Playdough and did an experiment with milk and food…

This week is careers week. In class we have been looking at different jobs and what jobs we would like to do when we are older. We have had lots of different career ideas - firefighters, theme park workers, farmers, mechanics and more.

We split in to 2 groups and visited the local community,…

8A invited parents, family and carers to join us this afternoon for some activities as part of our Children’s Mental Health Week activities.

We themed our Sharing our Learning session around feelings and emotions. We had a variety of activities looking at labelling feelings, thinking about…

Last Monday, 8A learned about Martin Luther King JR. 8A had never heard of Martin Luther King before and enjoyed learning about him, his important work and why he is famous.

8A participated in a Circle Time session where we shared stories and facts about Martin Luther King JR and watched a…

For World Religion Week 2025, 8A spent time across the week learning about Buddhism.

We explored various elements of the Buddhism religion, including religious values, key beliefs, key symbols and artefacts and we learned the Story of Buddha.

8A participated in an array of activities…

We have been very quiet on the blog front during the Autumn Term but that does not mean we have not been super busy. We have lots to share and show from the Autumn term!

Our theme this term has been ‘Bright Sparks’ and we have explored, encountered and developed skills across the curriculum.…

8A have had a wonderful afternoon celebrating the end of the Autumn Term, with our very special guest, Mrs Crouch, our class governor and the Assistant Head Teacher for KS3!

As a treat for all our hard work we chose a special lunch of McDonalds – Chicken Nuggets were a very popular choice…