
Week 5 in 8A
We’ve had another week enjoying the lovely sunshine in 8A. We have been outside for p.e, playing rounders and practicing our throwing and catching skills.
We have continued learning about health and safety this week. We had lots of fun role playing in our ‘hospital’. We had patients, doctors,…

Week 3 in 8A
This week some of the class have taken part in Bikeability. Everyone had to listen carefully and follow instructions so that they could learn how to keep safe. Every person that took part worked hard and did super listening. The rest of the class went on a community visit to get the weekly…

Week 2 in 8A
Another 4 day week for us this week. And another week of enjoying (and melting in) the beautiful sunshine.
This week we have to been to Morrisons to pick some fruit for our breakfast in class. Whilst we were there we even got to enjoy some free fruit as it was available for children to help…

8A go Roman
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…

8A’s last week of term
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…

Eid-al-Fitr in 8A
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…

Orienteering and Science in 8A
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…

Comic Relief in 8A
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…

Holi and Science Week in 8A
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…

Careers week in 8A
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,…

Spring 1 - Sharing our Learning – 8A
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…

Martin Luther King Jr Day - 8A
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…