17 Dec

8R learn about Islam

This afternoon 8R have done some very important work all about Islam.

First of all we listened to some information all about Islam and talked about why it is important that we know about other religions.

After this we discussed Sadaqah. We learnt that this is all about charity and being kind…

17 Dec

8R’s busy week before Christmas

WOW! 8R have had such a busy week this week.

This week started off with something exciting. It was Jakes birthday on the weekend so he was very kind and brought in some yummy sweets to share with us all, thanks Jake!

We have finished off our letters to Santa this week and have all done some…

11 Dec

8R Christmas party and lunch

8R have had a festive fun filled week this week! We have been so busy and are definitely ready for a nice quiet weekend.

This week we have had our Christmas party and our Christmas lunch! And even worn our best Christmas jumpers.

On Wednesday we had our class Christmas party and Miss Brophy…

4 Dec

8R get festive!

This week 8R have got their classroom ready for Christmas! We have spent lots of time making decorations, decorating the tree and putting up their decorations around the classroom.

Even during all these exciting things we have still managed to do lots of super work. We carried on our work…

20 Nov

8R Busy, busy week.

What a busy fun filled week we have had again in 8R. We have been on a few different fact finding missions. At the beginning of the week Miss Brophy set us the challenge of finding out what a continent was and then see if we could name them. We worked well using our iPads to name the seven…

20 Nov

8R challenge gender stereotypes

 

This week 8R have been doing some super work on gender stereotyping and how everybody can be different and how we can make sure we talk to people in the best way.

We did some work in small groups and looked at the different ways people can be different. We talked about how our families,…

13 Nov

8R Remembrance Week.

This week 8R having been learning all about why we celebrate Remembrance Day. We made our own acrostic poems about this subject and discovered that we have some budding poets in our class. We made some lovely poppies wreaths along with some great silhouette soldier paintings. On Wednesday we…

6 Nov

8R Bonfire Week

In class this week as well as doing our usual class work we have been celebrating Bonfire Night. Miss Brophy organised some fun activities which included making some chocolate apples, making some special cake called Parkin and creating some lovely art work. We weighed all the ingredients out and…

23 Oct

It’s Half Term and Halloween, Hurrah!

It’s been a busy half term and we’ve ended on a high with a fantastic Halloween Celebration. Lots of the pupils and staff joined in by dressing up and when greeting the pupils from the buses this morning it was a challenge to know who was who! 

The morning started off with a beautiful rainbow…

22 Oct

Astley Parks Puddle Jumping Championship!

Hi everybody! 

I’m sure we are all looking forward to half term and having some time to relax.

I have found something fun for everybody to have a go at. Pupils, families and staff can all join in this!

Normally it would be the world puddle jumping championships in half term but…

14 Oct

8R Be Internet Legends Assembly.

Today In school we were extremely lucky to be involved in a personalised assembly about internet safety delivered by Google Chrome. At 9 30 am we logged into a live assembly and were able to interact answering questions via a chat facility that Mr Murphy accessed for us. We listened to the…

9 Oct

Week 5 in 8R and Miss Brophy’s Birthday.

What another fun week we’ve had in 8R. We have been very busy working on keeping fit and and being healthy. We played a great game of keep fit bingo. Check out the photographs and look at how good our planking is. We have made some great healthy fruit kebabs, then wrote out the instructions to…