29 Sep

Jeans for Genes Day 2023


On Friday children and staff were invited to wear jeans or blue clothing to help raise awareness and funding for  genetic conditions. Classes all across school engaged in ways meaningful to them, from Jean based crafts and sensory stories, coloured themed Attention Autism to circle time…

29 Sep

Astley Park have been Smashing Stereotypes!


 

This week classes at Astley Park have been focussing on smashing stereotypes. Stereotypes restrict the ways in which we see ourselves, others and the world around us. They make us jump to conclusions, which can stop us from getting an accurate picture.  We have been learning…

21 Jul

10G Last Day of Term!

We have had the best last day of the year in 10G today! We started the morning going against everything that we have been learning in our Healthy Living module by eating cheesecake (courtesy of Miss Greenwood) for breakfast! We enjoyed a good chat with each other about our plans for the holidays…

14 Jul

10G Summer Week 12- One more week to go!

Here is our penultimate blog from 10G 22/23. It's been a busy busy week, think we are all ready for a rest!

 

The weather forecast for this week looked very wet so we made the decision to all go shopping together on Monday morning whilst it was dry enough to walk. It was really nice to all…

13 Jul

Secondary Awards Assembly Friday 7th July 2023

On Friday 7th July 2023 we celebrated our Secondary Award Winners!

Parents and carers came to watch our assembly where children received their awards. Afterwards everyone was invited to stay for a refreshment and cake. 

Congratulations to all our award…

7 Jul

10G Park Visit July 2023

On Wednesday morning we went swimming at Hindley swimming pool as usual, then the plan was to drive to Haigh Hall Woodland Park to eat packed lunches and then play on the park. Unfortunately, once we had eaten our packed lunches at Haigh Hall we had to return to school. We had a minibus full of…

30 Jun

Splish Splash, 10G were having a laugh (at Happy Mount Park)

On Wednesday, 10G boarded the school minibus and Mrs Cobham drove us all the way up the M6 to Happy Mount Park in Morecambe. The weather was grey and miserable, but that didn't stop us from having lots of fun. The man from the council was waiting patiently for us at the gate for the splash park…

23 Jun

10G Sports Week Summer Term

10G have had such a fantastic Sports Week in school this week, despite the sporadic weather changes! This has fit in nicely with our Healthy Living theme and it has helped give us some new ideas of exercise that we would like to try.

On Monday morning, we all took part in some Multisports…

21 Jun

Summer Fair Saturday 17th June 2023

On Saturday 17th June 2023 we hosted our annual summer fair!

We are proud to say we raised over £2752! And we still have a final few amounts coming through! This was the most we have ever raised at an event! Thank you so much to all the families and staff who attended and helped us achieve this…

20 Jun

Summer Fair Business Donations

Thank you so much to the following business' for supporting us with our Summer Fair! Your generous donations were greatly received and we used as Bingo or Raffle Prizes!

 

* All Seasons Leisure Centre Chorley donated a family

* Bowland Wild Boar Park donated a family day pass

* Chill…

19 Jun

Astley Park celebrate Rainbow Day

Astley Park School have a had a very colourful week as they explore rainbows, families and diversity as part of Rainbow Week celebrations! 

Rainbow week is a joyful and colourful display of love, unity, and respect, with lots of activities to promote inclusivity, opportunities to educate, and…

16 Jun

Rainbow Week in 10G (Summer Week 8)

Wow it has been another scorcher of a week in school this week! Because of this, we have taken the pressure off with our daily step target and have accepted however many steps everyone has done by the end of the day. We have talked lots about the importance of resting when the weather is so hot,…