Blog by Tag: 2025-2026

This week we have used the venues that we created last week to make a map. We set out roads to our various places, including; a theme park, a farm, a supermarket, a sports shop and a garage. We used the bee-bots to navigate around the map, using our knowledge of direction to help.

We have…

We have had a lovely week 4 in Sycamore Class.

Our story this week is Jack and the Beanstalk - we have used lots of great communication whilst tasting green beans (and other green foods), enjoyed a sensory story and lots of role play.

Some of us have visited the library this week, practicing…

MacMillan Coffee Morning.

Friday 26th September, Astley Park School held their MacMillan Coffee morning.

Both Year 10 classes helped to set up the hall in the morning. 

The learners all had a job to do for this event. We had learners that were servers, money collectors, doing the…

Week 4 in 7A 

We have had another busy week in 7A. We have enjoyed our learning this week, we have been focusing on superhero’s in English. We have been doing Mathematics carousels so help support our assessments. 
7A have really enjoyed the board games sessions to help support with our…

We’re halfway through our first half term in Secondary School, and what a great week it’s been!

On Monday afternoon we had a music lesson with Miss Troughton, and it was hard to tell whether we were in school or if we were listening to a grand orchestra! Everyone did super well with exploring…

Beech class have had an amazing week! This week we have explored our 5 senses. 

Touch- We explored ‘touch’ by feeling different materials. We enjoyed a sensory walk through fur, sand, ice, water and even jelly. During attention autism, we watched Miss Melling make it snow and we had a turn…

What a busy week in Chestnut class! We have been continuing our story of Goldilocks and the three bears and read the story of Cinderella in drama. We did amazing turn taking at using the dusters and mops to act out cleaning. 

There has been lots of opportunities to practice our fine…

This week we have been on multiple community trips to Asda, Astley park and Devonshire park. We have continued to explore the story of ‘Goldilocks And The Three Bears’ through attention autism and structured play activities, getting creative and having lots of…

In our English lesson today we looked at our ‘Picture News’ where we learned about world records, because this year it is the 70th birthday of the Guinness Book of World Records. Key stage 4 are soon going to attempt to break a record by trying to complete the most amount of Makaton signs in 1…

Again, Monday started with Picture News. This week the focus was around the Guiness World Records, as it has been 70 since the first book was published. We researched some weird and wonderful records that have been set and also records we would have a go at ourselves if we could. These included…

Chestnut class have been reading the story of Goldilocks and the three bears! During our sensory story, we felt the bowls of porridge that were ‘too hot’, ‘too cold’ and ‘just right’, we lay on the different blankets that were ‘too soft’ ‘too crunchy’ and ‘just right’ and we sat on the chairs that…

This week in Rowan class we have been super busy!! On Monday morning we have taken part in sensory circuits in the hall for PE with Chorley Sports Partnership, we have been practising our skills of climbing, balancing, throwing, and catching. We have also taken part in cooking where we…