27 May

Celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Style!

Wow! What an absolutely fantastic day we have all had celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee at the Astley Park Funfair!! Pupils and staff have enjoyed a day full of excitement and nobody could keep a smile off their face when they walked into the school decorated in red, white and…

20 May

9G Road safety

During this week 9G have completed activities to improve their road safety skills, this preparation helped them when they went to the shop at the end of the week. We focused on the three main things to remember and the teachers quizzed them throughout the week to see if they remembered - stop,…

28 Apr

Another fun filled week in 9G

9G have had another fun filled week, we have welcomed Mrs Neal into class this week and the kindness 9G have shown her has been fantastic.

This week we have looked again at the sensory story about the circus and dressed up again.

On Wednesday Mrs Mahood introduced us to printing in different…

22 Apr

Activities in 9G’s Big Top!!

What a busy first week back after Easter. 

Everyone has been busy over the break and we have loved hearing all about what they have been up to.

This week in 9G we have been exploring The Circus.

We listened to a lovely sensory story, it had elephants, jugglers,clowns and a Ringmaster.…

1 Apr

A “cracking” week in 9G

This week has been a busy week with lots of Easter activities.

On Tuesday some of us sequenced the Saving Easter Story that Miss Grant read out to the class. Others decorated pictures of eggs and played a Saving Easter board game. There was some ‘cracking’ counting during the game, great…

25 Mar

Football Champions

It was a pleasure on Wednesday to take 13 pupils and 3 staff members to represent Astley Park School at Lancashire Special Schools U14 and U16 football league playing 8 competitive games in very warm conditions. Both teams played each game with a positive team spirit working hard for each other…

18 Mar

9GsBusy Week

9Gs Busy Week.

 

Monday, we looked at Astley Park School Values, Kindness, Positivity, Respect, Honesty and Teamwork. We said that staff will be looking out for 9G doing any of our values this week.

9G then shared our weekend news. It was Lily’s birthday on Sunday she told us all about…

16 Mar

9G safari adventure

9Gs wonderful Safari adventure.

 

So as you know, 9G were very lucky to be able to go to Knowsley Safari park today. 

 

We saw soooo many different animals! We managed to spot lots of deers, camels, donkeys, rhinos, wolves, tigers and we even got to see lots and lots of baboons! We…

8 Mar

International Women's Day in 9G

Today is International Women’s Day.

 

In class we discussed what the day was today. 8th March is International Women’s Day.

Miss Brophy explained that many many years ago women were not allowed to do lots of things that men did, like going to school, voting and having a job. The women…

3 Mar

World Book Day in 9G

World Book Day 2022

 

Today is world book day in Astley Park and 9G came in dressed up in some fantastic costumes.

We had Where’s Wally, Piggy, A sports Man, Matilda, Dennis the Menace, Mine craft, Harry Potter and Action Man. We also had not one, not two but five little pigs.

 

9G…

1 Mar

St David Day in 9G

Today 9G learnt about St David’s Day. The class looked at a PowerPoint telling us it’s a special day for anyone who is Welsh as St David is the patron saint of Wales. 

St David’s day is celebrated on the 1st March each year.

Many people pin a daffodil or a leek to their clothes and some,…

25 Feb

Back to work in 9G

Back to work in 9G

 

9G shared all their holiday fun with everyone. 

Half term fun included holidays away in a pod, going to Blackpool, cake making, train journeys, film watching plus fun activities had at the holiday hero’s. 

9G then had to write 4 separate sentences on what they got…