Blog by Tag: Arts and Creativity

Today in 9A we have been learning about Hanukkah which is the Jewish festival of light. We looked at how Jewish people might celebrate. We learned what the menorah represents and then we made our own menorah lamps. In food tech we had a go at making some Hanukkah sweets. Everyone thought they were…

This week in Sycamore we have been working on road safety and staying safe whilst in the community . The class took a trip out on Tuesday to Astley Park. Whilst some amazing learning took place we also had lots of fun and a play on the park. 

On Wednesday it was Christmas dinner day for…

Children in Need in 8A goes all dotty. 

Today is “Children in Need” day in Astley Park School. 

We started the day in 8A by doing some Pudsey colouring. Lovely use of the colour yellow and what fantastic spots, well done! 

The learners then watched a video of different schools…

Thank you for being a friend in 8A

This week has been “Friendship week” at Astley Park. 

We have been looking out for our learners being kind towards other. 

We have seen learners looking after their friends whilst out walking to and from Asda in the high winds. We have also seen…

This week has been a very short one due to the heating and water issues in school but we have had a busy two days! This term in PE Mr Murphy is teaching us Dance. We all went into the hall and Mr Murphy chose a warm up dance for us to do, we were all certainly warmed up! He then let us chose a…

Rocket making in 8A.

As our topic is “Space”, 8A was given a sheet to jot down ideas to design their very our Rocket.

The learners were given ideas on different materials they could use when they started to make their Rocket.

The learners then drew their design out on paper,…

Another busy week in 9A!! 
On Monday morning we looked at some leaflets and started doing our own research to design a holiday leaflet to a different planet. We found out some very interesting facts to help persuade people to visit. In the afternoon we talked about rockets and Miss Bentham said…

We have been very creative in 9A this week. On Monday we made some paper rockets to add to our space display in class. In the afternoon we started our research on Katherine Johnson ready for writing our biographies. On Tuesday morning we had a walk around Haigh hall and had a look at the walled…

Just wanted to show you the great baking 8A has been this week in our Food Technology lesson. Ethan’s mum donated three Solar System cake mixes, (Thank you again).

The class mixed up the cake mix and made some amazing cakes. We made sure to measure the milk, eggs and butter accurately…

A huge welcome back!  What a fantastic week we have had in Sycamore Class. 

The children have had a very busy week with lots of fun and laughs.

We have made some super friendships this week welcoming two new children to Sycamore. 

The children have settled in very well back into school…

Well what a great first week back in the sunshine we’ve had. Our vegetables and herbs have really grown and some were even ready for picking. Look at our radishes!

We began our week with our swimming lessons back at Hindley and  then drove straight to Lytham St Anne’s beach. We made sure we had…

Well we’ve  made it through to half term and it looks like the sun is going to shine for us all to have a well earned rest. What a very busy week we’ve have despite it being a 4 day week for the pupils. We’ve really enjoyed  making lots of junk modelling and have even continued to do this when we…