Blog by Tag: Explorers and Adventurers

On Wednesday this week we went on our last trip of the year- to the park on Devonshire Road!

The children had a fantastic time in the sun playing on the equipment together. Please enjoy all the photos.

Willow class have had a fantastic start to the week.. celebrating Chris’s birthday!

Today Chris turned 11 so we decorated the classroom and got ready for an afternoon party, celebrating with Chris! 

First we played pin the tail on the donkey.. but with a twist! Chris chose one of his…

Willow class have really enjoyed getting moving this week and have really showed off their sports abilities ! 
 

To start sports week on Monday we joined Mrs McDonnell on teams for a sports week warm up routine! We talked about sports week and how it is Astley Park’s version of the olympics.…

Today in Willow class we have been learning about The Mona Lisa . 
 

We learned lots of interesting facts about where the painting came from, what events have happened surrounding the Mona Lisa and practised lots of fun Italian words. 
 

The children listened really well and even had a go…

Monday was a special day in Willow class.. Luca’s birthday! 
Luca was super excited to turn 11 and everyone was happy to throw a party to celebrate! 
 

First we played musical statues to some of Luca’s favourite Tiktok songs where the children all showed off their super moves. We even had…

Willow class have had an especially musical week this week! 
As part of our pirate topic we looked at sea shanties! We have learnt a lot about how pirates communicated and how lots of pirates couldn’t read so they had to use different means of communication. We looked at some examples of pirate…

This month Willow class has been learning all about Ramadan and how Muslims practice their faith during this time. We also took part in the Ramadan kindness challenge of daily activities to spread kindness and happiness. 
On Thursday it was Eid so the children learnt all about what Eid is as a…

In Willow class our digital leader is Luca and he was set a new project for this week by Mrs Tolan- teach his class how to use “Whisper”.

Whisper is an app on the school website where children can send messages to Mr Welsh or Mrs Patterson from home if they are worried about anything. They can…

This term in Willow class our topics is sail the seven seas and our first book had been Peter Pan!

In Willow class we try our best in every lesson but our teachers especially wanted to celebrate our English work in this weeks blog. 
 

The children have been doing some amazing imaginative…

Today Willow class learnt about racism and equality- treating all people the same. 

Willow class discussed what it means to be racist and everyone knew this was a bad choice. We talked about how it would make us feel to be treated differently to everyone else. Willow class said treating someone…

Thursday 22nd April was Earth day so Astley Park school celebrated in style!

The children learnt about ways in which we can look after our planet, making artwork and posters to inspire  others to keep our world clean and look after it.

Please have a look through a selection of fantastic work…

In Willow class we have been learning about Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community observed by Muslims worldwide. 
 

Miss Riley explained what Ramadan is and what it means to Muslims. We looked at how Muslims practice their faith during this time and what extra…