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This week Beech class have been on a bear hunt!

In attention autism, Mrs Barrand first led us through the sensory story. Then, we all had a turn at exploring the obstacles from the story ourselves. We swished through the grass, splashed through the water, squelched through the mud, stumbled…

This week Beech class have been exploring all things bears! 

We have looked at lots of different types of bears; polar bears, koala bears, panda bears, and of course teddy bears!

For our Attention Autism sessions this week, everyone has done “good sitting” to watch Mrs Barrand create bear…

Beech class have had a super first week back! 

We have enjoyed welcoming and getting to know our new classmates. They are all settling in wonderfully and have had a lovely time exploring the classroom, sensory room, and playground. We’ve had lots of fun exploring our bear topic for this half…

We’ve reached our final week in Beech class! What a lovely year we’ve all had! To celebrate, we’ve enjoyed spending time together exploring all our favourite activities and playing on the playground.

We’ve have also celebrated three birthdays this month with lots of cake and sweeties. 

Hope…

In Beech class this week we have been learning about zoo animals!

Mrs Barrand began by reading the “Dear Zoo” story and acting out all the animals. In our tuff trays we have made black and white striped zebra slime, pretended to be monkeys using masks, explored a cereal giraffe, and matched…

In honour of sports week, Beech class have had a super active week!

We have enjoyed getting busy with all the activities around school. In the hall, we explored the balance bikes, didicars, space hoppers and parachute. On Thursday, we had so much fun bouncing around on the inflatables outside.…

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…

Beech Class have celebrated Rainbow Day this week.

We have had colourful tuff trays to explore and played with colourful toys.

Mrs Barrand did a fun Attention Autism where she made a funnel, filled it with colourful materials, and then blew the end of the funnel so that materials flew…

In preparation for farm fest, Beech class have been exploring farmyard animals this week!

We have made red hens and fuzzy sheep, sang “Old MacDonald”, and matched animals to the sounds they make. 

On Friday we had so much fun at farm fest! We all went on a walk to meet the farm animals on…

This term Beech class have been exploring our theme “journeys”.

We started with Mrs Barrand telling us the story “We’re going on a bear hunt” in attention autism before exploring the obstacles ourselves in trays! We stomped through the wavy grass, stepped carefully through the twigs, squelched…

This week Beech class have been celebrating the King’s Coronation!

In Attention Autism, Mrs Barrand made shaving foam cakes for the King’s guards and we all sang “5 currant buns”. We also used paints to create a Union Jack flag.

We have explored red, white, and blue sensory trays, had tea…

Yesterday, Beech Class celebrated Earth day. 
We did a What’s in the Box where Mrs Barrand made Earth, using paint, sprinkles and sand. 
We then all had a turn at making our own. 
Later in the afternoon we went for a walk down in the woods. We looked at our surroundings and explored the…