This week at Astley Park School we have celebrated the Buddhist festival of Wesak. 

In 10G we have been learning about Wesak and what the festival is about. We learnt that Wesak is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and during this time Buddhists collect food and donate it to…

On Monday, all pupils celebrated Wesak (Buddha Day). The Buddhist festival celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. Pupils explored the story of Buddha in ways appropriate to their pathway and worked hard creating mandalas which were entered into the APS Mandala Contest, the…

This week we have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr across school.

Eid al-Fitr (which means ‘festival to break the fast’) marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. Ramadan teaches self-discipline, self-control, sacrifice and empathy.

Pupils have celebrated by participating in a…

Rowan Class have enjoyed celebrating Eid this week, and exploring the Muslim religion.

We read stories about Eid, and discussed other religions and their special days/celebrations.

We decorated some traditional lanterns, and designed some lovely Mehndi patterns. In cooking we made some…

I was invited into school on Friday 22nd April 2022, along with a Jewish faith leader to join staff and pupils celebrating the Jewish festival of Passover. 

Passover is a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.  I thoroughly enjoyed joining…

We had a very special visitor on Friday! Amy Troner attended school as a Jewish faith leader and delivered multiple engaging workshops for our pupils. Amy was accompanied by Mr. Maher (school governor) for the morning sessions. Amy shared her main beliefs and explained all about Jewish festivals,…

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.…

Welcome back Willow Class!!!
 

Yesterday we learnt all about the Jewish holiday of Passover. 
We looked at the story of Moses and why Passover is celebrated. Willow Class listened really well to the story and asked some fantastic questions!!

We then looked at how Passover is celebrated and…

Chestnut Class had a lovely virtual visit from Mrs Parekh and we learned all about her Hindu Faith. She chatted to us about her favourite Hindu festival - Holi and the Celebration of Colour and we talked about our class learning of Diwali and the Festival of Light and what we had explored in…

Beech class had a very busy Tuesday this week celebrating Pancake day and St David’s day!

In honour of shrove Tuesday, we had lots of fun trying to flip and catch our pancakes in a frying pan! After squeezing some lemon juice and sprinkling some sugar on top, we all tasted the pancakes for our…

Today we celebrated St David’s Day in Willow Class. 
We learned all about St David and then tested our knowledge with a quiz. 
Following the quiz we made beautiful daffodil sun catchers and coloured in some Welsh flags. 
At snack time some of us tried Welsh cakes and others smelled them. 
What…

What a lovely day we’ve had in 11G- celebrating Shrove Tuesday- also known as Pancake Tuesday!
We investigated the history and traditions that happen on this day- which also happened to be the first day of Spring!

We made our very own pancakes- using a basic batter of eggs, flour and…