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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…

Beech class had a lovely time on Tuesday celebrating Chinese New Year. To welcome in the year of the tiger, we mixed some orange paint and finger-painted some stripey tiger faces on paper plates. We tasted lots of Chinese snacks including fortune cookies, prawn crackers and noodles. In our sensory…

What a fun day we’ve had today in 11G-

We talked about the festivals that we celebrate- before looking at celebrations in other cultures- as today is Chinese New Year- The Year of the Tiger!
Most of our class were born in the year of the Rooster- and some in the Year of The Dog- Miss…

In oak class today we have learnt about Chinese New Year, we started by attending to an adult led attention Autism where a big Tiger face was made out of paint. We then played animal splat taking turns to splat an animal card and red & yellow paint splatted out. 
we then explored different trays…

We have had a fantastic week at Astley Park celebrating World Religion! Pupils have participated in a range of activities across Key Stages and pathways focusing on the 6 major religions. Governor, Mr Maher even came to visit and see all of the wonderful, memorable activities taking…

Rowan Class have been looking at Christianity as part of World Religion Week. We built churches from blocks, made stained glass windows with paper and card, and copied Christian symbols with chalk and natural objects. We enjoyed swimming again this week, became a lot more independent in cookery,…