22 Mar

Bowling Superstars in Willow Class

We started the week getting ready for Easter. We made paper plate chicks, enjoyed splatting some eggs and did some excellent Easter egg weaving. We made a snowstorm in class out of shredded paper and used the green screen to film the next part of our We’re Going On A Bear Hunt film. Towards…

15 Mar

Red Nose Day in Willow Class

Today we have learnt all about the history of Red Nose Day, why we celebrate it and how we can raise money to help children all around the world.

We also designed our own red noses, did some wonderful colouring and made a red nose picture of ourselves. 
 

15 Mar

Another Busy Week in Willow Class!

It’s been very busy this week in Willow class. We had swimming, bikeability,and a library visit at the beginning of the week. We did some excellent work on the life cycle of a frog and continued our sensory story We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. We also read non-fiction texts and then made posters…

8 Mar

Super week in Willow class

What a great time we’ve had in Willow class. At the beginning of the week we made a snowstorm out of lemonade and mentos, walked barefoot through squelchy mud and learnt about different types of habitats. We also continued to look at non-fiction texts and began filming our own version of We’re…

26 Feb

Welcome back Willow class

Willow class have had a great first week back. A group of us went to the library and chose some books, we enjoyed singing with a children’s group that was already in the library. We also made good progress with our house design our ideas! We enjoyed taking part in a sensory story of ‘We’re going…

6 Feb

Who Wants To Win £20 Voucher WINNER!!!!!!

Thank you to the 6 parents who enrolled and completed the National College Annual Award in Online Safety for Parents and Carers 2023-2024!

I am sure you found this super helpful- there will be more courses for parents and carers on here in the future!

 

The wheel has been spun and the…

5 Feb

Brilliant week in Willow class

Willow class have had a brilliant week. We have been learning about different habitats and did a fun attention autism session on super worm. We talked about the habitats that worms live in and we did a fun worm splat. We have been discussing kindness too and we had a group discussion on what makes…

26 Jan

Willow class w.c. 22.01.23

Willow class had a fantastic week last week, we are so proud of the progress they are making!
 

We started the week with some P.E. where we developed our striking and fielding skills in rounders. We practiced a throwing skills and our aim as we threw balls into hoops with our partners. We then…

23 Jan

Willow class enjoying the snow

Willow class enjoyed exploring the snow last week. We went on a winter walk and tried to find things on our sheets, we found footprints in the snow, a frozen spider’s web, catkins, frost and other things!
 

We then played in the snow and made a snowman, the children were really good at rolling…

22 Jan

World Religion Week - 2024

What a wonderful week Astley Park had last week for World Religion Week.  

Each class enjoyed exploring and learning about their allocated religions though a variety of personalised activities including Attention Autism, Crafts, Circle Times, Research and Writing and Cooking. Wow, everyone was…

18 Jan

Willow class learn about Islam

Willow class have been learning about Islam as part of World Religion Week. Everyone engaged well in a special “What’s in the box” session which was all about Islam.  We listened to the Call To Prayer and the children could choose to try on a hijab or a taqiyah and kneel on a prayer mat. We…

12 Jan

Happy New Year in Willow class

Happy New Year from Willow class!  Our fabulous learners have all returned from their Christmas break energised and ready to engage in their new topic. This term we are looking at Homes and Habitats. We made a start by looking at different types of homes and we talked about the houses built by the…