Blog by Tag: Willow Class

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…

Willow class want to wish a happy birthday to Alfie and Hasan who both had birthdays on Sunday! We enjoyed hearing all about how they spent their birthdays with their families and enjoyed having the day off to  celebrate and see loved ones.

On Monday we had a party for the boys with pass the…

Last week some of the children throughout school got busy to help school enter an Easter competition that Chorley police station is running to win lots of Easter eggs.

The children got very creative making cards with Easter egg prints, finger print Chicks, hand print Chicks and sheep. The…

Different Families, Same Love

LGBT+ History Month is celebrated in February in the UK. This week, Astley Park School is proud to celebrate LGBT History Month through exploring different family types. 

• All learners will be working towards our weekly six star challenge in which all…

Today Willow class celebrated a special day- Daniel’s birthday! Daniel is 11 tomorrow so we had an early birthday party in class today to have a lovely time with friends before half term when Daniel can celebrate with his family.

We all played musical statues and Daniel asked to be the party DJ…

Over the next week pupils and staff at Astley Park will be attempting to walk a total of 100 laps of the school track or if learning from home around their local area or gardens in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore who became the nation’s hero last spring after raising more than £32m for the NHS…

This week Willow class have been looking at wellness for children’s world mental health week. 
In class we have been looking at things that make us feel happy and positive- working hard with our work, playing with friends, time outside and exercise. Children at home tried some different…

Today Willow class have celebrated 11 years of Grace! Today was Grace’s 11th birthday and all her friends in class wished her happy birthday, along with friends at home on our morning and afternoon teams calls.

In the afternoon we had a unicorn birthday party where we played pin the horn on the…