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Extreme Reading

Did you all remember to take your photographs over the Christmas holiday? Look out for the display board outside Class 3.
Posted On 13 Jan 2015
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Welcome back!

Welcome back everybody and a happy new year to you all!
Posted On 06 Jan 2015
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Christmas Assembly

The children are having a Christmas assembly on Friday… Please encourage them to come dressed in reds, greens and Christmas style items…!
Posted On 18 Dec 2014
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Governors’ Meeting

Looking forward to welcoming all our new Parent Governors to their first Full Governing Body meeting tonight!
Posted On 16 Dec 2014
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Photographs

I hope you are all planning your extreme reading photographs because I am now going hunting for prizes!!!
Posted On 13 Dec 2014
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Nativity

What a fantastic nativity we have had this week!
Posted On 12 Dec 2014
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December

Well we have a lot to look forward to in December at Park Grove! We have the nativity, the Christmas parties, another ambassadors theatre trip, the Christmas Fair and much much more…
Posted On 01 Dec 2014
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St John’s

The children had so much fun this week with the St John’s students! Thanks for organising this Mrs Hearson!
Posted On 28 Nov 2014
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Parent Governor

Today is the last day to hand in your nomination forms for our parent governor position. Thanks.
Posted On 21 Nov 2014

Animals!!

We have a hall full of animals and creatures!! The children are loving it but I am staying away (spiders have been mentioned!)
Posted On 18 Nov 2014
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Parent information evening

We are starting our meeting at 6pm tonight with some of Class 1 who will be singing to us. Please do come along…
Posted On 12 Nov 2014
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Meeting next week

We hope you will attend our Information for Parents evening on 12th November. If you haven’t returned your reply slip, please do so soon Many thanks
Posted On 07 Nov 2014
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School Council

What a fantastic School Council meeting today!! Don’t forget to donate Sweet Treats for our School Council stall at the Christmas fair! Thanks
Posted On 06 Nov 2014
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Our New Entrance Hall

Mr Stoner is busy painting our lovely new entrance hall…
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Welcome Back!

I hope you have had a lovely, restful break. It is great to see the children back to school and ready to learn!!
Posted On 03 Nov 2014

Happy Holiday!

This is the last day of school for the children before the holiday. I wish you all a safe, restful and fun filled break!
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Harvest Festival

We are all looking forward to the EYFS/KS1 Harvest Festival celebration at the church today!
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Parents’ Evening

We are looking forward to seeing you all for Parents’ Evening this week. We are sorry that Mr Hodge has had to cancel his due to illness but we will rearrange this for when he is back in school.
Posted On 21 Oct 2014

Put on your dancing shoes…

Are you excited? It’s not long now until the fabulous Halloween Disco!
Posted On 17 Oct 2014
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Special Visitor

Yesterday Councillor Janet Looker came to visit. Here she is pointing at the sign on the front of our building. The sign says that Councillor Looker laid the foundation stone in 1998 after the rebuild (because of the fire). We see Janet Looker’s name every time we enter the...
Posted On 16 Oct 2014
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Road safety

It’s great to see the children going out for their pedestrian and cycling proficiency training!! It’s very rewarding to know that we are giving them the life skills to look after themselves and to stay safe. School isn’t just about learning to read and...
Posted On 14 Oct 2014
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Bike it!

Sophia won this bike in the ‘Bike it’ raffle. What an exciting day for her and her family. Here she is with her mum and dad in our assembly this morning.
Posted On 10 Oct 2014
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Phonics/maths evening

Thank you to all the EYFS parents who came along to our phonics and maths evening last night. We hope you found it useful.
Posted On 10 Oct 2014
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Comments

Don’t forget to read your own Class Blog and then leave a comment. We love to read your comments…
Posted On 08 Oct 2014

Class 9

Class 9 will be enjoying a whole day at the theatre today. I am sure they will come back full of confidence and ready to read and speak with expression. Have fun Class 9!
Posted On 07 Oct 2014
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Passports

We have sold out of our Children’s University Passports and have had to order some more!! Our PTA are amazing at getting the word out there!! Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers on the PTA that do such a fabulous job. It’s so great to have your support!!
Posted On 03 Oct 2014
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Polite Children

Have you noticed how polite the children are when they walk around our school? They are really trying hard to open doors for people, to say hello and to smile. It’s a pleasure to watch. Well done children!
Posted On 02 Oct 2014
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Children’s University

I was delighted to see photos of children collecting stamps for their CU passports on our Twitter account on Friday. Parents are ‘tweeting’ us to tell us the news, which is fantastic.
Posted On 29 Sep 2014
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Busy week

Well that was a very busy week wasn’t it? What a great week though… Jam packed with theatre trips, bike it breakfasts, school council nominations, Children’s University passports…. The list goes on!! Happy weekend everybody!
Posted On 26 Sep 2014

Bike It!

What an exciting day for Park Grove. 112 families will be coming to school on their bikes to enjoy a breakfast with us. I wonder who will win the brand new bike!!!
Posted On 23 Sep 2014
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Children’s University

Don’t forget you can buy your Children’s University Passports today. Straight after school, outside Class 4.
Posted On 18 Sep 2014

High Adventure Update

We have just heard from the Year 6 gang again…. They are loving every minute. We will send all of their parents another update today do watch out for your emails…
Posted On 18 Sep 2014

High Adventure

Today we waved off our Year Six children as they headed off for their week long residential trip to High Adventure. We hope that they will have lots of fun and great times but also that they let their poor teachers get a bit of sleep!!!
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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Theatre project!

Our Theatre Project will be starting soon. Look out for a letter later today. Mrs Stone is busy preparing a Theatre Project display as I write…
Posted On 10 Sep 2014
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Curriculum

Have you seen our brand new section on the website called ‘Curriculum’? You can find out what children will be learning in every year group as well as reading about our subject leaders and our subject policies. Please let us know what you think. The Curriculum section...
Posted On 08 Sep 2014
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Lunch time

Well done to our new Reception children who seem to be getting the hang of lunchtimes already. They are all happily munching as I write this…
Posted On 05 Sep 2014
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New starters

All of our Reception new starters are in now… and they are settling very well. I wonder if there are a few nervous parents at home this week… no need, the children look very happy!
Posted On 04 Sep 2014

New Year

I hope that you have all enjoyed your first few days of the new school year. There have been a lot of smiles and happy children so far. What have you enjoyed this week?
Posted On 04 Sep 2014

Happy holiday!!

Have a fantastic, safe and restful holiday everybody!!
Posted On 21 Jul 2014
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Class Blogs

I’m just reading all the class blogs and commenting on them. It is a pleasure to read what is going on in each of the classes. We would love it if you posted on the blogs, parents. It’s easy… You don’t need a password, you just hit the ‘Reply’...
Posted On 20 Jul 2014
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Lost property

Please collect all of your lost property before we break up…. Thanks!
Posted On 16 Jul 2014
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Sports Day

What a fabulous KS2 sports day yesterday! I enjoyed every minute! I can’t wait to do it all again today with KS1 and EYFS! Don’t forget your sun cream and hats everybody!
Posted On 15 Jul 2014

Last chance to buy…

Tomorrow is your last chance to spend in our amazing Enterprise Week!! Will it be a jelly, an ice cream, a photo, something for the garden? The list goes on…
Posted On 10 Jul 2014

Robin Hood!

What a fabulous show Y5 and 6! Well done to all concerned!!
Posted On 08 Jul 2014
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Buckets and spades!!

Lots of buckets and spades downstairs today and some very excited children!!!
Posted On 03 Jul 2014
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Filey!

Don’t forget your sun cream tomorrow folks! Looking forward to our day trip to Filey…..
Posted On 02 Jul 2014
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Trips!

The KS2 children have had so much fun on their trips this week. I had the pleasure of going on the Class 5 trip. The children were so well behaved and we were very proud of them. I’m now looking forward to a day in Filey with EYFS and KS1 (let’s hope the weather stays dry)
Posted On 26 Jun 2014

Class One Assembly

What a fantastic assembly today from Class One. For such little people, they certainly have very big voices! What do you think Class One parents?
Posted On 24 Jun 2014
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The Big Launch!!

We are all very excited about the launch of Dragons’ Den tomorrow!!! Let’s hope the Dragons like all our ideas!!
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
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Decorate your bike…

Have you seen the beautiful yellow bike hanging up in the infant corridor? I hope you have got your thinking caps on for decorating your own bikes for the summer fair competition. Good luck everybody!
Posted On 16 Jun 2014
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Summer Fair

Check out the PTA blog for all the latest info on our upcoming summer fair!
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Dragons and Birds

If you get the chance, pop along to Class One to see their amazing dragons! Also…have you seen the birds that class Two have made (outside their classroom)…they are so cute!!!
Posted On 05 Jun 2014

Art work!

Have you seen the amazing art work that is now up in the downstairs corridor? Every class has designed a book cover and together they look quite spectacular! Thank you to Mrs Stone and Ms Savoia for their hard work in organising the superb art day at the end of the last half term.
Posted On 03 Jun 2014

Happy half term hols

Have a lovely break everybody!
Posted On 23 May 2014
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Website!

Thank you to all the parents who have let us know the website hasn’t been working properly…. (It’s great to know you are reading it!) Our website had a ‘bug’ which seems to have been fixed now (fingers crossed) so our BLOGS should be up and running...
Posted On 22 May 2014
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Sunny day reminder

It is great that we are having such sunny days. Please remember to send the children in with hats to wear on the playground. Also, please put sun cream on children before they come to school. Many thanks.
Posted On 19 May 2014
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Well done Year Six!!

Well done for your fantastic effort in your SATs this week Year Six!! I am really impressed with how you have worked all week.
Posted On 16 May 2014
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Yummy Breakfast!!

Well it turns out that Mr Currie makes a mean piece of toast!! Yum yum! What so you think Year Six? Did it fill you up ready for The SPAG test? The teachers said you were brilliant today!
Posted On 13 May 2014

Good luck Year Six!!

It’s the first day of SATs for our lovely Year Six children. You have all worked so hard and you deserve to do well. Remember that you just need to do your best and we will be proud of every single one of you. I hope you achieve whatever you are personally aiming for. Keep...
Posted On 12 May 2014

Dragons’ Den

Can any of our parents help the children to think of business ideas before they face the Dragons? The Dragons are counting their money in preparation for the big launch!!!
Posted On 07 May 2014

Twitter

https://twitter.com/parkgroveschool/status/462112928091869184 here is a link to our latest ‘Tweet’
Posted On 02 May 2014
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Lost Property

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the last day to collect lost property before we take it to the charity shop. We have displayed since the beginning of this term. Many thanks
Posted On 28 Apr 2014
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Fantastic Football

Well done to our super footballers who worked their socks off at the football match today. Thank you to all our supporters too!
Posted On 24 Apr 2014
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Happy Holiday!

A sad day for us to be saying goodbye to our good friend Mr Staite today!! We will miss you Mr Staite (even though we have already booked you in for after Easter). Happy holiday to all our families…. I hope it is restful and safe. Enjoy!
Posted On 04 Apr 2014

500 word competition

I have just found out that Katarina got through to the next stage of the 500 word writing competition! Well done Katarina! Please let me know if anybody else got through…. You could BLOG about it here…
Posted On 03 Apr 2014
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Twitter!

Park Grove now has a Twitter account. Just search for Park Grove School and start ‘following’ us! We would love to get as many followers as possible so please spread the word…
Posted On 02 Apr 2014
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The show!

The Year 3/4 show is amazing!! I can’t wait to see it again tonight! (Oh, and I can’t get the songs out of my head!!! What about you?) well done to our superstars!! (and the children were great too!!)
Posted On 02 Apr 2014
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A great start to the week

What a great start to the week we had with our singing assembly this morning. The children walked into assembly beautifully, without  talking and sat straight down ready to sing. They all tried their very best to sing our new songs and even did some sign language. I think that Ms...
Posted On 24 Mar 2014
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Sports’ relief mile

Good luck with the Sports’ relief mile today everybody!
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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What a busy week!

It’s been a very busy week at Park Grove! There have been so many activities going on. My highlight at the moment is working with my Year 2 and Year 6 writing groups. They really make me giggle with their fantastic stories and fabulous imaginations!
Posted On 20 Mar 2014

Weekend!

It’s the weekend! Have a great time everybody!
Posted On 14 Mar 2014
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Class 4

I have had a lovely morning teaching in Class 4! What a lot of fabulous writers!!!
Posted On 13 Mar 2014
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PTA

I am very happy to hear that we have a new PTA in place! More details to follow…
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Coffee afternoon

Don’t forget we have the PTA coffee afternoon tomorrow. Please come along and have a drink and a chat!
Posted On 06 Mar 2014

Pancake day!!

I was very lucky to spend an hour with Class One today… We had lots of fun! The best part was that they made me a pancake with my favourite topping (lemon and golden syrup) yum yum!!! What’s your favourite pancake topping?
Posted On 03 Mar 2014
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First week back!

Our first week back has flown by!! The children have had a great week doing all sorts of activities. I popped into Class 4 yesterday only to discover they were having a Fairtrade Fair! There is never a dull moment at Park Grove!
Posted On 28 Feb 2014

See you tomorrow…

I hope you all had a lovely break and I’m looking forward to seeing you all ‘bright and breezy’ tomorrow. I went to visit all the children from my previous school (in Qatar, in the Middle East) this week. It was great to see them again but I wasn’t sad...
Posted On 23 Feb 2014

Parents’ evening

It is a great atmosphere in school right now…. What a lovely parents’ evening. Lots a smiling faces so it must be good news!
Posted On 12 Feb 2014
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Dragonology!!!

What a fabulous week it has been! The highlight for me was the magnificent Dragonology assembly performed by Class 8!!! I’ve been giggling all week just thinking about it! Toby’s accent, Caleb’s hair, Leo’s loud voice!!! The list goes on… Well done...
Posted On 06 Feb 2014

Stirfry!!!

There was a delicious smell of stirfry drifting through the school today. It can only mean one thing…. Class 1 and 2 are celebrating Chinese New Year!
Posted On 30 Jan 2014

Sports’ reports

Take a look at the sports’ blog. There are some great reports about the table tennis competition and the swimming gala! Did you know that Park Grove came 3rd in the swimming gala. Well done Team PG!
Posted On 29 Jan 2014

Happy Weekend

Have a happy and relaxing weekend everybody!
Posted On 24 Jan 2014
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Joining forces

Last night we welcomed all of the Yearsley Grove staff to Park Grove for a joint staff meeting. It was a really good way of sharing good practice and learning from each other. We are all committed to getting better and better and linking with other schools is one way of doing...
Posted On 23 Jan 2014
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Travel Plan

We have been busy working on our Travel Plan over the last couple of weeks. Today the parent forum came in to say that they would help, which I am very grateful for. Look out for the travel questionnaire coming your way soon…
Posted On 15 Jan 2014

First week back

It has been a lovely first week back at school and the children have settled straight back into the routines. Have a great weekend everybody!
Posted On 10 Jan 2014

Happy New Year

Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope the children are enjoying their first week back in school.
Posted On 08 Jan 2014
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Happy holidays

One more day to go so let’s hope it is filled with fun!!! Don’t forget to come into school dressed in Christmassy clothes.
Posted On 19 Dec 2013

Beautiful photograph

Look at the beautiful photograph that Mr Stoner took from the Park Grove window this morning…
Posted On 12 Dec 2013
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Fire drill

We had a very successful fire drill this morning…(the best one yet!) The children were quiet and sensible and I was very proud of them. We will keep practising regularly so that we are always able to keep everybody safe.
Posted On 11 Dec 2013

Thank you!

Thank you to the PTA for a fantastic Christmas fair last night. The food, the stalls, the atmosphere, the music, the prizes… It was all brilliant! I particularly liked the School Council stall… But maybe I’m just biased!?! Well done everybody! We will certainly...
Posted On 07 Dec 2013

Christmas fair

We are really looking forward to seeing you all at the Christmas fair on Friday! Look out for the School Council stall and thank you for all your donations!
Posted On 04 Dec 2013

Sports Blog

Have you seen the latest Sports Blog? There is a report all about the Table Tennis final….! Exciting stuff so please take a look…
Posted On 01 Dec 2013

Have a great weekend!

I wish you all a happy and relaxing weekend!
Posted On 29 Nov 2013

Festive Fun!

Thank you for coming along and decorating the tree with us tonight. We hope you managed to get a mince pie!!
Posted On 28 Nov 2013
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Well done children!!

I want to thank all of the children of Park Grove for their excellent behaviour last week during our Ofsted inspection. The inspectors commented that the children were a credit to our school and to their families. We have been working on manners this term and it was wonderful to...
Posted On 25 Nov 2013
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Thank you!

I wanted to say a huge thank you to the parents for your support this week. I have had so many emails, letters and comments from parents wishing us well and letting us know you are behind us. I have to tell you that it makes a massive difference and can turn a difficult day into...
Posted On 21 Nov 2013

Special Visitors

We are looking forward to welcoming our special visitors tomorrow. Whatever happens, I know that we will pull together to do the best that we can. Good luck everybody!!
Posted On 19 Nov 2013
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Happy Children

It was great to pop into class 1 today and see them all hard at work making robots. Some children had even brought in robots that they had made at home. How exciting!
Posted On 14 Nov 2013
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Castle Museum Trip

What a fantastic visit to the Castle Museum yesterday for Key Stage One! Lots of museum staff commented on the fabulous behaviour of our children. I really enjoyed my time with Mrs Horner’s group.
Posted On 13 Nov 2013