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February 25, 2016

Next week!

Next week World Book Day is on Friday so we are dressing up as our favourite book characters. We are looking at fractions in maths, thinking about sharing and halving. In Literacy we will be thinking about which foods are healthy in the very hungry caterpillar.
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Class 4’s homework and next week…

Spellings this week will be looking at the ‘or’ sound which we have been learning about in Phonics. Words may include variations such as ‘oor’ for door, ‘ore’ for more and ‘our’ for court. Please encourage your child to practise them using neat lead in lines handwriting! Next week we will be writing our own...
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Next week

We will be looking at money in Maths and in English we are exploring explanation text. We will be able to buy lots of fruit and vegetables and enjoy the story Oliver’s Vegetables.  Thank you all for bringing pop up stories as we start our DT topic next week on moving pictures and can’t wait...
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Next week…

In maths next week we will be focusing on fractions and English we will be starting to write our own information texts. Next Friday will be very exciting as it is World Book Day which gives you the opportunity to dress up as any character from a book…I look forward to seeing some fantastic costumes! 
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Spellings

Today the children had a very exciting trip to the De Grey Rooms to watch a production called ‘The Snow Child’ which they all thoroughly enjoyed!  Spellings are going out tomorrow with a focus on the ‘or’ sound.   
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Spelling

Spelling homework is the alternate spelling for the sound ‘aw’
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Homework

Your homework this week is to practise the sounds ure and ur.
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Snow child

Today we had a great workshop with Julian from the theatre who told us about the play ‘snow-child’. We thought about the different characters and imagined what they would like to do. We even pretended to look through a forest and made the sounds of the animals.           
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Snow Child

We absolutely loved the theatre this afternoon! The Snow Child production was fantastic and all the children were really enthusiastic to talk about their favourite parts and which characters they liked the best!                 
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Drama workshop

We all enjoyed our theatre workshop today and acted out the story of the ‘Snow Child’. We can’t wait to find out the ending when we watch the play tomorrow. We are so excited! 
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Next week

Maths In maths we are looking at using equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages to solve problems as well as calculating time-based problems. English                                                              ...
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Homework Project

In science you have been learning about electricity. As you know, electricity can be very dangerous if people don’t use it safely and with respect. For your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be...
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Basic Commands!

On Tuesday we really enjoyed using logo to try out basic commands.
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Can you make a torch?

Class 7 used their knowledge of circuits and electricity to make a working torch! They worked really well in their teams and were very proud of the results. Can you use your knowledge of electrical symbols to draw the circuit in the torch?
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Next week…

English Next week in English we will be looking in more detail at balanced arguments. Year 6s – Remember to complete page 15 in your CGP English book.  Spellings This week we have looked at spellings with the suffixes -ancy and -ency. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please remember to practise...
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Homework Project

In science you have been learning about electricity. As you know, electricity can be very dangerous if people don’t use it safely and with respect. For your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be...
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Project

In science you have been learning about electricity. As you know, electricity can be very dangerous if people don’t use it safely and with respect. For your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be...
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Next Week…

English Next week in English we will be looking in more detail at balanced arguments. Year 6s – Remember to complete page 15 in your CGP English book.  Spellings This week we have looked at spellings with the suffixes -ancy and -ency. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please remember to practise...
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Our Next Planning Meeting – Tuesday 1st March…..

  WHERE and WHEN?? 7pm at the Gillygate Pub   Everyone Welcome!!
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Do you have teenagers/pre teens?

Archies April 2016 Do you have pre teen/almost teen/ ‘in the midst of the teens’ children (or even a combination)? These courses are wonderful and are run by Family Matters in York. A bargain – totally free!
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Project

In science you have been learning about electricity. As you know, electricity can be very dangerous if people don’t use it safely and with respect. For your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be...
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Next Week in Class 6

English Next week in English we will be reading more of The Railway Children and will complete writing linked to the story.   Spellings This week we have looked at spellings with endings sounding like ‘sure’ and ‘ture’. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practise them in your homework book...
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Next week

Maths In maths next week we will be continuing our work on fractions and decimals.   We have set you a task on My Maths. You have your individual homework log-ins but to access the website the school username is: parkgrove and the password is: multiply. English                ...
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Spellings

This week we have looked at spelling with the suffixes -ture and -sure. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practice them in your homework book by completing the activity on your spelling sheet.
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Homework Project

In science you have been learning about electricity. As you know, electricity can be very dangerous if people don’t use it safely and with respect. For your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be...
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Football Match Reports – Lord Deramores 0 Park Grove 5 and Park Grove 9 Lord Deramores 0

After much encouragement from the opening part of the season, on a bright yet cold Monday afternoon, Park Grove took to the field to play Lord Deramores School in back-to-back matches. In front of a vociferous crowd, the cold feeling in the air was soon dispelled early in the first match by Park Grove’s energetic...
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