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Drama workshop
What a fantastic time we had this morning in our drama workshop! We cannot wait to watch the ‘Snow Child’ performance tomorrow! ...
Posted On 24 Feb 2016
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Healthy learning!
We loved having a visitor in this afternoon to teach us all about how to stay healthy. We did some tiring exercises before making our own fruit smoothie. We also learnt about the importance of having five portions of fruit and vegetables and each day and how to use our hand to...
Posted On 23 Feb 2016
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All about the body!
Welcome back to Park Grove! The children were excited to be back at school and they’re all ready to learn again. We jumped straight into our new topic ‘Kung Fu Fit’ by beginning to learn all about the body. In English, we had a lot of fun drawing around each...
Posted On 22 Feb 2016
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Class 4 Homework
Spellings this week will look at the ‘oo’ sound. These may include variations such as ‘ew’ for screw, ‘ue’ for glue or ‘u-e’ split digraph for tube. Please encourage your children to apply these words in a sentence too!
Posted On 11 Feb 2016
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Time to ‘times’!
This morning in Maths we applied our multiplication skills through a range of activities. These included using the laptops, doing problem solving and colouring answers in. We really enjoyed this ‘hands-on’ lesson because we got to work in our ‘Home’...
Posted On 10 Feb 2016
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Show and tell
We always look forward to our show and tell each day in Class 4! This week the children in Blue group have done some fantastic presentations to show everybody their hobbies. So far, we have seen origami, a dinosaur song and karate! Here’s a photo of one us in action this...
Posted On 09 Feb 2016
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Purple Mash Mad
Today was our second Computing lesson and we extended our skills by inserting our algorithms into a flowchart instead of just clicking the arrow keys. This meant that we had to carefully predict how many steps the character had to move in a certain direction to get to the goal....
Posted On 08 Feb 2016
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Class 4 Newsletter 5/2/16
Class 4 Newsletter 5th February 2016 – One more week ’til half term! Have a great weekend everyone.
Posted On 05 Feb 2016
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Class 4 Homework
This week’s spellings will focus on the ‘oa’ sound which we have been learning about in phonics. These may include variations including ‘ow’, ‘o-e’ split digraph and ‘o’ on its own. The children are particularly enjoying...
Posted On 04 Feb 2016
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What time is it?
In Maths we’ve been learning about time and understanding where to put the clock hands to show certain times. We have covered o’clock, half past, quarter to/past and more! Miss Thomas has been encouraging us to look at the classroom clock to try and tell what time it...
Posted On 03 Feb 2016
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Throwing and catching
We put our throwing and catching skills to the test today by teaming up and playing a game called ‘Through the Hoop’. To succeed, we had to work really well with our group as we could not move with the ball and everyone had to touch the ball before shooting at the...
Posted On 02 Feb 2016
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A busy Monday for Class 4!
Wow what a fantastic day we’ve had! We really enjoyed reading different poems in English, then we even wrote our own acrostic poems using our names and words to describe ourselves. We spent the afternoon on the laptops exploring Purple Mash and we learnt what...
Posted On 01 Feb 2016
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Class 4 Newsletter 29.1.16
Class 4 Newsletter 29th January 2016 – Here’s our newsletter for this week. Enjoy!
Posted On 29 Jan 2016
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Class 4 Homework
This week’s spelling will focus on the ‘ie’ phoneme and may include variations including ‘igh’ in night, ‘i-e’ split digraph in bike and ‘y’ in sky. Please encourage your children to apply these words within a sentence to...
Posted On 28 Jan 2016
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Welcome back Ms Savoia!
We were delighted to see Ms Savoia back in Class 4 today, everyone has missed her very much! Especially her wonderful Art lessons. Here is what we were working on today…
Posted On 27 Jan 2016
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China Enrichment Day!
We’ve had so much fun learning about our China topic all day! It was fun to split into groups and work with children in different classes. The activities included: hearing about Mr Gardiner’s travels in China, making lanterns, cutting paper to make Chinese art and...
Posted On 26 Jan 2016
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‘Diving for Deep’
In Maths today, we were ‘Diving for Deep’ which meant that we were deepening our understanding of calculations. We picked addition questions at random and solved them in a variety of ways including drawing pictures, using resources or working them out in heads. It was...
Posted On 25 Jan 2016
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Class 4 Newsletter 22.1.16
Class 4 Newsletter 22nd January 2016 Another fun week in Class 4, we’ve learnt a lot! We can’t wait for our China Enrichment Day next Tuesday!
Posted On 22 Jan 2016
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What are Class 4 doing next week?
Next week in Maths we will be developing our addition and subtraction skills by using a range of mental, physical and written methods to solve calculations. In English, we’ll be creating our own story from another culture, inspired by the stories covered in class so far...
Posted On 22 Jan 2016
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Class 4 Homework
This week’s spellings will focus on the ‘ay’ sound in words. Words could include variations such as ‘ai ‘, ‘a’ on its own and ‘a-e’ split digraph. In homework books, your child could retell the Owl Babies story using speech...
Posted On 21 Jan 2016
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Goodbye Mr Lennon!
Unfortunately today was Mr Lennon’s last day at Park Grove! He has been kindly volunteering twice a week in Class 4 since September and we are very sad to see him go. I’m sure the children will agree that he has been a fantastic help in our class and we wish him all...
Posted On 19 Jan 2016
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Owl Babies writing
We’ve been focussing on the story of the Owl Babies and today we thought about how the characters felt during the story. We improved simple sentences like ‘Bill was sad’ by using more effective words and connectives like ‘because’ to explain why the...
Posted On 19 Jan 2016
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Capacity measuring
Today we began learning about how to measure capacity by pouring water carefully into different containers. We were able to select different measurements and look at the scale closely to check we had been accurate. It was so much fun! We can’t wait to start solving problems...
Posted On 18 Jan 2016
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Class 4 Newsletter 15/1/16
Class 4 Newsletter 15th January 2015 – Wow what a busy week!
Posted On 15 Jan 2016
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Homework Notice
Spellings this week will focus on the ‘ee’ sound that we have been looking at in Phonics. These may include variations such as ‘ey’, ‘ea’ and ‘e-e’ split digraph. In homework books, perhaps you could get your child to write a...
Posted On 14 Jan 2016
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Phonics games
Here’s a few photos of us playing phonics games this morning. These included rhyming games, alphabet jigsaw puzzles and Phonics Play activities on the interactive whiteboard. What a lot of fun! ...
Posted On 13 Jan 2016
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Chinese Zodiac story writing
We read the Chinese Zodiac story today and we learnt about why each year is named after an animal. The children wrote some amazing recounts and blew Miss Thomas away with their writing skills such as using adjectives, sentence openers and paragraphs! Look out for some of these...
Posted On 13 Jan 2016
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Mad Maths Monday!
We kicked off the week with a ‘hands-on’ Maths lesson with lots of group work today. Some children tackled some word problems whilst others had to use their knowledge of place value to help them fill in lots of empty boxes on a 100 square. This meant that we could...
Posted On 11 Jan 2016
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Dancing Inventions!
This afternoon, class 9 had a very tricky task – to try and create dance movements inspired by Victorian inventions. We looked at inventions such as the camera, telephone, car and underground railway and compared them to the ones we see today. We then had to create...
Posted On 11 Jan 2016
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Class 3 weekly newsletter 8.1.16
Here is the newsletter for this week. The children’s behaviour has been brilliant this week and didn’t go unnoticed. Miss Sawyer was very happy with the way they sat so sensibly all through our first Good Work assembly of the new year. Keep it up Class 3! weekly...
Posted On 10 Jan 2016
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Class 4 Newsletter 8/1/16
Class 4 Newsletter 8th January 2016 – Have a great weekend!
Posted On 08 Jan 2016
New Year, new adventures!
What a busy first week of 2016 we have had in Class 9! We’ve launched straight into our new topic and I think it’s safe to say that we are all excited about starting lots of different and new work across all of our subjects. What are you most looking forwrad to this...
Posted On 08 Jan 2016
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Class 2 Newsletter 8.01.16
class 2 weekly newsletter 8.01.16 We had a great first week back, the children are loving their new topic – China
Posted On 08 Jan 2016
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Class 6 Newsletter 08.01.16
Well done class 6 for a fantastic first week back after Christmas! 08.01.16-Newsletter
Posted On 08 Jan 2016
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Vile Victorians!
This week we started our new topic, the Victorians! We found out that we call this period in time the Victorian era because of the queen at the time; Queen Victoria. We’ve already learnt lots about her… What’s your favourite or most interesting fact you have...
Posted On 07 Jan 2016
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Party time!
We celebrated Christmas in style by throwing a huge party for the whole of Key Stage 1! There was music, dancing, games, food, prizes and even a visit from Santa Claus himself!
Posted On 17 Dec 2015
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Robot making!
Today we spent the whole afternoon making robots based on the designs we drew last week. We loved getting stuck in with the materials to build our models! Sometimes it was quite tricky to stick all the bits together so we had to help each other a lot! Here are a few our of...
Posted On 14 Dec 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 11/12/15
Class 4 Newsletter 11th December 2015 – Here’s our newsletter for this week. We hope you all have a nice rest this weekend and come back on Monday morning feeling ready for the final week!
Posted On 11 Dec 2015
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Christmas Nativity congratulations
A huge well done to all the pupils for their fantastic performances in the Christmas Nativity this week! They all worked incredibly hard to learn their lines, their instruments and their lyrics for the songs. I’m sure you will agree the play was a huge success and we are...
Posted On 11 Dec 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 4/12/15
Class 4 Newsletter 4th December 2015 – Wow, what a busy week! Apologies for not sending out homework books, spelling books and reading records this week, we were working so hard on our Christmas Nativity that we did not get chance to hand these out! These can be taken home...
Posted On 04 Dec 2015
Fun fractions!
We’re learning about fractions this week including halves, quarters, thirds and many more. Here’s some photographs of us working hard to find these fractions and recording them on a whiteboard!
Posted On 30 Nov 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 27/11/15
Class 4 Newsletter 27th November 2015 – We’ve loved the excitement of Cooking Enrichment week! Have a brilliant weekend.
Posted On 27 Nov 2015
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A gold Monday for Class 4
A big well done to all five children who managed to get on gold today! We also lots of children on blue as well…what a fantastic start to the week!
Posted On 23 Nov 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 20/11/15
Class 4 Newsletter 20th November 2015 – Another action packed week in Class 4…have a good rest this weekend!
Posted On 20 Nov 2015
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Invitations to the Royal Ball!
The children completed their invitations to the Royal Ball today on their very own scrolls from the King! We are very proud of them, perhaps next time you are in class you could have a read of some of them? Here’s a picture showing how fantastic they all look…. ...
Posted On 18 Nov 2015
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Cosmodome
Being inside the Cosmodome this morning was out of this world! The children learnt about constellations, planets and the solar system and it was a fantastic 3D experience. Perhaps you could ask your child one fact that they have learnt about Space?
Posted On 13 Nov 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 6/11/15
Class 4 Newsletter 6th November 2015 Here’s our newsletter. What a lovely first week back after the half term, we’re thoroughly enjoying our new ‘Toystory’ topic. Today we were able to bring in modern toys and group them based on their similarities such as...
Posted On 06 Nov 2015
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Welcome back!
Welcome back to Park Grove! We hope you all had a great half term. The children have come back to school ready to learn which is fantastic to see. We’ve been particularly enjoying our new traditional tales unit in English. Perhaps you could ask your child about the two...
Posted On 04 Nov 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 23/10/15
Class 4 Newsletter 23rd October 2015 Our final newsletter for this half term. We hope you all have a great week off, see you all again on the 2nd November!
Posted On 23 Oct 2015
Science Enrichment Day
What an exciting day we had for Science Enrichment Day! The children got to experience a range of activities to help them learn all about space. We wrote postcards from space, created planet artwork and also created our own alien. Our favourite activity had to be trying the...
Posted On 23 Oct 2015
Class 4 Newsletter 16/10/15
Class 4 Newsletter 16th October 2015 – One more week to go until half term! See you all at the Halloween Disco!
Posted On 16 Oct 2015
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Harvest Festival
A huge thank you to those who supported us for Harvest Festival this week. It was a great turn out at St Thomas’ church and the children couldn’t wait to sing for you all! We were incredibly proud of them remembering their words and singing so beautifully, we hope you...
Posted On 16 Oct 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 9/10/15
Class 4 Newsletter 9th October 2015 – Another week, another newsletter! Enjoy your weekend.
Posted On 09 Oct 2015
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Maths update
This week we have been learning how to tell the time. We have been looking at a variety of clocks and figuring out the times as well as drawing our own hands onto the clocks too. So far we have covered o’clock, half past and some have began thinking about quarter past and...
Posted On 07 Oct 2015
Egg-citing news!
A mysterious egg has been discovered by Class 4! The strange object was found in the school wildlife area by Mrs Stone who couldn’t believe her eyes. She rushed straight back to the school and broke the exciting news to us all; we couldn’t wait to go and investigate!...
Posted On 28 Sep 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 25/9/15
Class 4 Newsletter 25th September 2015 – What a great third week we’ve had!
Posted On 25 Sep 2015
Dancing dinosaurs!
Today we had our second dance session and we became dinosaurs once more! Take a look at our poses!
Posted On 22 Sep 2015
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Class 4 Newsletter 18/9/15
Class 4 Newsletter 18th September 2015 Here’s our newsletter for week two. Have a fantastic weekend!
Posted On 18 Sep 2015
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Dancing in PE
Today we had our first dance session and we all had lots of fun! We learnt about the famous fossil hunter, Mary Anning, and even became fossil hunters ourselves by pretending to hunt the beach for remains. We also worked in groups to create dinosaur shapes! Perhaps you could ask...
Posted On 15 Sep 2015
Our first day!
Welcome back to Park Grove everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic Summer! We’ve had a lovely first day in Class 4 and the children spent time getting used to their new classroom and routines. We also welcomed a new pupil to our class, Seth. It was great to see how kind...
Posted On 08 Sep 2015
Sports Day
What a wonderful morning we had. Well done to everyone for taking part and trying your best. It was lovely to see so many children trying out different activities and scoring points for their house. The winning house will be revealed next week… We’d also like to thank...
Posted On 03 Jul 2015
York Minster
We had a fantastic trip to York Minster on Tuesday. We have been learning lots about the history of the Minster and different parts of a church. What have you learnt? Thank you to all the parents who helped us on this trip.
Posted On 26 Jun 2015
Class 4 assembly
Well done! Our class assembly was fantastic! You remembered your lines, spoke clearly and sung beautifully. Mrs Hearson, Ms Savoia and myself are SO proud of you! Please blog to let us know what your parents thought. I bet they were proud too! Mrs Carr-Brion
Posted On 18 Jun 2015
Enrichment day
We hope you all enjoyed our history and geography themed enrichment day this week. You drew some fantastic maps of our route and made very detailed booklets based on the history of the Bar Walls and gates. Which was your favourite part of the day? What did you learn on the day?
Posted On 12 Jun 2015
bug hunting
We had a lovely time in the wildlife area looking for minibeasts in the pond and around the wildlife area.
Posted On 05 Jun 2015
Maths Enrichment Day
We hope you enjoyed the maths enrichment day. We did lots of lovely activities including making a numberline, creating a ‘my numbers’ poster and painting circles inspired by Kandinsky. Which was your favourite?
Posted On 22 May 2015
Healthy eating
We made some very tasty dips on Monday and chopped vegetables to dip into them. They were yummy!!! We also made couscous and discussed where the ingredients came from. Which one was your favourite? Do you help cooking at home?
Posted On 15 May 2015
Seasons
We have been learning some new songs today about the four seasons. Which is your favourite season and why? I like summer when it is nice and warm and I don’t need a coat!
Posted On 01 May 2015
Chickens!
The chickens are settling into their new home in the wildlife area. We wnet to visit them today and were amazed by how much they have grown! Please send back your consent form so the children can be involved in caring for them.
Posted On 24 Apr 2015
Keep your eyes peeled this weekend!
We have lots of exciting things going on next week. These include designing a miniature bird bath, investigating what is growing in our school grounds and some bike art with the lady from the “Bike it” project. So when you are out and about this weekend look out for...
Posted On 16 Apr 2015
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Class newsletter 27.03.15
Please find the class newsletter for 27.03.15 Newsletter 27th March Mrs Carr-Brion and Mrs Hearson.
Posted On 27 Mar 2015
Signs of spring
Don’t forget to look for signs of spring this weekend to help you to write your spring poem on Monday. Each line of your poem will begin with ‘Spring is…’ What can you think of to add to each line?
Posted On 20 Mar 2015
Cooking morning
We had a lovely morning in class 4 learning about food and then doing some cooking. We made sandwiches with a difference – we were blindfolded! We also made some fruit smoothies and rocky road.
Posted On 20 Mar 2015
World Book Day
We had a fabulous day dressing up as lots of different book characters. We started with a catwalk parade, then did some buddy reading with class 9 and then thi afternoon we did an experiment to find out which material made the best wall for the little pigs’ houses. ...
Posted On 05 Mar 2015
Cereal investigations!
Well done Class 4 for being great investigators. Today you worked in pairs to investigate whether cereal which appealed to children had lots of sugar in. We found out that it did with Frosties having the highest amount of sugar in. Have a look at your cereal at home to see how...
Posted On 02 Mar 2015
Hubble Bubble
We’ve started our new topic by writing some poems. You were really good at rhyming today. We’re going to look at alliteration next where most words begin with the same letter. Tongue twisters do this. Can you make one up? Here is a well known one. She sells sea...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
Breakfast
On Monday we will be talking about what breakfast you have eaten that morning so make sure you have a good one. Over the weekend may be you could keep a note of what you have eaten for breakfast and bring it in to show us.
Posted On 19 Feb 2015
Music Enrichment Day
You had a very musical day on Tuesday, going on two musical journeys to ‘The hall of the Mountain King’ and a ‘Night on Bare Mountain’. You must be exhausted! Can you remember which composers wrote those pieces? I really hope you enjoyed your day! Ms Lamb
Posted On 12 Feb 2015
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