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Cricket Challenges…

Well done to Tomas who survived the 50 ball challenge this afternoon with ease. This challenge will continue next week with more members of Class 8 attempting it! What are your cricketing strengths? What would you like to improve at in the upcoming weeks?
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Blushometer…

Today we looked at how different situations would make us feel using a blushometer. How did you feel when completing this activity?
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Chunking…

How did you feel using the chunking method for division today? What top tips can you remember?
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Mean, Median, Mode and Range

What can you tell me about these mathematical terms?
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Washing Your Hands…

This afternoon we have looked at how to wash you hands thoroughly. What top tips can you remember?
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Compliments…

This afternoon we have been writing compliments about each other in class. Who did you write about and what positive qualities did you describe about them? In this session we were also lucky enough to have a visit from our class governor Hazel Colquhoun. I hope you enjoyed your visit to Class 8!
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500 Words Update…

Well done to Jaimie and Tom C who have both made it through to the next round of the BBC 500 words competition! We  hope to hear more news about the progress of their stories in May.
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Chick Writing

What benefits of having the chicks in school did you describe in your writing?
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New Skills…

What did you get taught by your partner this afternoon?
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Class 7 Assembly

A fantastic assembly Class 7! What were your favourite parts Class 8?
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Effective Learners…

Which famous person did you research? Why were they an effective learner?
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Red Nose Day…

Which red item did you come to school with today?
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Obituaries…

This week we have writing obituaries about a famous person. Who have you written about? What were they well-known for?
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New Arrivals…

As you all may know, Park Grove has the fortunate opportunity to be given some chicks!At the moment they are extremely small as they are still tiny eggs.Although they are small eggs now, in a matter of two or more days they will transform into lively chicks.The suspense will never stop rising until they hatch...
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World Book Day…

What did you come as for World Book Day? What is your favourite book?
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Theatre Trip!

What a fantastic day Class 8! We got a fabulous tour around the theatre, wrote radio adverts full of reasons for coming to the theatre and played many fun and exciting drama games. What do you enjoy about the day? What did you learn?
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C.V.

Which job did you apply for? Can you remember the reasons you chose about why you should get that job? If so, please write them here!
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Famous Person Research

What did you find out in your research of a famous person?
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500 Words…

It has been fantastic reading all the excellent entries that you have sent me over half term for the 500 word competition. What is your story about? Which steps to success (that we created as a class) do you think you have used successfully? Remember the deadline to enter is Tuesday 24th March!
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Music Enrichment Day

Well done everyone! The students had a fabulous day and commented on the positive attitude from all of you. Lots of you have already taken ideas from the workshop to create your own body percussion. Brilliant! Ms Lamb
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Childline Workshop

Well done everyone! There was some really good discussion today. Hopefully you now know lots of things to do if you feel worried.
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Music Enrichment Day!

What a fabulous day of musical activities! Everyone listened and performed superbly in every session and the results were spectacular! What did you enjoy about today? What did you learn?  
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Our Class Assembly…

Well done Class 8! We’re feeling so very proud of you all; you performed wonderfully this morning, were incredibly enthusiastic and showed off some magnificent dance moves! Mrs Old and I have had a great deal of fun with our review assembly and it was great to be able to share the super learning you have done this year...
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Detail and Description

Today you wrote about a memorable event from your life. What did you write about? Can you remember two fabulous examples of descriptive language you used?
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Frog Potions

You performed very well in devising potions to try to turn Year 6 teachers into frogs using multiplication and addition calculations. Can you provide one example of a solution?!
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Quiz Questions…

We’ve had great fun completing a general knowledge quiz this week. I’d like  you to see if you can pose some general knowledge quiz questions for your classmates. Why not blog a tricky question with a choice of four possible answers then see who will be able to answer correctly? Good luck Class 8!
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Adventure Stories

We have been writing our own adventure stories this week. What is your favourite part of your story?
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Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

We started our new topic on Vikings and Anglo-Saxons today and thought about what we already knew and what questions we’d like to find out the answers to.  What are the questions you’d like to research this term?
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Fitness

This week you all took part in a carousel of different fitness activities in P.E. Which activities did you enjoy? What would you like to improve on next week?
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Presentations…

Today you all presented your Egyptian research projects to the class. What did you do well? What would have helped make your presentation even better?
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Happy New Year!

What were the highlights of your holidays?
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Have a Wonderful Christmas!

You’ve all worked incredibly hard this term so please have a lovely holiday with your families and friends! Remember that you’ll be needing your PE kits on Mondays in the New Year. Enjoy Christmas, With Best Wishes from Mr Mastrelli and Mrs Old.
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Christmas Party!

What a marvellous Christmas party we had yesterday in Key Stage 2! What did you enjoy?
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End of term…

Tomorrow starts the last week of your first term in Class 8. What have you enjoyed about Class 8 this term? Do you have a favourite memory?!
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Table Tennis Interviews Part 1…

The Table Tennis Tournament started today. Here are some pre-tournament interviews courtesy of our reporters Ava and Ellie. As you can see there are several members of Class 8 in this clip. What would you like Ellie and Ava to report on this week?  
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Headlines!

Today we came up with exciting headlines for an article we are going to write later in the week about Ancient Egypt. What was your headline?
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Internet Safety

We had a really informative assembly led by PCSO Harris this week where we learned how to keep safe when using the internet.  What are your top tips for using the internet safely?
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Table Tennis Tournament – The Advert!

The Table Tennis Tournament kicks off next Monday. Fixtures are outside every Key Stage 2 classroom. To commemorate the start of this exciting event, the Table Tennis Committee and our two reporters for this tournament (Ava and Ellie D) have filmed a short advert telling you all about the tournament. The link is below – hope you enjoy!...
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Ancient Egyptian Hierarchy…

Today we have been learning about the hierarchy in Ancient Egypt and we all presented it in the form of a pyramid. What were the main categories and order did they go in? What can you tell me about the different categories?
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Winter Poem!

Today we performed the poem we have been learning over the last couple of days, Jack Frost by Gabriel Setoun. What were your lines?
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Egyptian Word Problems!

We had great fun sharing our Egyptian Maths Word Problems with each other today. Can you give an example of a very difficult word problem question you made up?
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Shape Games…

We had a fantastic time playing Maths shape games devised by students from St Johns University yesterday.  We’d like to say a big “thank you” to all of the students who visited our class because the games were great fun!  What did you learn and enjoy in your activity?
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Flashbacks…

Which objects and photographs did you bring in to help you when writing flashbacks? Why did you choose these items?
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Art and DT Enrichment day

What did you enjoy about our Enrichment day today? What did you learn?
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The Five Biscuits…

Today you wrote about a story involving five biscuits as part of your Exciting Writing task. What was the role of the biscuits in your story?
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Table Tennis Final

It’s an all Class 8 final tomorrow. Do you have any words of encouragement for Jacob and William?
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Swimming

How did your first swimming lesson go? What do you enjoy about swimming?
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Grid Multiplication

How did you get on with the grid method today? What do you think you need to improve at with this method?
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VCOP Skills

Today you used your VCOP skills to good effect to mark my football match report! Which new words did you find out today?
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Shading

What did you find out when we used the sketching pencils?
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Ancient Egypt Research

Today we looked at answering questions about Ancient Egypt by searching on the internet carefully. What must you do to search for information successfully on the internet?
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Return of Countdown…

Right Class 8, here is your Countdown calculation for this week! 100, 75, 50, 25, 10, 10 Target: 197 Best of luck!
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Pie Charts

This week we have been looking at pie charts. What can you tell me about them?
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Core Values!

What are our core values? What do they mean?
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Cyclic Patterns…

In Music this week we looked at examples of cyclic patterns and created our own group cyclic pattern, using a variety of different percussion instruments. What was your role in your group performance? What did you enjoy?!
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Yorkshire Museum Trip

We had a wonderful trip to the Yorkshire Museum yesterday. What were your favourite bits?
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Tests

How did you find the assessments we have done this week?
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Mode, Mean, Median and Range

This week we have been investigating the mean, mode, median and range of different sets of data. How do you work out each term to calculate an answer correctly?!
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Scary Stories…

We are in the midst of writing our own scary story. Today we looked at the introduction of our story. How did you describe the setting and main character? What other details did you include?
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Homework Projects!

I think you will all agree with me when I say how spectacular the Dinosaur Homework Projects are in Class 8! Which pieces of homework did you enjoy? What did you learn?
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Scary Characters…

This week we have been thinking carefully about scary characters, in preparation for writing our own scary story next week! What can you tell me about the characters you have chosen?
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Class 9

I heard the Year 5’s had a super week with Mrs Steel in Class 9. What did you enjoy about last week?
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High Adventure

It sounded like all the Year 6’s had a fantastic time at High Adventure. What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?
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Return of Countdown…

Right Class 8, here is your Countdown calculation for this week! 100, 75, 50, 25, 10, 10 Target: 197 Best of luck and remember if you get it correct, you will get your name on our Class 8 Hall of Fame board! You have until Monday 22nd September to blog your entries…
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Top Tips…

Today we wrote a set of instructions about how to behave in Class 8, as part of our exciting writing task. What top tips did you write about? What does a newcomer need to know about life in Class 8?!
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What are you looking forward to learning this year?

Are you ready to learn some challenging Maths? Do you want to know lots about the weird yet fascinating world of the Dinosaurs? Please post all your thoughts here! Mr Mastrelli
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Welcome to Class 8!

Class 8 promises to be a fantastic class this year and I am looking forward to getting to know you all better. I hope you have enjoyed your summer and are ready for a fun-filled year! Mr Mastrelli
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Have a lovely holiday…

Thank you all, Class 8, for a wonderful end to our year. We have had such a fantastic time and we are so very proud to have taught you. We hope that you and your families have a super summer… Ms Campbell and Miss Slater
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Park Grove’s got talent!

There were amazing talents on display this afternoon – which did you enjoy most and why?!
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Ice Cream Party!

I don’t usually get invited to posh parties filled with celebrities but yesterday Park Grove hosted an end of the year celebration packed with famous people! Year 6s – you sang, you laughed, you danced and you consumed vast quantities of ice cream! Which ‘famous person’ were you most excited to see?!
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KS2 Choir

I’d like to blog a great big ‘thank you’ to my wonderful KS2 choir for making our rehearsals and performances this year so fun. Year 6s, I will miss your musical talents very much indeed and I hope that you will continue your enthusiasm for music at secondary school and beyond. In fact, I’m looking...
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Class 8 newsletter

Lots of important information this week! Class 8 newsletter
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