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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?
Posted On 08 May 2015
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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?
Posted On 28 Apr 2015
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Chunking…

How did you feel using the chunking method for division today? What top tips can you remember?
Posted On 28 Apr 2015
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Mean, Median, Mode and Range

What can you tell me about these mathematical terms?
Posted On 22 Apr 2015
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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?
Posted On 22 Apr 2015
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Character Profile

How did you describe your character?
Posted On 16 Apr 2015
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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...
Posted On 14 Apr 2015
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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.
Posted On 14 Apr 2015
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Chick Writing

What benefits of having the chicks in school did you describe in your writing?
Posted On 24 Mar 2015
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New Skills…

What did you get taught by your partner this afternoon?
Posted On 24 Mar 2015
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Class 7 Assembly

A fantastic assembly Class 7! What were your favourite parts Class 8?
Posted On 17 Mar 2015
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Effective Learners…

Which famous person did you research? Why were they an effective learner?
Posted On 17 Mar 2015
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Red Nose Day…

Which red item did you come to school with today?
Posted On 13 Mar 2015
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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?
Posted On 10 Mar 2015
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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...
Posted On 10 Mar 2015
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World Book Day…

What did you come as for World Book Day? What is your favourite book?
Posted On 04 Mar 2015
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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?
Posted On 04 Mar 2015
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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!
Posted On 04 Mar 2015
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Famous Person Research

What did you find out in your research of a famous person?
Posted On 26 Feb 2015
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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...
Posted On 22 Feb 2015
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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
Posted On 12 Feb 2015
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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.
Posted On 11 Feb 2015
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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?  
Posted On 10 Feb 2015
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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...
Posted On 04 Feb 2015
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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?
Posted On 28 Jan 2015
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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?!
Posted On 28 Jan 2015
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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...
Posted On 22 Jan 2015
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Adventure Stories

We have been writing our own adventure stories this week. What is your favourite part of your story?
Posted On 22 Jan 2015
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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?
Posted On 13 Jan 2015
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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?
Posted On 13 Jan 2015
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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?
Posted On 06 Jan 2015
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Happy New Year!

What were the highlights of your holidays?
Posted On 06 Jan 2015
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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.
Posted On 19 Dec 2014
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Christmas Party!

What a marvellous Christmas party we had yesterday in Key Stage 2! What did you enjoy?
Posted On 17 Dec 2014
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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?!
Posted On 13 Dec 2014
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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?  
Posted On 08 Dec 2014
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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?
Posted On 08 Dec 2014
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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?
Posted On 06 Dec 2014
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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...
Posted On 02 Dec 2014
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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?
Posted On 02 Dec 2014
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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?
Posted On 02 Dec 2014
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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?
Posted On 26 Nov 2014
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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?
Posted On 26 Nov 2014
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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?
Posted On 18 Nov 2014
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Art and DT Enrichment day

What did you enjoy about our Enrichment day today? What did you learn?
Posted On 18 Nov 2014
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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?
Posted On 17 Nov 2014
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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?
Posted On 10 Nov 2014
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Swimming

How did your first swimming lesson go? What do you enjoy about swimming?
Posted On 10 Nov 2014
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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?
Posted On 10 Nov 2014
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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?
Posted On 07 Nov 2014
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Shading

What did you find out when we used the sketching pencils?
Posted On 07 Nov 2014
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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?
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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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!
Posted On 31 Oct 2014
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Class Newsletter – 23.10.14

23.10.14 Have a great half term!
Posted On 24 Oct 2014
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Pie Charts

This week we have been looking at pie charts. What can you tell me about them?
Posted On 22 Oct 2014
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Core Values!

What are our core values? What do they mean?
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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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?!
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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Yorkshire Museum Trip

We had a wonderful trip to the Yorkshire Museum yesterday. What were your favourite bits?
Posted On 09 Oct 2014
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Tests

How did you find the assessments we have done this week?
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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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?!
Posted On 03 Oct 2014
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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?
Posted On 30 Sep 2014
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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?
Posted On 30 Sep 2014
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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?
Posted On 24 Sep 2014
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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?
Posted On 21 Sep 2014
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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?
Posted On 21 Sep 2014
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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…
Posted On 14 Sep 2014
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Class Newsletter – 12.9.14

Class 8 Newsletter
Posted On 12 Sep 2014
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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?!
Posted On 08 Sep 2014
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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
Posted On 01 Sep 2014
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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
Posted On 01 Sep 2014
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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
Posted On 21 Jul 2014
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Park Grove’s got talent!

There were amazing talents on display this afternoon – which did you enjoy most and why?!
Posted On 18 Jul 2014
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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...
Posted On 17 Jul 2014
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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...
Posted On 14 Jul 2014
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Class 8 newsletter

Lots of important information this week! Class 8 newsletter
Posted On 11 Jul 2014
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