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Atlas antics!

This afternoon we’ve been continuing to explore the world by looking closely at atlases and the different geographical features of each continent. Class 9 – what interesting facts have you learnt?
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Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!

This afternoon, class 9 were excited to be heading out to their first swimming lesson of the year this at the brilliant Yearsley Pool. Class 9 – what do you enjoy most about your swimming lessons?
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The final countdown…

Well the final day at High Adventure arrived, which brought its own challenges with it…packing bags, finding the owners of the mountain of clothes left in the drying room and cleaning rooms! After all this, we had one last morning of activities to enjoy with our groups, and the special thing about these activities were...
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Day Four…

The morning of day four seemed a little quieter than normal (the exhilarating yet exhausting activities seem to finally be taking its toll!) but we were soon in full swing, and even before splitting into groups we started off with an exciting game of old skool hoops! We split into our groups and swapped around...
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Next Week…

English Next week in English we will be starting to look at stories from other cultures. Maths In maths next week we will look at a range of written subtraction methods. Other notes Spellings will start again next week. Please bring your Reading Records into school next week. We read on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in...
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HA Day 2 and 3!

After our first night at High Adventure, everyone was eager to get started on their first full day and see what was in store! We filled our bellies with a yummy breakfast of cereal or toast or even sausage and beans (or a bit of them all!) before getting into our groups for the day’s...
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First day of High Adventure…

This morning, the excited Year 6’s waved goodbye to mums and dads and Park Grove to set off to the awe-inspiring High Adventure! Once we arrived, we were shown our rooms and faced the first challenge: making our own beds! (The most fearful of all activities here it seems!) After lunch, all groups sets off...
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Next week…

Next week the Year 6’s are at High Adventure. Have a great time! The Year 5’s will be spending the week in Class 8 with Mr Mastrelli and will be doing a variety of English, maths and topic activities.  
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Homework Project

For your first homework of the new school year, we’d really like it if you could customise and decorate your new homework books to reflect your personality or interests. Perhaps you could decorate your book with pictures of your favourite hobbies? Maybe you could cover your book with pictures of famous explorers and maps, work...
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Fun with numbers

This week in Maths, we have focused on place value with numbers up to seven digits. This morning, we explored numbers in pairs, working collaboratively to compare numbers according the value of the digits and place a range of six digit numbers onto a number line. Class 9 – What vocabulary were you using when discussing these...
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Bug-sy ma-hunt!

This afternoon we went outside to explore the wild life in the school grounds. We have started learning about evolution in science, so we wanted to explore livings things today and think how they have evolved. It was exciting to see so many different animals and plants and sketch them from real life. Class 9...
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Welcome back!

A very big, bright and bubbly welcome to all new class 9 members! Well done for all coming in with a smile this morning and for getting stuck right in on our busy first day back. I’m sure will be a brilliant year together! Class 9 – what are you looking forward to most this...
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Schools Out!

Summer has definitely arrived here at Park Grove, with everyone enjoying the gorgeous sunshine over the past week. That also means school is over for the summer holidays…but before you all leave, let me just say a huge WELL DONE and THANK YOU to all you wonderful Class 9 members! It has been a pleasure teaching all...
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Marvellous Midsummer Magic!

This week all the Year 6’s enthusiastic efforts and dedication to our play rehearsals were finally shown in our school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I think it is safe to say that they definitely created one of the most memorable and amazing school performances that everyone enjoyed! It has been an absolute pleasure...
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Race for Life!

Following on from a spectacular sports day, Monday morning saw the whole school take part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. Class 9 joined forces with Class 4 to complete the mile for a worthy cause, and all children tried their very hardest in the sweltering heat to complete the mile – some even...
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Sports Day!

Friday was our Key Stage 2 sports day, and thankfully the sun stayed shining for us all morning! What a fantastic morning showcasing some of our very talented athletes competing in a range of different sporting events from triple jump and shot put to climbing and beat the goalie, followed by some fantastic sportsmanship demonstrated...
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Next week…

Next week are the Year 6 performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. We have really enjoyed the rehearsals and know you have too. Everyone has a great smile on their faces and is really getting in to the spirit of the play. Well done to all those children who have learnt their lines so very...
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Homework Project

Remember your final homework project for this year: we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and...
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Olympic Maths Challenge!

Continuing the Olympic theme, today in Class 9 we all took part in an Olympic Maths Challenge – and it definitely was a challenge! There were three different tasks to complete that stretched our mathematical skills in various ways: we had to create a pie chart from data about London 2012 medal winning countries, use...
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Bonkers for Brazil

As the Olympic Games in Rio is creeping closer, we spent this afternoon researching Brazil using atlases to find important information about its physical and human geography.  Year 5 – what did you find out about Brazil? Did anything surprise you?
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Crazy cubes!

Today, the Year 5’s investigated the nets of cubes and cuboids, exploring the different range of nets that work and don’t work. Year 5 – what did you find out from your investigation? What features of a cube net do you need to have?
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Next week…

The Year 5’s will explore the ending of “The Adventures of Odysseus” in more detail and will develop their skills to work mathematically to solve problems. The end of year play is getting closer for the Year 6’s so we will be continuing to hone our singing and acting skills to produce a fantastic performance....
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Homework Project

For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...
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Midsummer mayhem!

As we get closer towards the end of the year, we also get closer to our (sure to be!) fantastical Year 6 production! The set, costumes and props are getting ready, and the Year 6’s are developing their singing and  acting skills to become a group of perfect performers…it’s starting to get very exciting! Year...
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Book reviews: The Adventures of Odysseus

Today, the Year 5’s finished reading the epic Adventures of Odysseus and wrote their own reviews of the book. See below for some brilliant examples! Year 5’s – what have you enjoyed most about the book? Would you recommend the book to a friend? 
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Hot seating…

As the Year 6’s practise for their upcoming production, the Year 5’s have been enjoying reading more of The Adventures of Odysseus, and in this session explored the roles of Odysseys and his son Telemachus through drama. Year 5’s – if you were Telemachus, what would you say to Odysseus? What would Odysseus say to...
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Next week…

The Year 5’s will continue to explore “The Adventures of Odysseus” and will develop their skills to work mathematically to solve problems. The end of year play is getting closer for the Year 6’s so we will be continuing to hone our singing and acting skills to produce a fantastic performance. Please ensure your lines...
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Homework Project

Remember that for your next homework project, we’d like you to design a sporting mascot. As we’ve been finding out about Euro 2016 and the Rio Olympics this half term, you might like to link your mascot to one of these events. You could, however, create a mascot for any sport or sporting event that interests...
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Speeches…

While the Year 6’s have been busy rehearsing for their end of year play, the Year 5’s have been reading more of the story “The Adventures of Odysseus”. Their task on Monday morning was to write and perform a speech in pairs from the viewpoint of Eurylochus describing his anger and frustration towards Odysseus at...
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Rounders!

The sun shone down on another of our Class 8 and 9 rounders tournaments this afternoon. The classes are confident in stretching and warming up before the big games, which must be having a positive effect on their rounders skills as the quality of the games were fantastic! What are you enjoying most about our...
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Art Enrichment Day

It was our Art Enrichment Day today which has been fantastic – we have enjoyed a whole morning utilising our clay making skills! We have a grand idea for our clay masterpieces: we all created our own clay fish and, after we have them fired and glazed, these will work together with fish made by...
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Next week…

English Next week we will be producing a non-fiction piece of writing based on our play. Spellings This week we looked at words using suffixes to turn them into a verb. For your homework, please write some sentences (at least 4) using these verbs in them. Please also practise and learn these spellings as you...
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Homework Project

For your next homework project, we’d like you to design a sporting mascot. As we’ve been finding out about Euro 2016 and the Rio Olympics this half term, you might like to link your mascot to one of these events. You could, however, create a mascot for any sport or sporting event that interests you....
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VIP tour of the new Theatre Royal!

This morning, Class 9 went on an exciting and extremely interesting trip to the newly refurbished Theatre Royal! We were shown around the brand-new facilities as well as older ones that had been re-done. Our tour guide lead us around many fascinating rooms. First of all, we walked past the snazzy-looking kiosk to dressing room...
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…and blindfolded bonanza!

Monday afternoon we continued the fun with our fundraising events. We used some of our buns baked in the morning to decorate, we had an obstacle course to complete, and a drawing challenge – all to do blindfolded with our partner! It was a fun afternoon for a great cause – hopefully our efforts have...
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Bun baking…

Monday morning was a very busy one in class 9! It was our DT food enrichment morning so we started the day by preparing to bake some buns. After ensuring our hands were thoroughly cleaned, we got started, with some groups preparing the ingredients for baking, and others thinking of the end outcome: all these...
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Next week…

English Next week in English we are going to be writing a set of instructions based on our upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Spellings This week we looked at words using prefixes to transform them into negatives. For your homework, please practise and learn these spellings and evidence how you have practised them...
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Homework Project

A reminder that your current homework project is to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any other information you find interesting about that...
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Ready for Euro 2016…

Euro 2016 started last week, and already it’s been a hot talking point in class 9. We’re doing our own sweepstake so everyone is involved in supporting it in some way! (Fingers crossed for Iceland, Miss Platts’ team!) We’re also very lucky to be able to watch the England match at school on Thursday 16th...
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The show must go on!

This afternoon the year 6’s got to read through the production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the first time. Excitement was rife as the cast list had been given out on Monday, so there were lots of eager actors and actresses ready to get to grips with their roles. It’s onwards and upwards from...
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Groovy Greeks!

All of KS2 have recently been on a thrilling trip to the Grand Opera House to watch Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks. The performance was spectacular and the actors was exceptionally good! It was great to see parts of the Ancient Greeks we have learnt in class on stage, and also learn some new things too! A...
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Maths Games

This week in maths we have developed our mental multiplication skills by learning a method to calculate quickly and mentally. In order to extend our multiplication facts recall, develop other areas of maths and link into the upcoming Euro 2016 Football championship, we spent part of the morning creating our own maths games that we...
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The enchanted forest

This morning in English, we imagined we were travelling through the enchanted forest from A Midsummer Nights Dream as different characters to get our creativity flowing in describing the forest through our senses. Class 9, what descriptive and expanded noun phrases did you think of to describe the forest?
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Democracy and the EU referendum

Wednesday afternoon saw Class 9 develop their understanding of democracy, comparing Ancient Greek democracy with the modern day. This gave opportunity to lots of interesting discussion, including a debate on the oncoming EU Referendum! Class 9, what did you learn from this session? What did you find most interesting?
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Homework Project

As our current KS2 topic is Going for Gold, your next homework project will be to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any...
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Next week

English and Maths Next week Year 5 will have their assessment week in maths, reading and spelling. Remember this is a good chance for you to show all the wonderful skills you have learnt this year. Year 6 will be writing a narrative from an intriguing video clip you will find out more next week!...
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Happy Half Term!

Well done for a great – and extremely busy – half term Class 9! Please keep your focus and great attitude for learning for the last half term of year, and make sure you’re relaxed so you are refreshed for the following half term; we will be faced with new challenges (the Y6 end of year...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream…

This week we re-introduced some work earlier in the year that we all really enjoyed: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Getting our head around the tangle of lovers, we empathised with a character to write a persuasive letter to another.  Class 9 – which character did you write your letter from? Who were you trying...
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Real life refraction!

Early this morning, some vibrant and vividly colourful visible spectrums were seen inside Park Grove! All the colours of the rainbow could be seen dazzling the walls and even over our bags! Can you remember why the spectrum would be visible?
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Next week…

English Next week in English we will be revisiting our persuasive writing skills to write a persuasive letter. Maths On Tuesday, it is our maths enrichment day which will be focused on our topic of the Ancient Greeks. Spellings This week we looked at some more of the spellings from the years 5 and 6 National...
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Homework Project

Don’t forget your last homework project for this half term! We have been studying the Ancient Greeks, who were famous for their clever thinking, and we still remember and use many of their ideas today. Examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates. For your next homework project, we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word...
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Super spectrum spinners!!

Today we had a super fun science lesson all about the visible spectrum. We learnt that light is made up of all the rainbow colours and if you look through a glass prism you can see the visible spectrum.  We then created some awesome colour wheels that when spun really fast, show how the visible...
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Stretching in the sun

Following on from our first very successful rounders tournament last week in the sunshine, classes 8 and 9 conjoined again to stage the next round.  Before any exercise though, it is important to warm up and stretch the muscles you will be exercising. In small groups we identified muscles we would be using and thought...
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Shocking shields!

Miss Platts loves seeing all the homework projects come in because class 9 are so brilliant at producing creative, thoughtful and original projects to share! The latest homework was no different; we had an array of shields  to explore, all with their own interesting ideas and thoughts behind them. Class 9 – what was your...
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Next week…

English Next week we will be writing and editing our own explanation text based on winged shoes. Maths Next week in maths we will be developing our problem solving skills using a variety of different operations. Spelling Today we looked at some more of the spellings from the years 5 and 6 National Curriculum spelling list. For...
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Homework Project

The Ancient Greeks were famous for their clever thinking and we still remember and use many of their ideas today. Examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates. For your next homework project, we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word search for your classmates to solve. You can use as many topic words related...
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Breakfast club!

To help get our brains working at full capacity for the SATs this week, we have been enjoying our own Breakfast Club in the hall before school. It’s been so great to see the year 6’s smiling faces and healthy appetites first thing on a morning and see them ready and raring to go with...
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Storyboarding…

This afternoon we continued exploring the story of the Trojan Horse by creating our own storyboard of events. We summarised the myth into 6 different scenes, identifying the key events and drawing a visualisation of what the scene could look like. This is all working towards a very exciting outcome – to create our own...
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Rounders fun in the sun!

This afternoon we enjoyed the lovely sunshine at Park Grove by playing a wonderful game of rounders with classes 8 and 9. The quality of the games were fantastic and it’s safe to say all involved enjoyed competing within their different teams on this beautiful sunny afternoon.  We look forward to many more rounders tournaments...
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Next week…

English Next week the Year 5 children will be continuing to look at Odysseus  and the Year 6 children will be doing their Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation test. Reading Next week the Year 6s will be completing their SATs reading papers – good luck everyone! Maths Next week in maths we will all be doing...
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Homework Project

As you know, this half term we’ve been looking at the Ancient Greeks, and have learnt about some of the Greek armies, such as the Spartans and Athenians. For your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek shield. This could be for a Spartan, Athenian or Persian soldier, or...
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Exploring Greek artefacts…

This afternoon, we had the opportunity to explore some Greek artefacts and discuss what we had learnt about Ancient Greek gods and heroes with one another. It’s amazing how much we can learn from each other! Class 9 – what did you find interesting about the different artefacts we looked at?
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Amazing Arrow!

In science this afternoon we looked further into how light travels, especially how light travels through transparent materials like glass or water. We did this by undertaking an investigation: the amazing arrow! We drew a horizontal arrow and put it behind a glass full of water. When we looked through the glass something very interesting...
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Working out wages

In maths this morning, we developed our mathematic skills by multiplying numbers with up to 6 digits to find out the wages of certain jobs. It was very challenging as we were working with large numbers using long multiplication – but we also had a limited amount of time to calculate the wages! Class 9...
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Next week…

English Next week in English we will be exploring a range of instruction and explanation texts. Spellings Today we looked at some of the spellings from the years 5 and 6 National Curriculum spelling list. For your homework, please practise the spelling of these words and write a minimum of five sentences using one or more...
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Homework Project

This half term we’ve been looking at the Ancient Greeks, and have learnt about some of the Greek armies, such as the Spartans and Athenians. For your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek shield. This could be for a Spartan, Athenian or Persian soldier, or could even...
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Recreating recounts (through drama)!

We had an exciting, dramatic morning in class 9 as we thought about the important features of a recount. In groups, we had to make an advert explaining about this topic and each group presented all the features in a creative way! Class 9 – what are the features of a recount?              ...
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Eye spy…

Continuing our work on light in science, this afternoon we have focussed on how light is reflected and used our knowledge to create our own periscopes. It was fantastic that they all worked and we were able to spy out of the big window! Class 9 – when are/were periscopes used? How do they work?...
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Going back in time…

This afternoon we had a closer look at the Ancient Greeks and how the Ancient Greek empire grew by ordering a timeline to show the chronology of the Greek empire from 776BC to 146BC. Class 9 – why did the Greek empire change and grow? What happened at the end of the Greek empire?     ...
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Next week…

English Next week in English we will be continuing to write our own Greek myth and also explore recount writing. Spellings This week we looked at some of the spellings from the years 5 and 6 National Curriculum spelling list. For your homework, please create a spelling page in your homework book where you have...
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Homework Project

As you already know, our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that...
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Creating our own myths…

Today in English, we started developing and planning our ideas for our Greek myths. We unpicked the structure of a myth and identified important features, whilst also thinking of ways to improve our writing to ensure our myths are exciting and maintain the interest of the reader. The range of interesting ideas in the room...
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Sun = summer!

The sun shines in beautifully into Class 9 on a morning, and it definitely seems to make everyone a lot smilier and happier! Miss Platts is looking forward to what the sun, and Summer term, will bring. Class 9 – what are you looking forward to in the rest of this term?
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Groovy Greek myths

In class 9 we have explored some different Greek myths in preparation for writing our own. And what are two of the most important elements to a Greek myth? The hero/heroine and mythical beast of course! We designed our own characters for the myths we will be writing in English this week, see below for...
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Next week…

English Next week in English we will be delving deeper into Greek Mythology by planning, writing and editing our own Greek myth. Spellings This week we looked at the different ways hyphens are used to make writing clear. Please can you write each of the hyphenated words from your spelling list in a sentence that makes...
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Homework Project

Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...
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Greece is the word!

This week we have started our new topic: the Ancient Greeks! Already we have delved straight in, researching some of the different gods and goddesses the Ancient Greeks worshipped and exploring the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in English. We have also thought about key questions we want answering through our topic.  Class 9...
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Let there be light!

This afternoon we learnt all about light and how we are able to see. After finding out some facts, we created our own science show to explain how light travels and how that enables us to see. Class 9 – what can you remember about light? How can we see? What key vocabulary can you...
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When in Rome…use Roman numerals!

Today in maths we built upon our knowledge of Roman numerals by completing different challenges in groups. Do you know any Roman numerals? Can you write any calculations using Roman numerals?
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Happy Easter Holidays!

Next week in maths we will be… no, wait a minute, it’s the holidays! It’s been a brilliant second term in Class 9, well done to you all for all your focus and effort. We’ve had such a busy term, with the Year 5’s rehearsing for Oliver and the Year 6’s revising for the SATs...
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Tremendous Toy Day!

At Park Grove we have a day where you get to bring in toys and play with yours and other people’s. We have a toy day at the end of every term and we all look forward to them! Here are a few quotes of what people have said about toy day and how we...
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Class 9’s crazy inventions!

As the last homework project related to our Victorians topic, we challenged the school to think like Victorians and consider creating their own unique inventions. They were all definitely original, some a bit wacky and others purely ingenious! Class 9 – Which inventions did you like? Are you proud of your idea? Do you think...
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Victorian medicine, diseases and poison!

Today we had a very exciting visit to the Castle Museum to bring our Victorians topic to life! We were able to see the difference between a wealthy and poorer Victorian’s house and we even got to explore a Victorian street with the little alley ways, a Victorian school, a Victorian prison and different shops...
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Tell us, Rosie!

In English today, we read some more of our exciting class book Street Child and found out where Jim went after he escaped the workhouse. He found Rosie, who helped his mum and sisters, and found out what happened to her… We explored her story through hot-seating and asked ‘her’ a range of open questions...
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Next week…

Maths Next week in maths we will be revising Roman numerals and negative numbers. English                                                                                ...
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Homework Project

Remember our last homework of the half  term relating to the Victorians and the many inventions that they created during this period. A lot of these inventions were very successful and we still use them nowadays, such as railways, cars and rubber tyres. For your next homework project, we would like you to create and design...
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The man with the bowler hat…

This week we visited the De Grey Rooms for a fantastic theatre workshop, and I think we can all agree it was tremendous fun and we all enjoyed it immensely! After starting with a few warm up excercises, we sat down to hear our first ghost story of the day…the story of the wicked Mr...
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Illuminating the dangers of ELECTRICITY!

This week we have shared our science homework projects all about electricity. For this homework, we had to design and create our own poster about an aspect of electricity of our choice. Some of us described how to be safe around electricity and some about the dangers of electricity but all portrayed their message clearly...
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Oliver!

Wow – what a fantastic way to start this week by watching the fabulous Year 5s perform their entertaining and original version of Oliver to the whole school! You all did an absolutely fantastic job and should be so proud of yourselves! A huge good luck to you all from the rest of Class 9...
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Next week…

Maths Next week in maths, Year 5’s will be focussing on properties of angles. It’s also chance for the Year 6’s to show off everything they have learnt this year so far in some assessments. Wow us with what you can do! English                        ...
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Homework Project

This term you have been learning about the Victorians, including the many inventions that they created during this period. A lot of these inventions were very successful and we still use them nowadays, such as railways, cars and rubber tyres. For your next homework project, we would like you to create and design a new...
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Smarties + scarecrows = science!

We’ve had a super science afternoon today continuing our work on electricity. We created circuits, sabotaged circuits and remade them again; we created our own human class circuits using smarties to act as the voltage running through a circuit (and we enjoyed eating them too!) and we even created our own electrical ‘scarecrow’ with our...
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The Workhouse…

In English this morning, we continued reading Street Child by Berlie Doherty to develop our understanding of life in Victorian Britain for the poor. The chapters we read were all about the workhouse…and it does not sound like a very nice place! The main character, Jim, faces a dilemma. Does he stay at the workhouse...
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PSHCE play!

This afternoon, we were playing a lot of board games in Class 9, but it wasn’t just all fun and games! These board games were to help us understand how to act in different social situations, how to deal with different emotions and how to get along with others respectfully. The games were very interesting...
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World Book Day!

We’ve had a fantastic time in Class 9 celebrating World Book Day 2016! We started the day with a in drama activity inspired by an official World Book Day book: The Boy who could do what he liked, by David Baddiel. The elderly Mrs Stokes was a very amusing character to act out! We then...
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Next week…

Maths In maths we will be starting to explore algebra by looking at simple formula and equations. English                                                                            ...
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Homework Project

Remember that 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 about a specific danger such as overhead lines or pylons or it could be about the general dangers of electricity around the home....
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Class 9 debate: Should animals be kept in zoos?

In English, we’ve extended our skills in creating balanced arguments and thinking of for and against statements by staging our own class debate about a very important topic: should animals be kept in zoos? We had two teams – the ‘for’ team, who had to agree with this, and the ‘against’ team who had to...
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A lesson in arguing!

This morning we’ve been looking balanced arguments in more detail, playing a game to get us thinking of arguments for and against a range of different topics. What are the important features of balanced arguments that you need to include?        
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What a bright idea!

This afternoon, we continued our electricity work with an investigation into the brightness of a bulb in a circuit depending on the amount of voltage or cells in that circuit. We thought about it fully, considering the different variables we could change and the variables we could measure. In groups, we predicted what would happen...
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