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STEAM Week!

This half term, to tie in with British Science week, it has been our STEAM Week! It’s been all about science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. It was an incredibly busy but highly enjoyable week, with lots of varied and exciting activities happening in the...
Posted On 29 Apr 2019
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World Book Day 2019!

What a super, cosy and fun-filled day for World Book Day. It was wonderful to see all children in the different classes in their pjs! In EYFS/KS1, each class explored a different traditional tale ranging from Goldilocks and the Three Bears to The Enormous Turnip. In Class 3, they...
Posted On 13 Mar 2019
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EYFS/KS1 Country Celebration Day!

As part of our Topic of ‘Around the World’, we got on board ‘Park Grove Airlines’ and began our journey to 4 different countries. Each class visited Brazil, Egypt, India and Australia. For each country, there were a range of different activities taking...
Posted On 19 Feb 2019
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EYFS/KS1 Workshops!

The EYFS and KS1 children have recently had the pleasure of visitors coming to deliver a range of workshops  inspired by our topic of ‘Around the World’. We have participated in a Drama workshop called ‘How to make an Apple Pie and See the World’. The...
Posted On 08 Feb 2019
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Egypt Expeditions…

In Key Stage 2 this half term, we are learning all about the Ancient Egyptians. We kicked off our learning journey with some exciting drama workshops, lead by the fantastic Mud Pie Arts, which were based upon the brilliant Egyptology book by Dugald Steer. Each class was...
Posted On 03 Feb 2019
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Young Voices 2019!

This year was Park Grove’s fourth year taking part in Young Voices, now the worlds largest school based choir. After weeks of hard work and rehearsal time put in by our own choir, we set off on January 10th 2019 for the fantastic concert at Sheffield arena. It is such a...
Posted On 25 Jan 2019
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PG Playground Buddies

This year, we have changed the way our Playground Buddy system works which all came from our pupils’ feedback at a school council meeting at the end of last year. We now have two Playground Buddies from classes 2-9 to help support other children during breaktimes and...
Posted On 19 Jan 2019
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KS1 Nativity and the EYFS Christmas Concert!

  KS1 Nativity The KS1 children have done 3 fantastic performances of their Nativity – ‘Prickly Hay’. They worked so hard to remember their lines and all the words to the songs. It was great fun all round and they did themselves very proud. We hope those...
Posted On 21 Dec 2018
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Be Internet Awesome!

On Wednesday 12th December, Key Stage 2 had a really interesting and important assembly all about e-safety, and we had special visitors to talk to us about being Google Internet Legends! We learnt to Think Before You Share (Be Internet Sharp) and think carefully at what you post...
Posted On 20 Dec 2018
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Journalism News…

One of Park Grove’s pupils; Phoebe, was inspired by her new school to write an award-winning journalism piece for a competition she found in The Week junior magazine. When she had to move from a school she loved (Clifton with Rawcliffe School) because her parents were...
Posted On 14 Dec 2018
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Christmas Carol Concert

Our EYFS Christmas Carol Concert will take place on Thursday 20th December at 9.15am. Tickets are now available.
Posted On 03 Dec 2018
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Nativity

Our KS1 Nativity performances will take place on Tuesday 11th December at 9.15am and on Thursday 13th December at 5.30pm. Tickets are now available.
Posted On 03 Dec 2018
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Light//Moves – York Mediale 2018

In the first half term, classes 8 and 9 were involved in a new and exciting opportunity, creating a unique dance experience as part of the York Mediale 2018. In the sessions, the classes explored dance with professional practitioners Hannah and Drew as well as combining coding...
Posted On 27 Nov 2018
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Enrichment Day!

Early Years and Key Stage 1 We had a fantastic day celebrating our Topic for Autumn 1 – It’s A Bug’s Life. As a way to draw our Topic to an end, we had a carousel of different activities in each classroom with each teacher. The children baked some spider crispy cakes, went on a...
Posted On 26 Nov 2018
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Year 6 and Reception Buddies!

The Year 6 children came down to meet their Reception Buddies for our first official meetup on Friday 19th October. The Reception children were delighted to show their Buddies around the outdoor classroom area and enjoyed having some time to play and catch up with them. We had...
Posted On 24 Oct 2018
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Harvest Festival!

Over the last couple of weeks, the Early Years and Key Stage 1 children have been busy practising many Harvest Festival songs in the run up to the celebration in the church on Tuesday 16th October. Not only did we sing as a whole choir, but each class also had their own class...
Posted On 19 Oct 2018
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The votes are in…

After a tough and closely fought election campaign, the results are finally in. Park Grove children have been battling it out amongst their peers, with clearly thought out statements and promises to consider the needs of all class members and have everyone’s best interests...
Posted On 12 Oct 2018
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Amazing High Adventure!

Well what a fantastic time the Year 6’s had at their residential! Our Year 6’s started off their final year at Park Grove by getting stuck in to a full week at High Adventure, an outdoor education centre near Skipton. The week was filled with a range of exciting yet...
Posted On 30 Sep 2018
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Happy New (School) Year!

Our new children are settling in brilliantly to school life at Park Grove. Here are some of our new reception children from Class 2 enjoying some time outside on our lovely new bench! All the children have returned to school eager to learn after their 6 week break. Our Early...
Posted On 26 Sep 2018
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Year 5 Playhouse Project!

Well done to all our Year 5s for their fantastic performance at the York Theatre Royal! The Year 5s have been working hard on this playhouse project for weeks, and on the evening of July 9th, all their efforts were realised when they brought their performance of Ginger Jones and...
Posted On 17 Jul 2018
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Early Years and Key Stage 1 Trip to Whitby

All four classes thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful day seeing the many sights of Whitby! We saw the whale bone arch, the Captain Cook monument, the Endeavour, Whitby Abbey, the 199 steps and most importantly we all enjoyed an ice cream, thanks to the PTA! All of the children behaved...
Posted On 27 Jun 2018
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Classes 8 & 9 Collective Artwork

Near our Insect Fields garden, you may have noticed something very bright and colourful pop up in the corner of our school field! This collective artwork was created by all members of Class 8 and 9, who worked with a real artist to represent the chaos and visual language related...
Posted On 30 May 2018
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Student Council Enrichment Day

On Tuesday 22nd May, the whole of Park Grove enjoyed a fantastic enrichment day that was organised by the School Council representatives from classes 1 to 9. There were so many different activities for all of KS1 and KS2 to choose from and all were ideas from the children themselves!
Posted On 26 May 2018
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KS2 Cooking Projects

This term Key Stage 2 have a new topic, Football Focus, and each class are exploring this theme through studying a different country that are, or have been, involved in the World Cup. One of the first things we all wanted to explore was the food from that country. See below to...
Posted On 23 Apr 2018
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World Book Day 2018!

At Park Grove, the incredibly snowy weather wasn’t going to cool off how excited we were for World Book Day 2018, and it proved to be a fantastic day across the whole school! Here’s what each class were up to… Class 1 “We all went in different costumes...
Posted On 07 Mar 2018
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Flooding Drama Workshop

All of the children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 have been involved in a drama workshop run by Thea Jacob this week about flooding. We loved having the opportunity to discuss flooding including why it happens, who can help us when it floods and what we can do to stay safe and...
Posted On 27 Feb 2018
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Music Enrichment Day!

On the last day of Spring term 1, every class at Park Grove enjoyed a fantastic musical treat: a whole day dedicated to exploring and celebrating music! Students from York University joined us for some music workshops each linked to the class’ topic. Through these...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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Young Voices 2018!

For the third year in a row, Park Grove Academy has enjoyed being part of the fantastic Young Voices Choir at Sheffield arena. It is such a brilliant day for everybody involved…and here is a superb, descriptive report of the day by choir members Annabelle and Dinithi: Young...
Posted On 30 Jan 2018
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York Theatre Royal VIPs

Throughout this half term, all classes at Park Grove have been lucky enough to visit the York Theatre Royal for an exclusive backstage look! Whilst the classes were there, they had a very informative tour of all the different parts of a theatre and learnt about the range of...
Posted On 23 Jan 2018
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Feeling Festive

Our KS1 children wowed the crowds with their rendition of ‘Born in a Barn’, this years nativity play. We had sheep, cows, mice, dogs, cats and even a cockrel, all making room in their stable for a very special baby. While our Year 2 children took on the acting roles,...
Posted On 21 Dec 2017
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Canada Enrichment Day

In Key Stage One and Early Years our current topic is ‘Winter Wonderland’ so we have been thinking about where the coldest places on earth are. One of the cold countries we have been investigating is Canada, so we had a topic Enrichment Day learning about lots of Canadian things....
Posted On 05 Dec 2017
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Exploring Eboracum!

As part of our Romans topic, all of Key Stage 2 enjoyed a spectacular enrichment day, trekking around the remains of the Roman fortress of York – or as they called it, Eboracum – to find out all about the Roman history in our beautiful city. We explored the streets of Eboracum,...
Posted On 01 Dec 2017
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Harvest Festival

At the end of our first half term all of the children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 thoroughly enjoyed celebrating our Harvest Festival at St Thomas’s church. Thank you to all of the parents that came to watch and support our celebration. We hope you enjoyed the singing,...
Posted On 08 Nov 2017
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The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of York – at Park Grove!

This half term we had a very special visit from an important figure in York: the Mayor Barbara Boyce! Key Stage 2 found out that her full title was The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of York and were given the exciting opportunity to ask her different questions about her life, her...
Posted On 02 Nov 2017
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Georgina Glaholm (Teacher)

Hello, my name is Georgina Glaholm. I am from York and have been living here all my life, except when I went to study my Early Childhood Studies undergraduate degree in Scarborough. I then returned to York to pursue my teacher training. I have known for many years that I wanted...
Posted On 04 Oct 2017
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High Adventure!

As if starting a new school year isn’t exciting enough, the Year 6s at Park Grove always have the added excitement of their school residential to High Adventure in the second week…and this year we had a fantastic visit! We set off on a slightly soggy Monday, but we...
Posted On 21 Sep 2017
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Welcome to the New Reception Children

All of the Early Years team are so impressed with the new starters in Class 1 and 2 who have settled into school fantastically. They have already been very busy exploring the classroom, investigating in the outdoor area and making lots of new friends.
Posted On 16 Sep 2017
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Topic Plans Year A 2017-18

Topic plans Year A 2017-18
Posted On 14 Sep 2017
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Animals

Our Year 5 children performed ‘Animals’ by Atiha Sen Gupta at York Theatre Royal. The children were supported in preparing for the play by Julian Ollive from the theatre as part of the nation wide Playhouse project. The actors were expertly directed by our very own Mr...
Posted On 20 Jul 2017
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Trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Key Stage 1 and Early Years were very lucky to visit the Yorkshire Wildlife Park to support their current topic ‘In the Jungle’. We all had a fantastic day out, despite the wet weather! We saw many wild animals such as tigers, lions, polar bears and lemurs. Everyone was...
Posted On 05 Jul 2017
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Topic Enrichment

As part of our whole school enrichment day, each class spent the day exploring our current topic: chocolate! Activities included using the Chromebooks to create informative, interactive presentations all about chocolate, tasting a range of different chocolates (and then creating...
Posted On 04 Jun 2017
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Choctastic!

As part of our topic enrichment day all of Early Years and Key Stage 1 visited the Castle Museum to learn even more about chocolate. All of the children walked there very sensibly with their rucksacks and sunhats in the glorious weather. When we arrived we followed the trail of...
Posted On 02 Jun 2017
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Weekly Newsletter 12/2/16

Here is the newsletter for this week. Have a fantastic half term! February 12th
Posted On 12 Feb 2016
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Class 7 Newsletter 22.1.16

Here is the newsletter for this week. Have a lovely weekend! Class 7 Newsletter 22.1.16
Posted On 22 Jan 2016
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Class 7 Newsletter 8.1.16

Here is the newsletter for this week  08.01.16-Newsletter
Posted On 08 Jan 2016
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