The children can come to school in their pyjamas on Thursday this week. Please donate £1 per child. This can be paid to the school teacher or into the office. Thank you!Read More
Please see our new school lunch menu starting Monday 4th November. It is full of healthy tasty warming winter food! You can find it under the ‘Our School’ tab on our website. Read More
Today EYFS & KS1 attended the Harvest Festival at St. Thomas’ church. The children sang their hearts out and thoroughly enjoyed themselves! A big thank you for all the volunteers who helped and all the kind donations received.Read More
Street Party!!! (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) Our EYFS and KS1 children are hosting a street party to celebrate our ‘Streetwise’ topic and you are invited to join us for light refreshments! It will take place on Thursday 17th October at 3pm. It is an opportunity for you to enjoy biscuits that have been...Read More
EYFS and KS1 Harvest Festival celebration will be on Tuesday 22nd October at St. Thomas’ church. The children will walk to the church, sing songs and give thanks for all the food they have.Read More
The PTA have arranged a spooky fun filled disco on Friday 18th October. EYFS and KS1 will be at 6pm to 7pm and Ks2 will be 7.15pm to 8.30pm. There will also be a Halloween cake stall on Wednesday 23rd October at 3.15pm outside class 3.Read More
Please use the attached link to see our Virtual Reality Headsets that have made it into the Evening Press!! https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17935959.virtual-reality-comes-park-grove-primary-academy-york/Read More
Thank you so much to all who contributed to our Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday. A good time was had by all and the children loved coming to the hall to choose a cake! Thank you again to our amazing PTA for you your efforts on and around the day to make it such...Read More
We are all very excited for our coffee morning tomorrow! Please join us for tea and coffee and lots of cake! If possible please bring a made or bought bake and remember…nut free!! 🙂Read More
A big welcome back to everyone!! We hope you all had an enjoyable and restful Summer break. All the new reception children seem to have settled in well and we wish all the Year 6 pupil’s a great time at High Adventure next week!Read More
Sports day for Key Stage 2 is this coming Monday 24th June. Year 3/4 starts at 9:15 and concludes 10:30, Year 5/6 starts 10:45 and concludes 12pm.Read More
Early Years and KS1 children have an exciting trip planned for next week! This will be to Scarborough on Thursday 20th June. We hope the sun shines for you and you all have a wonderful day!Read More
Our special fund raising event for 2019 will be a sponsored BOUNCE!! This will be held on Wednesday 19th June. Please carry on collecting sponsor money, as there will be a prize for the class who collects the most money and a prize for the child who manages the most bounces. We hope the...Read More
We would just like to remind you that we break up this Friday 24th May at normal finish time for half term. We hope you all have a relaxing week off and look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 3rd June.Read More
We are delighted to announce that one of our teachers, Mr Gardiner, has made it through to the Final of Test The Teacher on Minster FM!! The final takes place on Thursday 9th May between 8 and 9am. We realise this is dropping off time so we will listen to a recording of the broadcast...Read More
PLEASE IGNORE PREVIOUS POST – We actually break up for Easter: FRIDAY 12TH APRIL AT 2:30PM We hope you all have an enjoyable and relaxing break. School opens again on Monday 29th April.Read More
The NSPCC are coming to Park Grove to deliver their Speak Out Stay Safe assembly to key stage 1 and 2. They will also do an hour long workshop for the year 5 and 6 pupils. These will be on 27th and 28th March.Read More
Class 6 will be having an assembly on Tuesday 5th February at 9am. The topic for the assembly will be The Egyptians and Class 6 pupils would love to see as many of their parents there as possible!Read More
On Tuesday 22nd January Class 5 will be doing an assembly on ‘The Egyptians’. The children have had great fun learning this topic and are looking forward to sharing their ideas with you. We would love to see as many parents there as possible.Read More
This Thursday 10th January a number of children from Park Grove and Haxby Road Schools will be travelling to Sheffield for Young Voices 2019! This exciting event takes place every year and we are sure the children and parents will enjoy it!Read More
Next week each child will attend a Christmas Party in School! EYFS & KS1 will be on Thursday 20th December and KS2 will be on Tuesday 18th December. We are sure the children will have great fun!Read More
Our Christmas Dinner at Park Grove will be on Wednesday 19th December. We are sure it will be delicious and the children will have lot’s of fun! Please make sure you have brought your slip back to let us know if your child would like a Christmas Dinner or not.Read More
Please see below our PTA October events coming up soon at Park Grove! AGM – Monday 15th October – 7pm at the Gillygate Pub Everyone is welcome to come to the PTA AGM. We will be discussing committee positions as well as planning events, fundraising ideas/funding requests as well as testing the Gillygate’s food and drink. If you are unable...Read More
We welcome prospective parents to come and look around Park Grove Primary Academy. Please contact us via email or telephone if you would like to attend either afternoon. Wednesday 7th November 1.30pm-3pm and Wednesday 28th November 1.30pm-3pm.Read More
Parents/Carers are invited into school to discuss your child’s work with their teacher on Tuesday 23rd October and Thursday 25th October. Letters to be sent out shortly.Read More
On Wednesday 10th October we are having a Young Minds Awareness day… Young Minds is a charity which promotes positive mental health in children and young people and aims to provide support and build resilience so they are empowered to face whatever challenges life brings. Throughout the day we will be doing lessons and activities...Read More
The Y6 play, Cinderella and Rockerfella is on Tuesday 17th July at 6pm. The children have been working incredibly hard and have put forward their own fantastic ideas to make this production their own. We have been overwhelmed by their energy and enthusiasm for this production, it should be a great performance!Read More
On Thursday 19th July EYFS and KS1 pupils will be having a pirate themed party to celebrate the ‘Pirates and Explorers’ topic. They will be singing some pirate songs and chants and they will have some games and activities.Read More
On Wednesday 18th July between 12pm – 1pm we will be having a Teddy Bears Picnic lunch on the field (weather permitting). Parents are very welcome to join us, please bring your own packed lunch. Please note there will be no hot dinners available on this day.Read More
Next week are Park Grove’s Sports Days. KS1 is on Wednsday 27th June am and KS2 is on Thursday 28th June am. The forecast is good, so we hope the children enjoy it!Read More
On Wednesday 27th June, Year 5 pupils will be visiting York University for an exciting Science Day! They will be taking part in workshops including DNA, fingerprinting, languages and nursing. We hope you have great fun! Read More
Next week (21st June) EYFS & KS1 children will be visiting Whitby. They will learn about geographical features, Captain Cook and have fun on the beach!Read More
Over the next couple of weeks all KS2 classes will be visiting Bootham Crescent Football Ground. This is an exciting opportunity for them to have a tour of the grounds, learn more about football and even meet some of the players!Read More
Next week is Park Grove’s very exciting ‘Enterprise Week’! The children will be involved in various events throughout the week, hopefully raising plenty of sponsorship money for new ICT equipment. We hope you all enjoy it and have fun! Read More
Before the half term holiday, we received the exciting news that one of Class 9’s entries into the Literacy Film Festival competition had been successful. Class 9 have been invited to a special screening at City Screen in York on Friday 15th June, where they will be able to watch their entry and other successful...Read More
A reminder that on Tuesday 12th June, Flipside Photography will be in school to take the Class photographs. Photos will then be on display outside classrooms and order forms will be sent home or available from the school office. Best smiles!Read More
We break up for half term on Friday, 25th May 2018. Hopefully the sun will keep shining. We hope you all have a lovely break and look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 4th June 2018. Read More
Next Tuesday (22nd May) we are having a School Council Enrichment Day! This will be a fun day for the children with many activities and games to enjoy!Read More
This week and next Classes 1 to 4 will be visiting the Greenfields Community Garden on Haxby Road. The kind volunteers at the community garden have agreed to work with us on our visit, working in groups planting etc. Hopefully we will have lovely weather on our visits.Read More
All Class 2 parents are invited to come and see their children’s exciting assembly on their current topic ‘Field to Fork’. This will take place on Tuesday 24th April at 9am.Read More
We would like to remind parents that we finish at 2.30pm on the last day of this term. Please collect your children at 2.30pm on Friday 23rd March 2018 Also to remind you that school opens for the pupils’ return on Monday 9th April 2018 Best Wishes Read More
Last week children from Years 3, 4 and 5 had the chance, as part of the Inspiring Minds Project to visit the National Railway Museum, where Major Tim Peake’s descent module was on display. Major Tim Peake embarked on the Principia mission to the International Space Station in December 2015 and spent six months orbiting...Read More
As part of our Inspiring Minds project this term, the Year 6 children have the opportunity to visit the organisation they are working with. The visit is to support their understanding of creative arts, as well as being an enjoyable day out! Some of the Year 6 children will visit York St John...Read More
World Book Day 2018 is taking place on 1st March, however Park Grove will be celebrating on Friday 2nd March. All children will be given a £1.00 book token to spend. This year each class teacher has chosen a special author to explore the work of throughout the day. We would like to encourage...Read More
Before half term we began sorting through our Storysack Area as it was in need of updating and repairing. We had a very productive morning sorting through everything and will be holding another session on Thursday 1st March, if any parents are interested, we need people who can sew, mend, shop and write prompt cards....Read More
On our last day of term, Friday 9th February we are having a very exciting music enrichment day. Throughout the day children will take part in a variety of music workshops, which we hope will be lot’s of fun! Read More
Over the next couple of weeks each of the classes will be visiting York Theatre Royal for a tour of the building. EYFS & KS1 children will take part in a drama workshop and KS2 children will have a talk on ‘Careers in Theatre’.Read More
On Wednesday 17th January, the Young Voices Choir will be performing at Sheffield Arena. Young Voices is the largest choir in the world, where thousands of children all come together to sing. It is a really exciting event which the children in previous years have thoroughly enjoyed, and we know this year’s choir will have...Read More
The EYFS children will be celebrating Christmas by singing some Christmas songs. We look forward to seeing EYFS parents for a coffee and mince pie on Thursday 21st December at 9.15am.Read More
We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Christmas Fair on Friday 15th December, 6pm- 8.30pm. This year the fair is called ‘Have a jolly bolly Christmas’, there will be Bollywood dancing lessons, indian inspired food, christmas shopping stalls, bindis, beauty and glitter and of course santa’s grotto.Read More
On Thursday 14th December Key Stage 1 will perform their Nativity, Born in a Barn, the performances are at 9.15am and 5.30pm. Please make sure you have booked your tickets (maximum of 2 per family). We hope that you enjoy the performance and look forward to seeing you.Read More
On Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th November 2017, Flipside Photographers will be in school to take individual photographs of the children. If the children have siblings in school, sibling photos only will be taken. If you would like an individual photo of your child, please let the office know by Monday morning.Read More
EYFS & KS1 will be visiting St. Thomas’ Church to celebrate the Harvest Festival. They will walk to the church on Tuesday 24th October at 9.30am and have fun singing songs. We would be very grateful for donations of any non-perishable items, these will be sent to the Salvation Army at a later...Read More
The selected Theatre Ambassadors will be going on a trip on Friday 29th September, to see the ‘Ugly Duckling’ performance at the York Theatre Royal. We are sure they will enjoy it and will be asked to write a review of the performance.Read More
Next Friday (29th September) we have planned a fundraiser for World Heart day. We will be receiving a box of skipping ropes to do the Jump Rope for Heart activity for the British Heart Foundation. Each class will be allocated a half hour slot to do the skipping activities and we will ask for a...Read More
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