Our next planning meeting is this Tuesday (27th Feb). Every one welcome! The more heads we can put together, the better. 7pm at the Gillygate pub.Read More
So who is game? Come and beat the staff at this fun, fast, finger action quiz. Try racing Mr Gardiner to the front of the fish and chip queue. Enjoy some of Mark Allison’s carefully picked beverages for the bar and have a great evening of quizzing, quaffing and banter! If you don’t have a...Read More
Roll up, Roll up! There are oodles of cake boxes to collect, as well as lots of lost property. Please come and have a look at pick up/drop off!Read More
Our next collection is on Monday 19th March, so please start collecting any items so that they can be sent into school. If you have a stack before then, we can happily store them in the PTA cupboard. Let’s hope the Spring weather arrives soon and we can finally be rid of some of these...Read More
Our next PTA meeting: Our next meeting is on Tuesday 27th February- 7pm at the Gillygate Pub. Please come down if you fancy a social, helping with planning events, to find out what is happening in the PTA, and of course, to try out the Gillygate’s fine beers, lagers and wines. Speedquiz: We are holding...Read More
Here are some more of the parenting courses running for next term. They are completely free and are an amazing insight into learning about children’s needs. A few PG parents have been on these courses and every one can’t recommend them enough. Monday 7.30 – 9.30pm Time Out from Anger at Cornerstone on 26 Feb...Read More
Save the date! Our Summer Fair – ‘Grovestock 3’ is on the afternoon of Saturday 14th July. If any bands/groups/musicians are interested in playing or if you have any other ideas for an activity/event at Grovestock, then do let us know.Read More
OSCAR winning York-born actress Dame Judi Dench and playwright Kay Mellor have given their backing plans for a creative arts primary school for the city.Read More
The PTA were busy getting all of the crackers down this morning, ready for the children’s Christmas lunch. It is the small touches that makes our PTA so different from many other PTAs. (Plus they are a dying breed too). Park Grove has such a sense of community and we always find it such a...Read More
Thank you Santa for sparing some time in your very busy schedule to come and visit the Grotto at Park Grove. Santa brought some amazing cuddly toys this year (as well as a fine selection of books), did any of your children choose one? He was still busy at 8.45 pm!!!Read More
A great Bollywood dancing sesh last night. Thank you to Caroline for running a dance class – it was great to see so many children and adults having a go.Read More
Please can anyone else volunteer for some slots tomorrow night? We currently have the stock in (and paid for) to run the bar, food and the beauty stall but some of it will have to go to waste as we don’t have the capacity to run these stalls. Santa also needs his helpers all night,...Read More
The children’s hand made Lanterns are being displayed this week ready for our Bollywood themed Christmas Fair. Keep an eye out for all of the wonderful craft work the children have produced for the fair. A huge thank you goes to Ms Stone and Ms Savoia for their amazing help!!Read More
It is our Christmas Cake Stall this Thursday at 3.15pm. We are running it this week as there are so many activities going on next week eg the parties and Christmas Lunch (sugar overload and all that). As always Cake donations are hugely appreciated. Please leave them in labelled tins in the Staff room on...Read More
There are 5 days to go before the Christmas Fair and we really, really need as many hands on deck as possible. On Friday am, we desperately need volunteers to help with preparing the various items for the fair (and Christmas Parties). On the night itself, the volunteer sheet currently needs ‘Jollying’ up as, at...Read More
Tickets are on sale for the Jolly Bolly Christmas Fair everyday this week at 3.15pm. They will be for sale on the door too! £1 adults and 50p for children – this includes a disco, a Bollywood ‘drop in’ dance class and a unique shopping experience in the gym and around the school.Read More
Our Jolly Bolly Christmas Fair will soon be here. 9 days to go! We desperately need volunteers on the night (the sheet is up on the PTA board outside of class 3). We also need tombola prizes (for both adults and children), sweets and lucky dip prizes.Read More
It was a lovely atmosphere at the Christmas Tree decorating session! The children loved adding their chosen bauble/tinsel to the tree. The PTA provided the mince pies and Mr Stoner ensured it snowed! The perfect combination. Thank you to the staff (especially Mr Stoner) for overseeing this lovely yearly tradition.Read More
Well done and thank you to Miss Bilton, KS2 Staff, Mark Allison and parent helpers! The children have had an action packed day out in our beautiful historical City. The children are buzzing about their experience especially their visit to the Yorkshire Museum, dressing up, being marched around the square by a Roman, a visit...Read More
WINNERS in the second annual York Culture Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony held at York Minster last night. Check out today’s Press!Read More
Key Stage 2 will be seeing the Roman remains around York all day tomorrow, so the children will need lunch and water, as well as suitable shoes and clothing. Fingers crossed for good weather!Read More
As you know, the Key Stage 2 Topic Day on the Romans is taking place on Friday, 24th November 2017. The children will be having a fun and informative day out, with entry to the Minster Undercroft and the Yorkshire Museum, activities at the Roman Bath Museum, access to a Roman site not normally open...Read More
Family Matters have the following courses coming up in January: Monday 9.30 – 11.30am Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities at Tang Hall School/Children’s Centre on 8, 15, 22, 29 Jan 5, 19, 26 Feb 5, 12, 19 March (half term is 12 Feb) Monday 12.45 – 2.45pm Separated Parents at Clifton Children’s Centre on 15, 22...Read More
Final call for stalls: Do you fancy running your own stall at our Christmas Fair? (15th Dec). We are giving priority bookings to any PTA members – stalls are £15 a pitch and could include e.g. arts, craft, pocket money, hand made items etc etc. We try to have just one type of any stall...Read More
Do you fancy running your own stall at our Christmas Fair? (15th Dec). We are giving priority bookings to any PTA members – stalls are £15 a pitch and could include e.g. arts, craft, pocket money, hand made items etc etc. We try to have just one type of any stall so do contact us...Read More
We have an exciting but busy term ahead. Bags will soon be going out for a Bag2school collection on 1st December, so please start saving any old clothes, shoes, coats etc. The Christmas Fair is on Friday 15th December. We will need the following: Sweets and tombola/raffle prize donations. Plus plenty of volunteers (especially throughout...Read More
Wow! What an amazing Halloween cake stall. Thank you so much for your contributions and patience in the very long queue. Park Grove definitely has some fine domestic Gods and Goddesses (along with many other talents too of course).Read More
Halloween Cake stall This is on Thursday at 3.15pm outside of class 3. We can’t run this without cake donations and so any will be hugely appreciated – please bring them to the staffroom in the morning. At the cake stall, all items are 50p, there is likely to be a long queue but it...Read More
A massive thank you to Moon Tran and her colleague, both from USA nails on Gillygate. They did our nails at a fraction of the cost and gave all proceeds to the PTA. We really, really appreciated what they did. If you want funky Halloween nails then drop in at the shop. The mood changing...Read More
Halloween Cake stall This is on Thursday at 3.15pm outside of class 3. We can’t run this without cake donations and so any will be hugely appreciated – please bring them to the staffroom in the morning. At the cake stall, all items are 50p, there is likely to be a long queue but it...Read More
Christmas Fair We have now secured the date!! It is on Friday the 15th December. We will be offering spaces for stalls and so do approach committee members asap if you have any questions, ideas or requests for a stall.Read More
Well done to Ada Lawrence who guessed the name of the pumpkin – our fine pumpkin was called ‘Petal’. Thank you to Henry for taking the time to organise this quiz, to Nellie for helping him and of course to Mrs Martin for being ‘all ears’ and supervising the entrance area.Read More
AGM It is our AGM tomorrow night at the Gillygate Pub -7pm. This is a meeting for everyone and a great way to get to know what is happening regarding fundraising and spending and to have a say in it (and for a social get together). We still have PTA committee positions available so do...Read More
A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Halloween disco – especially to all who helped. It was a busy, busy but ‘fangtastic’ night. Count Dracula will start the big ‘count’ tomorrow and will announce the amount raised very soon.Read More
It was lovely giving out all of the new starter books recently. Each book had a hand written plaque inside and we handed them out to each child. The children were very excited. Well done to Miss Sawyer for captivating us all whilst she read ‘Tiddler’ to the class.Read More
We have our PTA AGM (Annual General Meeting) on Tuesday 24th October at the Gillygate Pub 7pm. This is a meeting for everyone! We have committee positions available and so do come on down to find out more, ask any questions, find out what we do, what is in the pipe line and /or come...Read More
Dear All, Thank you once again to everyone who helped make Grovestock II such an outstanding community experience and a fantastic fundraiser. I am very pleased to inform you that the event made a profit of £3,140.22, which will buy a leaving gift for Year 6 children and provide exciting trips, experiences and equipment for...Read More
The bags have all gone out – do check your child’s bags for bags. The collection is next Wednesday -19th July. One week to go! Please drop any bags in the front foyer.Read More
A massive thank you goes to Stephen Hodgkins and Allan Rowan who ran this mosaic community art project last Saturday. Wow, isn’t this an absolutely stunning piece of art!Read More
PG Tips pyramid tea bags are a favourite for some. However, the pyramid shaped stage (well almost pyramid ?) with all of the PG talent performing at Grovestock 2 was just one mighty ‘infusion’ of fantastic tastes and styles. Do look below at the wonderful line up of artists that played (do Google them too)....Read More
Following the success of Grovestock, members of the PTA committee have been counting the money furiously (profits will be announced shortly) and also planning the last few fundraising items for this term. Freezy Fridays will continue up until the end of term. Watch out for an ice cream sale on the very last week. Our...Read More
There are sooooooo many people to thank for all that they did yesterday at Grovestock! The tech crew were stunning and once again, provided PG with top quality equipment and expertiseAs always thank you to the Staff – working on a weekend is truly appreciated. A special thank you to Jo and the SLT who...Read More
The neighbours are asking questions again!! We have had a great selection once again for Teddy Tombola. Thank you for your donations – every item has been washed, checked and cared for before they go to their respecotive winning child on Saturday.Read More
Here is a list of the exciting raffle prizes to date. Pleeease get you tickets and unwanted books back to school asap. You can bring them and buy them on Saturday too if you need more time. RAFFLE prizes 2017 1. Kindle 2. £50 Amazon Voucher 3. York Boat family tour 4. Ice Factor –...Read More
This is the week! After oodles of planning, our summer fair is finally here (Saturday 8th July). Planning for the event has been ongoing since last September. As you can imagine, it is a large responsibility for such a small committee to undertake. We need: Cake stall bakers – if you will provide a cake...Read More
Your child(ren) should all have been issued with three books of raffle tickets. The raffle is a superb fundraiser for our Summer Fair and allows the children to make use of their fine selling skills/pester powers. If they could try their best to sell them to family, neighbours and friends then that would be appreciated....Read More
The first round of teddies for Teddy Tombola – off to the Teddy hospital to be washed, checked over and discharged with a ticket strapped to it’s ear!Read More
Glastonbury this weekend, Grovestock – in two weekends time! Two very different festivals, both excellent fun with some superb music and events on offer. Unfortunately, Ed Sheeran and Jeremy Corbyn haven’t confirmed as yet ? but never say never in this crazy world we live in! Tickets will be on sale next week as well...Read More
Mark was demonstrating just one of the ways our red bucket could be filled! Thank you once again for the donations this morning. We desperately need: tombola prizes, teddies, sweets, any old raffle ticket books, any clean napkins, paper plates, wrapping paper, safety pins. Thank youRead More
March 1996 – Shed Seven played on TFI Friday and Alan Leach is here on the drums – just watch how he somersaults over his drum at the end! Fast forward 21 years – March 2017, Alan Leach, doesn’t look a day older and will be somersaulting over to Park Grove to host our ‘Adult...Read More
THE ‘BAG2SCHOOL’ COMPANY IS COMING AGAIN ON FRIDAY 31st MARCH. BAGS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED THIS WEEK BY CLASS TEACHERS SO DO CHECK YOUR CHILDREN’S BAG(S) FOR BAGS! PLEASE LEAVE YOUR ITEMS IN THE FRONT MAIN PORCH ANY TIME TO SUIT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND WE WILL STORE BAGS IN OUR CUPBAORD UNTIL THE...Read More
Get your tickets booked for the Speed Quiz – there could be drink literally coming out of your ears ?! Thank you once again to The Gillygate pub for kindly agreeing to sponsor our winning team’s prize! The Gillygate is a wonderful community pub and supports, sponsors and hosts many local activities. Last year, The...Read More
Tickets will be on sale again this week after school at 3.15pm. Some folk have asked ‘what exactly is a Speed Quiz?’. Here is a clip of Alan Leach hosting a quiz. As you will see, it is fast action, fun particularly with the use of the technology and impossible to cheat. The questions are...Read More
The Year 3’s had an amazing experience today as it was their turn for ‘Play in a Day’. They had the opportunity to perform and work on this wonderful set at the Theatre Royal – wow, they are lucky children! Thank you so much to the staff at the theatre and from PG who organised...Read More
So who will be running the Speed Quiz?? Alan Leach of course! Some of you (younger ones) may ask ‘who is Alan Leach?’ Well look above – Alan is here second from the left next to Tom Gladwin (another PG parent). These are extreeeeemely busy people currently organising their next Shed Seven tour in December...Read More
Speed Quiz tickets are now on sale – outside class 4 every day at 3.15pm. Do contact or message us if you want tickets delivering/ reserving especially if you are unlikely to be on the school run at that time. £10 gets you a fish and chip supper, a fun night out, a free drink...Read More
Thank you so much to Mrs Stone for ‘Jushing’ up our PTA board. If you need to know the next Bag2School collection, cake stall, meeting or event – it’s all there!! We love it ❤️Read More
Our next PTA Meeting is on Tuesday 7th March 7pm at the Gillygate pub. We need as many brains as possible to help us with planning future events e.g. THE SUMMER FAIR so do come along. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! If you really need persuading or need an excuse to go out then think – top...Read More
SPEEDQUIZ – A,B,C, D, E, F Friday 31st March 7pm in the hall There are only a few weeks left before this exciting yearly event – so: A – Approach us outside Class 4 for tickets B – Book the baby sitter C – Collate your perfect team! D – Digest as many quiz facts...Read More
Valentine Fundraiser: Thank you very much to all who supported our Valentine Cake Stall and Pre Loved stall. We made a total of £102.60 on cakes and £22.85 on the Bric a Brac. Next PTA Meeting – EVERYONE WELCOME! This is on Tuesday 7th March 7pm at the Gillygate pub. We need as many brains...Read More
It is not long now until our Valentine cake stall and pre-loved sale. Do we have any cake designs yet? There is a toss up between choc hearts and fondant red hearts on cup cakes at this end. Decisions, decisions!!Read More
Have you seen the amazing air raid shelter which has been built upstairs in the library? It is amazing and is really capturing the imaginations of Key Stage 2 children with their World War 2 topic. Pop up and have a look if you can.Read More
Speed Quiz, a ‘Fast-Tastic’ Fundraiser – Friday March 31st at 7pm. Join us for another great evening of Speed Quizzing with Alan Leach who will put down his Shed Seven drum sticks and instead, pick up his Speed Quiz gear. Once again, Alan will be ‘drumming up’ a fun night of ‘fast finger’ madness where...Read More
Coming soon – The Valentine Cake Stall – Friday 10th February 3.15pm As always we would LOVE to have any Valentine inspired cake/bake/cupcake donations. Please drop any bakes off at the staffroom on that Friday am. (PS – Remember to label your tins so we can ‘partner’ them back up with you).Read More
Thank you to everyone who helped make the Christmas Fair and Christmas Cake Stall successful and enjoyable events. The Christmas Fair made a profit of £1,306.16 and the cake stall £110.00. As always, the money will provide exciting trips, experiences and equipment for every child at Park Grove.The Read More
We were going a bit ‘crackers’ trying to source these festive treats to put into storage for the next Christmas Dinner. Unfortunately, people had ‘snapped’ up any reduced priced crackers … however, after ‘pulling’ a few strings and making a few calls, ‘hats off’ to Morrisons in Acomb for putting these by for us until...Read More
We were going a bit ‘crackers’ trying to source these festive treats to put into storage for the next Christmas Dinner. Unfortunately, people had ‘snapped’ up any reduced priced crackers … however, after ‘pulling’ a few strings and making a few calls, ‘hats off’ to Morrisons in Acomb for putting these by for us until...Read More
The PTA has had another successful term with lots of events and fundraising. We want to thank everyone for your contributions, support and help – we are all part of the PTA by default and we achieved so much last term. Here is a summary of the PTA activity which would not have happened without...Read More
Thank you so much for the fine array of cakes we received today for the cake stall. Wow, it felt like Christmas when we walked into the staff room this morning to find so many donations. It is always lovely too, when the children come up to us to tell us about the cakes they...Read More
It is the Christmas Cake Stall this Wednesday (14th December). Any donations would be hugely appreciated especially as we know it is such a busy time at the moment. Please feel free to pledge on here if you can offer any bakes?Read More
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