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Remembrance Day

On Monday 11th November, we held a special commemoration event to honour Remembrance Day. All pupils and staff observed the two-minute silence before a reading of the poem, In Flanders Fields. Captain Shaun Major, a soldier from Strensall Barracks, also attended the event. Music teacher Victoria Clinton played the Last Post on her trombone, with the...
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Whole School Trip – Scarborough!

Park Grove recently enjoyed a whole school outing to Scarborough. We were so lucky and grateful the weather held out for us for the majority of the day. The day consisted of exploring Peasholm Park and having a picnic lunch, followed by a walk to the beach and having lots of fun in the sea...
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Skipping School!

Every class in school has recently taken part in a special PE session dedicated to skipping! Chris from Skipping School, taught each class individual and group skipping skills. The session included lots of ways to skip and even some tricks. Some children were also able to show off their skills in a whole school assembly...
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Exploring science with Augmented Reality!

Lime Class had the pleasure of testing out a new  ‘augmented reality’ tool to make science teaching more fun and engaging. This project, led by Warren Fearn, began with the aim to ‘develop a new way of teaching science to primary school children’ and they have showcased it at a range of schools within Ebor....
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Young Voices 2024

It was that time of the year again – Young Voices 2024! This is such a highlight of the year for our Young Voices choir and it didn’t disappoint. After dedicating 12 weeks to practising all of the Young Voices songs, it was finally the big day! We first ventured to Haxby Road to get...
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EYFS/KS1 Topic Igntion!

Orange Unit, Blue and Green Class have launched their ‘Food, Glorious Food’ topic in style by making some yummy, tasty treats! Orange Unit made fruity milkshakes linking to the story, ‘Oliver’s Milkshake’ by Vivian French. The children were brilliant at cutting the fruits, pouring in the milk and they were so excited to see it...
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Super Science in KS2

Already this term, Park Grovers in Key Stage 2 have been thoroughly engaged in a range of science topics. In Year 5 and 6, the exploration of friction and experimentation with various materials has sparked curiosity and excitement, as they have tested and witnessed the effects of friction on an array of different surfaces. Year...
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It’s Chriiiistmas!

What a wonderful festive run up to Christmas we’ve had at Park Grove this year! Classes have enjoyed their key stage Christmas parties, have met reindeers and even Santa himself! The Christmas parties gave the children a well deserved celebration to end a long and hard-working term. Then each class visited the reindeers Comet and...
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KS2 DT Day

On Thursday 25th October, all of KS2 enjoyed a full day of DT as their topic celebration for the first half term. Each class spent time planning, designing, creating and then evaluating their own Viking moving parts books! Each KS2 class then shared their books with a class in EYFS or KS1 which they all...
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New Starters!

We have been incredibly impressed with how well our new Reception children have settled into school life. We are very proud of the way they have established new routines since the start of September. It has been wonderful to see their confidence grow and new friendships being made. The children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the...
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Welcome back and Topic Ignition!

What a busy yet fantastic to the new school year we have had at Park Grove! It’s been great to see all of our Park Grovers get stuck into their learning so enthusiastically. In Key Stage 2, they had a fantastic topic ignition, kicking off their new Vikings topic ‘Invasion!’ with a visit to the...
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Dalby Forest Adventure

On Tuesday 27th June, the whole school was invited to go to Dalby Forest for a summer treat. Whilst we didn’t have the glorious sunshine of previous weeks, we still had a glorious day exploring a range of activities! We separated into year groups to do different activities. In KS1, they played in the park...
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Year 6 Superstars at Hole in Wand!

A huge well done to our Year 6 children who have tackled their end of Key Stage assessments during this half term. We are so proud of each and every Year 6 child; they have shown fantastic resilience, perseverance and such a positive attitude towards their tests. We know how hard they have worked so...
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Summer Term Topic Ignitions!

It has been a busy start to the Summer term here at Park Grove. The children were extremely lucky to be recently involved in drama workshops run by Mud Pie Arts to ignite their topics ‘In the jungle’ and ‘Maafa’ which was a fantastic experience had by all! EYFS/KS1 For EYFS and KS1 children, they...
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EYFS/KS1 Topic Celebration!

To celebrate the end of their ‘Funnybones’ topic, EYFS and KS1 had a carousel of health related activities, what a busy afternoon it was! With Miss Glaholm, they made paper plate faces using lots of different fruit and veg. The children were proud of their work and enjoyed sharing their plates with one another. Then, with...
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Science Walk

To link with their science topic this half term, Maroon and Lime Class ventured out to the park to classify different leaves using their very own classification keys. It was fantastic to be out in the open like proper scientists and explorers discovering leaves!  
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Young Voices 2023

In our first week back after the Christmas holidays, our Young Voices choir made the trip down to Sheffield for the concert they had been preparing for! It is always a highlight in the school’s calendar and this year the choir were amazing, singing the songs and learning all the dance moves with such enthusiasm....
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It’s the most wonderful time of year…

What an amazing run up to Christmas we’ve had at Park Grove! We’ve had key stage parties, the school fair, Christmas dinner, pantomime visits and the raffle all going on in December. It has made it a truly magical time here at school and we hope everyone enjoys a well deserved rest over the break....
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Born in a Barn Nativity

We are so proud of all our EYFS and KS1 children for performing brilliantly in our Christmas Nativity ‘Born in a Barn’! We couldn’t have asked for more from the children; they did an absolutely brilliant job learning the songs, actions and their lines. We hope the families enjoyed watching it as much as we...
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KS2 Topic Celebration: Ancient Civilisations!

As part of our end of term topic celebration, all of KS2 took part in a day of exciting activities to celebrate what we had learnt about ‘Ancient Civilisations’. We started the morning with a talk from ‘Secrets of a Sun King’ author Emma Carroll, who told us all about the 100 year anniversary of...
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My Family and Me – Art Exhibition

Key Stage 1 and Early Years enjoyed a wonderful end of topic celebration in the form of an art exhibition in the last week of the half term! It was so lovely to the children and their grown ups viewing all the fantastic work Green Class, Blue Class and Orange Unit have created, including photographs,...
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Harvest Festival!

Early Years and Key Stage One children had a fantastic Harvest Festival celebration at St. Thomas’ Church last half term. We were so proud of all the children for their brilliant behaviour, sensible walking to and from the Church as well as their amazing singing and actions! Thank you so much to all the parent...
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Welcome to our New Starters!

We are incredibly proud of how well our new Reception children have settled in to life at Park Grove this half term! They have done brilliant listening, learnt our daily routines and taken all of the new changes in their stride. The Reception children have enjoyed visiting Forest Schools, exploring the areas of provision and...
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A trip to last a lifetime!

The whole school recently went on a trip to Scarborough and had the most wonderful time! It was an amazing day from start to finish and the sun was a nice, warm welcome. We enjoyed having a leisurely stroll around Peasholm Park as well as having lots of fun at North Bay beach. The children...
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Welcome to Orange Unit!

The start of this half term saw the brand new opening of our Orange Unit! Red Class and Yellow Class have been merged together which has created a wonderful, spacious and exciting learning environment for the children. They have thoroughly enjoyed having more areas of provision to play, explore and mix with others. It has...
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Enterprise Week for Ukraine!

We all had a fantastic Enterprise Week raising as much money as possible for the Ukraine Appeal. All classes had a sponsored event which they thoroughly enjoyed and we were so impressed with their efforts! We had a PTA cake stall, ‘Freezy Friday’ as well as dressing up in Yellow and Blue to support Ukraine....
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Not a complete Disaster!

To complete their topic on Natural Disasters our KS2 classes each chose a specific naturally occurring disaster to focus on. The children then channeled their creative talents by producing a piece of artwork to demonstrate their ‘disaster’. Some classes thought that pastel or pencil would be the best form of media, others chose clay or...
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World Book Day!

We had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day 2022! The children (and staff!) came to school in brilliant costumes and definitely ‘got into character!’ It was a day filled with reading and enjoying books, being authors and illustrators by creating our own stories, books and bookmarks as well as many more fun activities. Here...
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EYFS/KS1 Toy Ignition!

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 had a great start to their new topic, ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ by bringing their favourite toy to school to show and tell to others. They all really enjoyed sharing their toys with the rest of the class and could confidently explain what their toy could do. We had...
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Kicking off the New Year with a BANG!

Our topic for this half term in Key Stage 2 is ‘Natural Disasters’. With each new topic we begin with an ignition activity to ignite the children’s interests in the theme. We work towards a celebration event, which comes at the end of a specific topic. To ignite our new topic we chose to create...
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The Innspectors!

Well, that’s a wrap for another year! We hope you enjoyed our KS1 performances of ‘The Innspectors!’ The children did us very proud and their hard work definitely paid off. We thoroughly enjoyed putting the Nativity together, the children were brilliant at remembering their lines and the lyrics to all the songs. It is safe...
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Reception Library Visit!

Reception have recently been on a visit to York Library. We were so impressed with their excellent behaviour as they walked sensibly to and from the Library, listening carefully to instructions and for staying safe. They also got to see the Christmas lights in town, the Minster and the Bar Walls. In the Library we...
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Fire Engine Visit!

Park Grove have recently had a very exciting visit from a Fire Engine! The York Fire Service crew came in to talk to the children about fire safety and what to do if there is a fire. We learnt the ‘Stop, Drop and Roll’ move and also discussed what we should do to stay safe...
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Library Makeover!

In September 2021, our beloved Park Grove library was given a makeover.    The school library now contains lots of comfy and snug reading areas and the children have told us that the new library is ‘amazing’!    All of our books have been organised into boxes by genre, theme/subject or by author. The purpose behind...
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Welcome back!

Welcome back Park Grovers! We hope you all had a fantastic Summer holiday. It has been a busy, great start to the half term. The children have settled in brilliantly and are doing really well in remembering their new class colour names. We had our ‘Ready to Learn’ week to launch our new behaviour expectations...
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Sports Day 2021

In these final weeks of the school year we have enjoyed fantastic sports days for each key stage – and in such beautiful weather! The children had lots of fun during the range of activities including javelin, shot put, egg and spoon race, 100m and much more. It has been wonderful to see everyone out...
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End of Year Class Photos

As we have been unable to take our professional end of year photos again this year, here are our own photos of each wonderful class at Park Grove in Summer 2021!
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Topic Ignition – Mud Pie Arts!

To kick start our new topics in both EY/KS1 and KS2, each class have enjoyed a fantastic drama session with Mud Pie Arts who use drama to develop creative theatrical experiences in which children collaborate and learn more about the world around them. In Early Years and Key Stage 1, they have been on a...
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Sponsored Fun Run – Wacky Races!

Park Grove went rather ‘wacky’ raising money for our field planting project! The children made excellent effort with their costumes and had abundance of enthusiasm as they completed their laps. They did not let the rain dampen their spirits and ploughed through the course which involved hurdles, balancing beanbags on top of their heads, jumping...
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Planting our new Garden!

Over the last couple of weeks, exciting things have been happening at the bottom of school field… We have been getting ready to plant a wonderful new garden area! Each class over the past few days has been able to work with Mr Stoner to help create our new school garden, and we think it’s...
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KS2 Topic Ignition!

To start our brand new topic exploring the ancient Maya civilisation, all classes in key stage 2 enjoyed learning that chocolate was first used by the Mayans thousands of year ago! Of course, this didn’t taste like the chocolate we have today or come in the chocolate bars we know and love now, but instead...
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Red Nose Day 2021!

What a great day at Park Grove, celebrating Red Nose Day 2021. As the theme was based around superheroes, we’ve had a lot of fantastic superheroes flying around with enthusiasm today. We’ve made our own masks, designed our own capes and had a whole lot of fun!
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World Book Day 2021

World Book Day this year looked very different to one we enjoyed last year, but we still had amazing work created throughout school! Classes shared books, wrote their own stories and then had great fun in creating egg carton characters based upon their favourite books. Even though we weren’t all together in school it was...
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Save the Planet

In Key Stage 2 our topic this term is Save the Planet, so we have been focussing all about the Earth and what we can do to ensure we are looking after it! Classes 5 and 6 have been learning about plastic pollution. The children creatively wrote about the journey of one plastic bag from the...
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Winter Wonderland!

Early Years and Key Stage 1 have thoroughly enjoyed our ‘Winter Wonderland’ topic this half term. It has been a very strange half term with not having all children in school however, we have been very impressed with the children’s engagement with the activities we have set. We have seen some amazing writing, arts and...
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Home Learning

Our amazing families have once again taken on the challenge of home learning. Once again we find ourselves in another National lockdown. Meaning school is only open to children on key workers. Most of our children are currently working from home with the support of their wonderful grown ups! Our teachers are working so hard...
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Park Grove Grotto…

Christmas this year was always going to be a little different, but we wanted to give our children a festive experience to remember. Our outdoor classroom was transformed into Santa’s Grotto. All the children came to visit the man himself, performed a song or poem and were given a sack full of gifts to take...
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Animal Planet!

The children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 have been learning all about animals this half term. We started with a ‘Topic Ignition’ of sharing pictures of our pets and talking about our favourite animal in the style of ‘Show and Tell’. The children have done some amazing writing based on animal stories such...
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Christmas is Coming!

We’ve started to feel the festive spirit here at Park Grove! Each class visited the school Christmas tree which this year is located in the school foyer, to help decorate it ready for Christmas! The children enjoyed listening to music, eating some tasty mince pies or cupcakes and added either their own decoration from home...
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Children in Need!

For Children in Need this year we have focussed on the theme Five to Thrive, where man of the moment Joe Wicks shared some advice and tips on how to look after our wellbeing, such as being more mindful, taking part in doing some exercise and giving to others – whether that is giving kindness...
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Lights, camera, action!

We have all been very busy in school filming a special project. The very talented Mr Moat, who is part of our wider Ebor Academy team, came into school to help us create a video all about Park Grove. This will ultimately be for prospective new parents, who are currently unable to come into school...
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New term, new starters!

Our new Reception starters have had an exciting first half term at Park Grove. They have all settled in brilliantly with big smiles and great enthusiasm! The outdoor classroom and Forest School sessions have been very popular as well as a range of creative activities. The children have been working hard and have created some...
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Learning about our bodies!

In classes 7, 8 and 9 our science topic is Animals including Humans, and we have been learning all about how our bodies work. We have studied the circulatory system and found out how oxygen and nutrients are transported around the body via our blood vessels. We discovered that our arteries carry oxygenated blood from...
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KS2 step back in time…

Our KS2 children have stepped back into the 1930s/40s, exploring World War 2 in our current topic ‘We’ll Meet Again’. Our creative curriculum has allowed us to develop historical, geographical, musical and artistic skills, as well as exploring a range of text types and genres. As an ‘ignition’ into our topic, in the first week...
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Welcome back!

Welcome back to school to all our Park Grovers! There are some new changes around school and some new faces, but we are thrilled to have everyone back and in their new classes safely ready for this new school year. Please check our email updates sent via Parent Hub for the latest updates on how...
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A message from us all here at Park Grove…

We have been missing all our children so we decided to make this video to say hello! We hope you are all keeping safe and well, and please keep sending us your pictures and messages so we can see what you are up to at home. We love hearing from you!  
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Emergency Closure

Emergency closure From Monday 23 March, only children of key workers and vulnerable children will remain in school. Otherwise, this school will remain closed until further notice, in line with government instruction. For more information, which is updated regularly, please visit the Ebor Academy Trust website here https://www.eboracademytrust.co.uk/coronavirus-latest/
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British Science Week

Park Grove fully embraced Science Week this year with a jam packed week of investigations and experiments. Here are a few highlights; woodland potions in EYFS, magical potions in KS1 and a chemical reaction challenge in KS2. The children have tested their skills of working scientifically, and enjoyed every minute. All children also attended and...
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Library Ignition

What better place to ‘ignite’ our new topic ‘Happily Ever After’ than with a visit to our local library. All our EYFS and KS1 classes visited York Library during the first few weeks of our fairy tale themed topic. The children were given a tour of the children’s section of the library, specifically the locations...
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Visiting the workhouse!

At the start of the Spring 2 term, to reignite our learning of the Victorians, all KS2 classes enjoyed a mini field trip around the local area, stepping back into Victorian York to explore the former workhouse on Huntington Road! The children really enjoyed looking at the building and talking about what it must have...
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Animals In-Tuition!

Early Years and KS1 children have recently had an amazing animal experience in school as part of our ‘In the Jungle’ topic. The children loved learning about the different creatures and this tied in perfectly with the Science work that we have done this half term. There were some very brave volunteers (and staff!) holding...
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Stepping back into Victorian York…

To ignite our learning and interest of our Victorians topic, Key Stage 2 enjoyed a fantastic visit to the Castle Museum to see Victorian York brought to life. Having studied some of the shops featured in the museum in class, some classes enjoyed learning more about them and getting to actually go inside some of...
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The Incredible PG Young Voices Choir!

On Monday 13th January, our fantastic Young Voices choir headed to Sheffield Arena for an epic day of rehearsal and preparation for the special YV Concert. We have been learning and practising the song ready for this day ever since the end of October so we were really looking forward it!! “I have been glued...
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Jungle Music Workshop

A great start to the new term kicking off our new EYFS/KS1 topic ‘In the Jungle’ with musical workshops. We were lucky enough to have two music students come into school to deliver a music workshop to each EYFS/KS1 class in our first week back. The children were immersed in jungle sounds, creating soundscapes using...
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KS1 Nativity and EYFS Carol Concert!

Early Years and KS1 have been getting into the festive spirit over the last couple of weeks by performing a Nativity and a Carol concert! Hey Ewe! A huge well done to all of our KS1 children for excellent performances of our Nativity, Hey Ewe! We hope all those who came to watch, enjoyed watching...
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Chocolate! ?

Early Years and KS1 children have thoroughly enjoyed the ‘Chocolate’ topic this half term. We’ve had lots of fantastic opportunities for the children and we are sure it is a topic they will remember for a long time! Chocolate tasting…  The children were very excited when we did some chocolate tasting and it went down...
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Digital Leaders @ York St John for Tech Taster Day

On Wednesday 20th November, some Y6 Digital Leaders and all the KS2 Digital Ambassadors from each class visited York St John University for an exciting yet informative Technology Taster Day at the Design Centre. When we arrived, we headed up to the design studio and met Warren who told us about some new technologies available,...
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The Cosmodome!

At the start of this half term, KS2 had their ignition surprise to start off their new topic of space. York University’s inflatable planetarium, the Cosmodome, was set up in our gym with their space expert, Phil, on hand to guide each KS2 class through an exploration of the planets and outer space. Elliott from...
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EYFS/KS1 Celebrations!

What a busy half term it has been for our Early Years and KS1 children! Our topic focus has been ‘Our School’/’Streetwise’ and the children have enjoyed the events and celebrations that have taken place over the past few weeks. We had an exciting local area walk around the Groves, a street party inviting parents...
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Exploration through Virtual Reality…

As part of our exploration topic, we have been lucky enough to use virtual reality to explore different parts of the world! See our recent news story in the press: Virtual Reality Comes to Park Grove Rather than just talk about rainforests, deserts, under the sea and space, the children in Key Stage 2 were...
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High Adventure!

With the start of the new school year comes our Y6 residential to High Adventure – and what a fantastic week we’ve had! See below for our daily updates… Day 1 What a fantastic start to our time at High Adventure! After the first challenge of making beds and our lunch in common room, the...
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Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school for 2019-2020! We’re glad to see everyone back here at Park Grove and we’re excited for what this year will bring across the different key stages and classes.
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Final Farewell!

Well it’s come to that time of the year again – time to say ‘goodbye and good luck’ to our Y6 leavers and a ‘see you later’ to everyone else as we look forward to seeing them again after the Summer holidays. Here are some highlights over the past few busy weeks…   Y6 Production...
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EYFS/KS1 Scarborough Trip!

The Early Years and KS1 children have recently been on an exciting trip to Scarborough! The children enjoyed exploring the Sea Life centre, looking at all of the different sea creatures and then stopped for a rest to have a picnic lunch. We were very lucky as the sun came out and we went to...
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Sports Day!

We recently enjoyed our fantastic Sports Days for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. It was brilliant to see all our PG children get involved and thank you for the super support from parents too! “A couple of weeks ago, KS2 took part in the annual sports day. Each pupil had the the choice of what events...
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Digital Leaders Tech Taster Day @ YSJ

Our Year 6 Digital Leaders – and some Year 5s looking forward to being Digital Leaders next year – were lucky to visit the DT Design Centre at York St John for a special technology taster day on the 11th June! They have written a short report below to tell you more… As we arrived...
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Stay and Learn

Our KS1 classes have hosted ‘Stay and Learn’ phonics sessions for parents this half term. During the sessions parents had the opportunity to see phonics in actions, learn the key terminology and see how the children apply their phonic knowledge in reading and writing. Teachers also shared activities which could be done at home to...
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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 different classes through school. Here are just a few...
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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 were reading the Three Little Pigs and...
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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 place. In Brazil we were making carnival masks, in Australia we made...
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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 story took us on an adventure around the World...
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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 transported back to 1926, exploring the desert with...
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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 brilliant day for everybody...
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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 lunchtimes. Miss Slater and Miss Ford spent the...
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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 who came and watched enjoyed it just as...
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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 on the internet. We thought about making sure to...
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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 and science elements within the sessions. We learnt...
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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...
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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 many exciting activities going on such as...
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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 solos of...
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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 at heart! This week the victorious children were presented with the...
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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 challenging activities, with each one...
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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 Years and KS1 children are...
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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 the Sultan’s Eye to life....
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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 wonderfully and made us so proud...
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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 to Natural Disasters, their class...
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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!
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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 find out more!...
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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 like pirates, fairies and ‘Dorothy’s. We made...
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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 be...
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