A former Drama/English teacher, and Lecturer in Theatre Studies, I am now a full-time parent to a Park Grove pupil. It is a privilege to be part of the vibrant Park Grove community, both as an Associate Governor and Co-Chair of the school’s PTA. Outside interests include theatre, film, museums, and exploring the beautiful city...Read More
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...Read More
Hi my name is Kaleda Uddin. I have over 12 years experience working with children in early years. I now work in Key Stage 2 at Park Grove, and I love it! The staff team at Park Grove are so friendly and the children are lovely. I have a passion for working with...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to Ofsted last week. We appreciate all of your support and comment. You can read Miss Sawyer’s update letter here.Read More
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...Read More
Hello, I’m Victoria Dale and I joined Park Grove in September 2020 as a Teaching Assistant. I am passionate about working with children and watching them thrive as their knowledge and confidence grows. This is my first experience of working within a school and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I feel proud to be part...Read More
Thank you for all of the lovely Valentine themed cakes – there was a ‘hearty’ amount of donations and support. We will announce profits ASAP. We hope you enjoyed the selection on offer! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️Read More
It is our PTA meeting this Thursday at 7pm. All welcome! Come and try some of the fine food and drink on offer at the Gillygate pub, at the same time!Read More
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...Read More
JON COTTON We finally managed to pin Jon down this morning and presented him with £50 worth of vouchers for The House of Trembling Madness (which we raised by doing an ‘Ices sale’ stall back in November) this was a thank you for his work on the PTA Committee as Co-Chair from everyone at the...Read More
WHAT DO WE SPEND OUR FUNDS ON? The PTA funds were used to provide Christmas crackers for all staff and children at Christmas lunch. The PTA also assisted Santa, ensuring that he could deliver a book to every child yesterday at the KS 1 party and to KS2 classrooms. A big thank you goes to...Read More
The PTA delivered all of the Christmas crackers down to the dinner hall today all ready for Christmas dinner. Every child and member of staff was able to join in the fun. ?Read More
Park Grove always buys such beautiful Christmas Trees and provide a wonderful community decorating event every year. Don’t forget to come down on Thursday after school ? ? – bring a bauble if you have any to spare (and an empty tummy to enjoy those yummy mince pies).Read More
Wednesday 23rd October Agenda Welcome Assignment of roles Poppies Children in Need Whole School Behavior Target Minutes 23rd October, by Henry Jacobi Welcome and introductions Assign roles – Tilly Chair, Henry minute taker, Matthew register Selling poppies: Imogen and Imogen M and Tommy Thursday Matthew, Dessy and Amilia Friday Monday 4th November kein, Max and...Read More
Hi I’m Helen and I currently work in class 7. A class I am proud to be a part of. The children have made a positive start to the year and have impressed me with their hard work and excellent behaviour. Before joining Park Grove in 2005 I worked for 4 years at Archbishop Holgate`s...Read More
We are ‘frightfully’ appreciative of all of the wonderful cakes that were donated for the Halloween cake stall. It was a scarily long queue and so thank you for your patience! ???Read More
It is the Halloween themed cake stall tomorrow at 3.15pm, outside of class 3. Any nut free cake donations (including marzipan) would be very much appreciated. Please bring them on Wedensday am to the staffroom. Our last Freezy Friday is on Friday of this week – which in the Halloween spirit, we have aptly renamed...Read More
We will be selling ice creams on Thursday of this week (if raining, then we will be outside of class 4) to allow all cakes to be bought/sold and digested at the Macmillan coffee morning event on Friday. Hopefully, ice cream sales a day earlier will send this awful rain on its way! Do come...Read More
Here is a sweet photo of class 3 enjoying their free ice creams for raising the most with raffle ticket sales. Mr Gardiner (and Ms Shelton) have some very refined tastes in ice creams and it seems that it has filtered down into class 3 as a whole. It was lovely seeing all of their...Read More
Grovestock 4 A huge thank you once again for everyone’s support and contributions to Grovestock 4 which made this a lovely community event. It was great to see so many people chilling out on picnic blankets ‘festival style’ and enjoying the music. Can we say a big congratualations to class 3 who raised...Read More
Laughing Stock with their fan base and Mosh Pit. A big thank you to Aimee Thomas, Will Gardiner and Ben Rogers for performing a wonderful set and for headlining Grovestock.Read More
Thank you to Heather Findlay’s group for opening Grovestock 4. Heather has had an extremely busy week with the launch of her brand new album called ‘Wild White Horses’ – listen out for it on the radio! We are lucky to have such a talented parent at Park Grove. Heather’s website is here if you...Read More
Our class 2 TA, Lyndsey Peacock is an extremely lucky lady who gets to hear her hubby (Tony Peacock) singing in the shower on a regular basis – what an amazing voice!! Thank you Tony for performing at Grovestock 4. So many people commented on your fantastic performance. One guitar and one voice kept everyone...Read More
Thank you to Chris Johnson and Angela Gordon for completely ‘reeling’ in the audience with some refreshing Irish folk tunes, jugs and reels. They had one fan in particular (Ettie) who was mesmerised by the amazing music. Thank you very much for taking the time out from a very busy schedule to play a set...Read More
Grovestock was a busy place. It was great to see that so many folk brought rugs and blankets this year in order to chill and soak up the atmosphere.Read More
Course information from Family Matters York The following courses are starting in the autumn (all free of charge). Time Out from Anger When: 24 September for 4 weeks on Tuesdays 7.30 to 9.30pm Where: Archbishop Holgate’s School Hull Road, York YO10 5ZA Time Out from Anger When: 25 September for 4 weeks on Wednesdays 9.30...Read More
A big thank you to St John’s pizza from Clarence St who donated down to Grovestock a stack of yummy pizzas, garlic breads and chips. We had some extremely happy, excited and full campers. Thank you!!!!Read More
Bargestra from The Arts Barge has always supported Grovestock and is an amazing community band conducted by the talented Christian Topman. The Arts Barge have a festival taking place very soon. Check out their site below. http://www.artsbarge.comRead More
We hope that you all had a fantastic, extended sunny weekend. We feel that it has made Grovestock suddenly loom even closer and mild panic is setting in to ensure that all is in place and we need help in lots of different ways. Raffle update You can buy tickets, bring money and...Read More
Can anyone else beg, give, donate, scrounge, blag, arm bend, plead, pledge, promise, round up any more raffle prizes eg from any local businesses at all please? Any help will be hugely appreciatedRead More
We have an exciting line up of artists and events on the ‘pyramid’ (well rectangle) stage at Grovestock. Please see below. Feel free to Google away – we have some extremely talented folk linked to Park Grove! Band times 1.30pm Heather Findlay Heather will be performing items from her brand new Album and UK tour....Read More
A HUGE thank you to the kind businesses and folk that have already donated to our raffle. We still need lots of prizes and so please do contact us if you can donate. Here is a list of the prizes to date which we will be updating regularly. You can find this list on our...Read More
The Grovestock Volunteer sheet is now up. Please check the volunteer sheet on the PTA notice board outside of class 3. Calling all face painters and Marquee squad Please sign the special sheet on the PTA board if you can offer a slot for these two specific roles Planning Meeting Our next Grovestock planning meeting...Read More
We have our final PTA meeting this term on Tuesday (25th) at the Gillygate Pub at 7pm. Everyone is welcome and meetings are open for all to attend. The more brain power and pooled ideas = better events and more money raised – so do come along. Our meetings are also a good way to...Read More
Taking Stock for Grovestock There are just a few weeks to go before Grovestock 4. Here’s to another successful Summer Fair Festival and hopefully everyone can contribute in some way – see below: What is happening on the day? Various Bands/Groups will be performing on the stage under the marquee: Stalls Galore, Fish and Chips,...Read More
In the next day or so, children will be given an envelope containing 3 books of raffle tickets to sell. We appreciate that it is a busy time of year especially with the sponsored bounce too – however tickets start at 50p each and we hope children can sell them to friends, neighbours, family etc....Read More
My name is Naomi Chambers and I am a Park Grove Business Partner. You will see me in the school office Monday to Thursday and I am always happy to help with any queries you may have. I have worked at Park Grove since September 2018 and I really love it here. The children are...Read More
The following courses are starting in June: Time Out from Anger When: 12th June for 4 weeks on Wednesdays 9.30 to 11.30am Where: The Gateway Centre, Front Street Acomb York YO24 3BZ Time Out for Parents – the Early Years When: 10th June for 5 weeks on a Monday from 12.45 to 2.45pm Where: Clifton...Read More
Course information from Family Matters York There are still places available on the following courses starting after Easter: Time Out from Anger When: 2nd May for 4 weeks on Thursdays 12.45 to 2.45pm. Where: Cornerstone @ St. George’s Methodist Church, Millfield Lane Osbaldwick YO10 3AL Drug Proof Your Kids When: 7th May for 6 weeks...Read More
It is our Bag2school collection this Friday and once again we are keen for another pile. The Bag2school collection is always an easy fundraiser e.g. at the last collection in December, we raised over £136. Children were given bags last week so please check book bags etc. You can fill any bag /multiple bags including...Read More
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...Read More
The PTA provided all of the Crackers for Christmas lunch today. They always add to the lovely Park Grove Christmassy Community atmosphere. With our valuable fund raising, the PTA are able to provide these various experiences, which would otherwise be impossible to fund from the current school budget.Read More
Tomorrow, the PTA committee will be supervising Narnia (at 3.15pm) to ensure that those who haven’t experienced it already can have a go and those that would like another visit, are able to do so – this will be free of charge. Unfortunately, as Santa is soooo very busy, he won’t be there and his...Read More
It’s our Christmas Cake Stall tomorrow – the glitter hasn’t even settled yet after the Christmas Fair. As always, any donations will be hugely appreciated. Please bring any items to the staff room in the morning.Read More
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 20th November, 7pm, at the Gillygate Pub. Everyone is welcome! We will be planning events, discussing fundraising ideas and requests as well as testing the Gillygate’s food and drink. If you are unable to come or need further details, then please ask.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
Tickets for Grovestock will be on sale this week outside of class 4. Please spread the word! Bring your family and friends, bring a picnic blanket and enjoy a full afternoon of entertainment.Read More
Agenda Register Playground buddy discussion Do you think they are working? Would you go to one for help – why/why not? Would you like to be one when you are older – why/why not? Can you think of a better system? Look at Enrichment Day display – how did we do? School council summer fair...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
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
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
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, the Year 1 children were...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
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
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, finding the ruins...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
Agenda Register Which should we support next year? The Summer Fair… Minutes Which should we support next year? Class 7 British Heart Foundation Water Aid RSPCA RSPCB Oxfam A refugee charity The Ireland Class 5 Charity for homeless Charity for Africa Water Aid RNLI Cancer Research Repair damage from a terrorist attack Class...Read More
Agenda Register Which charities have we supported this year? Which should we support next year? Minutes Which charities have we supported this year? Red Nose Day Children in Need MacMillan coffee morning Salvation Army Cancer Research Lollipop Archbishop Young Leaders Which should we support next year? Range of charities discussed – discussion to continue...Read More
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 Mastrelli and his fantastic team; Mr Symonds and...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
Hi I’m Steve Symonds. After many years working in the Civil Service I decided to volunteer as a teaching assistant, was subsequently employed and have worked at three schools in the York area. I think Park Grove has a very welcoming and friendly atmosphere, which is very beneficial to the children’s learning and wellbeing. I...Read More
Hi, I am Jackie Thomas. I really enjoy working and playing with children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. All the children and staff are absolutely lovely and supportive. When I am not here I enjoy spending time with my family. I also volunteer with our local Brownie pack and help out with the Children’s...Read More
My name is Christine Shelton and I have been a TA at Park Grove for many, many years (pre-fire). I have worked in every class in school! Over the years I have helped children with their artwork and find it amazing what beautiful art they can produce at such a young age. I love working...Read More
My name is Aimee Bell and I am the Green Class teacher and have been part of the Park Grove team since 2015. I have lived in York all my life but spent three years studying at University in Scarborough. I have always wanted to be a teacher from a young age thanks to many...Read More
My name is Deborah Carr-Brion. I am originally from Bolton, near Manchester, but have lived in the York area for since completing my training in Scarborough. I live in a small town to the north of York with my husband. I have taught at this school for many years and now have the chance to meet...Read More
Maths – We will be looking at finding fractions of amounts and symmetry. English – We will be looking at explanation text linked to healthy eating. Science – We have looked at body parts, the senses and now we will be investigating animals and their offspring. Thank you to the parents who attended the Phonics...Read More
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