Next Week in Class 5 In maths next week we will be looking at translation. On Monday we will all run 5 km for Race for Life to raise money for cancer research. Make sure you have your PE kit with you and if you would like to, please bring in a £1.00 donation. On...Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
Next Week in Class 6 In maths next week we will be looking at translation. On Monday we will all run 5 km for Race for Life to raise money for cancer research. Make sure you have your PE kit with you and if you would like to, please bring in a £1.00 donation. On Tuesday we...Read More
Today we practised our multiplication skills linking to the times tables. We are all getting very good using a mouse and the keyboard on the laptops. Try testing your child at home on the 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s times tables. Read More
The children made some fantastic jelly fish using a paper bowl, tissue paper, bubble wrap and streamers. They look amazing on our seaside topic board. Please take a look. Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
On Monday next week we will be taking part in our ‘Race for Life’ event on the school field. Make sure you have your PE kit with you and if you would like to, please bring in a £1.00 donation. We will be cooking in class next week so please make sure that you have...Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
Using beanbags in the outdoor area lots of children have been practising their digraph so from phonics. Everyone has made so much progress with their sounds, well done! Read More
On our outdoor stall at the moment we have a souvenir shop to buy some fun holiday items. What have you bought on holiday before to bring home? The children have all thought carefully about the price of things and how to pay correctly. Read More
After the terrible weather last week we have finally had some sunshine this week so we have been using the outdoor area lots. We have had fun making leaf crowns, practising our gross motor skills by balancing and climbing and taking turns in groups. Read More
What a super time we had writing about our favourite moments in Class 4! First we mind mapped some key ideas of things that we might remember, such as trips, assemblies, enrichment days and topics. We then sat in a circle and began sharing some of our favourite moments so we had lots of ideas...Read More
In maths this week, we measured the length of a range of classroom objects. We had to use the ruler carefully and make sure we started at the zero, not at the end of the ruler! Lots of us then moved on to measuring in mm and began recognising how to convert from mm to...Read More
The children started to plan their superhero and supervillain comic strips. They will write and draw their strips later in the week and include speech bubbles, thought bubbles and onomatopoeia. Read More
On Wednesday in class 5 we planned our own comic strip using the superheroes and supervillains we created last week. We the started to draw and write our comic strips. We are looking forward to reading each other’s comics when we complete them. Read More
This week in class 5 we have been using the atlas’ to locate different countries around the world. We then focused on Brazil and created a fact file page about this country. We have learnt lots about Brazil and we are looking forward to seeing them host the Olympic Games this summer. Read More
This week we shared our mascot homework projects. There was lots of creative and imaginative ideas produced by members of class 5 and we enjoyed learning all about it. Read More
As the Olympic Games in Rio is creeping closer, we spent this afternoon researching Brazil using atlases to find important information about its physical and human geography. Year 5 – what did you find out about Brazil? Did anything surprise you?Read More
We love fractions in Class 6! The children have really improved in this area of maths this year. We have looked at decimal fraction equivalences today, For example 1/2 is equivalent to 0.5 and 1/4 = 0.25. Do you like decimal fraction equivalences Class 6?Read More
The penultimate homework project of the year brought a range of creative and masterful sporting mascots from members of Class 8. A great deal of thought was given to the finer details such as what they represented as well as showcasing the marvellous artisic capabilities of this class. Well done! Read More
Euro 2016 is finally over with Portugal winning this most prestigious tournament. After several twists and turns, this meant that Louie Powell and Chelsea Haskins were the lucky recipients of the Class 8 sweepstake prize: an official Euro 2016 football each. Class 8- What have you enjoyed about Euro 2016 most? Read More
On Monday afternoon the Year 6 children had their first run through of their end of year assembly. We are very excited to show it to everyone next Friday! Read More
Old stock’ and Grovestock Let the old times roll. If it doesn’t fit, or the feet have outgrown the glass slippers, then let us take any ‘old stock’ off your hands (and feet) . Yep, it is Bags2School again. They are all being distributed this week and the collection is 20th July so rock on...Read More
Unclaimed raffle prizes are. We will be around after school for collection (by class 4) A Crowther – Treetopnets at Lightwater Valley Fiona Mackay – Phillip Anthony Photography Gill Moorby – York Sport Village Phil Jones – Creepy Crawlies Phil Jones – Phillip Anthony Photography Phil Jones – Richard III Complimentary Pass Claire Wilson –...Read More
Today, the Year 5’s investigated the nets of cubes and cuboids, exploring the different range of nets that work and don’t work. Year 5 – what did you find out from your investigation? What features of a cube net do you need to have?Read More
Although we were very excited for our Sports Day, unfortunately the Great British weather got the better of us and it was sadly cancelled due to the rain. We didn’t let that dampen our spirits though! Instead we did some fun relays in the gym with Mr Gardiner and Mr Mastrelli. We were very competitive...Read More
The children shared their wonderful mascot homework in class and explained their designs to their classmates. Well done for very inspiring ideas Class 6!Read More
This week we have been designing and writing comic books based on our own super-hero and villain characters. We’ve been applying the conventions of comic books to our work and have been studying Marvel and Beano comics for inspiration. We might well have the next world famous comic book designer right here in Class 7!Read More
Our fish for the foyer fountain are finished! We’ve glazed them and now they’re ready to be fired – fingers crossed that they survive the kiln!Read More
This week our maths lessons have been linked to sporting events. We’ve been solving problems linked to Wimbledon and the Olympics using our area and perimeter, co-ordinates, time and measurement skills.Read More
Heather Findlay’s group – just when it couldn’t get any better, they then sent Grovestock onto a whole new level. Divine music, truly beautiful and such artistic musicians.Read More
Keeping it in the family! York Turnpike Trust – Jo Sawyer’s uncle! Thank you to Al Hamilton who covered 3 bands with fab bass guitar and double bass skills! This group was top notch rock and roll! Read More
Bargestra (Arts Barge) were just amazing! All those saxophones and even a sousaphone (big white thing at the back). This set certainly floated my boat!Read More
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed in so many ways to yesterday’s Grovestock event. There was a great community atmosphere in the run up to the event with donations and offers of help etc. It was great on Friday when lots of volunteers rocked up and helped with the preparations. On Saturday morning,...Read More
Absolutely amazing, beautiful community art work directed by Stephen Lee Hodgkins at Grovestock. This is such a lovely piece of work – so personal to Park Grove. Thank you so much Stephen!Read More
Grovestock is a rocking and a rolling tomorrow come rain or shine. (If rain some activities will move in doors). Everything is all ready to go – thank you so much for your donations and help to date. See you there!Read More
Unfortunately Sports Day had to be cancelled due to bad weather but the children were still able to take part in a range of different relay events in the gym and all had a fab time doing so!Read More
We are looking forward to our seaside trip to Scarborough on Thursday. Please don’t forget to make a donation to help cover the cost of the coach. We very much appreciate your help. Thank you. In Maths we will be looking at multiplication and division. In English we will be consolidating our VCOB skills and...Read More
Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we will be continuing our work on superheroes and villains to create your own comic strip. Spellings This week we have looked at some more homophones. We have given you 10 spellings to learn. Please also complete the activity on your spelling sheet, ready for...Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
In maths the children will be looking at different methods for division and multiplication. In English they shall be recounting various different events. Please don’t forget that the Scarborough trip is taking place on THURSDAY. If you haven’t completed the online form to say your child can go then please do it ASAP. We are...Read More
The Year 5’s will explore the ending of “The Adventures of Odysseus” in more detail and will develop their skills to work mathematically to solve problems. The end of year play is getting closer for the Year 6’s so we will be continuing to hone our singing and acting skills to produce a fantastic performance....Read More
Next Week in Class 5 English Next week in English we will be continuing our work on superheroes and villains to create your own comic strip. Spellings This week we have looked at some more homophones. We have given you 10 spellings to learn. Please also complete the activity on your spelling sheet, ready for...Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
As we get closer towards the end of the year, we also get closer to our (sure to be!) fantastical Year 6 production! The set, costumes and props are getting ready, and the Year 6’s are developing their singing and acting skills to become a group of perfect performers…it’s starting to get very exciting! Year...Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
Today, the Year 5’s finished reading the epic Adventures of Odysseus and wrote their own reviews of the book. See below for some brilliant examples! Year 5’s – what have you enjoyed most about the book? Would you recommend the book to a friend? Read More
Thank you to everyone who has already filled in the consent form for the Scarborough trip on Thursday. We are hoping it will go ahead if we recieve enough payments. The money can be paid to the office as soon as possible and a final decision will be made on Monday. Here is the link...Read More
Everyone in Class 1 had a great morning in their new classes. We are all so excited to be moving to our new classes and getting to know our new friends and teachers.Read More
The Year 5’s will explore the ending of “The Adventures of Odysseus” in more detail and will develop their skills to work mathematically to solve problems. The end of year play is getting closer for the Year 6’s so we will be continuing to hone our singing and acting skills to produce a fantastic performance....Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
Another week, another warm and slightly bright Monday afternoon of rounders fun. This week in particular showcased the fantastic fielding and catching from children in Class 8 and 9. Keep up the good work!Read More
As the children in Year 6 practise for their upcoming production, the Year 5 children have been enjoying reading more of The Adventures of Odysseus, and in this session explored the roles of Odysseus and his son Telemachus through drama.Read More
The children had the opportunity to visit their new Class today and had a wonderful time doing so. They met their new teachers and took part in some interesting activities – I’m sure they’ll tell you more about it at home!Read More
In maths this week the children have been experimenting with capacity and trying to measure to the nearest millilitre or litre. It took serious amounts of concentration and they were very accurate.Read More
English In English next week, we will be creating our own Superhero comic books Maths Our maths lessons next week will have an Olympics theme! Other notes Thank you to all of the parents who have helped us on our various trips over the last few weeks; we have really appreciated you giving your time...Read More
For your final project of the term we would like you to create a page of memories about the academic year 2015-2016. What events could you include? Which lessons were particular highlights? How have you felt throughout the year? Who have been the special people for you this year? What have you learnt and accomplished?...Read More
Our Key Stage 2 assembly this week was all about the Summer Reading Challenge. The Summer Challenge 2016, will be celebrating 100 years of Roald Dahl. The Big Friendly Read will be happening in every library from 16 July, and children will be challenged to read 6 books over the summer holidays. For each book read,...Read More
It was wonderful to have chance to look around the new Theatre Royal building this week. We had a brilliant tour which included visiting the dressing rooms and backstage areas, going right up to sit in the highest seats, and even getting to go on stage!Read More
We look part in some fantastic activities on our trip to Joseph Rowntree School last week. Some of the highlights were the huge games of rounders, writing about a film set in the Arctic, and creating slime in the science labs!Read More
This week in class 5 we have created a nemesis for our superheroes. We produced a fact file of our new supervillain and included information such as their powers and weaknesses. Read More
Not on the school run? However, you are keen to sign up on the volunteer list. Here is the perfect answer….. via doodle poll (please follow the link below) http://doodle.com/poll/imkipcuxmykzamzz Grovestock is shaping up to be the most amazing day for our children and the whole community! …But without YOUR help it is looking as...Read More
On Wednesday afternoon we all became chefs and created our own healthy meal. We had to chop and prepare the salad and potatoes; de-seed the peppers then stuff them with cous cous; and we had to cook the stuffed peppers in the oven. Finally we were able to enjoy our food and the feedback was...Read More
Next week in English we will be continuing our recount unit by reflecting on our favourite moments and highlights from the year in Class 4. We’ll also be writing a detailed recount about our upcoming trip! In maths, we will be working on our multiplying and dividing skills by completing a range of calculations with...Read More
Spellings this week will be focussing on the split digraph in words. These will include ‘a-e’ for cake, ‘e-e’ for delete, ‘i-e’ for fire, ‘o-e’ for home and ‘u-e’ for tube. In English we’ve been using a lot of exclamation marks and exclamation sentences to make our writing more exciting, so perhaps the children could...Read More
We loved visiting our new classes this week! It was really exciting getting to know our new teacher and seeing who we’ll be spending the next year with. Miss Thomas of course was very sad but of course very proud as well…so here is one of her favourite pictures of some of the Class 4...Read More
Class 6 learnt about the Olympic Games. They looked at Ancient Greek pottery which depicts the ancient Games and helps us in the modern world to understand what happened. The children then learnt about different modern events at the Olympics and ‘freeze framed’ what these ‘look’ like. The children also watched some of the inspiring...Read More
What a lovely trip we had to Greenfields Community Garden; luckily the weather stayed nice for us! We completed three different activities: listening to how seeds grow, planting our sunflowers and going on a garden hunt to find different trees, plants and herbs! Many thanks to all of the kind parents/guardians who came along with...Read More
We are carrying out an experiment to test the strength of the wind. We tested it on card to see the impact and now we are using bubbles to see which way the wind is blowing and how strong it is. We watch the bubbles move and mark the speed out of ten. Take a...Read More
We have updated our sunflower diaries again today by measuring them and counting how many leaves they have. The tallest was 70cm! We are hoping they have a growth spurt before the end of term so that we can see the flowers. Read More
The class talked about the idea of peace. The children discussed what peace is and how they can achieve it at school. Each child thought up lots of peaceful ideas and committed to five that they will try to do over the next week! Good luck being peacemakers Class 6! Read More
We have conducted a stock taking session this am for Grovestock. We DESPERATELY need the following top 10 actions this week. The sooner, the better as it stops us purchasing extra items and cancelling stalls. 1. Volunteers, volunteers, volunteers, volunteers (the sheet is outside of class 3) 2 Tombola prizes 3 Teddies for tombola 4...Read More
On Tuesday morning we had the final countdown challenge of Class 8 this year and what a event it was! The eventual result was four joint winners in the class: Aruma, Lucy, Louie and Oscar. Read More
There will be a cake stall at Grovestock. Any cake donations will be hugely appreciated. Whole cakes and buns/biscuits etc are very welcome. Please bring any cakes to the staff room on Friday or straight to the stall on Saturday (in a named tin). Thank you (in anticipation). Feel free to comment/pledge below any baking...Read More
Today we teamed up with class 3 to practise some of the events for Sports Day. We were all excellent at the sitting over head throw and we are hoping to get lots of points for our team on Friday! Read More
We loved finding different seaside resorts in Geography! We used a map with a partner and followed the compass directions North, South, East and West to identify the places. We then wrote sentences to describe where the places were and which country they were in. Great work Class 4! Read More
Class 5 enjoyed a very interesting tour around the newly refurbished Theatre Royal on Monday. They went backstage, on stage and even under the stage which was a cool opportunity! The children learnt about the history of the theatre and what changes have happened over the years. The children enjoyed the tour and a walk...Read More
Class 6 enjoyed a very interesting tour around the newly refurbished Theatre Royal on Monday. They went backstage, on stage and even under the stage which was a cool opportunity! The children even learnt the story about the theatre ghost, the Grey Lady who sometimes makes herself visible near the dress circle seats! The children...Read More
Our next Grovestock planning meeting is on Tuesday (5th July). Every one welcome! The more heads we can put together, the better. 7pm at the Gillygate pub.Read More
As the Year 6’s practise for their upcoming production, the Year 5’s have been enjoying reading more of The Adventures of Odysseus, and in this session explored the roles of Odysseys and his son Telemachus through drama. Year 5’s – if you were Telemachus, what would you say to Odysseus? What would Odysseus say to...Read More
In English we will be looking at the ‘5 Ws’ (who, where, what, why and when) and using them in our writing. In maths we will be learning new methods to help with our additions and subtractions. There will be no PE run by Total Sports this week due to a transition day but the...Read More
The children wrote a letter today to their new class teacher telling them how excited they are about being in their class next year. They all had plenty of questions to ask which we are hoping to answer in the next few weeks!Read More
Here is the Teddy hospital! Every teddy you donate for the teddy tombola is lovingly checked, cleaned and tagged. Thank you for every single teddy/tombola and sweet donation to date. Please keep them coming in, we have a four hour event to fill!Read More
Grovestock – Not just a Gig but “Gig-antic” (Saturday 9th July 1-5pm) Our plans for Grovestock are growing by the day with a huge amount of work going on behind the scenes to get Grovestock off the ground and it just seems to keep getting better! Why come? Grovestock will be an amazing Music Festival...Read More
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