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June 20, 2016

Physical or human feature?

In geography today, we identified things that we see at the seaside and considered whether it was natural or man made. We had a good discussion about how sandcastles were both as the sand is natural but the castle itself is created by a human! Here’s some of our fantastic work…           
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June 20, 2016

Sponsorship week

Don’t forget it is our Sponsor Week this week!!! 
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June 20, 2016

Bun baking…

Monday morning was a very busy one in class 9! It was our DT food enrichment morning so we started the day by preparing to bake some buns. After ensuring our hands were thoroughly cleaned, we got started, with some groups preparing the ingredients for baking, and others thinking of the end outcome: all these...
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June 20, 2016

Remembering

In RE the children have thought about the act of remembering. We had a very thoughtful discussion about acts of remembrance, anniversaries, objects that help us to remember and whether remember is a good or a bad thing. Well done for your honest thoughts Class 6! The children then made a memory book about their...
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June 20, 2016

A hop, skip and leap?

We have another PTA planning meeting tomorrow night at the Gillygate Pub (Tuesday 21st -7pm).  Brian Furey has some fine drinks on offer and it is always a good social event. Why not take a hop, a skip and a leap over to our Grovestock meeting if you can. We will be all ears as...
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June 19, 2016

Primary Football Champions League Tournament Review

After months of waiting, on Saturday 18th June at 9am Park Grove took to the field at Milthorpe School to play against the six other victorious York primary football league winners: Heworth, Knavesmire, St George’s, Our Lady Queen of Marty’s, Hempland and St Mary’s in the much-vaunted Champions League tournament. In front of a packed...
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June 17, 2016

Next week.

On Tuesday we have our sponsored planting event. We hope you have all managed to get your sponsorship forms filled in and let’s hope we raise lots of money.  We also have a music workshop next week which we are all looking forward too. In English we are looking at writing a persuasive text and...
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June 17, 2016

Special lunch

We had a special lunch today to celebrate the Queen’s birthday. Look at our splendid crowns. 
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June 17, 2016

Drama

We love the story The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch and decided to act it out to see if we could sequence the events correctly.  Mr Grimling sorted out the the naughty seagulls and saved his lunch. 
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June 17, 2016

Hotseating

We have been thinking about the characters in the story The Lighthouse Keepers’s Lunch. Today we thought of an interesting question for the character Mr Grimling and used our hotseat to test it out. 
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June 17, 2016

Spelling

This week we are consolidating tricky words. Words you can’t sound out. 
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June 16, 2016

Next Week

Next week is a very busy one in Class 1. We have our class assembly on Tuesday morning and we have our fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly. It is then our sponsored Bakeathon on Thursday morning and our Art Enrichment Day on Friday!
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June 16, 2016

Homework

We have another maths problem in our homework books this week, put on your thinking caps and see if you can solve it!
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June 16, 2016

Assembly Preperation

We have spent lots of time this week practising the songs and story for our assembly next Tuesday. All of the props are coming together and we are getting excited to perform for an audience!   
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June 16, 2016

Sunflowers

Wow! We are so excited by how tall our sunflowers have grown. Luckily they have survived the half term holiday and they are now shooting up at pace! As they are now getting too big for their plant pots we are going to plant them in the community garden and in our wildlife area in...
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June 16, 2016

Year 6 Leavers’ Table Tennis Tournament Quarter Finals Results

After the great excitement of the Year 6 leavers’ tournament opening round last week, this week three thrilling quarter-finals took place. The results were the following: Ivy v Nicola 11-1 11-4 Louie v Harry 11-7 11-7 Ben v Jake 11-9 11-6 Tom v Chelsea TBC  
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June 16, 2016

Next week

In maths, we will be practising writing numbers, telling the time and solving problems with money. In English, we will be writing a postcard then using persuasive language to encourage others to visit the seaside. We’re also very excited about our Art Enrichment Day on Friday 24th June; we’re sure it will be lots of...
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June 16, 2016

Homework

Spellings this week will focus on common exception words which the children frequently use in their writing. Please encourage them to also use this words in sentences to ensure they know the meaning of them. Also, a lot of the children’s new English targets focus on punctuation. Perhaps you could encourage them to write sentences...
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June 16, 2016

Next week

In English next week we will be looking at a bit of persuasive writing, encouraging people to go to the seaside. In maths we will be looking at money problems. Our sponsored penalty shoot out is next Thursday afternoon and you are more than welcome to come and watch. Flapjacks will be available on Thursday...
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June 16, 2016

Spellings

Spellings this week will be focusing on common exception words.
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June 16, 2016

England Vs. Wales

We did it! It may not have been until the last minute but England won the game 2-1 and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Great support Class 3.
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June 16, 2016

Come on England! 

We have all had a fun afternoon in class 1 cheering on England. We have all got our fingers crossed for a win against Wales.
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June 16, 2016

Next week…

English Next week in English we are going to be writing a set of instructions based on our upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Spellings This week we looked at words using prefixes to transform them into negatives. For your homework, please practise and learn these spellings and evidence how you have practised them...
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June 16, 2016

Homework Project

A reminder that your current homework project is to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any other information you find interesting about that...
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June 16, 2016

Homework…

A reminder that your current homework project is to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any other information you find interesting. We would...
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June 16, 2016

Next week…

English Next week in English we are going to be writing a set of instructions based on Midsummer Night’s Dream. Spellings This week we looked at words using prefixes to transform them into negatives. For your homework, please practise and learn these spellings and evidence how you have practised them in your homework books, e.g....
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June 16, 2016

Next Week

Next Week in Class 7 English Next week in English we are going to be writing biographies linked to our work on Olympians and Superheroes Spellings This week we have looked at homophones. Please complete the activity on your spelling sheet, ready for your test next week. Maths In maths next week we will be...
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June 16, 2016

Homework

A reminder that your current homework project is to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any other information you find interesting. We would...
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June 16, 2016

Euro 2016

We’ve been researching Euro 2016  this week and have been giving presentations about the teams and their players.
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June 16, 2016

Terrific Teeth

In our Science lesson this week, we’ve been investigating the different functions of human teeth.  We sampled a range of foods and made careful observations about exactly which teeth were used to eat them and why.  We agreed on all of our results but had a few discussions about the correct way to eat a...
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June 16, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we are going to be writing our own biographies about a famous Olympic athlete. 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 your test...
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June 16, 2016

Homework Project

A reminder that your current homework project is to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any other information you find interesting. We would...
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June 16, 2016

Order, order!

On Wednesday the Year 3 children went to visit York University as part of their Law Project. They completed a range of activities, which included using a court room to hold their own trial. They then had to decide if the suspect was guilty or not guilty!
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June 15, 2016

More Groovy Grovers

Here is another ‘ice lolly fest’ picture with the ‘Groovy Grovers’
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June 15, 2016

Next week in Class 5

Next Week in Class 5 English Next week in English we are going to be writing our own biographies about a famous Olympic athlete. 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 your test...
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June 15, 2016

Homework Project

A reminder that your current homework project is to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any other information you find interesting. We would...
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June 15, 2016

Order, order! 

On Wednesday the year three children went to visit York university as part of their law project. They did a range of activities, which included using a court room to hold their own trial. We then had to decide if the person was guilty or not guilty!     
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June 15, 2016

Ready for Euro 2016…

Euro 2016 started last week, and already it’s been a hot talking point in class 9. We’re doing our own sweepstake so everyone is involved in supporting it in some way! (Fingers crossed for Iceland, Miss Platts’ team!) We’re also very lucky to be able to watch the England match at school on Thursday 16th...
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June 15, 2016

The show must go on!

This afternoon the year 6’s got to read through the production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the first time. Excitement was rife as the cast list had been given out on Monday, so there were lots of eager actors and actresses ready to get to grips with their roles. It’s onwards and upwards from...
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June 15, 2016

Landscapes

In groups, the children created some wonderful seaside landscapes using a range of different materials. They were all really proud of their work.
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June 15, 2016

Temperature

This week in science the children completed an experiment all about temperature. First they estimated the temperature in the shade and out of the shade and then carried out the experiment. Who can remember what the results showed?
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June 15, 2016

Data handling

 We used the laptops to create our own bar charts to display our results from last week’s data collection lesson. It was really fun experimenting on 2Graph to transfer our tally information to different bars. We were also able to view our results as a pie chart and a line graph too. After the lesson,...
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June 15, 2016

Groovy Greeks and Grovers 

Members of the PTA committee surprised KS2 children with an impromptu delivery of ice lollies during their post ‘Groovy Greeks’ theatre trip picnic. As you can see, all ices were greatly received by these ‘Groovy Grovers’
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June 15, 2016

Year 4 Olympic Learning

As the Year 3 children were at York University completing their Law learning, Class 5 and 6 Year 4s stayed at Park Grove to complete a day of learning about the Olympics (linked to their Ancient Greek topic). The children completed a variety of tasks related to the Games including reading comprehension, maths problems and...
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June 15, 2016

Sticker Swapping…

Euro 2016 is up and running and that means sticker swapping season is in full swing in Class 8. Every Friday lunchtime you have the opportunity to swap stickers with each other and Mr Mastrelli to try to complete your albums before the end of the tournament. The first edition was a roaring success last...
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June 15, 2016

Groovy Greeks

On Tuesday morning we were very lucky to go to The Grand Opera House to see the Horrible Histories production of “The Groovy Greeks”. It was a quite fabulous performance with the children learning lots about life in Ancient Greece and enjoying the entertainment!       
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June 15, 2016

Story writing…

While the Year 5’s have been doing their tests this week, the Year 6’s in Class 8 have been writing a narrative based on the short video clip story of Alma. This video clip created a lot of debate and was the stimulus for some super planning, editing and writing!   
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June 14, 2016

Would you like to improve your Maths and English for free? 

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June 14, 2016

A groovy time at ‘Horrible Histories’

On Tuesday, we had a brilliant trip to the Grand Opera House to see ‘Horrible Histories Groovy Greeks’.  We had a great deal of fun finding out even more about the ancient Greeks and to make it especially fantastic, got to wear 3D glasses for part of the performance!  We joined Theseus on a 3D...
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June 14, 2016

Remainders

Today we challenged our division knowledge and learnt about remainders! Some of drew pictures to help share out the dots, whereas others used counters. It was tricky at first to understand how to find them but Miss Thomas was really impressed with us!      
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June 14, 2016

Science 

Today the children worked out how to setup an experiment to observe and measure the weather. We decided to measure the temperature outside in various different places. We placed covered containers filled with the same amount of water in the shade, in the sun, near a fence and a path. We will measure the temperature...
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June 14, 2016

Groovy Greeks!

All of KS2 have recently been on a thrilling trip to the Grand Opera House to watch Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks. The performance was spectacular and the actors was exceptionally good! It was great to see parts of the Ancient Greeks we have learnt in class on stage, and also learn some new things too! A...
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June 14, 2016

Groovy Greeks

On Tuesday we went to watch the Groovy Greeks at the theatre. We enjoyed watching the performance and learnt lots about the Greeks! We even got to watch some of the performance in 3D and we had to wear special glasses for this part. When we got pack to school we had a picnic on...
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June 14, 2016

Horrible Histories Groovy Greeks

The Whole of Key Stage Two went to the Grand Opera House to see a production of the Groovy Greeks. We had a really wonderful time and loved the 3D effects! It was a really super trip. The PTA then kindly treated all of the children to an ice lolly! 
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June 13, 2016

Can you help? 

Help!! We desperately need raffle prizes for our summer raffle which is always a great fund raiser. Do you work at a place that could donate a prize (or any smaller tombola prizes?) We always promote who has given raffle prizes in our raffle advertisements/literature. Do post us a message or speak to one of...
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June 13, 2016

Types of teeth

Class 6 have learnt about different types of teeth and what function they have in the mouth. The children carried out a simple test using food to observe whether incisors help us to bite, canines help us to rip and molars help us to grind. They observed that this is the case!
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June 13, 2016

Seasides then and now

In history, we’ve been learning about the history of the seaside and how things have changed. We discussed seasides in the olden days such as Punch and Judy shows, bathing machines and long clothing, then compared it to how the seasides are now including short clothing, sunbathing and more transport. It was also interesting to...
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June 13, 2016

Euros 2016

In class 5 we have got a wall chart for the Euro’s. Every day we are going to fill in the results and keep an eye on who is winning in each group.
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June 11, 2016

Maths Games

This week in maths we have developed our mental multiplication skills by learning a method to calculate quickly and mentally. In order to extend our multiplication facts recall, develop other areas of maths and link into the upcoming Euro 2016 Football championship, we spent part of the morning creating our own maths games that we...
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June 11, 2016

The enchanted forest

This morning in English, we imagined we were travelling through the enchanted forest from A Midsummer Nights Dream as different characters to get our creativity flowing in describing the forest through our senses. Class 9, what descriptive and expanded noun phrases did you think of to describe the forest?
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June 11, 2016

Democracy and the EU referendum

Wednesday afternoon saw Class 9 develop their understanding of democracy, comparing Ancient Greek democracy with the modern day. This gave opportunity to lots of interesting discussion, including a debate on the oncoming EU Referendum! Class 9, what did you learn from this session? What did you find most interesting?
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June 11, 2016

Homework Project

As our current KS2 topic is Going for Gold, your next homework project will be to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any...
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June 11, 2016

Next week

English and Maths Next week Year 5 will have their assessment week in maths, reading and spelling. Remember this is a good chance for you to show all the wonderful skills you have learnt this year. Year 6 will be writing a narrative from an intriguing video clip you will find out more next week!...
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June 11, 2016

Next week

English and Maths Next week Year 5 will have their assessment week in maths, reading and spelling. Remember this is a good chance for you to show all the wonderful skills you have learnt this year. Year 6 will be writing a narrative from an intriguing video clip you will find out more next week!...
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June 11, 2016

Homework project

As our current KS2 topic is Going for Gold, your next homework project will be to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any...
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June 11, 2016

Multiplication skills

This week in maths we have developed our mental multiplication skills by learning a method to calculate quickly and mentally. In order to extend our multiplication facts recall, develop other areas of maths and link into the upcoming Euro 2016 Football championship, we spent part of the morning creating our own maths games that we...
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June 11, 2016

Critical Friend

This week in Class 8 we introduced a critical friend to help with editing a letter we wrote last half term. As a critical friend, you helped your partner improve their writing by listening, looking and discussing areas to develop. Did you find this activity beneficial? If so, what elements did you feel you used...
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June 11, 2016

Euro 2016 Countdown

<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-16738" src="https://parkgrove.ebor.academy/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/og-default-640×336.jpg" alt="og-default" width="640" height="336" / The start of the European Championships is on Friday! We had a very exciting class draw on Monday where you each got drawn a team participating in this tournament. Remember if your country wins you will receive a replica of the 2016 ball! What facts can...
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June 11, 2016

Democracy and the EU Referendum

Class 6 learnt about democracy in Ancient Greece and how the system worked. They then discussed how democracy works in the UK today. The children were asked if they should have the chance to vote in elections which brought about a very interesting discussion! Finally the children learnt about the European Union and carried out...
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June 11, 2016

Biscuits and law

Year 3 and 4 both had a fantastic first day on their respective Law and Biscuit projects. The Year 3s learnt words of the law, discussed what criminals and victims look like and used role play to act out certain crimes. The Year 4s completed a biscuit survey, sampled a large selection of biscuits and...
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June 11, 2016

Homework Project

As our current KS2 topic is Going for Gold, your next homework project will be to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any...
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June 11, 2016

Someone call 999

On Wednesday a crime took place at Park Grove and we called the police to help us investigate. We helped the police gather evidence and we all had to give our fingerprints in too. Hopefully we will be able to help the police solve the crime that took place! Well done Year 3 for being...
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June 11, 2016

Next week in class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we are going to continue looking at homophones. We have given you 10 spellings to learn. Please also complete the activity on your spelling sheet to help you be prepared for your test next week. Maths In maths next week we will be looking at...
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June 11, 2016

Swimming

On Monday class 5 went on their first swimming lesson to Yearsley Swimming Pool. We had lots of fun and can not wait to go back next week to do more swimming! We also had a lovely walk there and back in the beautiful sunshine.
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June 11, 2016

Somebody call 999

On Wednesday a crime took place at Park Grove and we called the police to help us investigate. We helped the police gather evidence and we all had to give our fingerprints in too. Hopefully we will be able to help the police solve the crime that took place!
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June 11, 2016

Baking Biscuits

This week the children in Year 4 have been designing, creating and evaluating their own biscuits. They have worked really hard and the biscuits look great!
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June 11, 2016

Homework Project

As our current KS2 topic is Going for Gold, your next homework project will be to find out about the capital city of one of the countries taking part in the 2016 Olympics. You should research your chosen capital city carefully and could include details about the population, geographical features, places to visit or any...
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June 11, 2016

This week in class 5

Next Week in Class 5 English Next week in English we are going to continue looking at homophones. We have given you 10 spellings to learn. Please also complete the activity on your spelling sheet to help you be prepared for your test next week. Maths In maths next week we will be looking at...
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June 11, 2016

Next week in class 4

What a busy first week back we have had! We have really enjoyed starting to learn about our seaside topic and we wrote some really effective descriptive pieces about our senses at the beach. Next week we will be completing various pieces of written work based upon the story of The Lighthouse Leepers Lunch. In...
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June 11, 2016

Homework

This week we have done lots of phonics revision. Spellings will focus on the split digraph variations for all five vowel sounds, as we feel the children need to practice these the most. Please encourage your children to also use these words in a sentence.
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June 11, 2016

Seaside Art

We did some printing this afternoon to create seaside shell artwork. We first drew a shell shape on polystyrene then we painted over the top. Look at how effective it was!
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June 11, 2016

Temperature Investigation

We made the most of the sunny weather and conducted an experiment to describe and measure temperature in different places. We placed thermometers inside the classroom, in the shade and then in direct sunlight. It was fun making predictions and revealing how hot it was inside and outside!
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June 11, 2016

Welcome back

What a lovely first day we have had after our half term break, we hope you have all had a well deserved rest! Today we began learning about our new topic, Beside The Seaside! We had to think of things we might see there and label these correctly with a friend. Here is an example
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June 11, 2016

Playing at the seaside

We are having so much fun playing on our beach. We are making very large sandcastles and wearing our rubber ring to keep us safe when we swim in the sea.
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June 11, 2016

Sharing

The Reception children are solving problems using sharing. They have to share out lollipops from our Ice Cream Parlour between some monkeys. They worked it out and solved the problem. Well done Class 2
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June 11, 2016

Data interpretation on the computer

The children are looking at data interpretation using Purple Mash and Topmarks on the laptops. They are looking at tally charts, pictograms and bar charts. Great work Class 2
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June 11, 2016

Spellings

We are revising the following sounds. ee ie oe ue
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June 11, 2016

Next Week

In English we will be reading The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch and exploring the characters and setting. In Maths we will be looking at position and direction. In Science we will be looking at seasonal change and making a wind measuring machine
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June 11, 2016

Ice Cream

Welcome back everybody, I hope you all had a fantastic half term break. This week we have started our new topic Beside the Seaside. We have opened up our own ice cream stall outside and have had lots of fun in the sun pretending to eat our delicious ice creams.
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June 11, 2016

exploding Volcanoes

This week in Forest Schools we have learnt about the warning signs that show danger in nature. We all created brightly coloured safety sticks to create a warning. We then searched for the volcanoes and then used our magic potion to make them bubble and explode.
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June 11, 2016

Pirate Phonics

Lots of children have worked hard in phonics this week playing our new board game. We have been practising real words, alien words and segmenting the sounds in the picture cards. The winner collects the most gold.
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June 11, 2016

Homework

This week our homework is a maths challenge! Can you add the numbers together on a car registration plate? Try writing it as an addition sentence in your homework book.
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June 11, 2016

Next Week

Next week we will be continuing our seaside topic by reading the story The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch. We will also be practising our number bonds to 10 in maths. Our class assembly is fast approaching so we will be preparing for it with lots of rehearsals. On Thursday we will also be cheering on England...
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June 11, 2016

The Last Half Term!

So here we are, the last half term. For the next seven weeks the topic for the children will be Beside the Seaside and we have lots of Summery activities planned. We hope the sun shines warm and bright throughout!
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June 10, 2016

Our Class Assembly

We had such a fantastic time performing our class assembly this morning and we hope you enjoyed it! Thank you to all of our Class 7 families for helping out with costumes and learning lines.
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June 9, 2016

Screaming for an ice cream? 

It’s back on again tomorrow come rain or shine! 
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June 9, 2016

Next week

In English the children will be writing a letter to a special person. In maths they will be handling data and using the laptops to help them do so. Flapjacks are being sold on Thursday so do not forget your 50p!
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June 9, 2016

Spellings

Spellings this week will have a focus on a range of different phonemes and their graphemes.
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June 9, 2016

PE

This half term, in PE, the children will be practising a range of different activities that will take place on Sports Day in July.
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June 9, 2016

Which way is the wind blowing?

The children completed an experiment to find out which way the wind was blowing. They blew bubbles to determine the direction!
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