In class 9 we have explored some different Greek myths in preparation for writing our own. And what are two of the most important elements to a Greek myth? The hero/heroine and mythical beast of course! We designed our own characters for the myths we will be writing in English this week, see below for...Read More
Class 8 were very lucky to take part in a very exciting drumming workshop where the children in groups created different rhythms using a djembe. Class 8 certainly have rhythm!Read More
Class 6 took part in a drumming music session this week. The children worked with a music teacher and listened to a beat which they then copied. Groups of children then worked on their own beats which they performed together. Read More
A beautiful Tuesday afternoon provided the backdrop for the start of the cricket season in Class 8. This week we practised throwing and catching from a range of distances. Well done on a super session! Read More
It’s fair to say that word problems are a tricky part of maths to master. However, it is also fair to say that Class 3 gave them a really good go today using methods learned throughout the year to help with their answers!Read More
This afternoon we learnt about how light travels in straight lines and we conveyed our expertise by presenting our knowledge to the rest of the class in groups using a range of creative approaches. Read More
We are working with money in Class 6 this week. Today, some of the children have used their addition and subtraction methods to work out amounts of money whilst other children in class used toy money to role play adding and subtracting amounts, practising their methods at the same time. Read More
We had a very musical afternoon in Class 4 creating our own beats using different percussion instruments on Purple Mash. We were able to save our work with a partner and listen to our beats with the whole class at the end. It was really fun clapping along, some of us even got up and...Read More
Next week we are going to be retelling the story of the Hungry Caterpillar. We will also be looking at the story of the Bad Tempered Ladybird also by Eric Carle. In Maths we will be looking at our teen numbers, can you recognise them? Can you put them in order? Don’t forget it’s the...Read More
On Wednesday we started doing some painting in the style of Eric Carle. We have been reading the story of the Hungry Caterpillar and we love the pictures of the caterpillars and the butterflies. Read More
On Tuesday we made tally charts in maths. We took our clipboards down to the end of the field and counted how many of each coloured car drove past, it was very fun and the most frequent colour was silver. Later in the week we used the laptops to create a pictogram showing the different...Read More
We will be starting our DT sewing project next week, starting with designing a model for a minibeast. Also, we will naming different plants and trees in science. The children have throughly enjoyed reading The owl who is afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson and discovered lots of wonderful similes. Our Exciting writing will...Read More
This week we began our topic on Ancient Greece. We know that the Ancient Greeks were the first to hold an event that has evolved over time into our modern Olympic Games. We found out more about the Olympics in Miss Land’s fantastic assembly on Tuesday. Can you name any events that take place at...Read More
It was fantastic to see all of the smiley faces on Monday morning! We have also welcomed two new friends into our class, well done for settling down so well. We introduced our new topic of ‘Minibeasts’. What do you already know about them? Is there anything you would like to find out? Read More
Next week in Maths we will be developing our measuring skills by looking at length, weight and temperature. In English we will be beginning to plan and write our own story, inspired by the work we have done this week on an owl who was afraid of the dark! We are looking forward to seeing...Read More
This week spellings will focus on words containing split digraphs. These will include a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e. The children have worked particularly hard on these in class as they can be tricky at times, some extra practise at home would be really beneficial! Read More
In English we will be creating our own story based on the one that we have just finished reading called ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’. In maths we will be looking at different types of measurement (length, weight, capacity and temperature). PE has now moved to Monday’s instead of Tuesday’s so please...Read More
In ICT we are exploring Art using technology. The children used the Purple Mass software 2Paint to create a picture in the style of Eric Carle. Have a look at their wonderful creations on our minibeast display. Read More
English Next week in English we will be exploring Greek Mythology. Spellings Next week you will be tested on the words we looked at with double letters. Maths In maths next week we will be using our addition and subtraction skills to work with measures, money and solve a range of problems. Other Notes Please...Read More
Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...Read More
Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...Read More
English Next week in English we will be delving deeper into Greek Mythology by planning, writing and editing our own Greek myth. Spellings This week we looked at the different ways hyphens are used to make writing clear. Please can you write each of the hyphenated words from your spelling list in a sentence that makes...Read More
Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...Read More
English Next week in English we will be delving deeper into Greek Mythology by planning, writing and editing our own Greek myth. Spellings This week we looked at the different ways hyphens are used to make writing clear. Please can you write each of the hyphenated words from your spelling list in a sentence that makes...Read More
We learnt about solids, liquids and gases in science this week. We acted out how the three states of matter behave and drew and wrote about our learning in our books. Here we are ‘being’ a solid a liquid and a gas.Read More
I hope you all enjoyed your Easter break. Today, in English, we’ve been writing a recount of all the different things we got up to in the holidays! It was very interesting to find out about what the children got up to.Read More
This week we have started our new topic: the Ancient Greeks! Already we have delved straight in, researching some of the different gods and goddesses the Ancient Greeks worshipped and exploring the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in English. We have also thought about key questions we want answering through our topic. Class 9...Read More
The children are working on understanding place value. They are breaking the number in to parts using base 10 and units. They are able to show what a number looks like and feel very confident with partitioning numbers. Read More
Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. You can present your work in any way you chose but please...Read More
English Next week in English we will be continuing our learning about Aesop’s fables. Spellings This week we have looked at the apostrophe for possession in our spelling lesson. We have given you 10 spellings from the Year 3 and 4 spelling list that were commonly mis-spelled when we looked at the spellings a few months ago. Please...Read More
Spellings This week we have looked at words with the possessive apostrophes. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practise them in your homework book by completing the activity on your spelling sheet. Maths In maths next week we will be looking at money and solving problems involving...Read More
Our topic this term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. You can present your work in any way you chose but please have...Read More
Hope you all had a great Easter holiday and it is lovely to see the children return full of the joys of spring. We started our story ‘Plop who is afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. Today the children wrote a character profile about Plop the barn owl. Read More
The children are so enthusiastic about our new topic Minibeasts and spent the afternoon discovering all sorts of insects and other mini creatures in the forest. We even found a tiny frog from our pond. Read More
This week we’ve started to learn about our new topic, mini-beasts. In Computing, we used lots of artistic features on Purple Mash to make mini-beast art in the style of Eric Carle. Have a look at our wonderful work! Read More
On the 13th April we learnt about the Sikh New Year which was the actual date of the celebration! The children learnt about the story of Vaisahki and the 5Ks, or Beloved Ones. The children acted out the story and watched videos about how Vaisahki is celebrated by Sikhs today. Read More
In R.E. this week, we had a fabulous discussion about the different journeys we take in our lives. I was particularly impressed with everyone’s descriptions of a chosen journey as part of our written task.Read More
This week we’ve started to learn about our new topic – the Ancient Greeks. We have researched some of the different gods and goddesses the Ancient Greeks worshipped and explored the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in English. What have you enjoyed about this topic so far?Read More
On Wednesday in Science we began looking at the different states of matter. To do this we looked at balloons which were filled with a gas, a liquid and a solid. We then pretended to be particles and act out what a solid, liquid and gas would look like. Read More
We used our counting skills to complete missing number sequences this morning. Some of us used the laptops to carry on the sequences of two before making the rockets blast off! Read More
Welcome back to Park Grove everyone! We hope you had a fantastic Easter break. We’re ready for a new term in our beautiful new classroom, the children are really happy with our new walls and carpet! Today we had some fun outdoors practising our times tables. We checked our counting targets in our Maths books...Read More
This afternoon we learnt all about light and how we are able to see. After finding out some facts, we created our own science show to explain how light travels and how that enables us to see. Class 9 – what can you remember about light? How can we see? What key vocabulary can you...Read More
Class 6 have learnt about solids, liquids and gases in science this week. They acted out how the three states of matter behave and drew and wrote about their learning in their books. Here the children are ‘being’ a solid a liquid and a gas. Read More
On Tuesday we looked at compound in sentences and how we can add correct conjunctions into our sentences. First we worked in partners to create some compound sentences and then we used a fable, the Hare and the Tortoise, to write our own sentences with conjunctions. Read More
On Monday in class 5 we began looking at Aesop’s fables. We each acted out different fables then we had to guess what the moral of each story was. Read More
A big welcome back from the PTA! We hope you all had a good Easter. We have all had emails, letters etc today from Park Grove about the imminent Ofsted visit tommorrow. For the staff, it must feel a bit like hitting the ground 60mph running and we wish them all the best!! This quote...Read More
Today in maths we built upon our knowledge of Roman numerals by completing different challenges in groups. Do you know any Roman numerals? Can you write any calculations using Roman numerals?Read More
Today in maths we completed a range of exciting challenges to help improve our understanding of Roman Numerals in a variety of different contexts.Read More
We have started our Ancient Greek topic by looking at Aesop’s Fables in English. The children used role play to act out a number of fables. They then worked out what the morals of the fables were. We all really enjoyed learning about the stories which are thousands of years old and their lessons for...Read More
Park Grove School’s Football Team last league match of the season is against New Earswick Primary School on Monday 18th April at 4pm. It would be brilliant if you could come to support our team. The team for this match is: Harry Metcalf (GK) Ben Bellerby (RD) Tom Carter (LD) Louie Powell (LM) (C) Jake Coulby-Ackroyd(CM) Lucas Torres (RM) Kyle...Read More
We currently have a vacancy for a Midday Supervisory Assistant. Please see below for an application form and further information. MSA advert January 2016 MSA Job description Support staff application formRead More
You’ve all worked incredibly hard this term so please have a lovely holiday with your families and friends! As it is the Easter holidays, there will be no homework set this week. Please remember that you come back to school on Monday 11th April. Read More
Here we are evaluating the work of our friends. When we complete a peer assessment we write it in purple pen and when we complete a self assessment we use a sky blue pen.Read More
We had a very exciting visit to the Castle Museum to bring our Victorians topic to life! We were able to see the difference between a wealthy and poorer Victorian’s house and we even got to explore a Victorian street with the little alley ways, a Victorian school, a Victorian prison and different shops that...Read More
Last Friday the children took to the field to complete a mile in aid of Sports Relief. 130 people took part including pupils, staff and parents and we raised a grand total of £180! Thank you for all donations, it’s going to a great cause. Read More
Next week in maths we will be… no, wait a minute, it’s the holidays! It’s been a brilliant second term in Class 9, well done to you all for all your focus and effort. We’ve had such a busy term, with the Year 5’s rehearsing for Oliver and the Year 6’s revising for the SATs...Read More
At Park Grove we have a day where you get to bring in toys and play with yours and other people’s. We have a toy day at the end of every term and we all look forward to them! Here are a few quotes of what people have said about toy day and how we...Read More
Our first match started well against Our Lady School 2 , with some great goals from Aruma and amazing passing from our centre our end score was Park Grove 2 – Our Lady 0, Our second match we were playing Huntington With Zuzanna and Lauren in goal shoot and goal attack the end score was 3-0 to...Read More
We’re having a really fun Toy Day at Park Grove to celebrate the end of term! A quick notice that there will be no homework sent out over the holidays to give the children opportunity to have a well earned rest before coming back to school on Monday 11th April. Finally, please remember that school...Read More
Well done for a fantastic second term class 5! We have packed a lot into this term and I have enjoyed working with you all. I am looking forward to our final term in together in class 5 after the holidays for more fun and excitement! As it is the Easter holidays we do not...Read More
Thank you for your support this term. We raised a whopping £426.05 at the Speed Quiz. This was a great night of entertainment and Alan Leach has kindly offered to do the same again next year so watch this space. We raised £121.50 at the Easter cake stall yesterday. Thank you for your wonderful...Read More
The next meeting will be held in the boardroom on Tuesday 19th April at 9:00am. Please can you ensure your class has written a new suggestion for us to discuss. Mr MastrelliRead More
You’ve all worked incredibly hard this term so please have a lovely holiday with your families and friends! As it is the Easter holidays, there will be no homework set this week. Please remember that you come back to school on Monday 11th April. With Best Wishes from Mr Mastrelli, Ms Slater and Mrs James.Read More
This week we played some PSHCE games all to do with personal safety, healthy living and well-being. The board games had many different themes including road safety, internet safety and home hazards safety.Read More
On Wednesday afternoon we shared our homework project designs for a new invention, linking in with products from the Victorian times. There were many fantastic models, diagrams and explanation texts for a range of innovative and well-thought out ideas. Well done Class 8!Read More
On Monday we had a very exciting visit to the Castle Museum to bring our Victorians topic to life. We were able to see the difference between a wealthy and poorer Victorian’s house and we even got to explore a Victorian street, with the little alleyways, a Victorian school, a Victorian prison and different shops that were...Read More
This afternoon we had the fantastic challenge of making chocolate Easter nests. First we melted chocolate over a pan of boiling water. Then we crushed up shredded wheat and mixed it together. Finally we spooned the mixture into bun cases. To decorate we used some chocolate mini eggs, the end results were fantastic and delicious!...Read More
As the last homework project related to our Victorians topic, we challenged the school to think like Victorians and consider creating their own unique inventions. They were all definitely original, some a bit wacky and others purely ingenious! Class 9 – Which inventions did you like? Are you proud of your idea? Do you think...Read More
We shared our homework projects in class 5 on Wednesday afternoon. There was lots of strange and interesting ideas which had been made by members of class 5! You never know…we might see some of these in the future! Can you guess what Maddy has invented in the picture?Read More
We have looked at area this week in maths. We used times tables knowledge to work out the area of the shapes or if the shapes didn’t have flat sides, we counted the squares. Some children then used this knowledge to play an area game which was fun! Read More
On Wednesday we did some work on recognising different mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). We spent some time discussing the language and methods for each before going off to our tables and completing some questions on our own. We had to make sure that we read the question really carefully so we knew...Read More
With Easter just around the corner, we’ve been learning about why Christians celebrate this every year. We have been able to retell the Easter story by putting the important events in the correct order, then we used drama to ‘hot seat’ the characters about how they felt and why! We also now know what the...Read More
The children have made their very own moving toys (an Easter bunny or chick!) and have written a special message on the back of them. We had lots of fun designing our own and putting it together using split pins. Read More
In Forest schools the children went on a Easter egg hunt. They found lots of eggs with different numbers on and placed each egg in order from 0 – 20. It was great to see the children working so well in their teams and helping each other. Read More
We loved learning about the Easter story and why this time of year is important. We then sequenced the story pictures and wrote sentences to say what happened. Read More
The children have throughly enjoyed their topic on healthy lifestyles and were able to show off their knowledge in their Exciting Writing. They used lots of features of information text and remembered some great key facts. Read More
Yesterday in Forest Schools we had a special Easter egg hunt, we all worked in teams with different colours and had to find 20 numbered eggs. After we had found them all we had to put them in order from 1-20. The winning team was the black team but everyone worked really well together and...Read More
Mr Stoner is still busy working on our outdoor area, he has now put AstroTurf on our stage so it won’t be too slippy when it rains. We have had lots of fun outside building towers this week and thinking of stratergies to make our towers even higher. Read More
Well, we did it! After lots and lots of practising the children put on the performance of their lifetime this morning displaying most of their knowledge about the Olympic Games and staying healthy. I think you were all agree that they were absolutely brilliant. Really well done Class 3. Read More
Today we had a very exciting visit to the Castle Museum to bring our Victorians topic to life! We were able to see the difference between a wealthy and poorer Victorian’s house and we even got to explore a Victorian street with the little alley ways, a Victorian school, a Victorian prison and different shops...Read More
Cake Stall. Cake Stall, Cake Stall Alert!! Don’t forget it is tomorrow – donations hugely appreciated. Home made or shop bought – they will get sold.Read More
On Tuesday class 5 visited the Castle Museum to learn about Victorian medicine! We learnt lots of exciting things about how they made the different medicines, what they put in the pills and how they even use to suggest smoking to cure asthma! We made some of our own pills as well as visiting a...Read More
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