We have just started a new topic in class 1 so we are thinking about wild animals and jungles. The children have really enjoyed reading the book ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and thinking all about animal patterns and where they live. Do you know any fantastic facts about wild animals? Can you think of any...Read More
On Friday, in Geography, we are going to be looking at the different continents of the world. Does anybody know any of the continents already? It would be great to see any maps or globes that you have at home!Read More
Yesterday and today class 5 completed their pedestrian training on the streets of York. What did we learn about? How should you cross the road correctly?Read More
Our next cake stall is a Halloween theme (We’re not scared) on Wednesday 21st October outside of class 3. Let your spooky, horror-ble (wonderful) cake design ideas flow. Please could any bakers bring your items to the staffroom in the morning (of the 21st). The more cakes = more frightening choices. Any left over cakes...Read More
A mysterious egg has been discovered by Class 4! The strange object was found in the school wildlife area by Mrs Stone who couldn’t believe her eyes. She rushed straight back to the school and broke the exciting news to us all; we couldn’t wait to go and investigate! When we got to the egg,...Read More
Our next meeting is on Wednesday 14th October – 7pm at the Gillygate pub. This is a planning meeting for upcoming events. Please come to the meeting if you can! The more folks there, the more ideas we can accumulate and share. Lots of exciting things to discussRead More
On Friday was the start of the much anticipated fourth Ladder League Table Tennis Tournament at Park Grove. There were many great matches, special mention to the thrilling Chelsea v Lucy match, and some interesting results. Here is the full classification of results: Round 1 Jake v Lucas 11-1 Tom v Louie 11-7 Ben v Aruma...Read More
What a fantastic week Class 1 have had! We have sent home homework books for the first time today, please have a look at the sounds we have been learning and practice them! Here is the newsletter: Weekly Newsletter 25.09.15Read More
Here is the newsletter for this week. We have been fortunate enough to have seen another kind of typewriter this week and all had lots of fun using it to write our names. In History we looked at how schools have changed from 50/60 years ago – would you have liked to be a school...Read More
Today class 5 and class 6 joined together to have a special PE lesson. Mrs Chambers taught us some Zumba moves and we had a go ourselves! We had lots of fun and danced to some of our favourite songs? Which dance did you like the most?Read More
Today class 5 and class 6 joined together to have a special PE lesson. Mrs Chambers taught us some Zumba moves and we had a go ourselves! We had lots of fun and danced to some of our favourite songs? Which dance did you like the most?Read More
PTA Copy of Accounts Summary 2014-2015 Here is the accounts summary for the last academic year. Please do look at and read through these accounts as the amount raised and the opportunities created especially for the children due to these funds is something that everyone who has contributed should be extremely proud of. The amount...Read More
This week we continued our exploration theme by learning about the life and work of Jacques Cousteau…an underwater pioneer! We created some fantastic freeze-frames to represent the important events from his life…Read More
On Wednesday afternoon, we enjoyed presentations from the members of our class who would like to become school council reps. What would you like to say to congratulate everyone who took part?Read More
We’ve been reading the fantastic book ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ this week and have been writing persuasive letters from the animals of the rainforest to a woodcutter. Which animal do you think gave the most persuasive argument and why?Read More
This week Class 6 completed their pedestrian training. The children learnt how to cross the road safely in a variety of situations, including near parked cars. Do you feel confident crossing the road now Class 6? Miss Land.Read More
This week we learned all about the famous underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. In groups we acted out a freeze frame showing important events from his life. What did you learn about him? What did you enjoy about this session?Read More
Today we had two people visit us in class 5 and they are from Norway! They told us about their country and showed us pictures of where they live. We then learnt some of the Norwegian language. What did you learn about Norway?Read More
Class 1 are doing such a great job at remembering all of the routines at school and have started to be very independent at lunchtime. We are very impressed with their manners, well done Class 1!Read More
In our Dance lessons we have been travelling back to the age of the dinosaur and have had chance to meet some of them! First we met the slow and heavy Ankylosaurus, followed by the charging Triceratops, then the light footed Deinonychus and came face to face with a terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex! If you have any books...Read More
This afternoon in class 5 we learnt about the explorer Francis Drake. Once we had learnt about his voyages we all pretended to be him by writing a diary entry! I have had lots of fun reading them and they are all very interesting! Next we played a game where we had to finish the...Read More
What a lovely atmosphere around the school today. Everybody is hard at work and it is so quiet! We are so lucky to have such well behaved children! Read More
Well that was a productive PTA meeting with Gary (the Site Manager). The chickens are now laying eggs, how fantastic. Omelette for lunch – thank you Gary. Now back to the PTA list of jobs.Read More
Back to School and back to PTA business. We had our AGM this week, thank you to all who attended. We had lots of exciting things to discuss including our wonderful fund raising achievements over the last year. We will submit the minutes in the near future. Here’s to another successful year with lots of...Read More
This week in class 5 Morgan was our star of the week for all her hard work and willingness to help others both in the classroom and on the playground. Well done Morgan!Read More
Here is the newsletter for this week. Our first, full week in class 3 has been absolutely fantastic! We all enjoyed looking at technology from the past and how it has developed throughout the years. We even looked at an ancient typewriter! Do you have any old examples of technology at home? weekly newsletter...Read More
Today is the start of the 2015 Rugby World Cup! In my assembly on Wednesday, I mentioned the countries taking part in this edition. Can you name all 20 participating countries?Read More
We had an imaginative poetry writing lesson yesterday in Class 6. The children imagined what a desert explorer would carry in his backpack whilst out roaming the sandy dunes! The children thought of some really interesting and magical ideas. The poems were a great success! Well done Class 6. Miss LandRead More
As part of our music lessons, we’ve been designing our own mixed-up animals. Later in the half term we’ll be creating musical compositions to match our creatures! What is the name of your amazing mixed-up animal and what are its features?Read More
We’ve been learning how to identify trees by their leaves, seeds and fruits in our Science lesson this week. Which trees will you be looking out for when you go for a walk this autumn and how might you identify particular trees in other seasons?Read More
Well done to everyone for remembering their wellies yesterday! Luckily the rain stopped in the afternoon so we had a chance to explore the woodland area and made a quick visit to the chickens. Lots of the children really impressed me with their beautiful pictures using natural materials. Let’s hope it is a bit drier...Read More
Today we had our first dance session and we all had lots of fun! We learnt about the famous fossil hunter, Mary Anning, and even became fossil hunters ourselves by pretending to hunt the beach for remains. We also worked in groups to create dinosaur shapes! Perhaps you could ask your child what their favourite...Read More
Recently, in class, we’ve been discussing rules and how important they are to keep us safe. What else can we do in school and at home to keep us safe?Read More
Every week in class 5 we have a star of the week. This winner of this award is chosen by other members of the class as they can nominate people throughout the week. This week our star of the week is Ben for having a fantastic first week in class 5 and trying very hard...Read More
We’ve had a great first week in Class 3! Here is the weekly newsletter to tell you what we’ve been doing this week and what we’re going to be doing next week. class 3 weekly newsletter 11.9.15 Read More
Thank you to all of the wonderful new members of class 1 for an excellent first week back. Please can I remind you all that we need P.E. bags and wellies next week. Here is the weekly newsletter that has been handed out today: weekly newsletter 11.09.15Read More
Although it is our first week in Class 9, we have been doing a range of exhilarating activities. In English, we have recapping our VCOP skills to write about what we have done in the summer holidays. On Wednesday afternoon, we began to investigate our fascinating new topic: Exploration. We have written a timeline about...Read More
This week we have been using our VCOP skills for different English tasks. Which elements of VCOP do you think you are using well? What would like to improve on in the coming weeks?Read More
Today in maths we learnt all about measuring. We measured objects in the classroom and some of us measured the banister from class 5 all the way down to Koosh – it is 19.16m!!! We also measured some of the children in the class, here are some pictures of us measuring each other. Can you...Read More
We have had a lovely return to Park Grove in Class 6. What a hard-working, polite and friendly bunch of children you are! I’m looking forward to a really great year with you. Our first topic of the year is Exploration. What do you think we will be learning about Class 6? Miss LandRead More
We’ve been trying to decide what weird and wonderful equipment or objects an intrepid explorer might carry in his or her backpack. What amazing items did you add to your list poems?Read More
This half term in Year 5/6 are the following sporting clubs: Football, Running, Tag Rugby, Table Tennis and Netball! Which club have you joined? What are you looking forward to in your chosen club?!Read More
If you have any Table Tennis related questions, please blog your questions here. The committee members (Ivy, Chelsea, Louie, Scarlet, Tom C, Betsy, Sophie and Lucy) will try to answer your questions as quickly as they can!Read More
Our first two days in class 5 have been excellent. We have done lots of different activities and made new friends as well as enjoying spending time with our friends from our old classes. Everyone has been very helpful and friendly and Miss Clayton is looking forward to teaching everyone! What are you looking forward...Read More
Welcome back to Park Grove everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic Summer! We’ve had a lovely first day in Class 4 and the children spent time getting used to their new classroom and routines. We also welcomed a new pupil to our class, Seth. It was great to see how kind and welcoming...Read More
To all the wonderful pupils from class 5, it has been a pleasure getting to know you all and for those who are not moving into class 6 with us next year, we will miss you. A very special thanks for all the thoughful gifts, we feel totally overwhelmed . from Mrs Chambers and Miss...Read More
The money we raised for Nepal with the ice cream sales inspired Alexander Savkovic from Class 5 to raise much needed funds for the appeal as well. He made a whopping £180.13 by baking and selling cakes. Well done Alexander – what an inspiration!Read More
Thank you to all who supported, donated to and visited our Summer Fair. The amount raised will be announced soon. We love this photograph Jon Cotton took of the school field in ‘Fair and Circus’ action mode. What a great photo of our lovely school grounds.Read More
The children have enjoyed painting their little trinket boxes this week and decorating them with sparkling jewels and gorgeous sequins. They will be handed out tomorrow as there may just be a little surprise in there from Mrs Shelton and me. Miss Plews.Read More
Well done everyone on three fantastic performances to parents this week. I really enjoyed all the performances and hope you did too! What will you remember most about the play?Read More
This week we have designed mythical beasts and have written news report scripts about their visit to Park Grove. What happened in your news story?Read More
Agenda Register Summer fair ideas Playground Equipment Suggestion boxes Any Other Business Minutes Summer Fair ideas: The school council members came up with doing another sweet stall called circus and we are all making posters advertising the stall.Alexander is currently writing a letter to parents about bringing in donations of sweets for the stall for...Read More
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