Park Grove’s latest cricket league fixture took place on Thursday 18th June against Hempland Primary School. Buoyed by two wins from their opening two fixtures, Park Grove knew this match would be a much stiffer test of their abilities, particularly on a cold day with a chilly breeze. Hempland won the toss and inserted Park Grove into...Read More
We had a very special visit yesterday from some of the children who will be starting in Reception in Class 2 in September. It was lovely to see how welcoming everybody was and how well our class buddies looked after the new children. We hope they enjoyed their visit as much as we enjoyed having...Read More
Dear Class 6 Thank-you for your kind and extremely professional thank-you letters. Once again I’m blown away by your fabulous handwriting and your ability to talk so well about what you did and why you enjoyed it. I really enjoyed Monday’s lesson and had a lot of fun exploring Google Earth, Google Maps and Street...Read More
Well done! Our class assembly was fantastic! You remembered your lines, spoke clearly and sung beautifully. Mrs Hearson, Ms Savoia and myself are SO proud of you! Please blog to let us know what your parents thought. I bet they were proud too! Mrs Carr-BrionRead More
FOUR FRIDAYS TO GO!! THERE ARE FOUR FRIDAYS TO GO BEFORE THE SUMMER FAIR! Thank you so much to everyone who visited our Ice cream stall last Friday. We made a profit of £160 for the Nepal Earthquake appeal which was truly fantastic. ICE CREAMS THIS WEEK More Ice creams will be available this Friday...Read More
Help! Are there any instrumentalists at PG? We are trying to organise another Parent Orchestra performance (on the 3rd July in the assembly) where we will perform some circus music and promote the Fair. The more instrumentalists the better, at the moment we have a quartet which has grown from a duo. Perhaps we can...Read More
This week we have been looking at small and large changes in our lives as part of our new P.SH.C.E unit. Can you name some examples you chose for each category?Read More
Agenda Summer fair ideas Playground equipment Suggestion boxes AOB Minutes Summer fair ideas. Circus sweet stall. Playground equipment. We have a basket ball hoop. If it gets broken, there is no more. Suggestion boxes. Class 9: All maths day. Yes! Class 6: Massive posters that say be nice. No. Class 5: Improve playground buddies. Yes....Read More
Some of our new reception children came into school this morning. They spent some time exploring the classroom and getting to know their new teacher and each other. We will meet another group of our new starters next Wednesday! We are looking forward to seeing you all.Read More
I have been very impressed with many you over the past few weeks as I have seen a huge improvement in your reading skills. Many of you can now read quickly and use some expression for character voices too. It is wonderful when I ask questions about what we have been reading and so many of you...Read More
Today we have been learning fantastic facts about amphibians, mammals, reptiles and insects and recorded our learning as a colourful information page. What did you learn this morning?Read More
£160 was raised today!!! Thank you so much to Jane, Giles, Ali, Sue and the children who managed the stall. Watch out for the feature next week in The Press plus more ice creams next Friday. It was such a lovely community feel out there on the field today, the whole place was alive and...Read More
I thoroughly enjoyed attending the maths and English information evening this week! Parents were offered a great range of workshops to attend and learn more about the types of teaching methods used in school. As a parent of a Key Stage 1 child, I was particularly interested in learning about the different resources used to...Read More
We enjoyed a rounders match this afternoon which ended the week really nicely as the weather is glorious! We have all improved under-arm and over-arm throwing in PE this week. Well done children, I look forward to futher matches this half term. Have a lovely weekend everyone, Miss Land.Read More
We hope you all enjoyed our history and geography themed enrichment day this week. You drew some fantastic maps of our route and made very detailed booklets based on the history of the Bar Walls and gates. Which was your favourite part of the day? What did you learn on the day? Read More
Park Grove School – ‘Running’ a Nepal Earthquake Fundraiser On Friday 12th June Park Grove School’s PTA are organising a fund raising event in the form of an Ice Cream stall to coincide with Running Club. This is to encourage the children at the school to think about the recent earthquakes in Nepal and to...Read More
FIRST FRIDAY. ONE MONTH TO GO BEFORE THE SUMMER FAIR!! This Friday is the PTA’s FIRST Ice Cream stall, the funds raised today will go towards an appeal to build a school in Nepal in the Everest region. All Ice creams will be £1 and the stall will be in the amphitheatre. FIRST come FIRST...Read More
SATURDAY 30th MAY 2015 WIGGINTON GRASSHOPPERS FC FOOTBALL GALA! Reporter: Dan Oglesby OUR TEAM HAXBY TOWN under 10s My day started.I woke up. I felt excited about going to the famous Wigginton Grasshoppers tournament which happens only once a year. Teams from all around the north of England came including teams from Leeds,Scarborough and Middlesbrough who...Read More
Our food tasting session earlier this week had some very positive results with many of you going back for seconds and thirds! So what did you think of the foods we tried that are produced in Staffordshire? Did you love or loathe ‘Marmite‘? Did you love or loathe ‘Branston Pickle’?!Read More
What a tremendous time we had on our Counties Enrichment Day! We created our own tours of the Staffordshire Potteries and then went round to visit Cornwall, Aberdeenshire, Cumbria and Somerset in the other classrooms. What were the highlights of your day?Read More
We have been such busy bees this week; We have…learnt about the life cycle of a frog, walked along the walls, learnt about the history of the walls, weighed objects around the classroom and (most importantly) enjoyed the sunshine at playtimes. We have still got lots of things to do tomorrow as well! Read More
This is Onett Perera, George Phillips, Oscar Hamilton, Felix Gaze and Freddie McDougall. They raised an amazing £265 by selling cakes on Brownlow Street over half term for the Nepal Earthquake disaster. We wish they could manage our ice cream stall tomorrow! Well done, what an awesome effort!!Read More
Only two days to go before the great Ice Cream Fundraiser in aid of the Earthquake appeal. Thank you to those that have signed up to volunteer, there are still some slots for the other weeks (the list is up outside class 3). We will have a large selection of cones and lollies at £1...Read More
Yesterdays enrichment day was spent walking the historic city walls. The children had a great time exploring and the walk has really sparked some interesting historical questions. Who built the bar walls? Why are there small holes in the bricks? We will investigate these further when making our information books. The children behaved impeccably – well...Read More
Fabulous class visit at Class 7 to witness the enrichment day on Staffordshire! Apart from very impressive creative displays and creations by the class I noticed how much the children had apparently in depth researched and learned about the region and could talk about and present it confidently. We then enjoyed several rounds of crackers...Read More
Yesterday you all took part in our exciting “Sponsored Bounce” to raise money for new I.C.T equipment. What did you enjoy about this activity?Read More
We had a lovely walk on the Bar walls this morning and we were so pleased the sunshine came out for us! We walked to Monk Bar went up the narrow steps, walked along to Bootham Bar and came down to view the Minster. Thank you to all the parent helpers we had and we...Read More
The PTA would like to raise some funds by having a weekly Friday Ice cream/lolly stall in the amphitheatre during and after running club (NB running club members would be asked to buy any ice creams at the end). This was a great fund raiser last year for the Dragon’s Den event and the stall...Read More
Well done to everyone who took part in the sponsored bounce today. Total Sports did a fantastic job leading the bouncing. The children’s faces were a delight to watch. Thank you to all of the parents who came and helped, it was very much appreciated. As you can see from the pictures, fun was had...Read More
Lots of luck to all of the children at Park Grove today with the sponsored bounce! We hope that you raise lots of money for school ICT equipment! From Class 6.Read More
Here is the newsletter for this week. weekly newsletter 5.6.15 The children should have all come home with a letter detailing their classes for September. If you have any questions about this or wish to discuss anything then please let me know. Have a lovely weekend!Read More
What a fantastic first week back after our half term break! We have settled back into school beautifully and we cannot wait to see what the next half term has in store for our class. This week’s newsletter – Newsletter 5.6.15Read More
We had a tremendous amount of fun following an orienteering course around the school grounds earlier this week. What were the challenges of our orienteering activity and what have you found out by creating maps of our classroom?Read More
What a very positive week we’ve had! Which of our language activities have you enjoyed the most and which positive words or phrases have you been using?Read More
This week the whole school is having a positive language week and in Class 2 we have been really impressed at how positive everyone has been! We have heard lots of lovely things being said to others and exceptionally great manners. It has brightened up our first week back no end! Keep it up Class...Read More
This week we have been creating tourist brochures about our class county, Cumbria. Which attraction have you chosen, and what have you found out about it?Read More
This week we had a visit from the local Fire Service. They spoke to use about fire safety and things we can do to be safe. We even got to have a look inside the fire engine!Read More
We had a wonderful time in PE practising some essential skills for our soon coming sports day. The children practised wiggling very quickly to keep their hula-hoop twirling and jumping high to avoid the rope when skipping. Well done class 3! Miss Plews.Read More
Yesterday you all produced a bird’s-eye view map of our classroom. There were many accurate drawings of Class 8! How confident did you feel when attempting this activity? What did you enjoy?Read More
We have been looking at calculating missing angles this week in triangles, on a straight line and on a point. What tips can you give to calculate missing angles successfully?Read More
This is next Monday (8th June). Parent/Carer volunteers are very much appreciated. Please contact us via here or via email or via one of the committee if you can offer an hour or two.Read More
The PTA meeting is this week on Wednesday 3rd June at the Gillygate Pub. We intend to discuss up and coming events, in particular the Summer Fair (on Saturday 11th July) which will be a Seaside Circus event. The meeting is open to everyone – parents, carers, teachers, circus artists, lion tamers, plate spinners. If...Read More
Have a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday, Class 5! I hope you all enjoyed the some very creative maths today. See you in a week’s time, and don’t forget your swimming kit for when we return! Mr BainesRead More
We hope you enjoyed the maths enrichment day. We did lots of lovely activities including making a numberline, creating a ‘my numbers’ poster and painting circles inspired by Kandinsky. Which was your favourite?Read More
Now that the weather is finally getting warmer, some of you may be sorting through old winter clothes and other items in the coming weeks (Perhaps our children will be keen to tidy their bedrooms over half term – wishful thinking). Anyway, please remember any clothing items can be donated for Bags2school after Half Term...Read More
On Monday 8th June – it is the sponsored bounce at school. If any parents/carers are able to help on the day (even just for an hour), it would be very much appreciated. Please see Jo Sawyer to volunteer or contact the PTA.Read More
Thank you once again for supporting our PTA cake stall. As always there were some fab bakes and not a crumb left at the end. A mouth watering £115.25 was raised!!Read More
Mrs Shelton and I have been very impressed with the work the children have been creating in art lessons. We have focused on Lesley Seeger this half term and used her work to inspire our own flower pictures. They are stunning, very detailed and of course colourful! Miss Plews.Read More
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