The Cake stall is tomorrow!! Please bring any bakes to the staff room in the morning. Thank you once again for your support and we will see you hopefully at the stall. YUMRead More
The children absolutely love their time in the wildlife area. If you are planning to venture out into local woods or further afield to larger forests on the weekends or during half term, then have a look at the fantastic resources on the ‘Nature Detectives’ website: http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/schools/forest_schools.htm. There are free activity packs with great ideas to...Read More
Faced with a rather cricket wet pitch today, we took our P.E. lesson indoors and took the opportunity to finish showing our P.E. warm-ups. There were a selection of energetic warm-up routines and some entertaining games. Which warm-up was your favourite?Read More
The next school council meeting is on Thursday 21st May at 9am in the boardroom. Please bring your summer fair ideas to our last meeting this half term!Read More
That Robin Hood is certainly getting up to a lot of mischief in Sherwood Forest! What were your newspaper headlines and what are the key features of a newspaper report?Read More
We’ve been honing our BODMAS skills today – can you remember what each letter stands for? How did you answer the calculations to work out the names of the cities?Read More
We made some very tasty dips on Monday and chopped vegetables to dip into them. They were yummy!!! We also made couscous and discussed where the ingredients came from. Which one was your favourite? Do you help cooking at home?Read More
We have been learning a great deal about the counties of the U.K. through our topic lessons and homework project presentations, but this week Mme Steunou took you on a tour of the regions of France in your French lesson. What did you learn about France that you didn’t know before?Read More
I hope you all enjoyed trying some different healthy dips in your cooking lessons with Miss Slater today! Which was your favourite, and which was your dipping food of choice?Read More
Class 6 finished writing their assembly last week and now have been practising it ready for the real performance next week. The children are excited to sing the songs for you. Good luck with your final rehersals Class 6! – Miss Land.Read More
This week we have working on using persuasive phrases to include in our leaflet about our fictional county. What fabulous phrases have you used this week?Read More
Well done Year 6! All your super hard work has paid off as you tackled each test with a fantastic attitude and determination to succeed. We really enjoyed your company over breakfast this week and hope you did too. What did you enjoy about this week?Read More
Bags 2 School. We are having another collection on Friday 10th July so please start to save any items. Who knows, the Summer sun may be here to stay soon and all Winter Items can be sorted or put back into storage!Read More
This year the Summer Fair will be a “Seaside Circus Affair” Please put it in your diaries – it is on Saturday 11th July at Park Grove School – 12.30 to 4.30 pm. The Circus is coming again to Park Grove!! There will be three shows in a real big top and seaside summer fun...Read More
We have had a fantastic morning exploring non standard measures. We thought about the best things to use to measure objects depending on their size, we thought it would take a very long time to measure the playing fields with matchsticks! We also estimated how many of our class it would take to get from...Read More
Which of the recipes you’ve been following with Miss Slater have you enjoyed the most? Have you been trying out your new cooking skills at home?Read More
We’ve been locating UK cities as part of our map work this week. How many cities did you manage to identify and place correctly? Were you surprised by where any of the cities were in the UK?Read More
This week in the wildlife area we planted our bean plants. They had grown too big for the pots in the classroom. We measured them before they were planted and will be keeping an eye on how much they grow over the next few weeks. We are hoping to see them flower after half term.Read More
It was very windy yesterday afternoon but that didn’t stop us from getting outside and having a rounders game. The children threw the beanbags in lots of different directions and had to run as quickly as possible around the cones. I am looking forward to the tournament we are going to have with Class 4...Read More
We have really enjoyed having breakfast with the Year 6 children everyday this week. It’s a great start to the day to all eat together and enjoy some conversation before school. It’s actually quite amazing to see how many pieces of toast some of them can fit in!!!! Read More
Well done to all our Year Six children for completing their SATS tests so far! The children are doing really well and their attitude to learning is to be admired! Read More
Unfortunately the football season for Park Grove is over but what a season it has been! There have so many terrific goals, tackles, passes and performances! You all represented the school superbly and made everyone very proud. Here is the final points league table: 1. Lakeside 20 2. Park Grove 17 3. Dunnington 16 4. Lord Deramores 13...Read More
We have seen and heard some fantastic homework projects today. Who knew that Devon was the last county to punish someone for witchcraft? Who knew that Warwickshire is the birthplace of the Teletubbies? Which wonderful and weird county facts stood out for you?Read More
Well done to Tomas who survived the 50 ball challenge this afternoon with ease. This challenge will continue next week with more members of Class 8 attempting it! What are your cricketing strengths? What would you like to improve at in the upcoming weeks?Read More
I am so amazed to see how the children are looking after our chickens. They really care about them and want the best for them. Thank you so much to all the families who are looking after them at weekends! Read More
We are looking forward to the recipes you design for your homework. Good luck to all the Year Sixes who are doing their SATs next week. Have a restful weekend and come in at 8:00 for your breakfast.Class 9 newsletter 8.5.15Read More
Thank you all for sharing your counties information posters. Which of the counties did you enjoy finding out about the most? Were there any unusual facts that you didn’t already know about a particular part of the British Isles?Read More
We’ve had some fantastic practical science lessons this week and have been investigating thermal conductors and thermal insulators. What did you find most interesting about our snowman and spoons experiments?!Read More
Class 6 were like mice this morning and tasted a variety of cheeses (linked to our forthcoming assembly…!) Cheddar and Red Leicester were definitely the class favourites! Some very brave children tried Stilton and Gorgonzola and quite liked them! We are now fully in the mood to give the rest of the school a cheesy treat...Read More
We have been super busy this week planning and writing our own stories set in a familiar setting. We used the Alfie and Annie-Rose stories as inspiration. How does your story start? What happens to your character? How does it end?Read More
It was a real pleasure to attend Class 1 assembly when the children shared their learning to a packed school hall. The children spoke and sang with confidence and enthusiasm and were word perfect. Well done Class 1, you are all stars! You should be very proud and the smiles of all the mums, dads...Read More
It was lovely to see so many of the children really engaging with their writing this morning. We thought about our countryside animal and were able to write facts about it. Some children included fact boxes and labelled diagrams too. Well done! Miss Plews.Read More
Welcome back! Today we got straight back to work with some estimating. To fit in with our focus of healthy eating we compared amounts of fruit; grapes, blueberries and raisins. We even got to eat them after – what a treat!Read More
We have been learning about a range of British myths and legends this week and have been creating maps of the U.K. showing their locations. What has been your favourite story you have learnt about this week?Read More
We have been learning some new songs today about the four seasons. Which is your favourite season and why? I like summer when it is nice and warm and I don’t need a coat!Read More
Here is our class newsletter for this week. weekly newsletter 1.5.15 It has been a busy week and you have all worked so hard. We have produced some beautiful books this week all about ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. Come into school and have a look! Have an enjoyable bank holiday weekend. Fingers crossed we get some...Read More
What’s all this? Ben and Betsy are walking around in uniform today!!! Don’t worry… It’s actually Australian uniform that they are trying out. I think they like it! Read More
You’ve all been busily researching counties for your topic homework. Can you give us a sneak preview of the county you’ve been working on and maybe one of your most interesting facts?Read More
Wow! Class 2! Your artistic skills are fantastic! We are so impressed at how carefully you all use the paints and the pastels. We cannot wait to see the Lesley Seeger inspired project finished, it will be amazing!Read More
I was very impressed with your exciting writing this week so a huge well done! You were asked to write a letter to Mum and Dad but pretending to be Alfie from the Alfie and Annie Rose stories. You explained to Mum and Dad what you had been doing when visiting Grandma, what the weather...Read More
What a fabulous start to the day. Our Class 1 assembly showed the school and all our visitors what very talented and hard working children we have in our class. All those words to learn in songs, rhymes and our story of ‘Chicken Licken’. Your spoken voices were clear and your singing was simply angelic!...Read More
We had such a great science lesson this afternoon! Class 6 learnt about shadow puppets and made their own puppets using lolly sticks and cardboard. Then we used one of the puppets to conduct a cool shadow experiment. We moved the puppet nearer and nearer to a light source and away from a white screen. We...Read More
The match started with a quick paced attack from Park Grove with a beautiful shot from Ben Bellerby ended in a one nil lead to Park Grove. As the game went on Zuzanna had a clear shot on goal which was wonderfully taken. It gave us a two nil lead in the first quarter. After...Read More
Park Grove’s opening cricket league match starts this coming Thursday against St Wilfred’s Primary School. The following children will represent our school in the opening fixture: Martha Jones (c) Robby Butler William Gibson Oleg Jaworski Mani Cobb Tom Carter Jacob Martindale Tomas Wormald Please come and support the team if you can! Mr MastrelliRead More
After an exhausting day of interviews, the following children were chosen to be on the Table Tennis Committee for next year: Chelsea Haskins Lucy Noble Ivy Tegetmeier Scarlet Fulford Louie Powell Tom Carter Betsy Leach Sophie Lavers I look forward to working with you all next year! Mr Mastrelli Read More
Agenda: Register Suggestion boxes Thoughts of School Council Any other business Suggestion boxes- Class 5:Stop chewing pencils (Nellie is blogging about that) Class 6:Have algebra in maths (start learning in year 6 for secondary school) Class 4:All working laptops (Miss Sawyer is working on getting them fixed right now and will be fixed by September)...Read More
We learnt about the story of St George this week and then had a go at re-telling it from another perspective – the dragon’s. What do you think the dragon’s version of the story could have been?Read More
We were very excited to see the chicks back at school in their brand new home! How did you feel about seeing the chicks for the first time? Was there anything that surprised you?Read More
The chickens are settling into their new home in the wildlife area. We wnet to visit them today and were amazed by how much they have grown! Please send back your consent form so the children can be involved in caring for them.Read More
Can you remember the rhyme and the song? We’ve got real grass in our classroom and we’ve been exploring the life cycle of a butterfly. It’s amazing! Come and have a look!Read More
Hello Class 6! Are you happy that the chicks, or rather chickens, are back at Park Grove? I can’t believe how much Gary has grown! – Miss Land.Read More
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