Phew, what an action-packed half term we’ve had! We’ve done some body percussion, turned adults into frogs, have explored Viking artefacts and have been rehearsing the songs for our upcoming class assembly. In addition, we’ve been exploring forces, reading a lot of Jeremy Strong and have told Viking sagas. After all of that, you deserve...Read More
We will be very sorry to see Sara, one of our classmates leaving today and we wish her and her family luck in their travels! Sara, it has been lovely to have you as part of our class and we will miss you!Read More
I had the great honour of making my visit to Class 1 on Music Enrichment day. I managed to see the children in Class 1 work on a song that they had learnt in a very short time and when they sang in a round it sounded lovely. I even got to attend the end...Read More
Children’s University – Remember that you can get your passports stamped and checked this week at 3.15pm outside class 4. Friday the 13th is the last day for this. If you plan to visit places over Half term then do bring the passports into the office on the first Monday back (the 23rd). We will...Read More
There are still some places left for this amazing course which is also free of charge!! Please sign up asap as it starts as soon as we are back after half term.Read More
Well done Class 9. Your participation on Tuesday was just marvellous. You gave your best to every workshop and demonstrated real skill. Thanks for your enthusiasm! Ms LambRead More
Well done everyone! The students had a fabulous day and commented on the positive attitude from all of you. Lots of you have already taken ideas from the workshop to create your own body percussion. Brilliant! Ms LambRead More
Thanks for being such willing participants on Tuesday. The students really enjoyed working with you and asked me to say so! You covered quite a range of music, didn’t you? Grieg, Handel and contemporary composer Anna Meredith. You must be steeped in musical ideas now. Why not try composing something yourself!? Ms LambRead More
Well done Class 6. The students really enjoyed working with you on Tuesday and asked me to say so. You covered a huge range of music…Mozart, Handel and modern composer Anna Meredith. Wow! I hope you enjoyed the day and feel inspired to make more music. Ms LambRead More
Well done Class 5. I popped in on your percussion session and saw you ‘playing’ upside down chairs like drums! Don’t try this at home….well, seek permission first won’t you? It was great fun and the students really enjoyed working with you. Thanks for your hard work. Ms LambRead More
You had a very musical day on Tuesday, going on two musical journeys to ‘The hall of the Mountain King’ and a ‘Night on Bare Mountain’. You must be exhausted! Can you remember which composers wrote those pieces? I really hope you enjoyed your day! Ms LambRead More
Thanks for your hard work on Tuesday. The students really enjoyed working with you. We went on the same musical journey as your class…to ‘The hall of the Mountain King’. We thought it was a bit like going on a bear hunt! Do you remember what ‘rondo’ form is? Why not try to compose some...Read More
Well done Class 2. You joined in beautifully with all the musical activities. I hope you enjoyed the body percussion and your visit to the ‘Hall of the Mountain King’! We did that workshop in Class 1 too and so did Class 3. Why not find a friend on the playground and go on some...Read More
We’ve been very musical this week. Aaron’s Mummy brought lots of students into school and we made music. The first group took us on a musical journey to ‘The hall of The Mountain King’. We listened to a beautiful piece of music by the composer Edvard Grieg. It was a bit like going on a...Read More
It is the Valentine cake stall tomorrow. Please bring any bakes to the staff room at 9am. There are some wonderful creations and ideas being displayed on our PTA Facebook page. Here is our Facebook page, we are easy to find and there is lots of news on there. www.facebook.com/ParkGroveSchoolPTA If you are on FB, how...Read More
We have just had a fantastic live debate in the classroom. The children worked in teams to practise their reasons for choosing a hot or cold place as the best. We then had a whole class debate with Head and Senior Judges! We raised our points and the decision was then made that a hot...Read More
What a fabulous day of musical activities! Everyone listened and performed superbly in every session and the results were spectacular! What did you enjoy about today? What did you learn? Read More
This exhilarating event occurred in Park Grove school as our talent for table tennis got better! William, Ben, Jacob and Louie had made it all the way from the start of the Table Tennis knockout, winning all their matches,to the near end. Unfortunately two of them had to leave with no victory and two lucky ones...Read More
For another chance to have a shot at claiming victory, Park Grove’s team of 8 (4 boys and 4 girls ) set off to Archbishops Holgate school for the one and only, prodigious swimming gala. Tenseness lingered in the air whilst our competitors reached agreement about their sly tactics. With everything under control, Park Grove’s...Read More
Today was Project Day for Classes 5 and 6. Year 4 spent the day finishing their delicious biscuits and creating some very inventive packaging, while Year 3 went on a Children’s University trip to learn about working in the railway industry. What were your highlights from the day?Read More
One more week of this half term!!! Where has it gone?! Let’s make the last week a good one. I’m looking forward to starting my week with a School Council meeting at 9am. What are you looking forward to?Read More
Today we looked at different ways to inspire stories ideas in preparation for the 500 words project! We started with the question ‘What if…?’ and then came up with some imaginative scenarios which could ensue from that question… Here are some examples: What if I could talk to toys? What if the world was made...Read More
What a busy week! We hope you all have a restful weekend and come back refreshed for Chinese New Year! This week’s newsletter – Class 2 newsletter 6.2.15Read More
Here is this weeks newsletter. Please note the times for parents evening next week are on the notice board outside the classroom. weekly newsletter 6.2.15Read More
We spent the last part of the afternoon sharing homework. Fantastic! Here is this week’s newsletter with a new challenge. Class 9 Newsletter 6.2.15Read More
The Valentine’s cake stall is on next Thursday (12th Feb). Any Aalentine cakes, bakes and buns would be appreciated. Or quite simply come and ‘love’ our cakes at school pick up.Read More
This week science club worked on a magic trick! We can’t reveal all of our secrets but Charlie will tell you a little bit about what the children did: We got a match box and a magnet and taped it to the back of the box. We put different coins into the box and they...Read More
I attended the Class 8 class assembly this week and really enjoyed it. There was some great singing and dancing going on, with contributions from everybody. It was fabulous to learn interesting and exciting things about the different pupils in the class, and the great diversity of interests, skills and talents that everyone contributes to...Read More
We had a fantastic morning at the theatre. We were trained as story tellers then got into groups to create a story based around an object. What fantastic imaginations you have class 4!Read More
Yesterday the children of Class 2 had a very exciting day. First the Year 1s joined forces with Class 3 and 4 and left school to walk to the Theatre Royal where they were put through their paces with a story telling workshop and then had to think of things starting with a specific letter...Read More
We have had an amazing wooden chest delivered to our class this week, packed full of amazing objects for our Vikings topic. We’ve investigated all of the objects, asked questions about what they might be and who might have used them and have spent some time doing observational drawings. Which was the most intriguing object...Read More
We had a great time mixing and taste testing different drinks during our lesson on ratio this week. Which was your favourite cup and what was its ratio of juice to water?Read More
Well done Class 4 for your great map drawing skills that you displayed in our topic lesson on Monday. We talked about who would need a map and what type of information is shown on one. You then had a go at drawing a map of the Isle of Coll. Most of you included a...Read More
Yesterday children in Class 6 had their third train or biscuit session. The Year 3 children talked about train safety and then created colourful safety posters. Are you looking forward to your train trip on Monday Year 3? The Year 4 children made their biscuits, carefully following the recipe and their creative designs. I think everyone...Read More
We had a fabulous time yesterday in the forest. We’re learning about Chinese New Year. It was a beautiful day, cold and fresh. We put on our wellies and discovered two ‘dragons in a bag’. Well, the props at least to make two dragons. We had curly pom poms for flames and ribbon to make...Read More
We had a lovely morning at the theatre and were able to create our own stories using props and imaginative ideas. Some of the ideas were very inventive, especially the poisonous apple! Miss Plews.Read More
Well done Class 8! We’re feeling so very proud of you all; you performed wonderfully this morning, were incredibly enthusiastic and showed off some magnificent dance moves! Mrs Old and I have had a great deal of fun with our review assembly and it was great to be able to share the super learning you have done this year...Read More
I visited class 1 today and joined the children and Ms Lamb in the Forest School. We had great fun doing a dragon dance and the children joined in with enthusiasm. I hope I played the tambourine at the right time!! There’s so much for the children to explore and create in the Forest School...Read More
Many apologies for the delay with the My Maths homework tasks going on to the website. Hopefully your tasks have all now been set. Please contact me if you have any issues. Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend Mr BainesRead More
Many apologies for the delay with the My Maths homework tasks going on to the website. Hopefully your tasks have all now been set. Please contact me if you have any issues. Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend Mr BainesRead More
Yesterday afternoon, the Curiosity Clubbers made film canister rockets! Our hearts were in our mouths! Tia and Callie will tell you what the children did: We put headache tablets for adults and water in a film canister. The room in the the film canister was so small that the gasses from the water and the...Read More
Yep!! Our PTA meetings are fun and sociable. We hope you can see us there at The Gillygate Pub, on Monday 2nd February at 7pm. We have lots to plan for and need as many ideas and contributions as possible. New Faces = Fresh Ideas.Read More
Over the Christmas holiday Teachers, Governors, Parents and Children were encouraged to submit examples of “extreme reading (i.e. reading in unusual places or moments) with photographic evidence. The results, many of them rather breathtaking, some almost a little frightening, which proved many people’s obvious passion for books, are now on display opposite the PTA board...Read More
Some of the new governors at Park Grove attended a training session at the City Council this week – “Welcome to Governance” gave us a very useful introduction to the world of being a school governor, and also some very interesting information about schools and governors. Did you know there are 63 schools in York...Read More
We have been pretending to be Vikings and have been writing persuasive letters to our Scandinavian friends to sail over the North Sea and join us for some pillaging in Britain! Can you share any of your most persuasive lines from your letters?Read More
We have been incorporating a bit of art into our maths lessons this week by creating factor rainbows. Are you now able to explain what a factor is? Can you write the factors for a chosen number?Read More
Have you seen any signs of Spring? It must be just around the corner. Look closely as you walk to school and tell us what you’ve spotted. Be a nature detective!Read More
We’ve been looking at old and new toys. We examined them carefully and talked about the materials that had been used to make them. Can you remember the materials? Have you got any old toys at home? We thought of some really good words to describe them and we looked carefully for similarities and differences....Read More
We’ve been writing all kinds of poetry recently, based on Sigurd the Viking from the Jeremy Strong books. We’ve been exploring metaphors, similes, alliteration and kennings. Here are some of the lines from our favourite poems…Read More
The children of class 7 were in cahoots with Harry Potter in our maths lessons this week and the aim was to turn Ms Campbell, Mrs Sellers, Mrs Martindale and Mrs Wijeratne into frogs! How did you get on with mixing your ‘potions’ and how many amphibians did you create?!Read More
Today you wrote about a memorable event from your life. What did you write about? Can you remember two fabulous examples of descriptive language you used?Read More
You performed very well in devising potions to try to turn Year 6 teachers into frogs using multiplication and addition calculations. Can you provide one example of a solution?!Read More
I have been so impressed with all the effort you put into your penguin information texts this morning. We will add more tomorrow and remember to include another sub-heading and picture. Well done. Miss Plews.Read More
This week we have changed our role play area into a gingerbread house. Inside we have sweetie numbers, cooking equipment, nursery rhymes to read and fill in the blanks and some dressing up clothes. It has been fantastic to see you dressing up and taking on a role within your play.Read More
There are more theatre trips and visits coming up over the next few weeks. What do you think about the Theatre Project so far? Any feedback you would like to share?Read More
Our second meeting of the year will be on Wednesday 4th February at 9am in the boardroom. Please come with your suggestion boxes as we discussed at the last meeting. Mr MastrelliRead More
Here is this weeks newsletter. We ventured into the outdoor classroom today to rehouse some fairies who had lost their home in the recent snow fall. They seem happy in their new home, I wonder if the will explore through the fairy door over the weekend..? weekly newsletter 23.1.15Read More
Tom had £200.00 saved in the bank. One Saturday he was very lucky and had 5 winning numbers on the Lottery! Tom’s prize money was 100 times what he saved up in his bank account. What was Tom’s Lottery prize money? Read More
Tom had £200.00 saved in the bank. One Saturday he was very lucky and had 5 winning numbers on the Lottery! Tom’s prize money was 100 times what he saved up in his bank account. What was Tom’s Lottery prize money? Please blog the location of the answer!Read More
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Class 4 today. We talked about how we can be kind to each other. The answers made me smile (and we had a bit of a chuckle too). Well done Class 4.Read More
The Curiosity Club talked about the three states of matter in the session this week. They are liquids, solids and gases. However, Jasmine and Molly will tell you what the children did and found out: There is a matter that is not a liquid, solid or gas and it is called a non-Newtonian material. It is made...Read More
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