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Table Tennis Tournament – Round 1 Results

Monday 8th Tom C v Devnara :  11 – 3 Josh v Will G :  0 – 11 Indie v Logan : 11 – 2 Cameron v Alex R :  11 – 6 Ellen v Euan :  10 – 12 Holly v Joe W :  5 – 11 Mani v Tomas :  5 – 11...
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Key stage 1 Christmas party

What a great party we had today. Lots of fantastic dancing, games, delicious party food and a special visitor! Can you guess who it was? Look at our photos to give you a clue!  
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Newspaper reports

What are the key features of a newspaper report?
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Sharing our Musical Homework

We’ve had a fabulously musical time in Class 7 and the sounds of Bizet, Dave Brubeck and Pharrell Williams (amongst others) have been drifting from our classroom.  We’ve shared classical, jazz, rock and pop and have had some tremendous instrumental performances, powerpoint presentations and poems.  Class 7, which presentations did you find most surprising or...
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Newsletter 12.12.14

Have a super weekend!  12.12.14 Class 7 Newsletter
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Half term highlights

What a busy half term we have had in class 4. What has been you favourite bit?    
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End of term…

Tomorrow starts the last week of your first term in Class 8. What have you enjoyed about Class 8 this term? Do you have a favourite memory?!
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Photographs

I hope you are all planning your extreme reading photographs because I am now going hunting for prizes!!!
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Nativity!

Loved the Early Years and KS1 Nativity performance this week. The children sang with gusto, looked as though they were enjoying themselves and seemed very relaxed about it all. Now it feels like Christmas! Thanks to all the children and staff for their hard work to put the performance on.
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Christmas Cake stall – We can’t wait

CAKE STALL Our final 2014 cake stall will take place after school on Thursday 18 December outside classrooms 3 and 4. Please bring along your festive fancy bakes to the school staffroom on the morning of the sale. Your cake donations are much appreciated, your enthusiasm to buy our cakes is simply magical!! See you there!...
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Wrappers

We DESPERATELY need help on Monday morning at 9am in the board room to help with wrapping!  
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What did the Romans do for us?

They gave us Roman numerals for a start! We have been learning to read and write Roman numerals this week, and it has been an incredibly popular topic. It also made us think about just how many Roman numerals we see in everyday life. Have you spotted any Roman numerals at home or out and...
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Newsletter 12.12.14

Another busy week has drawn to an end…what was your favourite bit of this week? Class 2 Newsletter 12.12.14  
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Weekly Newsletter 12th December

Here is this weeks newsletter. See you all next week for our final week in school of 2014!weekly newsletter 12.12.14
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Class newsletter 12.12.14

Please find the class newsletter for 12.12.14 Newsletter 12th December Miss Plews.
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Nativity

A huge well done to all the Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children who were part of the Nativity performances. All the adults, who watched you, were very impressed at how hard you worked and how well you performed. There was a lot to learn but the performances went brilliantly. You should be very...
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Santa’s Sleigh Update…

The children of Class 7 are proud to announce the ultimate redesign of Santa’s sleigh!  As part of our writing this week, we’ve been creating techno sleighs packed with gadgets and gizmos to help make Santa’s dash around the world on Christmas Eve a little bit easier!  Here are some of our ideas…
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Next Meeting – Wednesday 17th December 9am

Hi guys, Our last meeting of the term will be on  Wednesday 17th December at 9am in the boardroom. Please come with your suggestion boxes as we discussed last week. Mr Mastrelli
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Table Tennis Second Round Fixtures – January 2015

The draw for the second round of the Table Tennis tournament was announced today. Here are the fixtures and dates: Tuesday 6th January Katarina vs Ben William  vs Euan Lucy vs Oliver Tom  vs Elliot Kyle vs Lucia Jacob vs George Wednesday 7th January Indie vs Louie Martha vs Jack Chelsea vs Dan Tomas vs...
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Nativity

What a fantastic nativity we have had this week!
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Class 9 newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter. I’m really looking forward to the presentation of the music projects. Class 9 Newsletter
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Putting on a show.

Well done everyone for the hard work you have put in to make all of the Nativity performances so good! Mrs Rathmell
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Just to say……

…a  really , really big thank you to the children who came to sing at the PTA ‘Bit of a Do’. You were amazing and added a special sort of  sparkle to the evening! Well done. Ms Lamb
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A big thank you……

…….to all the children who came to sing at the PTA ‘Bit of Do’. You did a fantastic job and provided something very special. Really, really well done! Ms Lamb
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A big thank you….

……….to the children in Class 2 who came to sing ar the PTA ‘Bit of a Do’. You were amazing and did a fabulous job. Well done! Ms Lamb
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We’re knee deep in baubles…..

……but just wanted to say a huge, and rather belated thank you to the children who came to sing at the PTA ‘Bit of a Do’. You did a really fabulous job! Well done!
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School Council Minutes – 3rd December 9am

Agenda: register christmas fair suggestion boxes Any other business Minutes Christmas fair All school council members should arrive at the christmas fair at 5:45.We are placed outside the staff boardWe all also have to buy tickets to get in even though we are helping. Well done Bo for sending out a letter about hot dinner...
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Newspapers

What did you choose as the headline for your article?
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Nativity

It’s our nativity this week. We are so excited! We’d love to know what parents thought of it. Please reply to our blog and we will read them out in class.
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WOW – The Christmas Fair Profit

The Christmas fair made a profit of £1,378.24! That is a wonderful amount and will benefit the children/school so much. Thank you once again to all involved.
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A Fanfare for the Christmas Fair!

Thank you Sooooooooooooo much to everyone who supported the Christmas Fair – what a lovely atmosphere. The children’s choir was wonderful – thank you to Mrs Lamb for leading/organising this (and also to Abi). The children’s faces were a delight to watch and their singing was superb. Thank you to Santa for making a guest appearance...
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A busy term!

Hi Class 6! You have had a really busy first term in class! Do you think you have improved anything particular so far this year at school? Maybe your writing, reading skills or mental maths perhaps? What would you like to work on next term? – Miss Land.
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Table Tennis Interviews Part 1…

The Table Tennis Tournament started today. Here are some pre-tournament interviews courtesy of our reporters Ava and Ellie. As you can see there are several members of Class 8 in this clip. What would you like Ellie and Ava to report on this week?  
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Headlines!

Today we came up with exciting headlines for an article we are going to write later in the week about Ancient Egypt. What was your headline?
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Strictly Gymnastics

There were plenty of tens from Len this afternoon as we performed our gymnastics routines in pairs and groups. We had scorecards, festive music and gave marks for balance and musicality.  A huge congratulations to everyone – your routines were a-mazing!!
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Nativity

What did you think of the dress rehearsal?
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Internet Safety

We had a really informative assembly led by PCSO Harris this week where we learned how to keep safe when using the internet.  What are your top tips for using the internet safely?
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Mystery Maths Week 5

The temperature two days ago was 10 degrees Celsius and it dropped by 6 degrees Celsius yesterday. Today it has dropped a further 6 degrees. What is the temperature today?
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Mystery Maths Week 5

The temperature two days ago was 10 degrees Celsius and it dropped by 6 degrees Celsius yesterday. Today it has dropped a further 6 degrees. What is the temperature today?
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Newsletter 5.12.14

5.12.14 Class 7 Newsletter Hope you enjoy the Christmas Fair!
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This week’s newsletter December 5th

We’ve been so busy this week. Just take a look…and we still have the Christmas fair to enjoy!weekly newsletter 5th Dec
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Class Newsletter 5.12.14

It has got very festive feeling in Class 2 this week with lots of snowy, chilly activities.  We are looking forward to helping out in Santa’s Grotto next week.  I have also been told that the Nativity is coming along nicely with the Year 1s all working hard to learn thier lines and Reception practicing...
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Class 9 Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter. Good luck to everyone in the table tennis tournament next week. Class 9 Newsletter
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Class newsletter 05.12.14

Please find the class newsletter for 05.12.14 Newsletter 5th December Miss Plews.
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Fund Raising Friday the Fifth!

Thank you to everyone who have signed up to help at the Christmas Fair. We are just about there with volunteers. We still have some patchy areas and so any last minute offers are appreciated. Remember that the Bags to School collection is also tomorrow. The committee have developed some fine muscles this week lugging...
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Winter poems

We performed ‘Winter’ by Abbi Baker to the rest of the school on Tuesday. We thought carefully about how we could use our voices and movement to make the poem come to life. I was really impressed! What did you enjoy about the performance?
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I am Winter, King of Seasons!

What were your favourite lines from the winter poem we performed this week?
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Internet Safety

We had a really informative assembly led by PCSO Harris yesterday where we learned how to keep safe when using the internet.  What are your top tips for enjoying the internet safely?
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Forest schools this week

December already! Doesn’t time fly? You could feel a chill in the air outside this week. We wrapped up warm and worked hard in the forest. Last week we made animal homes. This week we let our imagination run riot……we made little boats and beds for our creatures. We even had a harbour! Sage was...
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Scary Stories

Class 6 have discussed and looked at how writers successfully create suspense in scary stories. Today the children started to write their scary stories, set in a tomb in Egypt. I am really looking forward to reading your writing Class 6… Miss Land.
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BAGS OF BAGS

THE FINAL COLLECTION IS ON FRIDAY 5TH DEC –   2 DAYS TO GO!! HELP US TO TURN OUR CURRENT MOLE HILL (OF BAGS) INTO A MOUNTAIN? – PLEASE LEAVE ANY ITEMS IN THE FRONT PORCH BY 9AM THURSDAY and FRIDAY.   REMEMBER – EVERY ITEM ADDS UP!!   EVEN JUST A CARRIER BAG FULL...
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PCSO Harris

What did you learn about internet safety from the assembly today by PCSO Harris?
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Chocolate truffles

Hope you all enjoyed eating your chocolate truffle that you made in class on Monday. Can you think of adjectives to describe how they tasted?
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Following instructions

On Monday the children had a special guest in the classroom, Mr Stoner. He helped them to collect twigs in the wildlife area and then making them into small twiggy trees. The children enjoyed this and were able to follow the instructions carefully to make the twiggy tree. Well done children and of course Mrs...
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December already!

Doesn’t time fly? You could feel a chill in the air outside today. We wrapped up warm and worked hard in the forest. Last week we made animal homes. This week we let our imagination run riot……we made little boats and beds for our creatures. We even had a harbour! Sage was fascinated. We started...
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Going, Going, Gone

We need more volunteers at the Christmas Fair or we will have to start to cancel activities. At the moment, we will not have a bar or food as there is no one to man these stalls. Please sign up before 3.15pm on Thursday, this is the cut off when the ‘cull’ will begin. There are...
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Table Tennis Tournament – The Advert!

The Table Tennis Tournament kicks off next Monday. Fixtures are outside every Key Stage 2 classroom. To commemorate the start of this exciting event, the Table Tennis Committee and our two reporters for this tournament (Ava and Ellie D) have filmed a short advert telling you all about the tournament. The link is below – hope you enjoy!...
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Table Tennis Tournament – The Advert!

The Table Tennis Tournament kicks off next Monday. Fixtures are outside every Key Stage 2 classroom. To commemorate the start of this exciting event, the Table Tennis Committee and our two reporters for this tournament (Ava and Ellie D) have filmed a short advert telling you all about the tournament. The link is below – hope you enjoy!...
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Ancient Egyptian Hierarchy…

Today we have been learning about the hierarchy in Ancient Egypt and we all presented it in the form of a pyramid. What were the main categories and order did they go in? What can you tell me about the different categories?
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Winter Poem!

Today we performed the poem we have been learning over the last couple of days, Jack Frost by Gabriel Setoun. What were your lines?
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Table Tennis Tournament 1st Round Fixtures – December 2014.

Monday 8th Tom C v Devnara Josh v Will G Indie v Logan Cameron v Alex R Ellen v Euan Holly v Joe W Mani v Tomas Louie v Molly   Tuesday 9th Oleg v Eddy Lucia v Morgan Martha v Ralph Lucas T v Robby Travis v Harry George v Henry Nikoo v Jake...
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School Council Minutes – 24th November 9am

Agenda Apologies Suggestion boxes Christmas fair Follow up on jobs AOB Minutes Suggestion boxes. Class 5: Stop biting dinner bands. Germs will spread and we will lose dinner bands. Nellie is going to do a blog about the situation. Bo did a note about the bands aswell. The netball team need some shirts for the...
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Winter Poetry

What did you find out about Robert Louis Stevenson?
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December

Well we have a lot to look forward to in December at Park Grove! We have the nativity, the Christmas parties, another ambassadors theatre trip, the Christmas Fair and much much more…
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Class Newsletter 28.11.14

Another action packed week for us this week! We hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Class 2 newsletter 12
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Newsletter 28.11.14

28.11.14 Class 7 Newsletter   Have a lovely weekend
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Class 9 Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter with a new project all about the music you like. Class 9 Newsletter
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Weekly newsletter 28th November

Here is our newsletter for this week. Thanks for everyone who helped bring in and put up our lovely Christmas tree, and to everyone who stayed to help decorate it. We think it looks beautiful…and we have a great view!  newsletter 28.11.14
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Mystery Maths Week 4

There were 1202 bricks needed to build a pyramid. Half were used by the slaves, how many were left?
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Mystery Maths Week 4

There were 1202 bricks needed to build a pyramid. Half were used by the slaves, how many were left?
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Games with university students

We had a fantastic sessions with St John’s students doing lots of exciting shape activities. What activity did your group do? Did you enjoy it?
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Class Newsletter 28.11.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 01.12.14 Newsletter 1st December Miss Plews.
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St John’s

The children had so much fun this week with the St John’s students! Thanks for organising this Mrs Hearson!
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Next Meeting – Wednesday 3rd December 9am

Hi guys, Our next meeting will be on  Wednesday 3rd December at 9am in the boardroom. Please come with your suggestion boxes as we discussed last week. Mr Mastrelli
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Egyptian Word Problems!

We had great fun sharing our Egyptian Maths Word Problems with each other today. Can you give an example of a very difficult word problem question you made up?
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Shape Games…

We had a fantastic time playing Maths shape games devised by students from St Johns University yesterday.  We’d like to say a big “thank you” to all of the students who visited our class because the games were great fun!  What did you learn and enjoy in your activity?
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Maths with York St John students

We were visited by students from York St John University today. They carried out different maths activities with us, which gave us chance to show our mathematical knowledge. We had a really enjoyable session and would like to say a big thank you to Mr Wilson and all the students. Which activity did you try?
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Three for description

Today we have been learning about the power of three when building suspense and tension in our scary story writing. We thought carefully about adjectives to describe some spooky settings. Can you share your best ‘three for description’ sentences? Remember that comma, too!
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Class 9 Special Assembly

I attended a great Class 9 Special Assembly yesterday, which was the first of the year, so set the benchmark for the rest! Very varied content based around a “flashback” of all that’s occurred since the children started Year 6. Good singing, loud and clear speaking and some really excellent individual pieces. I really liked...
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Beware – scary sentences!

This week we have been working on our scary stories unit in English.  We’ve been trying to use a range of sentence openers while building a sense of suspense.  What were you favourite openers and can you share some example sentences?
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Maths Games

We had a fantastic time playing Maths games devised by students from St Johns University this morning.  We’d like to say a big “thank you” to all of the students who visited our class because the games were really good fun!  Here are some of the things we enjoyed or found out…
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Fractions!

It has been wonderful to see the children being very enthusiastic about shading fractions of shapes. We have looked at 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3 of shapes. We then moved onto challenging fractions and some children even included equivalent fractions – WOW! Well done class 3 and keep up the hard work 🙂 Miss Plews.
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Tickets and Info Point

There will be committee members outside Class 4 –  3.15pm everyday. Tickets for the Christmas Fair will be on sale, information about Bags2School. Feel free to talk to us too about the Volunteer sheet for the Fair and how you can help.
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Frosty days in the forest

It was frosty out in the forest today and we made a little piece of ‘ice art’ but we’ve popped it in the freezer to finish it off. We talked about animal homes and made some with leaves, branches and anything we could find on the forest floor. Do you know which British animals hibernate...
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Frosty days

It was frosty out in the forest today and we made a little piece of ‘ice art’ but we’ve popped it in the freezer to finish it off. We talked about animal homes and made some with leaves, branches and anything we could find on the forest floor. Do you know which British animals hibernate...
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