If the answer is 20, what is the question? Can you think of four possibilities using each operation- add, subtract, multiply and divide? Ask a parent to help you.Read More
Dear pupils at Park Grove, I have been reminded to tell you not to put Lunch Bands in your mouth as they are very dangerous. Thank you! Nellie, Class 4Read More
We need as much help, sharing, caring and promotion we can muster in the next few weeks leading up to Christmas. Without help and contributions (however small) the following won’t happen: Christmas Fair Bags 2 School Crackers for Christmas Dinner Presents for Santa. The biggy is volunteers for the Christmas Fair especially before, during and...Read More
The Bags 2 School bags are all going out today, the plan is: This week, fill the bags by starting to collecting items, you can fill any bag (not just the Bags 2 School Bags) Next week – 1st to the 5th December, bags can be deposited in the foyer every morning. We do multiple collections...Read More
We are having a Wrapping session this Wednesday morning in the boardroom at 9am. The more the merrier. Please let us know if you can come. If you could bring a selotape dispenser and scissors then even better!Read More
Well done, everyone in handball club, for an excellent first training session. Mr Mastrelli and I were very impressed by your team ethic and your game skills – and this was only the first session! What were your highlights from the first training session?Read More
Today we looked at our names and found the most common letter was a. Can you look at some different words and see if the most common letter is still a? How about a list of animals or people in your family?Read More
On 12/11/2014 the school provided an open evening for parents to get information and to talk about important aspects of the school. This included the roles and activities within the School Governing Body, the academic performance of the pupil community at the school and how key areas are developed and dealt with. Furthermore we had...Read More
I visited class 1 recently to meet the children and staff and join in with their work. What a wonderful time everyone was having. So many exciting things for them to do and after they has asked me some questions, including ‘what does it mean to be a governor?’, the children settled to work and...Read More
Don’t forget to start clearing out and stockpiling clothing items for our BAGS 2 SCHOOL collection on Friday 5th December. You are able to drop bags off (any bag including carrier bags) every morning that week to spread the load. This is a fantastic money raiser. Read More
We had a lovely afternoon illustrating our Percy the park keeper stories and were able to do eye-catching front covers. Some children even added their own blurb to give little clues about what would happen in their story. The children have enjoyed writing these stories and are becoming brilliant writers in themselves. Miss Plews.Read More
Hi guys, Our next meeting will be on Monday 24th November at 9am in the boardroom. Please come with your suggestion boxes as we discussed last week. See you soon! Mr MastrelliRead More
Firstly, thanks to the parents who came to help on Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed it? We had a super time and certainly packed lots into our day! We started our day normally with phonics and Funky Fingers and then we re visited our work about Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. We spent some...Read More
We certainly had a busy morning in Class 5! First, we had to do some tricky problem solving to crack some Egyptian codes before we could get out hands on the pharaoh’s treasure. Then, we joined Class 6 for a mummifying masterclass, learning about the roles of Chief Embalmer, Second in Command, Scribe, Ripper, Priest...Read More
Classes 5 and 6 joined forces this morning to mummify Shannon! We learnt so much about the process and what the ancient Egyptians believed. 6 children took on the roles of Chief Embalmer, Second in Command, Scribe, Ripper, Priest and Bandager. What did you enjoy most about our lesson? – Miss Land.Read More
What a productive and creative day! We each made a sarcophagus fit for a pharaoh, with some imaginative and ingenious thinking on display. We also made mummies and made-to-measure pyramids. What were your highlights of the day?Read More
The grand final of the Table Tennis Ladder League started off terrifically, with the first serve from Jacob. Judging by the vocally vociferous audience, it seemed like this set would end in victory for Jacob, but this was misleading. After the first few serves, the tension appeared to mount on him, and despite his great efforts, his...Read More
Hope you are all looking forward to our art/DT enrichment day on Tuesday. We will be sewing in the afternoon and making felt animals. The design sheets you did last week were great so I am looking forward to some wonderful felt mice. Don’t forget to ask if your mum, dad or grandparents can come...Read More
Park Grove’s third football league fixture took place on Tuesday afternoon away against Acomb Primary School. As per usual this match took place in front of a well-supported and calm crowd.The first half provided goals galore. Park Grove took the lead courtesy of a well-placed finish by Kyle Wilce. However soon after, Acomb equalised with...Read More
School council meeting Agenda 6th November 2014 9am Boardroom Register read out by Mollie Development so far Suggestion boxes Christmas fair updates The school council folder Mr Stoner’s request Any other business School council minutes To start the meeting Molly read out the register to check that everybody was here and as a matter of...Read More
Time flies when you are having fun! I can’t believe that it is time for the Newsletter again! This week has been full of exciting things including pyjamas, visitors and Gruffalos! I realised that there has been so much going on that I forgot to mention the fantastic habitats that the Year 1s have created,...Read More
We created our own animal habitats in science using boxes, leaves, conkers, mud and sticks. The children thoroughly enjoyed this and we will check if our homes are being used next week! I wonder which animals will have moved in? Miss Plews.Read More
We had a fantastic time yesterday making animal homes in the wildlife area. Today we looked at what we already know about animals. We will look at what we thought in a few weeks time and assess if our knowledge has improved. What would you like to learn about animals? Read More
We had lots of fun in Forest Schools this week. We went to explore first of all and then stopped when we heard our call ‘One, two, three where are you?’ The children replied, ‘One, two, three, we’re here!’ We sat down in our log circle and talked about how the environment is changing. So...Read More
We had lots of fun in Forest Schools this week. We went to explore first of all and then stopped when we heard our call ‘One, two, three where are you?’ The children replied, ‘One, two, three, we’re here!’ We sat down in our log circle and talked about how the environment is changing. So...Read More
Wow! What fabulous singing! We were SO proud of you. Don’t worry if you couldn’t make it because there will be other opportunities to sing to ‘real’ audiences coming up.Read More
Class 6 were archaeologists yesterday and apprehensively entered the tomb of Tutankhamun to discover the treasures that awaited them inside! The children really enjoyed learning about Howard Carter’s fascinating story of discovery and re-enacting part of it in the school gym! Today the children wrote diary entries about what happened in the first person and...Read More
Reception children were working outside in forest schools this afternoon. They used wool to weave around sticks and twigs. They looked very colourful on such a grey day! In the outdoor classroom, we did lots of mark making activities. We also had dinosaurs, road workers and even trolls keeping the Billy goats Gruff off the bridge. Very scary! Year 1 children...Read More
We journeyed back in time to 1922 today to help Howard Carter in his excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb, taking it in turns to enter the tomb and draw the wonderful artefacts that were hidden within. Did you enjoy your experience as an assistant archaeologist?Read More
Dear school council members, Please remember to put your names in your school council caps so that you do not lose them. Thank you very much. NellieRead More
Flipside Photography will be in school to take individual and family photographs on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th November. Photographs of siblings in school will be taken during school time and there will be an opportunity to have family photographs taken after school on Monday 17th from 3:20 – 5.45pm. There is a sign up...Read More
First of all my apologies for the paper copy of the Newsletter not making it into the book bags today; we encountered a slight technical hitch! Never fear they will be on their way home on Monday. Class 2 newsletter 9 Miss BirdRead More
We hope you will attend our Information for Parents evening on 12th November. If you haven’t returned your reply slip, please do so soon Many thanksRead More
Mystery Maths Miss Sawyer needs to buy 190 pencils to give out in Good Work Assemblies. The pencils are sold in packs of 10. When Miss Sawyer goes to the store to buy them, there are only 14 packs of pencils on the shelf. How many more pencils does she still need to buy to...Read More
Miss Sawyer needs to buy 190 pencils to give out in Good Work Assemblies. The pencils are sold in packs of 10. When Miss Sawyer goes to the store to buy them, there are only 14 packs of pencils on the shelf. How many more pencils does she still need to buy to reach her...Read More
What a fabulous week Class 2 have had! You have all been working very hard and created some lovely ‘land art’ during our art lesson on Wednesday. We were looking at work by the artist Andy Goldsworthy (he uses natural materials to create sculptures etc). The whole class went outside to work in pairs and...Read More
We have been designing animal habitats this week. Which animal have you designed a home for and why? Remember to collect things to bring in such as sticks, logs, feahers, leaves etcRead More
Wow! What a busy first week back we have had! I have only just found time to do this blog post now! We have been so impressed by everyone’s eagerness to jump straight back in to working super hard and always trying their best. The Year 1s have been learning lots of new maths vocabulary...Read More
What a fantastic School Council meeting today!! Don’t forget to donate Sweet Treats for our School Council stall at the Christmas fair! ThanksRead More
We have some amazing poets in Class 7 who showed off their writing and performance skills in our Key Stage 2 assembly this week. How did you describe fireworks in your poem?Read More
We’ve been thinking about what it means to be members of a group or community recently and have also been researching Diwali. What aspects of our R.E. lessons have you particularly enjoyed?Read More
Class 6 had an explosive day, bursting with Bonfire-related activities! First we had our Key Stage 2 assembly. Well done to the four confident poets who performed their excellent poems about this exciting time of year! Then we learnt all about the famous plotters, including Guido Fawkes who hailed from York, in guided reading. We practised...Read More
Class 3 would like to make a big thank you to Mr Stoner and Mrs Shelton for helping them to build a very large den. Not just an ordinary den but one made out of branches. The children thoroughly enjoyed making it and will certainly enjoy playing in it! If you haven’t seen it yet...Read More
Just a quick reminder that Y5 Table Tennis Club starts this Friday at 12:20 until 1:00. Please make sure you go down for lunch straight away! The club will last for seven weeks. If you got a place, what are you looking forward to? Mr MastrelliRead More
We were outside in the forest again this afternoon. Sage wasn’t there. I wonder where she gets to? We had ‘Spotter’s’ sheets to complete and we did spot lots of things like cobwebs and leaf skeletons. One or two children were sure they’d seen badgers! Hummm!?Read More
We were outside in the forest again this afternoon. Sage wasn’t there. I wonder where she gets to? We had ‘Spotter’s’ sheets to complete and we did spot lots of things like cobwebs and leaf skeletons. One or two children were sure they’d seen badgers! Hummm!?Read More
Today we looked at answering questions about Ancient Egypt by searching on the internet carefully. What must you do to search for information successfully on the internet?Read More
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