…for the next half term? We’ve made a great start and now we know all the routines we can really get our ‘heads down’ and work hard. We have lots to look forward to this half term including a visit from a York City librarian with a little surprise on November 10th. We’re singing at...Read More

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Right Class 8, here is your Countdown calculation for this week! 100, 75, 50, 25, 10, 10 Target: 197 Best of luck!Read More

Just a quick reminder that Basketball Club starts this week for Year 3 and Year 4 after school on Wednesday from 3.30-4.15. I still have three places in this club available so if you are interested please let me know a.s.a.p. Mr MastrelliRead More

Netball match Park Grove (21) vs Poppleton Road (3) PG Captain: Oleg. On Tuesday, 14 October, Park Grove played a netball match against Poppleton Road primary. Both teams got off to a great start with an excellent first few shots by Devnara put Park Grove into an early lead with 3 nets to 1 at...Read More

Only a week to go until handball club begins! Thank you to everyone who showed an interest in the club and for handing in your reply slips so quickly. What are you looking forward to most of all about starting this exciting sport? Mr BainesRead More

Park Grove’s second football league fixture took place on last Thursday afternoon at home against Dunnington Primary School. As per usual this match took place in front of a well-supported and calm crowd. Unlike many Park Grove Football matches, the match started off at a rather subdued pace with little chances despite Park Grove doing...Read More

I hope everyone in Class 6 gets a well deserved rest and enjoys the half term holiday. Look forward to learning about the Ancient Egyptians on your return to Park Grove! If you get up to anything exciting next week, please let us all know on this blog! – Miss Land.Read More

Here is this week’s newsletter. Have a lovely half term and come back ready and raring to go!Class 9 newsletterRead More

After much encouragement from the opening league match, despite the end result, on a bright Thursday afternoon, Park Grove took to the field in the CADE Cup held at Lakeside Primary School. This competition pitted Park Grove against St Wilfred’s, Haxby Road, Knavesmire and of course Lakeside. In front of a packed and vociferous crowd,...Read More

The Halloween Cake stall was a great ‘Spookcess’ – £165.50 profit is an amazing amount to raise.Thank you so much to everyone who contributed. Remember that we regularly have a cake stall on the last Wednesday of every half term.Read More

Here are the results for the Table Tennis Ladder League  semi finals. Will G v Louie     11-6   11-6 Jacob v Ben       11-7   9-11    11-8   The final match! Will G v Jacob!!!!!Read More

24.10.14 Have a lovely holiday. Well done for all your brilliant work this half term!Read More

8 newsletter 23.10.14 Have a lovely holiday! Well done for all your hard work this half term.Read More

The next newsletter installment – Newsletter 8 Have a lovely half term break everyone!  Read More

Here is this weeks newsletter a day early – you lucky things! Have a fantastic half term holiday, we can’t wait to hear about everything you have been up to. Be safe! Mrs Martin and Ms Lamb.weekly newsletter 23rd october 2014Read More

Class 6 had a lyrical Wednesday, writing rhyming Dinosaur Raps in the style of Andy from ‘Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures’. The children then performed their raps to the rest of the class which was great fun! We recorded the performances and watched them back. Then finally each group gave each of the other groups positive praise...Read More

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 03.11.14 Newsletter 3rd November Miss Plews.Read More

We are all looking forward to the EYFS/KS1 Harvest Festival celebration at the church today!Read More

Well that cake stall was a wonderful event. Thank you to everyone who brought in some fantastic spooky creations. The children (and adults) were clearly spoilt for choice when making their decisions. We had buns featuring cobwebs, spiders, Ninja turtles, pumpkins, ghosts, witches, cauldrons, bats and many other fine designs. The amount raised will be announced...Read More

This ‘Spooktacular’ event raised a profit of £649.90. This will be used for the direct benefit of the children at Park Grove. Thank you to all the volunteers, whose support ensures that events like this can take place.Read More

Today the children had the opportunity to work in their problem solving groups and investigate a maths problem. Which total would be made the most when rolling 1 dice and then another? The children were able to explain that to find the total they would need to add the dots together. We decided to record...Read More

What exciting plans do you have for the holidays?Read More

Can you show that you know how to use they’re, there and their?!Read More

All the Reception children received a beautiful book from Park Grove PTA today. Every book had their name and a welcome message printed inside the front cover. What a lovely gesture. The children were quite overwhelmed and delighted with their gift. Thank you very much to all at the PTA. Class 2Read More

All the Reception children received a beautiful book from Park Grove PTA today. Every book had their name and a welcome message inside the front cover. What a lovely gesture. The children were quite overwhelmed and delighted with their gift. Thank you very much to all at the PTA. Class 1Read More

Thank you to everyone who supported our Halloween disco. The atmosphere was wonderful and a true reflection of the community feel of the school. The children looked FANTASTIC! It was great to see so many adults having a good time socialising and mingling whilst the children danced their socks off. The amount raised will be...Read More

WE HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE PTA EVENTS. SEE THE THREADS BELOW FOR MORE DETAILSRead More

Here are the final results! Will G    42 points                                                                   Quarter final fixtures Ben     42 points                                                                      Will G v Lucy Louie   36 points                                                                      Louie v Robby Jacob   33 points                                                                      Jacob v Jake Jake    33 points                                                                       Ben v Oleg Robby   30 points Oleg   27 points                                    The quarter finals are to be played on Monday 20th October Lucy  ...Read More

Round 14 Will G v Harry   11-3 Cameron v Ben   9-11 Holly v Louie   6-11 Jacob v Oleg   11-9 Jake v Lucy    8-11 Robby v Lucas T   11-4 Martha v Tomas   11-6 Katy v Indie   11-9 Round 15 Will G v Cameron    11-0 Holly v Harry    13-11 Jacob v Ben    8-11 Jake v Louie   12-10 Robby v...Read More

We hope you enjoyed the Halloween disco! 17.10.14 newsletterRead More

We hope you enjoyed the Halloween disco! 17.10.14 newsletterRead More

I certainly had a fantastic day in Class 5, making salt dough amulets with many of you. What activities did you enjoy the most over the day? We will post photos of your fantastic work next week! Have a lovely weekend Mr BainesRead More

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We started our day with some fabulous pirate music!       Here we are making collages of pirate faces. These pirates look a bit too nice! I though pirates were meant to be mean! Here are some examples of the art we did in class 4. Watch out for our photograph in the press!Read More

Hi again everyone, I have come across a child friendly search engine for the Year 1 children to use (and of course the Reception children as they develop.) It doesn’t let children search for silly words and still retains a very intuitive design. This is definitely one to use alongside children when they are trying...Read More

Hi everyone, here is this weeks newsletter – weekly newsletter 17th october 2014Read More

17.10.14 Have a lovely weekend!Read More

We will be looking at homework next week, and your tricky spellings! Class Nine newsletterRead More

Hi all, Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Here’s the latest newsletter, hot off the press. Many thanks, Mr Hodge. 🙂 Newsletter 7Read More

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 20.10.14 Newsletter 20th oct Miss Plews.Read More

Thank you to everyone who completed the Parent View Survey. The survey is open ended and so there is still time to complete it if you haven’t done so already. Currently there are 97 parents/carers who have completed the survey. Go to: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.ukRead More

Class 6 listened to ‘Mars, the Bringer of War’ by Gustav Holst again this week as part of the BBC ’10 Pieces’ project. We thought about how the piece made us feel and the children considered an image that sprang to their minds when they listened to the music. We are all looking forward to listening...Read More

What are our core values? What do they mean?Read More

Mr Hodge has been looking up some great websites to use at home which are excellent for practising your maths. Great to fill in some time over half term! http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting http://www.maths-games.org/counting-games.html http://www.mathschamps.co.uk/games5-7? http://www.ictgames.com/resources.htmlRead More

Mr Hodge has been looking up some great websites to use at home which are excellent for practising your maths. Great to fill in some time over half term! http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting http://www.maths-games.org/counting-games.html http://www.mathschamps.co.uk/games5-7? http://www.ictgames.com/resources.htmlRead More

This afternoon we listened to ‘Mars’ by Gustav Holst, which is part of the BBC’s ‘Ten Pieces’ project. What did the music make you think of or feel?Read More

We had a great time meeting our new class governor, Mr Jacobi, this afternoon.  We had the opportunity to share our work with him, to talk about how we all try to live by the core values of Park Grove and to ask him about his role as a governor at our school.   If you...Read More

Well done to the children who went round school today looking for 3D shapes. You spotted so  many and were able to tell Miss Savoia the names of the shapes. Read More

It’s great to see the children going out for their pedestrian and cycling proficiency training!! It’s very rewarding to know that we are giving them the life skills to look after themselves and to stay safe. School isn’t just about learning to read and write… It’s about giving children the information and skills that they...Read More

I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching you all about the dreaded pirate  Blackbeard and the horrible gory details which made him such a wicked man. You listened very carefully and wanted to share your own knowledge about him. Some children brought in fantastic research of their own to add to the topic lesson. I wonder; will...Read More

Round 12 Will G v Louie   11-3 Ben v Oleg   11-9 Harry v Lucy   11-13 Cameron v Lucas T    12-10 Holly v Tomas   11-9 Jacob v Indie   11-9 Jake v Katy   11-8 Robby v Martha   p-p   Round 13 Will G v Ben   11-7 Harry v  Louie   8-11 Cameron v Oleg    17-15 Holly v Lucy   6-11...Read More

Hi guys, Thank you to everyone who came last week. What an exciting and informative last meeting we had! It was excellent to see such enthusiastic ideas from all of you. Our next meeting will be on Monday 13th October at 9am in the boardroom. Please come with your suggestion boxes as we discussed last...Read More

Agenda To start the meeting Mr Mastrelli read out the register  to check we were all here Mr Mastrelli had given all of the school council representatives a profile to hand in and we talked about how they will be put on the school council page of Meet the school council representative on the Park...Read More

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Class 6 had an exciting morning at the Yorkshire Museum today. We absolutely loved the ‘Extinct’ exhibition and worked hard as spotters and clue finders to locate the answers to the questions on our activity sheet. I was really impressed with the giant fossilised Ichthyosaur skeleton – I couldn’t believe just how big it was! I read...Read More

Have a look at what we have been up to this week ! The Press photographer came today to take our picture so look out for us in the paper. weekly newsletter 10th october 2014    Read More

Here is this weeks newsletter. We have an enrichment day next Friday to look forward to. Class 9 newsletterRead More

6 newsletter 10.10.14 Apologies, as we realise one group has ‘reappear’ on their spelling list twice. We will only test you on the four spellings this week. Have a lovely weekend! Mr BainesRead More

10.10.14 Have a fantastic weekend!Read More

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Sophia won this bike in the ‘Bike it’ raffle. What an exciting day for her and her family. Here she is with her mum and dad in our assembly this morning.Read More

We had a wonderful trip to the Yorkshire Museum yesterday. What were your favourite bits?Read More

We are all well on our way to knowing all of the harvest festival songs. They are sounding wonderful and I think parents will definitely enjoy the musical sounds at the church. Miss Plews.Read More

We had a fabulous trip to the Yorkshire Museum on Tuesday!  What were your favourite bits?Read More

Can we all make sure we say a big thank you to our parent (and aunty) helpers this week. We had so many volunteers and without them we can’t safely take you out on school trips. Thank you!Read More