Hi everyone, Here are some great maths games to try at home. Be selective over the year group for the games you are playing. 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.html Have fun! Mr Hodge 🙂Read More
Hi everyone, Here are some great maths games to try at home. Be selective over the year group for the games you are playing. 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.html Have fun! Mr Hodge 🙂 Read More
Park Grove PTA AGM ***REARRANGED DATE** Tuesday 21 October 2014, 7.45pm – The Gillygate Pub Agenda – 1. Apologies & those attending 2. Minutes from last AGM 3. Committee Positions 4. Finance & Accounts for last year 5. Class representatives 6. Spending plans and suggestions 7. Forthcoming events 8. AOB & date of next...Read More
We ‘dare’ you to come to our very first cake stall of the year. It will be held at 3.15pm (downstairs) outside Class 3. As always, we are hoping that people can bake or donate items, especially with a Halloween inspired theme. Please bring your scary, funny, showstopper bakes and biscuits on the morning and deliver them to the...Read More
Class 9 will be enjoying a whole day at the theatre today. I am sure they will come back full of confidence and ready to read and speak with expression. Have fun Class 9!Read More
Round 9 Will G v Lucas T 11-2 Lucy v Tomas 11-3 Oleg v Indie 11-9 Louie v Katy 11-7 Ben v Martha 11-6 Harry v Robby 6-11 Cameron v Jake 8-11 Holly v Jacob 7-11 Round 10 Will G v Lucy 11-4 Oleg v Lucas T 11-7 Louie v Tomas 13-11 Ben v...Read More
Last week was very special in Forest Schools. We celebrated the change in the season and the children enjoyed performing our ‘leaf storm’ as we shook our parachute and made some wind! We’re really get the hang of Forest Schools now. We reply to the call ‘One, two, three, where are you?’ with ‘One, two,...Read More
You’ll see from our newsletter that we’ve been having lots of fun outside. The weather has definitely ‘turned’ but we will still continue to go outside, especially for Forest Schools even if it’s raining! There is so much to learn and a little bit of drizzle isn’t going to get in the way. Please make...Read More
This week we have been investigating the mean, mode, median and range of different sets of data. How do you work out each term to calculate an answer correctly?!Read More
Agenda Meet the new school council Rules explain Responsibilities and roles explained Children apply for roles Roles given Photographs for display (Mrs Stone) Website info explained AOB (any other business) Minutes All of the new school council reps introduce themselves. Miss Sawyer and Mr Mastrelli explained the rules of school council. All of the...Read More
The teams for the Poppleton Road and Badger Hill match have been chosen.We have been practising hard and the committee have been helping choose the team.Holly Martindale and Miss Land shall announce the teams next week. Netball committee rules! 🙂 (Ben,Devi,Joshua,Elly)Read More
We have really got into the swing of our pirate topic this week. Have you seen our fabulous pirate ship which Mr Stoner buit for us? We have started to plan some great stories which we will be writing next week. I can’t wait to read them!Read More
Hi Class 6! I hope you have all had a great week at school! We have had an action-packed week which included seeing all of your fabulous homework projects, completing our two-day pedestrian training and learning about quadrilaterals today! We even squeezed in playing Manon’s dinosaur loop game (with lots of very difficult names to...Read More
We have sold out of our Children’s University Passports and have had to order some more!! Our PTA are amazing at getting the word out there!! Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers on the PTA that do such a fabulous job. It’s so great to have your support!!Read More
Park Grove’s opening football league fixture took place on a Thursday afternoon at home against Lakeside Primary School. In front of a well supported and vocal crowd, the match got off to a quick start with Lakeside spraying the ball around with style but Louie Powell and Ben Bellerby resolute defending and well-timed interventions ensured...Read More
Class 3 you have done fantastically over the past few weeks learning about all the different senses and which part of our body helps with these. You have had a go at reading braille, making telephones, listening to different sounds and tasting mint! I have been impressed with all of your questions and particularly the...Read More
Have you noticed how polite the children are when they walk around our school? They are really trying hard to open doors for people, to say hello and to smile. It’s a pleasure to watch. Well done children!Read More
Our fantastic dinosaur researchers have been sharing their projects this week! Which homework presentation have you particularly enjoyed and why?Read More
We’ve been working hard to solve addition word problems in maths this week. Can you write a dinosaur related word problem for your classmates to solve?!Read More
Class 6 had their first Pedestrian Training session this afternoon. We learnt how to cross the road safely, how to use a parked car to help us cross the road and how to cross the road on a T-Junction. We know that we must stop, look, listen, continue to look whilst we walk to reach the other side...Read More
We have been very impressed so far with the amount of effort and enthusiasm you have put into your dinosaur projects! It has been fascinating to learn so many interesting about your chosen dinosaurs and see the very creative ways you have presented them. We’re really looking forward to seeing the rest of your presentations,...Read More
We are halfway through the Table Tennis Ladder League group matches. There have so many thrilling rallies and pulsating encounters over the last few weeks! Here is the latest table after eight rounds: 1 Ben 24 2 Will G 21 3 Louie 21 4 Jake 18 5 Jacob 18 6 Oleg 18 7 Harry 12...Read More
We are in the midst of writing our own scary story. Today we looked at the introduction of our story. How did you describe the setting and main character? What other details did you include?Read More
I think you will all agree with me when I say how spectacular the Dinosaur Homework Projects are in Class 8! Which pieces of homework did you enjoy? What did you learn?Read More
This is always a wonderful event for both children and parents/carers. DJ Ollie is brilliant and can get even the most reluctant child a ‘moving and a shaking’ in their bones. On the 17th October, the hall will be transformed into a hive of ghoulish behaviour. Smaller ghouls 6 to 7pm and larger ones 7.15...Read More
It is great to see that the school is in full swing straight after the summer break! Apart from an apparently enthusiastic start into the usual school curriculum, there are many other additional activities: for example, the running club is up again (with similar numbers of attending children as last term), the Bicycle to school...Read More
Round 3 Will G v Jake 9-11 Robby v Jacob 6-11 Martha v Holly 10-12 Katy v Cameron 11-13 Indie v Harry 8-11 Tomas v Ben 2-11 Lucas T v Louie 2-11 Lucy v Oleg 6-11 Round 4 Will G v Robby. 11-8 Martha v Jake. 1-11 Katy v Jacob. 3-11 Indie v Holly. 11-9...Read More
I was delighted to see photos of children collecting stamps for their CU passports on our Twitter account on Friday. Parents are ‘tweeting’ us to tell us the news, which is fantastic.Read More
Last Thursday in surprisingly sunny conditions, several children from Park Grove competed in a Cross Country competition with other schools across York at Huntington Secondary School. I am delighted to announce that two children from our school have qualified for the finals which will be held at Catterick Racecourse in March. Year 5 Lucas Torres...Read More
The wait is nearly over! Park Grove School’s Football Team season begins again on Thursday! We are playing a league match against Lakeside Primary School on Thursday 2nd October at 4:00pm at home. It would be brilliant if you could come to support our team in what I’m sure is going to be a fantastic...Read More
Welcome again to the School Council blog. We can now officially confirm the results from across the school for this year. Congratulations to the following children for being chosen to be part of the School Council this year . I heard there were some fantastic speeches and carefully written application forms. Class 2 – Cara...Read More
I can’t wait to see you present your dinosaur projects next week. You have been bringing in some amazing work which must have taken you a great deal of effort. Can you give a sneak preview of what your project is going to be about? Have a great weekend! Mr BainesRead More
Well that was a very busy week wasn’t it? What a great week though… Jam packed with theatre trips, bike it breakfasts, school council nominations, Children’s University passports…. The list goes on!! Happy weekend everybody!Read More
weekly newsletter 26th September 2014 We have had a busy week again this week. The children have really enjoyed starting our ‘Funky Fingers’ program! Ask us to show you some on the actions that we do to increase fine and gross motor skills!Read More
This week we have been problem solving. We pretended we were at the fair – you get 3 beanbags and can throw into a choice of four buckets with different scores – how many different totals can be made? What is the highest total? We did some super recording and teamwork to find the answers.Read More
Hi again, Here’s a link to the Phonics Play website. There are lots of games on here to support the children’s phonics lessons. If you are unsure of which phonics phase your child is at, please don’t hesitate to speak to me. The Reception children are all currently at phase 2 and we have just...Read More
Hi all, Here’s the latest newsletter all about Class 2. I hope you enjoyed the monthly one which came out recently too? Many thanks, Mr Hodge. Newsletter 4Read More
Class 6 discussed the word community and what it means to them. We thought about our lovely class community, the wider school community and other communities and groups which we belong to including Beavers, The Church or local football teams. We were lucky that some children brought in uniforms and items associated with their communities...Read More
This week we have been thinking carefully about scary characters, in preparation for writing our own scary story next week! What can you tell me about the characters you have chosen?Read More
Today we started our pedestrian training course, revising and practising the skills needed for keeping safe when crossing roads. We were very impressed with the enthusiasm the children put into the training. It certainly merited a piece of Mrs Chambers’ incredible Triceratops cake for everyone at the end of the day!Read More
Last week we took decibel readings at different distances from a sound source and this week we’ve been playing African drums as part of our Music lessons. Which musical instruments do you think could make the loudest or quietest sounds?Read More
We’re really looking forward to seeing your dinosaur projects next week. Can you post here what your presentation will be about or what you will be bringing in?Read More
Yesterday was a special day in Forest Schools. We celebrated the change in the season and the children enjoyed performing our ‘leaf storm’ as we shook our parachute and made some wind! We’re really get the hang of Forest Schools now. We reply to the call ‘One, two, three, where are you?’ with ‘One, two,...Read More
What an exciting day for Park Grove. 112 families will be coming to school on their bikes to enjoy a breakfast with us. I wonder who will win the brand new bike!!!Read More
We solved a difficult maths problem today in Class 6! Take a look and see if you can work it out. We used pictures and calculations to help us. Good Luck! When Miss Land was at High Adventure she noticed a tree in the forest nearby called a Deca Tree. A Deca Tree has 10 trunks,...Read More
We had a very funny afternoon trying to make the beebots go in the direction we wanted them to. We listened to algorithms and made up some of our own by giving commands to the beebots. I wonder if you will be able to create your own mazes next week for the beebots to travel...Read More
Hi everybody! Can you practise your counting at home by splatting the numbers in order? Count out loud as you splat! Make sure your Mummys and Daddys can hear your counting! Happy Splatting! Mr Hodge. P.S. Why not try the pirate counting game at home too?! Both links are below: Splat Game Pirate Game Read More
Today the children pretended to be the good and bad side of a conscience. They had to help a character make a HUGE decision about either staying at a forest camp or leaving it! The children worked sensibly and were able to think of their own ideas about what the character should do. Luckily the...Read More
It has been a pleasure teaching Class 6 this week. You have shown amazing mathematical skills, great creativity with your writing of adventure stories and fantastic ICT skills! What have you enjoyed about this week? Mr MastrelliRead More
We had a lovely time in Forest Schools this week. Sage was there again! We gathered things from the forest floor and made a scent pot by adding water and mixing our potions with a stick. Aaaaaaah! They really did smell like Autumn. We have a lovely display ‘growing’ in our classroom so if you...Read More
We have just heard from the Year 6 gang again…. They are loving every minute. We will send all of their parents another update today do watch out for your emails…Read More
Hi everyone, Here’s our latest Class 2 Newsletter! We have had lots of fun this week. I’m really looking forward to finding all about Bike-It! next week! Yours sincerely, Mr Hodge. Newsletter 3Read More
This week we have been investigating sound in our science lesson. As a class, we planned and carried out an investigation to see what happens to the sound from a drum when the distance from it increases. We thought about and shared our predictions and then discussed what variables we would need to change. Then,...Read More
We’ve been honing our villainous voices this week (mwa-ha-ha) and have been writing adventure stories. What is your favourite line from your ‘Salesse and the Dinosaur’ story? Perhaps it’s a line spoken by the villainous Plotnik? Or maybe you’re particularly proud of an action-packed sentence you’ve written? Why not post your amazing writing here so...Read More
Congratulations to all of our Ambassadors who went to today’s performance of ‘The Princess and the Pea’ at the Theatre Royal – it sounds as if they had a wonderful time! We’ll be writing and posting reviews soon so watch the website and the fantastic display in the foyer if you’d like to find out about the...Read More
We are going to be learning about the senses in the next few weeks. Do you know the five senses and which part of the body is used for each? What would it be like if one or more of your senses didn’t work? We will be finding out what it would be like if...Read More
Park Grove Football is back! With the trials done and dusted, the excitement of training begins on Wednesday 24th September. As I said on the letter, I continue to be really impressed by the high standard and enthusiasm of footballers at this school! I am currently busy booking in league matches and will have fixtures...Read More
Today was another great practice from the Park Grove Netball club! With the Year 6’s at High Adventure, the Y5’s took centre stage! I saw some fantastic defending, passing and shooting skills from you all. I’m looking forward to next week’s practice session! Mr MastrelliRead More
Today we waved off our Year Six children as they headed off for their week long residential trip to High Adventure. We hope that they will have lots of fun and great times but also that they let their poor teachers get a bit of sleep!!!Read More
We’ve had some wonderful presentations from our prospective School Council reps this afternoon. Well done to everyone who took part – you were confident, clear and had lots of fantastic ideas! What were your highlights, Class 7?Read More
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