Well done children , what a fantastic day! Year 1 children have worked incredibly hard on their farm pictures today! I was so impress with your descriptive language about a farm. All children are working really hard to improve their presentation and handwriting! Reception children, again another big WOW! Miss Sky told me of all...Read More
The Lord Mayor of York’s Christmas card competition. The Lord Mayor has invited children from York schools to design her offficial Christmas card for this year. So if you are a budding artist or like being creative have a go at drawing a picture with a winter or Christmas theme. More details of the competition...Read More
Park Grove School Council Meeting Minutes 24th September 2013 Present Ben Brannigan, Bethan Parkinson, Ellen Jones, Elliott Jones, Fletcher Pendry, Holly Allison, Jacob McCullough, Katarina Savkovic, Katie Clark, Mani Cobb, Manon Hollingworth, Miss Sawyer, Miss Tilbury, Moya Coughlan, Mr Mastrelli, Olivia Bryan, Rylie Ackroyd, Shamim Kennedy, Travis and William Clark. Apologies Toby McKee...Read More
Hi Class 6! I hope you are all out and about enjoying the glorious end-of-September sunshine! I went to a wedding yesterday and the bride looked beautiful in the sunlight. I asked you what your favourite weather was on Friday during the register. Can you remind me of what type of weather you like and...Read More
Class 3 did their first huge science investigation this week. They had to investigate the question ‘Is your foot as long as your arm from wrist to elbow?’ The children thought this was extremely funny to be investigating and at first they did not believe it could be true at all. However, when they had carried...Read More
I do hope you are all having a fantastic weekend in the sun! I had a coffee morning to raise money for charity yesterday and it was very successful. What have you been doing this weekend? Miss PlewsRead More
Week beginning Monday 30th September English We will continue to read stories which are set in familiar places. This week we will look at the setting of the seaside and think of our own adjectives to describe this place. Also, we will write a postcard to explain what a character did at the seaside. We...Read More
Do you remember in maths we have been doing some measuring? Did you remember to look for things at home which measure and then have a go at reading the scale. E.g a speedometer, a thermometer, a set of bathroom scales? How many can you find? Reply with your answers. Also, did you find out...Read More
English We will continue to read stories which are set in familiar places. This week we will look at the setting of the seaside and think of our own adjectives to describe this place. Also, we will write a postcard to explain what a character did at the seaside. We shall share our own experiences...Read More
On Monday and Tuesday this week from 12.25-1.00 there will be the opportunity for any Ladder League member to practise their Table Tennis skills. If you are interested, please see me on Monday morning or blog that you would like to come. Watch out for more exciting Table Tennis announcements in the coming days!Read More
The wait is nearly over! Park Grove School’s Football Team season begins on Wednesday! We are playing against Knavesmire Primary School on Wednesday 2nd October at 3:45pm 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 match! The team for this game is: Morgan Zareba-Wynne (GK) Aidan...Read More
Who has done the MyMaths homework this weekend? Remember you have until Friday 4th October to complete it… Have you been brave enough to try our Problem Solving activity on our blog page yet?! Remember there will be extra special prizes for this activity so please have a go at it and blog your thoughts! Remember you...Read More
The Lord Mayor of York’s Christmas card competition. The Lord Mayor has invited children from York schools to design her offficial Christmas card for this year. So if you are a budding artist or like being creative have a go at drawing a picture with a winter or Christmas theme. More details of the competition and entry...Read More
Class 1 homework sheet for this week gives you some ideas for the children to think about for next week. English In English we will be continuing to talk about ourselves and our families. We are looking more closely at our homes. You could draw your house or draw your room and label it. We...Read More
Well done to class 1 for getting to the end of our 3rd full week together. Its a scary and huge step you all took just a short time ago. And I hope now, you see how brave you were and that we are not that scary after all! Everyday we are learning and growing together....Read More
Today we had fun designing an investigation to find out how our breathing changes when we exercise. We did warm ups and cool downs too and counted how many breaths we took in a minute. What exercise do you do out of school? Which exercise makes you breath fastest? I like to go running and...Read More
I would like to comment on how beautifully our Reception children sat and sang in Monday’s singing assembly. They joined the whole school and we taught the other classes the songs that we have been singing in class (‘Say hello!’ and ‘How do you do?) We also sang ‘Dingle Dange Scarecrow’ , ‘Big red combine...Read More
We’ve been working on Kennings with the Year 5s over the last couple of weeks and here is a fabulous example from Ellie B… Bamboo basher Ginormous gnasher Background camouflager Fairly larger Lazy sleeper Silent creeper Idle ponderer Monochrome wanderer Can you work out which animal the kenning is about? Why not post...Read More
We still haven’t got an email address for some parents. Please can you make sure we get this and your other contact details if you haven’t given us them already. Many thanksRead More
As you may see, we are trying to get all governors blogging rather than just me so the site should be a bit more fun. Thanks to Timo for his contribution. As Timo says, there were some laughs, many of which were at my expense – so what’s new? On a slightly more serious note,...Read More
It has been fantastic to have the Year 6s back in class this week and to hear all about your adventures. Going to High Adventure introduces you to lots of amazing new experiences, so my question this week is… What has going to High Adventure taught you?Read More
The first School Council meeting was a roaring success! Please click on the School Council blog to find out more. The PTA blog and the Governor blog are also up and running now. I hope that all of the children and parents are reading our blogs. The first brand new exciting newsletter (in the new...Read More
Hi guys, Thank you to everyone who came yesterday. What a exciting and informative first meeting we had! It was excellent to see such enthusiastic ideas from all of you. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd October at 9am in the boardroom. Please come with your profile and speech for the different roles we discussed yesterday. I look forward to...Read More
We had a fabulous time outside yesterday. We worked in two groups. One group made pictures from natural materials in ‘Forest schools’ with Mrs Horner. The other group worked in the outdoor classroom. It was wonderful to see children digging for words in the sand and using their phonic skills to blend and read the...Read More
Well done to all Reception Children! Once again a fantastic Forest Schools session! I loved your creativity. We made pictures using sticks as picture frames and leaves were flowers. Some children said their pictures were televisions, their parents or of their visit to the seaside! Photos to follow! Ms Lamb also asked the children...Read More
Tomorrow is one of our favourite lessons in Class 5 – Maths problem solving! For those of you who want go get into the logical thinking required for this lesson before tomorrow, try this puzzler: Think of a number Add 3 to it Double your answer Take 6 away from the answer Halve your number...Read More
I enjoyed reading your Henry VIII diaries Class 6! I wonder if he kept a diary in real life? If he did, do you think he wrote it himself or do you think he made one of his ministers write it because he was busy hunting, playing tennis or eating? – Miss Land.Read More
The PTA will be running the annual Christmas Fair on Friday 6th December 6pm-8pm. If you would like to run a stall at the fair please read the letter, complete the form and return it with your cheque/cash in an envelope marked PTA to the school office. If you are unable to print letters please...Read More
Hi everyone, Our first school council meeting is tomorrow at 9am prompt in the boardroom. Remember please bring any ideas to the meeting. I have a feeling we will have many interesting discussions tomorrow! Mr MastrelliRead More
English In English this week we will continue to read stories which are set in familiar places. We will look specifically at the familiar setting of the country side and think of interesting words and adjectives to describe this type of setting. Also, we will try to write an alternative ending for our story and...Read More
English In English this week we will continue to read stories which are set in familiar places. We will look specifically at the familiar setting of the country side and think of interesting words and adjectives to describe this type of setting. Also, we will try to write an alternative ending for our story and...Read More
Just want to say Happy Weekend to everyone after another successful week in class 1. Everyone is really settling in now. Our new children are being so brave at lunch and are seen enjoying themselves with all their new friends and spaces. I believe our children are really getting a hang of being at school...Read More
Another busy week class 4. I’ve really enjoyed teaching you this week. We have lots of lovely personalities in class and you all work so hard and look after each other. Have a relaxing weekend; I hope you are doing something nice. I’m looking forward to spending time with my 6 and 8 year old...Read More
If you times a number by 10, or make it ten times bigger, what happens to it (thinking about the place value grid we looked at in today’s lesson)? Can you times these numbers by 10? 5 9 45 99 100 What happens if you want to divide by 10 or make a number 10...Read More
We have been working on using time connectives in English this week. Can any of you write a couple of sentences using the time connective ‘meanwhile’ properly? – Miss LandRead More
The reception children enjoyed making stickmen today using all natural materials we found in the outdoor class room. Along with the children in class 1 we used sticks and leaves to make our men. It was quite tricky but we had lots of fun and were very proud of our creations . We will soon...Read More
Hello everyone and welcome to the first PTA blog. There are already some dates for your diary for this term. The PTA AGM will be on Monday 14th October 7.45pm (refreshments will be provided), there will be a Halloween Cake Stall on Wednesday 23rd October 3.15pm and Santa has been booked for the annual Christmas...Read More
Week beginning Monday 16th September English In English this week we will begin reading stories in familiar settings. We will discuss what a familiar setting is and read some stories about Alfie and Annie-Rose. We will think about the setting, main events and characters within these stories. Think about what a familiar setting might...Read More
Week beginning Monday 9th September English In English we will continue to write captions and type these using laptops. These will then be put on display to show our class rules and what we do within the classroom. We will also look at different lists and understand why we sometimes need to make...Read More
Week beginning Tuesday 3rd September Welcome back! English In English we will start by looking at labels, lists and captions. The children will familiarise themselves with what a label is by exploring in the classroom and labelling each other! We will then move onto captions where the children will practise writing their own captions...Read More
Year 1 Wow, all of the Year 1 children have tried incredibly hard to learn how to count in tens today! We have been using lots of special equipment to help us. Reception Children Lots of you are remembering to count carefully now! Maybe you could find objects at home to count……Let me know how...Read More
Dear parents If you haven’t yet given us your email address, you may have missed some important letters. You can always catch up by checking our website, which is updated everyday. We are really sorry if you haven’t received letters ( there are always teething problems when we try a new system). There might be...Read More
Today was the quickest (by far) that class 1 has managed to change after our sports session. This is only our 2nd week of doing this as a WHOLE class and I reckon that’s pretty amazing so well done!!! Keep going ….lets see if we can do it just as quick (if not quicker) when Mrs...Read More
I just want to say a huge well done and how very proud I am that our reception class managed to get so many positive remarks on our way back from our afternoon Total sports session today. Everyone did their best to walk so quietly and sensibly that several adults said how impressed they were. Keep...Read More
Our class are really good at getting into a circle! We have learned some rules in order to take turns to speak and listen to each other. We talked about our pets this week. Lots of children have fish at home!Read More
Our problem solving in maths is great fun. We started with a picture and a question. How many oranges are there? Can you reply on the blog and let me know? I have had some replies but I will keep them hidden so you can have a go. Some groups made models and then took...Read More
We are learning how to keep healthy and what happens if we get ill. Please could you bring in any empty medicine bottles for our display. Mrs HearsonRead More
Here are some of our children enjoying lunch during their first week. Don’t they look so grown up. They have all been brilliant and most are managing lunch independently now. Well done!Read More
Well done to Katarina and Elliot who are now on the school council to represent Class 3! I know they are both confident children who will be able to take ideas from the classroom and pass them on in school council meetings. Miss PlewsRead More
Class 3 will be having a super senses lesson tomorrow afternoon. Get ready to taste, smell, hear, touch and see lots of different things! Miss Plews.Read More
Welcome to the School Council blog. We can now officially confirm the results from across the school. 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 – Rylie Ackroyd Shamim Kennedy Class 3 –...Read More
Class 6 what imaginative children you are! You did well taking the scenarios you chose from the hat and writing suspense-filled cliff hangers with them! Did you like the twist in my cliff hanger? And can you write short, dramatic sentences now? – Miss Land.Read More
Today the Reception children had a enjoyable but very wet session of Forest schools. We were learning to use our senses, all except taste, for obvious reasons! The children were knowledgeable about not putting plants etc, in their mouths and taking care as they moved around the area. If your child has wellies/boots (named of course) it would...Read More
I’d like to say a big “thank you” to all of the children who responded to my Singing Assembly question with the correct answer, which was… The White Stripes (one of my favourite bands) Well done to Betsy and Ellie, who were the first children to come to me with their answer this morning. From...Read More
Thank you, Year 5s, for a brilliant couple of days. We’ve had a great deal of fun in PE this afternoon and you’ve shown what a fantastic team you can be (well done to those of you who tackled the two hula-hoops challenge)! Over the next few days we’ll be learning some more poems about...Read More
In Class 5 this week we have had a lot of fun writing cliff-hangers about different scenarios. They will soon be on our English display for everyone to see! Can you think of one using this scenario? Jack White in a forest with a monster. Remember to try to be as descriptive as you can...Read More
I’m sure you are missing your little ones tonight if you are a Year 6 parent. Don’t worry, they will be having the time of their lives. I have all your contact details with me at home so don’t worry about a thing. I wonder if they will get any sleep tonight? ( the teachers,...Read More
Good luck to all the Year 6 children who will be at ‘High Adventure’ this week! (Good luck to the staff too… We hope you get a bit of sleep!) I’m really jealous, I would LOVE to be going too!!!Read More
Thank you to everyone who applied to be class 4’s school council rep. We all voted for the girl and boy we thought would do the best job and the children with most votes were Jacob and Olivia. Well done! Remember if you didn’t win you can try again next year. Don’t forget to tell...Read More
First full week completed! Well done to all the Reception Children! Year 1 children, I have been very impressed with your knowledge of senses this week! I thoroughly enjoyed going on a science walk around the school with you all! Have a great weekend children, parents and staff! Mrs HornerRead More
Hi everyone. This the first governor blog of the new school year and my first on the new website. I may be tempting fate having my first go on Friday the 13th in 2013 but I’m not superstitious. So fingers crossed, touch wood here goes. I hope everyone is as impressed as I am with...Read More
We had a look at the class blog this afternoon and read some of the messages. Everyone is excited to have a go at home. Please write a reply and tell everyone about your weekend. We will look at them next week. I am doing the York Skyride with my family on Saturday, then going for a...Read More
I have been so impressed with the response to the first Countdown question. Well done to those of you who got the correct answer! So due to popular demand, here is another one to have a go at while you are eating your tea… 100, 1, 4, 4, 5, 7 Target: 413 I will pick...Read More
The Ladder League starts tomorrow! Here are the opening day fixtures: Holly v Lydia Will G v Devnara Moya v Katy Franco v Harry Huw v Jake Robby v Ben Louie v Jacob Oleg v Aidan Lucas v Jordan Nikoo v Morgan Remember it all takes place on the KS2 landing starting from 12 until 12.30. Best of...Read More
Another busy day in class 4. We have been telling the time today, writing lists of words to describe ourselves and finding out about exercise and why we do it. Everyone is working so hard and we are making progress already! Well done, keep it up. You could reply to this blog and tell everybody...Read More
I am loving all the class blogs! I hope you have all taken the time to have a look. One parent told me that her child raced home the other day because she was so desperate to get on to the computer to answer a question that Mr Mastrelli had posted!!! Now that is what...Read More
We have been very busy this week. I really enjoyed learning about your families on Monday and talking to you about the groups you belong to on Tuesday. You are a busy and active class with swimming, gym, dance, boxing, Rainbows and Beavers groups represented. Hope you enjoy your club this week. Please remember your...Read More
We looked at healthy eating in science today. How many dairy products should you aim to eat daily? How about fruit and vegetables? I liked the colourful plates that you drew in class! – Miss Land.Read More
Due to popular demand, our Author of the Month will be Anthony Horowitz. If you’ve read any of his books, please get ready to write a review for our display board. If you’ve not tried his books yet, why not have a look in the library on Friday? My particular favourite is ‘Scorpia’ from the...Read More
A big thank you to all of the children who applied to be our Class 8 School Council representatives. We’ve just had some fantastic presentations from our candidates who all spoke very confidently about their ideas for our school. The votes have been collected in and the chosen boy and girl will be announced shortly…Read More
I’m delighted that you’re all remembering to bring your Reading Records in every day and that so many of you have already filled them in at home this week. While we’re talking about reading, I’d like us to nominate our favourite writers to be our Class 8 Author of the Month. We’ll spend time each...Read More
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