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November 21, 2016

Planning meeting and tombola

We have a Christmas Fair planning meeting at the Gillygate pub tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 7pm. Everyone welcome! Thank you for all of the items you have donated (via the red bucket by class 3). We still desperately need quality adult and children’s tombola prizes, plus sweets for the school council stall.  Your donations are...
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November 21, 2016

Rights and Responsibilities

Olive and Henry (our school councillors) were the teachers in Class 6 this afternoon! They were tasked to ask children in class to help them write what polite behaviour means at Park Grove. After discussion, sharing ideas and voting, the children came up with a super list of ideas. Olive and Henry will share the...
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November 21, 2016

Railway Museum trip

Despite the extremely wet weather, we had a fantastic trip to the National Railway Museum! We explored all the different areas and we were particularly interested in the Flying Scotsman and the Eurostar. We also went on the viewing platform and got to wave at the passengers on a real train! After lunch, we watched...
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November 21, 2016

Musical RE!

In our RE session this afternoon, we explored how music can have an impact on religious scriptures and how that can effect how people feel. We then created our religious based compositions and performed them to one another! Class 9 – what did you enjoy about creating your religious composition? What instrument did you use?
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November 18, 2016

Next week

In maths the children will be looking at word problems. In English we will be looking at a new book called ‘The Polar Express’. Monday – school trip to the National Railway Museum. Show and Tell next Friday is group 3.
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November 18, 2016

Spellings

This week the children have been revising sounds covered so far this term. Please practise them at home as well.
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November 18, 2016

Kidney Beans

The children have been observing if kidney beans can grow in the dark. So far we’ve seen that the roots are growing very well!
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November 18, 2016

Children in Need Day

Children in Need Day It is lovely to see so many children dressed in spots today to raise money for Children in Need day. They look great and a big thank you for all your donations. 
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November 18, 2016

Observing Plants Grow

Following our science lesson last week we are very excited to see our kidney beans beginning to sprout roots. We have started a diary to map their progress and watch them grow into full plants. 
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November 18, 2016

Next week

Railway Trip. We are looking forward to our trip to the Railway Museum on Monday. Please ensure your child has sensible shoes as it is a long walk there and back. Maths – We will be looking at solving word problems using our calculation skills. English – We will be looking at a new story...
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November 18, 2016

Observing plants grow.

Following our science lesson last week we are very excited to see our kidney beans beginning to sprout roots. We have started a diary to map their progress and watch them grow into full plants. 
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November 18, 2016

Children in Need Day 

It is lovely to see so many children dressed in spots today to raise money for Children in Need day. They look great and a big thank you for all your donations. 
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November 17, 2016

Next week

In English, we will be beginning to learn about the story of The Polar Express. We will be retelling the key events and writing a diary entry in the first person as if we were the main character. In maths, we will  be developing our number skills further by comparing numbers as well revising time...
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November 17, 2016

Homework

As we have been revising all of the rules taught so far in phonics, there will be no new spellings to practise this week. However, please encourage your child to look through their spelling book and pick out at least five spellings which they feel they need to practise again. Also, please ensure your child...
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November 17, 2016

Spelling

Spellings for this week is revision. Please go through your spelling book and complete any spellings you missed or are unsure of. Thank you. 
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November 17, 2016

Next Week

Please don’t forget that we have our trip to the National Railway Museum on Monday. If you have decided to bring a pack up make sure it is in a sensible box or bag to carry. All children must wear a jacket suitable for the weather conditions and sensible footwear for the walk. Thank you...
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November 17, 2016

Homework

This week in phonics we have learnt the sounds x and w. Can you think of any words that end in x? Practise saying the sound and writing the letter.
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November 17, 2016

Story Sequencing

This week in Literacy we have been using pictures to make a story map of the Gruffalo. Everyone has been great at remembering the beginning, middle and end. Some children have even begun to label the characters.
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November 17, 2016

The Stick Man

In Forest Schools this week we have read the story of ‘The Stick Man’ and made our very own stick people. They were all full of personality and we are looking forward to taking them on an adventure soon.          
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November 17, 2016

Next Week…

English In English next week, we will be continuing our writing linked to the Stone Age. Maths In our maths lessons we will be applying our knowledge of percentages to word problem questions. Other Next Wednesday we will have a special assembly in the morning when we will Skype a real-life archaeologist! This will be very...
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November 17, 2016

Homework Project…

For your next homework project, imagine that you have been whisked back in time to Pre-historic Britain! Think about what you may see there and who – or what! – you may come across. Did you have any Stone Age adventures during your trip? We’d like you to present Stone Age adventures through something creative....
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November 17, 2016

Next Week…

English In English next week, we will be continuing our writing linked to the Stone Age. Maths In our maths lessons we will be applying our knowledge of percentages to word problem questions. Other It is our class assembly on Tuesday at 9am. Make sure you learn your lines ready to wow our audience! Next Wednesday...
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November 17, 2016

Homework Project…

For your next homework project, imagine that you have been whisked back in time to Pre-historic Britain!  Think about what you may see there and who – or what! – you may come across. Did you have any Stone Age adventures during your trip? We’d like you to present Stone Age adventures through something creative....
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November 17, 2016

Next Week in Class 5

Next Week in Class 5 English Next week in English we will continue to write about the character ‘Ug’. We will also use the DIG Stone Age artefacts to inspire our writing as you all enjoyed looking at them this week! Reading Please remember to bring your yellow Reading Record into school so that we...
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November 17, 2016

Homework Project

For your next homework project, imagine that you have been whisked back in time to Pre-historic Britain!  Think about what you may see there and who – or what! – you may come across. Did you have any Stone Age adventures during your trip? We’d like you to present Stone Age adventures through something creative....
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November 17, 2016

Homework Project

For your next homework project, imagine that you have been whisked back in time to Pre-historic Britain!  Think about what you may see there and who – or what! – you may come across. Did you have any Stone Age adventures during your trip? We’d like you to present Stone Age adventures through something creative....
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November 17, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we will continue to write about the character ‘Ug’. We will also use the DIG Stone Age artefacts to inspire our writing as you all enjoyed looking at them this week! Reading Please remember to bring your yellow Reading Record into school so that we...
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November 17, 2016

Children in Need

Don’t forget it is the Children in Need fund raiser tomorrow and children are invited to wear spotty items suggestions: clothes, accessories and or face paints. Donations welcome on the day.
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November 17, 2016

Next Week

English In English next week we’ll be writing our own ‘time slip’ stories based on the book ‘Stone Age Boy’ Maths In maths, we’ll be spending time solving the Stone Age word problems you’ve written Spellings Our spelling session will be on Friday next week so make sure you bring your spelling homework in on...
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November 17, 2016

Homework Project

For your next homework project, imagine that you have been whisked back in time to Pre-historic Britain!  Think about what you may see there and who – or what! – you may come across. Did you have any Stone Age adventures during your trip?   We’d like you to present Stone Age adventures through something...
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November 16, 2016

Retrieving and Presenting…

On Wednesday morning, we learnt about The Secrets of Stonehenge . In pairs, the children retrieved and presented information about different sections to other children in the class.    
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November 16, 2016

Art

The children took part in a lovely art lesson where they painted a tree in four different colours to represent the seasons of the year.
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November 16, 2016

Science investigations

This half term, we are learning all about plants and what seeds need to grow successfully. Last week, we planted beans and we will be monitoring their growth by filling in diaries up until Christmas. We will also be planting cress seeds and investigating which ones grow the best depending on where they are placed...
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November 16, 2016

Skara Brae research

We’re reaching the end of the Stone Age in our current topic and will be moving on to the Bronze and Iron Ages soon!  This week, we’ve been using the chrome books to find out about the Neolithic village Skara Brae.  We’ll be writing persuasive leaflets encouraging people to visit this amazing site over the...
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November 16, 2016

Diversity data

We’ve also been using Anti-Bullying Week as the inspiration for our maths work over the last few days.  We’ve been thinking about how differences can make us unique and have devised surveys to carry out with our class about our diverse lives, interests and favourite things.  We used protractors to construct pie charts based on...
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November 16, 2016

Friendship role-play

As part of our work on friendship during Anti-Bullying Week, we carried out drama activities to show how friends should behave towards each other
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November 16, 2016

% Perfect percentages! %

Today in maths we have been exploring percentages, finding a range of different percentages from amounts of money. We found out how to calculate 50%, 10%, 25% etc, but also had the challenge to calculate more difficult percentages like 27%, 88% or 47.5%! Class 9 – what have you learnt about finding percentages? What tips...
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November 16, 2016

Funny bones

This week in science we looked at human and animal skeletons. We learnt the functions of a skeleton and then we played a game of ‘guess who the skeleton belongs to’.
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November 16, 2016

Dance festival performance

Children in Class 6 practised their dance festival routine in Key Stage 2 assembly this week. They will perform on Saturday at York University. We wish them lots of luck! The dance is really lively and fun to watch.
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November 16, 2016

Christmas Fair – The Nightmare Before Christmas!

The Nightmare Before Christmas – Friday 9th December The Christmas Fair is in a few weeks time with the title “The Nightmare Before Christmas” – There will be something for everyone to include: A Frighteningly Amazing Christmas Disco. Food, Bar, Stalls, Children’s Activities, Beauty Area, Santa’s Grotto, The School Choir, Fancy Dress and Seasonal Festivities...
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November 16, 2016

£100.80 raised

Bag2school Thank you once again for your bags donations. We raised £100.80 last week. This is always a great fundraiser and the next two collections are on: Friday March 31st 2017 Wednesday July 19th 2017 Press Esc or click anywhere to return to Mail.
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November 16, 2016

Outdoor Area

In our outdoor area this week we have made the most of the milder weather by using the water wall and toys. We have been thinking about capacity and counting how many scoops it takes to fill a cup. Some children even thought to water our lovely flowers.     
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November 15, 2016

Class 9’s Caveman Chaos!

Today we performed the first class assembly out of all Park Grove classes – which was definitely nerve-racking! All of the children were involved in the creating of the script, and everyone had a part to play, from presenters, to Stone Age Tourists and of course our cavemen! ? The audience were rolling with laughter at...
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November 15, 2016

Forest Schools

We collected sticks to make stick men and attached a face using different materials. We had great fun collecting sticks for the legs and arms. We are so proud of our stick men. 
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November 15, 2016

Story planning

This week, we have been planning our own story linked to Narnia. We first created our own character and then used a story mountain to write ideas for our beginning, middle and end. We’re excited to begin writing our stories tomorrow!           
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November 15, 2016

Super skeleton science!

In science this week, Class 6 learned the 3 reasons why living things have a skeleton: to protect, to support and to help with movement. The children looked at skeletons of different animals including a snake and a rabbit. They learnt about what a vertebrate is and what it means when living things have an...
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November 15, 2016

Ladder League Rounds10,11,12 and 13

Round 10 Kian v Henry 11-2 Junior v Millie 11-5 Betsy v Oscar 11-9 Elliot v Ellen 11-9 Reuben v George 11-1 Charlotte v Sophie 13-11 Lucas v Calli 11-8 Ben v Olivia 11-5 Round 11 Betsy v Henry 11-6 Elliot v Millie 11-2 Reuben v Oscar 11-1 Ellen v Charlotte 11-8 Lucas v George 13-11 Sophie v Olivia 11-7 Ben v Calli 11-1 Round 12 Kian v Betsy 11-6 Reuben v Henry 11-3 Charlotte v Millie 14-12...
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November 14, 2016

NSPCC Workshop

As part of Anti-Bullying week,  Class 8 were lucky enough to take part in a workshop taught by staff from the NSPCC. The children learnt about how to prevent different types of bullying as well as finding out what they could do and who they could call if they are worried or upset.
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November 14, 2016

Percentage Fact Webs…

On Monday morning, Class 8 learnt about how to make logical links between numbers to calculate percentage amounts with greater ease. They produced magnificent fact webs showing these links clearly and on the whole successfully!
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November 14, 2016

Human or physical feature?

In our final Geography lesson of this half term, we learnt about different features in and around York such as the Minster and the River Ouse. We had to decide whether they were human features (built by people) or physical features (which are natural). The children understood the concept brilliantly and produced some fantastic work! ...
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November 14, 2016

PSHE

Today the children were really sensible when discussing what we are like when we are angry and techniques to help us calm down. 
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November 14, 2016

Exploring artefacts 

On Monday we looked at artefacts from the Stone Age. We had to describe what they looked like and what we thought they might have been used for. Then we found out their real purposes and what each artefact was called. We really enjoyed this lesson and looking at the different objects.
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November 14, 2016

Telling the time

This week in maths we are learning to tell the time. We have been using clocks to show the time and then convert to digital times.
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November 14, 2016

Telling the time

This week in maths, Class 6 are learning to tell the time! Lots of the children are confident and can even work out time durations! Well done! Keep practising with clocks at school and outside of school so that you become super confident with this important life skill. 
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November 11, 2016

Remembrance Day

In class 9, we were very proud to remember the heroic people who have fought for our freedom ever since World War 1. Well done to our Park Grovers for respectably honouring the minutes silence at 11am on the 11th in commemoration of the Armistice of 11 November 1918. We also created some lovely poppy...
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November 10, 2016

Next week

Next week in English we will be continuing our work on Narnia and creating our own story through the wardrobe inspired by the tale! In maths, we will be developing our skills of adding and subtracting multiples of 10 using resources to help us. We will be celebrating anti-bullying all of next week in school,...
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November 10, 2016

Homework

Spellings this week will focus on the five split digraphs. Examples may be make, theme, fire, home and huge. When you’re reading with your child, perhaps you can look for split digraph words too? 
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November 10, 2016

Next week

In English we’ll be carrying on looking at ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’.  In maths we will be adding and subtracting multiples of 10 to a two-digit number.  It is Children in Need next Friday so the children are encouraged to come to school in spotty clothing! Show and tell next week is...
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November 10, 2016

Next Week

Maths We will continue to look at partitioning, adding and subtracting.  English  We are really enjoying our book ‘The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and will use the characters to write our own story.  Children in Need  Don’t forget it is Children in Need day on Friday. Please send your child into school wearing...
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November 10, 2016

ICT 

We love working on our new Chrome books to consolidate our learning. Here we are using a counting game to check our counting skills. 
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November 10, 2016

Place value

In Maths we are working hard to understand how to partition a number into tens and units. We used base 10 to help us see how a number splits. We think we need a little more practise but super effort all round. 
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November 10, 2016

Science 

As part of our science topic on observing plants we discussed how we could observe a plant growing. We decided to plant a kidney bean or chickpea in a transparent cup and see what happens. We added a small amount of water and placed the bean in a dark cupboard. We can’t wait to start...
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November 10, 2016

Forest schools

The Reception children took part in our Urban Buzz project and planted spring bulbs for a flower display next year. They all listened very carefully and did some great planting. Well done Class 2. 
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November 10, 2016

Spellings 

This week we are revising all the split digraphes a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e.
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November 10, 2016

Next week…

English In English next week, we will be continuing our writing linked to the Stone Age and will be finding out more about the mysterious Stonehenge. Maths In our maths lessons we will be applying our division skills, learnt from this week, to calculate percentages and the mean in different contexts. Other It will be anti-bullying week...
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November 10, 2016

Homework Project

Your next project will have a Stone Age Maths theme! We would like you to write at least three Maths word problems related to the Stone Age.  You can make them as challenging as you wish, however please remember that each question must make sense and be possible to answer by your classmates! In addition,...
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November 10, 2016

Discovering the cave of Lascaux…

As part of our topic, we have been exploring life during the Stone Age. In English this week, we read a story about a group of boys in France who stumbled upon an ancient cave, a cave that hadn’t been seen by anyone since the first inhabitants used it…in the Stone Age! The cave was...
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November 10, 2016

Interesting information!

Our new English topic this term is based on information texts, so to develop our understanding of the different features in information texts, we explored a range of them within our groups. It was also a great way to learn more about an element of our new topic: the Stone Age! Class 9 – what...
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November 10, 2016

Next Week

Next week in Class 1 we will be continuing to work on the story ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson, we will be thinking about describing what the Gruffalo looks like and how the mouse journeys through the wood. Please remember to bring back your slips for the trip to the National Railway Museum. It is...
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November 10, 2016

Homework

This week in phonics we have moved to some phase 3 sounds and we have learnt ‘j’ and ‘v’. Can you practise writing them at home and think of any words starting with them.
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November 10, 2016

Counting dots

In maths this week we have used paint to print dots whilst counting them accurately. Some children counted carefully all the way up to 20!
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November 10, 2016

Remembrance Day

This week in Class 1 we have been thinking about why we wear poppies and remembering all of the soldiers and the families affected by war. With Mrs Shelton in art we printed some poppy pictures using apples and we have also made some poppies of our own using coloured paper and split pins. Thank...
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November 10, 2016

Leaf Collecting

On Tuesday in Forest Schools we collected a wide range of leaves, there were some beautiful colours and shapes all over the ground. We then chose to put them in size order from biggest to smallest. The biggest leaf was very impressive!
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November 10, 2016

Next Week in Class 5

Next Week in Class 5 English Next week in English we will start to read the story of ‘Ug, Stone Age Boy’. Spellings You have been given your spellings on Monday. Please practise them at home and complete the activity set in your homework books. Your spelling homework is checked on Monday too so please bring...
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November 10, 2016

Homework Project

Your next project will have a Stone Age Maths theme! We would like you to write at least three Maths word problems related to the Stone Age.  You can make them as challenging as you wish, however please remember that each question must make sense and be possible to answer by your classmates! In addition,...
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November 10, 2016

Next Week…

English In English next week we will be continuing our writing on the Stone Age and will be finding out about Stonehenge. Maths In our maths lessons we will be applying our division skills, learnt from this week, to calculate percentages and the mean in different contexts. Other It will be anti-bullying week next week so...
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November 10, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we will start to read the story of ‘Ug, Stone Age Boy’. Spellings You have been given your spellings on Monday. Please practise them at home and complete the activity set in your homework books. Your spelling homework is checked on Monday too so please bring...
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November 10, 2016

Next Week

English In English next week we will be continuing our writing on the Stone Age and will be finding out about Skara Brae Maths In our maths lessons we will be solving some Stone Age word problems (remember that you’ll be writing your own for Homework this week) Other It will be anti-bullying week next...
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November 10, 2016

Homework Project

Your next project will have a Stone Age Maths theme! We would like you to write at least three Maths word problems related to the Stone Age. You can make them as challenging as you wish, however please remember that each question must make sense and be possible to answer by your classmates! In addition,...
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November 10, 2016

Stone Age Reading

We had a great reading session linked to our Stone Age topic on Wednesday and used a range of skills such as questioning, predicting, clarifying and summarising.  We created glossaries, made our own Stone Age quizzes and had the opportunity to examine and research artefacts from our museum loan box.
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November 10, 2016

Check us out!

When Flipside Photography arrived to take our photographs earlier in the week, quite a few members of our class arrived wearing checked shirts!  We think it must have something to do with our earlier maths work on parallel, perpendicular, horizontal and vertical lines… The children had some lovely photographs taken and proofs will be sent home for you...
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November 10, 2016

Perfectly Balanced

In our new gymnastics unit, we have been carrying out a range of partner balances.  We have had to make sure that we co-operate really well with our partners and have worked hard to perfect our moves!
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November 9, 2016

Homework Project…

Your next project will have a Stone Age Maths theme! We would like you to write at least three Maths word problems related to the Stone Age. You can make them as challenging as you wish, however please remember that each question must make sense and be possible to answer by your classmates! In addition,...
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November 9, 2016

Stone Age Timeline

We have started our new topic this term on Ancient Britain by finding out about significant events from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. These important facts were represented clearly on accurate timelines by everyone in Class 8!   
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November 9, 2016

Perfect Plotting…

On Wednesday morning in our Science lesson, we plotted a scattergram which compared the mass of a small adult mammal to the lengths of their gestation periods. The children then used the data to explain the main trends/patterns, with most finding that the larger the mass of the smaller mammal, the longest the gestation period, except for one anomaly!   
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November 9, 2016

Amazing Acting…

This week in English, we studied a dramatic story called “The Secret Cave”. The children acted out key scenes as characters in small groups, thinking carefully about the varying feelings and motives of each character during their main adventure.   
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November 9, 2016

Spellings

Spellings this week will have a focus on split digraphs i.e. ‘a_e’, ‘e_e’, ‘i_e’, ‘o_e’ and ‘u_e’. 
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November 9, 2016

Bridges

Inspired by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the children have been creating bridges (linking in with the topic of Journeys) out of a range of different materials.
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November 9, 2016

Narnia

For the next two weeks we will be looking at the story of Narnia. We will be exploring the setting, the characters and enjoying the wonderful tale of Aslan’s return to the magical country! 
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November 9, 2016

Journeys

Our topic this half term is all about journeys! We’ve already been thinking about different modes of transport and talking about places that the children have visited. Mr. Stoner has even made us a fantastic train for the classroom.
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November 9, 2016

School Council Minutes 9.11.16

  Agenda ·         Register ·         Discuss ‘Children in Need’ feedback sheets and who will write the letter to parents. ·         Take group photo for the blog and decide who will write an introduction paragraph for the blog. ·         Introduce school rights and responsibilities ·         AOB   Minutes   ·               Children in Need   Every class...
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November 9, 2016

Homework Project

Your next project will have a Stone Age Maths theme! We would like you to write at least three Maths word problems related to the Stone Age.  You can make them as challenging as you wish, however please remember that each question must make sense and be possible to answer by your classmates! In addition,...
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November 9, 2016

Journey artwork 

Today we looked at Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s and drew bridges inspired by his work linked to our topic of ‘Journeys’. We drew on maps and used rulers accurately. Here’s some of our work…      
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November 9, 2016

Google and Google Apps

Well done Class 6 you did a terrific job working on Google this week! You created folders, word documents and some of you sent your first emails! Such a fun lesson ? 
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November 9, 2016

What do animals eat? 

In science this week we researched the diet of different wildlife animals that live in the UK. We then created a pie chart which shows which food each animal eats.
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November 9, 2016

Skara Brae

This week in English we have learnt about Skara Brae, a Stone Age village off the north coast of Scotland. We then planned a non-chronological report about this which we are going to be writing soon! 
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November 8, 2016

What do animals eat?

The children researched what different animals eat. They realised that different animals eat lots of different types of food in varying quantities. They made a visual representation of this using a circle and different colours. 
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November 8, 2016

2D shapes 

Last week, we did some fantastic work on naming and describing shapes. By the end of the week, we were able to name them with confidence and describe how many sides and corners they have. Come and see our work on our maths display and see for yourself!                                   ...
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November 7, 2016

Rolling like a pencil and a log!

Class 6 continued their gymnastic unit this week by rolling! The children practised forward rolls, teddy rolls, pencil and log rolls. Their aim was to be tucked in or as straight as possible with pointy fingers and toes. Well done to all of the children for trying so hard!
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November 7, 2016

Fabulous phonics 

We’re revising split digraphs this week in phonics and we’ve already been impressing Miss Thomas with how much we can remember about this rule. Today, we focussed on the a-e split digraph and recapped how the final sound in the word comes in between the a and the e – here’s a photo of us...
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