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Sinbad’s spectacular voyages

This morning in English, we continued exploring stories from the Arabian Nights and read the Voyages of Sinbad. In groups, we focused on one of his voyages, creating a succinct summary of events which we will use this week for our work on playscripts! Class 9 – what happened in your group’s voyage? What did...
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Groves walk

As part of our topic ‘Up Our Street’, we went on a walk around our local area to identify different features including St Thomas’ church, local shops and the park. We discussed where things were along the way using our knowledge of compass directions. Here are some photographs!                     
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Super Netball Skills

The children have been working on netball skills in PE this half term. This week they started to learn the skills of pivoting whilst keeping one foot still, the bounce pass and shooting. Two children were super at this and many others managed to almost get the ball on target and score. Well done for...
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Giant Numicon!

Mr Stoner has very kindly been working hard to make us some giant Numicon for the outdoor area. We have had great fun this morning seeing which pieces fit together to make different numbers.             
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A Free Local Course for Parents/Carers

tofp-primary-years-haxby-nov-2016-no-slip Check out this course! It is completely free, local and full of top tips for parents.  
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Ladder League Results – Rounds 4 & 5

More exciting action from the Ladder League on Friday, particularly a pulsating clash between Henry and Charlotte, and here are the results: Round 4 Sophie v Ben 7-11 George v Olivia 11-5 Ellen v Lucas 6-11 Oscar v Charlotte 11-3 Millie v Reuben 0-11 Henry v Elliot 0-11 Round 5 Kian v Sophie 11-2 Ellen...
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Next week

In English we will be looking at a new story called Mrs. Honey’s Hat. In maths we will be looking at counting in sequences. Tuesday – on Tuesday we shall be going to the theatre all day so please make sure all reply slips are in regarding lunches and being able to help. Thursday –...
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Spelling 

This week our spelling are the sounds: ai,  ay, a-e
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Next week 

English – We will be looking at stories from familiar settings and using a story map to retell our class stories. Maths – We will be looking at odd and even numbers, counting in multiples of ten and 2D shapes. Harvest Festival – On Thursday we will be celebrating our Harvest Festival at St Thomas’s...
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Spellings

This week spellings will focus on the ‘ai’ phoneme looking at the graphemes ‘ai’, ‘ay’ and ‘a_e’.
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Science discussion

We love our science lessons and yesterday had a very interesting class discussion on how to keep healthy. We wrote examples in our science books and decided which was the most popular activity. 
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£366.67

£366.67 a fantastic amount raised! Well done to Mrs Martin for organising this lovely community event. Thank you once again to all who supported it. Don’t forget to pick up any cake tins from the staff room. The next fundraiser is the Halloween cake stall.
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Football Match Report – CADE Tournament Review

On a bright Thursday afternoon, Park Grove’s football season got up and running in the CADE Tournament held at Clifton Green Primary School. This competition pitted Park Grove against Clifton with Rawcliffe, Carr Juniors, Poppleton Road and of course Clifton Green. In front of a packed crowd, Park Grove fielded five debutants in this competition. Park...
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Smile!

We talked about healthy eating this week and how can make us feel happy and well! The children made smiley faces out of salad. 
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The Tunnel

This week we have been looking at a story called The Tunnel and the dilemma that occurs in it. The children created posters describing what they think the main character should do to get around the problem and presented it to the rest of the class!
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Next week

In English next week, we will be reading and retelling a story called ‘Mrs Honey’s Hat’. We will then be changing the events slightly and creating our own version of the story. In maths, we will be focussing on counting in different sequences and learning how this links with multiplication. We will also be learning...
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Next Week

Next week we will be celebrating our Harvest Festival on Thursday, if anyone can help with walking us to or from the church we would be very grateful, please let a member of staff know. It is also ‘Walk to School Week’ so it would be fantastic if you could travel to school on your...
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Homework

This week’s homework challenge is to practise writing the letters g, o, c and k. Can you remember how to say them and do it with the action?
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Fruit Kebabs

On Wednesday afternoon we all made some healthy fruit kebabs. We all had a go at cutting up the fruit and were very safe with the knives. When we made our kebabs in a pattern using three different fruits. They were delicious!               
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Next week…

English Next week we will be exploring the features of, writing and performing our own playscripts! Maths In maths next week, we will be describing properties of  2d shapes and naming the different parts of a circle. Other notes Next week is Walk to School week which we will be participating in. Please try to walk, cycle, scoot...
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Homework Project

We really enjoyed hearing, looking and even tasting your tasty recipes in class! Well done for exciting our taste buds. For your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which materials can be recycled and which...
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Next Week…

English Next week we will be exploring the features of writing and performing playscripts. Maths In maths next week, we will be describing properties of  2d shapes and naming the different parts of a circle. Other notes Next week is Walk to School week which we will be participating in. Please try to walk, cycle, scoot or take...
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AXIOM Sport

This week at school is ‘Health and Wellbeing Week’ so we have been thinking lots about exercising to stay healthy. We all really enjoyed thinking about the word ‘respect’ and how we can respect each other, our bodies and ourselves. We played lots of fun games like Simon Says and bouncing a balloon in teams. ...
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Homework…

We really enjoyed hearing your tasty recipes in class and hope to try a few out! Well done for exciting our taste buds. For your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which materials can be...
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How to look after our teeth

Today we were very lucky to have a dentist to come and talk to us about how to look after our teeth. We had lots of sensible questions to ask and discovered lots of food that is good for our teeth and how to keep them heathy. 
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MacMillan Coffee Morning

Thank you so much to everyone who donated cakes or money to the coffee morning last week. We raised £366.77 for such a good cause and also all enjoyed the scrumptious cakes.
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Homework

Spellings this week will focus on the ‘ai’ phoneme and may include variations such as ‘ay’ for away and ‘a-e’ split digraph for cake. Perhaps when you are reading with your child this week, you could also search for ‘ai’ words in the book too! 
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Next Week in Class 7

English In English next week we will be carrying out research linked to our ‘Save our Planet’ topic Maths In maths we will be looking at fractions Other Notes Our pedestrian training with the Year 4s will begin on Wednesday afternoon.  Please make sure you bring a coat and wear suitable footwear Please make sure...
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Homework

We really enjoyed hearing your tasty recipes in class and hope to try a few out! Well done for exciting our taste buds. For your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which materials can be...
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Health and Wellbeing

We’ve had a tremendous time this week and have particularly enjoyed the extra sports and fitness activities we’ve taken part in.  On Monday we were involved in a games session with Axiom Sports which featured a particularly epic game of dodgeball!  On Wednesday, we took part in a Fight Fit class which wore everyone out but left us with...
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Your Vote Counts!

The library was turned into a polling booth earlier in the week for our School Council election.  Each child filled out a ballot paper and the results of our election will be announced on Friday!
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Wants and Needs

As part of Health and Wellbeing week, we spent one of our lessons thinking carefully about the differences between things we might want and things we might need in life.  We’ve also been finding out about the lives of children all around the world as part of our research into the ‘Children Just Like Me’...
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Next Week in Class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we will be reading the story ‘The Polar Bears’ Home’ which is linked to the current worldwide issue of global warming. We will be completing a range of English activities linked to this topic. Spellings You have been given your spellings on Monday. Please practise them...
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Homework Project

We really enjoyed hearing and tasting some of your recipes in class and hope to try a few out! Well done for exciting our taste buds. For your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which...
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Next Week in Class 5

Next Week in Class 5 English Next week in English we will be reading the story ‘The Polar Bears’ Home’ which is linked to the current worldwide issue of global warming. We will be completing a range of English activities linked to this topic. Spellings You have been given your spellings on Monday. Please practise them...
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Homework Project

We really enjoyed hearing and tasting some of your recipes in class and hope to try a few out! Well done for exciting our taste buds. For your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which...
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Keeping healthy in class 5! 

On Wednesday in class 5 we carried out a variety of different activities linked to Health and Wellbeing week. We prepared lots of different vegetables to create our own salad faces which we then enjoyed eating. We also participated in a fitness class which we had lots of fun in.
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Creating sound waves

In science this week we created sounds waves, using ourselves as the particles. This helped us to understand how sound travels. We also discovered that in order for sound travel, air needs to be present.
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Wicked Wellbeing Wednesday!

Today in Class 9 we have had a great day understanding different aspects of our Health and Wellbeing. We developed our knowledge of the five food groups, recognising that our bodies needs nutrients to function and what it takes to have a healthy and balanced diet. With this knowledge, we then created our own super...
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Pedestrian Training Day 2

Class 6 completed their Pedestrian Training this week. As there were lots of road works near to the school, the children ventured to Haxby Road instead of Monk Bar to look at island crossings and push button crossings. The roads were very busy and so the children had to stay alert. 
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Addition and subtraction

We’re working hard in maths this week to develop our add and take-away skills. Here’s a few pictures of us searching for number bonds in calculations to solve the problems quicker!                 
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School council elections

We voted for our school council reps on Tuesday in the library. We thought carefully about the one boy and one girl we thought would be the best and discretely posted our votes in the box. We’ll be finding out who has been chosen this week!      
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Health and Wellbeing week

We kicked off our Health and Wellbeing week by having a special sports session with some visitors from America! First, we discussed the word ‘respect’ and thought about the ways we can respect our bodies to keep them fit and healthy. We then played a game of tig; if the sharks caught us we became...
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Health and Wellbeing Week

As part of our Health and Wellbeing week the children took part in a sports lesson taught by Axiom Sports. They loved the games, all the sports challenges and all joined in. Thank you Axiom Sports is was brilliant to see the children so active. 
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Health and Wellbeing

This week is Health and Wellbeing Week and the children each day will be completing a series of exercises throughout the week to help us stay energised! Today we danced.
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School Council Elections…

On Tuesday afternoon,the day our four class candidates had been waiting for finally arrived:the all important vote. All the children in Class 8 voted, with the winning male and female candidates being announced in Good Work Assembly on Friday morning!   
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Salad Faces!

On Tuesday morning, everyone in Class 8 made a salad face using a range of healthy ingredients. There were many fantastic creative and imaginative designs. I was delighted to see so many children eat the contents on their salad face too!
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Fitness Fun

As part of health and wellbeing week,  Class 8 have taken part in a range of exciting fitness activities. On Monday morning, we had a visit from AXIOM sports who delivered fun and action-packed games which all the children greatly enjoyed!   
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Mindfulness

The children started mindfulness colouring today in order to help them relax and be calm. They listened to chill out music whilst being creative which was soothing. Did you enjoy this activity Class 6?
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Global Goals

In English today, we learnt about the fantastic Global Goals designed by the United Nations to help sustain the development of our planet. There are 17 goals altogether, and every one is important but we focused on five to accurately match facts and then decide personally which was the most crucial. Class 9 – what...
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Sports session

On Monday we had a visit from AXIOM Sports who delivered a fun and exciting sports session. We learnt about how to keep our bodies healthy as well as what it means to respect others. We then played a few games, our favourite being catch the bacon! This session is linked to our focus on...
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Health and Wellbeing Week

We have really enjoyed our first day of Health and Wellbeing week! We took part in our daily 5 minutes of activity, danced to our 10 times table song, played fun games with a sport company called AXIOM sports, made our healthy salad faces and had a fun circuit style PE lesson! Phew! Such a...
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Number bonds to 10 

The children are learning to use a number line to count on and add two numbers together. Great for adding number bonds to 10. Super work Class 2! 
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Crawling duck duck goose ball bucket mania!

This morning, as part our health and wellbeing week, AXIOM sports came to Park Grove for a special sports session. It was definitely an exciting way to start first thing on a morning, and we loved the two games we played! Class 9 – which was your favourite sports game and why?
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Coffee morning!

Thank you to everybody who made or bought cakes at our coffee morning today! 
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Netball is back!

The Netball season has started for the Year 5/6 team with regular Monday after school sessions, in preparation for matches later in the year.
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Table Tennis Ladder League Results – Rounds 1-3

The start of the fifth Ladder League has begun at Park Grove School. What an exciting start it has been too – here are the results so far: Round 1 Kian v Lucas 11 – 3 Olivia v Charlotte  11 – 8 Reuben v Ben  11-3 Elliot v Calli 11 -5 Betsy v Sophie 13 – 11 Junior...
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Macmillan Fundraiser

Thank you for the wonderful support this morning at the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee morning. We have plenty of goodies left on offer, so after school we will run a cake stall (instead of ice creams). This will be out side of class 3. Cakes will be free but the donation box will be available...
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Magical, Minecraft, Macmillan Muffins. 

We have christened these as ‘Magical, Minecraft, Macmillan Muffins. They are sparkling away ready for a glittering Macmillan fundraiser in the hall tomorrow am (9 til 10.30am).
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Next week

We will be developing our addition and subtraction skills in maths next week and learning how to use different methods to solve a range of calculations. In English, we will be reading  a story named ‘The Tunnel’ and coming up with our own alternative ending to the story. Next week will be Health and Wellbeing...
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Homework

Spellings this week will focus on the ‘ee’ phoneme in words and may include variations such as ‘ea’ for bead, ‘y’ for happy and the ee split digraph in Pete. Please note that the spelling only needs to be practised once in the ‘write’ box! We’ve also been writing our own stories in English this...
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Split digraph practise

In phonics this week, we have been learning about different ways of spelling the ‘ee’ phoneme. One of the ways we have learnt is using the e-e split digraph. We worked together by holding hands to show how the two e’s make one sound and the final sound in the word comes in between them!...
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Next Week

Next week is our ‘Health and Wellbeing’ week which is going to include some exciting sports sessions on Monday, some interesting cooking of healthy foods and lots of extra exercise! We will be looking at the book ‘On the Way Home’ by Jill Murphey in Literacy and thinking about 2D shapes in maths.
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Homework 

This week in our homework books there are our new sounds from phonics to practise – i, n, m, d. Can you have a go at writing them and see if there is anything you can find in your house starting with these sounds?
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Parachute games

This week in PE we all joined in with some really exciting parachute games. It was lots of fun and everyone was great at listening and participating as part of a team.
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Next week

Next week in maths the children will be working on addition and subtraction. In English they will be doing work based around a story called ‘The Tunnel’. Next week is ‘Health and Well-being’ week so 20 minutes of learning a day will be orientated around this subject. Show and tell next Friday is Group 3. 
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Spellings

Spellings this week will have a focus on the ‘ee’ phoneme with the written graphemes ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘y’ and ‘e_e’.
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Split digraphs

The children have been learning about split digraphs this week to help with their reading. I was very impressed with the amount of effort they put in to the phonics lesson. 
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Next week…

English Next week, as part of our topic and health and wellbeing week, we will be exploring how we can help save the wellbeing of our planet. Maths In maths next week, we will be rounding numbers and starting to look at written multiplication methods. Other notes You’ve all been given your new spelling lists.  Remember that...
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Homework Project

Remember for next homework project, we’d like you to plan a meal using seasonal ingredients (as part of our ‘Save the Planet’ topic). Your project should be presented neatly in a way that can be displayed in our class and could include a straightforward written menu, a recipe, or if you’re feeling adventurous, some photographs of...
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Next Week…

English Next week, as part of our topic and health and wellbeing week, we will be exploring how we can help save the wellbeing of our planet. Maths In maths next week, we will be rounding numbers and starting to look at written multiplication methods. Other notes You’ve all been given your new spelling lists.  Remember that...
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Spelling 

Spellings this week focus on:  ee, ea, e-e, y 
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Next week.

Next week is our Health and Wellbeing Week. We have lots of exciting things planned involving cooking, exercise and extra sports.  English  We are looking at instruction writing and thinking about routines. Our story is ‘The Tunnel’. It is an adventure story and we will think of different endings.  Maths  We will be looking at...
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Writing a story 

We are writing our version of the story ‘On the way home’. We have started using a story planner and thinking about the beginning, middle and end. We have introduced a new character. We can’t wait to see the finished piece in our English books.
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Next Week in Class 5

Next Week in Class 5 English Next week in English we will be reading the story ‘Maha and the Elephant’ and will be completing writing linked to this inspiring tale. 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...
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Homework Project Reminder

Please don’t forget that you have another week to complete your homework project! See below for a reminder of what you have been asked to do: We’d like you to plan a meal using seasonal ingredients (as part of our ‘Save the Planet’ topic). Your project should be presented neatly in a way that can...
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Our Cafe

We are loving our new home corner and are busy cooking and taking orders for our friends. Feel free to pop in for a coffee during Early Bird and the children can serve you.
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Repeating patterns 

We are investigating repeating patterns using shapes, colours and objects. Some great repeating patterns in our maths books.  Class 2 described it as doing it all again.
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Forest Schools

This week on Tuesday we had a great time building dens in forest schools. We were thinking carefully about the changing seasons and how some animals hibernate through the winter. We built some amazing shelters to keep us warm in the colder weather.
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Next Week in Class 7

English Next week in English we will be punctuating direct speech and writing dialogue Maths In maths next week we will be working on written addition and subtraction methods as well as finding change Spellings You’ve all been given your new spelling lists.  Remember that you’ll need to be ready for your next spelling test on Thursday...
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Homework

For your next homework project, we’d like you to plan a meal using seasonal ingredients (as part of our ‘Save the Planet’ topic).  Your project should be presented neatly in a way that can be displayed in our class and could include a straightforward written menu, a recipe, or if you’re feeling adventurous, some photographs...
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School Council Presentations

The children who’ve put themselves forward to be our Class 7 school council representatives gave some brilliant presentations on Wednesday afternoon and faced some tough questioning from their classmates about why they should be chosen for the role!  We’ll be voting for our reps next week so watch this space to find out who they will...
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Charles Darwin

In our science work, we’ve been learning all about the life and work of Charles Darwin.  We’ve created some fantastic information pages about his studies and his voyages to the Galapagos islands.
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Homework Books

We’ve spent some time this week looking at our beautifully decorated homework books and finding out why our classmates chose to cover them with the images they did.  We’ve found out a lot of information about Class 7’s likes and interests.  Please see the homework section of our blog for a reminder about our current...
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Homework Project…

Remember for next homework project, we’d like you to plan a meal using seasonal ingredients (as part of our ‘Save the Planet’ topic). Your project should be presented neatly in a way that can be displayed in our class and could include a straightforward written menu, a recipe, or if you’re feeling adventurous, some photographs of...
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Next Week in Class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we will be reading the story ‘Maha and the Elephant’ and will be completing writing linked to this inspiring tale. 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...
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Homework Project

Please don’t forget that you have another week to complete your homework project! See below for a reminder of what you have been asked to do: We’d like you to plan a meal using seasonal ingredients (as part of our ‘Save the Planet’ topic). Your project should be presented neatly in a way that can...
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Good vibrations! 

In science this week we have been looking at how objects create sounds. We learnt that a vibration is what causes the sound to happen and we found this out by carrying out six different experiments. These experiments included placing a tuning fork in water; placing our fingers on our necks whilst speaking and banging...
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School councillor speeches…

At Park Grove we are lucky to have a dedicated and determined School Council. Each year we ask pupils who are interested in becoming a councillor to perform a speech to their class on why they would like to be a councillor, and what they will do if appointed before the class vote for one...
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Pedestrian Training Day 1

Mrs Carr-Brion and the children in Class 6 completed their first day of Pedestrian Training this week. The children listened well to the information given to them and crossed the road safely. Class 6, can you name 5 things that help you to cross the road? Do you know 3 people who can help you...
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Punctuating direct speech

This week in English we have been looking at how punctuate direct speech using inverted commas.
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Repeating patterns

The children have used different equipment to help them create repeating patterns.
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Emotional dancing!

In dance this week, we worked on moving in different ways to demonstrate a range of feelings. We thought carefully about our actions with a partner and performed our routines to music. Can you guess what emotions are being shown in the pictures below?           
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Emotions

In PSHE we have been talking about different emotions we can feel and how we can make someone feel better if they are sad. The children were really mature throughout. Well done Class 3.
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Super sound science!

Class 6 took part in a carousel of sound experiments in science this week in order to answer the question ‘what is sound?’ What have you found out Class 6? Did you enjoy our super sound science?
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Discovering shapes

On Tuesday in maths we learnt about 2D shapes. We discovered the different properties of 2D shapes and then completed an activity where we had to sort the 2D shapes based on how many sides and corners they have. We then played a game of true or false where Miss Clayton said a statement about...
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Classroom Role Play

This morning we had the grand opening of our classroom role play area. Everyone was very excited to pretend to be teachers and students and to practise taking the register, reading stories and joining in with songs.   
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Mega multiples and fab factors!

In maths, we have developed our knowledge of factors and multiples. In pairs, we played a game identifying each – the winner had to identify either a correct multiple or factor of the previous number. Class 9 – can you write a definition for factors or multiples? What did you enjoy most about the game?
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Morgianna’s story…

Last week English we read the tale of Ali Baba from the Arabian Nights, and now this week we are focussing on rewriting the story from the point of view of Morgianna, Ali Baba’s servant girl. To help us step into Morgiana’s shoes and see the story from her perspective, a few of us sat...
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Homework Projects

We have looked at our fabulous homework book covers this week. Each child thought carefully about why they chose to include each item on their book cover with some very interesting reasons provided.  If you want to see the thought patterns of Class 8, they are now on display in our classroom!   
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