Welcome to Grove Primary School

Facebook / 5 Jun

What a lovely first week back in Snowdrop class, we have started our new literacy unit of short stories and have been focusing on sentences with two fronted adverbials. In Science, we have looked at functions of some features of a flowering plant. In DT, we have been evaluating lunch boxes in relation to what makes a balanced diet, in Geography we have looked at the human and physical features of Lowestoft and in PE, we have started athletics, in preparation for our sports day! We have also learnt how to safely use saws in woodlands. What a busy week, have a lovely weekend.

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This week in Nursery we welcomed everyone back after our half term holiday. We started our new topic 'On the water'. We read about 'Seaside Holidays Then and Now', talking about the differences. In Phonics we learned the phoneme /f/ and practised writing it. In Maths we looked at the similarities and differences of shapes. In our woods session we talked about how sunflowers grow. Have a lovely weekend Miss Allen, Mrs McCarthy and Mrs Fuller

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⏰Attendance⏰ It's..........Rose class again. Can anyone overtake them before the year is out??

Facebook / 5 Jun

🌟ACTIVES🌟 A big well done to this week's Actives! It's been a wet week here at Grove but the children have come back from half term beautifully. We're super excited for this term with lots of events to celebrate this year and see us into Summer! Please see the newsletter sent out by Mrs Kounnas last term for more information. Mr Rough and Mrs Dorling also took a group of UKS2 pupils to Denes Oval this week for a cricket tournament. The children represented our school beautifully - well done everyone! 🏏 A special well done to Roman who came to see us earlier in the week with his most recent achievement in Karate - superstar! ✨

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This week in Reception, we have been learning all about our local area, Lowestoft. The children enjoyed looking at maps, talking about what makes our town special and sharing what they already know. We also went on a walk around the local area, where the children spotted landmarks and took photos of things they recognised. To finish the week, we explored how plants grow by learning about the life cycle of a dandelion. In maths, we have been learning about doubling. The children explored what it means to have “twice as many” using dominoes, dice and practical resources. They practised spotting doubles, saying simple number facts such as “double 2 is 4,” and used frames and counters to help them represent their ideas.

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We have had a fabulous first week back in Elder. In Computing, we’ve been exploring the micro:bit and programming them to carry out a task. In Science, we conducted an experiment to see how the surface area of a parachute affects the time it takes to fall to the ground. In DT, we researched some key chefs as part of our topic on seasonality. In Literacy, we have been writing short stories inspired by an image. We have been so proud of the children this week and how they have come back to school for the summer term. Well done everyone, see you next week!

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What a wonderful first week back we've all had in Rose! 🌹 We've been writing a persuasive leaflet in Literacy and have continued our learning on time in Maths. We did a dance in PE linking movements, concentrating on counts of 8. In Computing the Year 2's showed the Year 1's how to create a sequence on Scratch Jr. In Science, we labelled the parts of a plant and what they do. We had a very exciting DT lesson this afternoon where we played Guess the Vegetable! We also tasted vegetables and thought about where they come from. Well done everyone - see you all on Monday!

Facebook / 5 Jun

The Primrose class have had a very busy first week back. We have had a go at sawing in Woodlands and the children all came back to class with all fingers intact which was a bonus. In Music we were learning about pitch and the pentatonic scale and we had a go at playing the melody to Swing Low Sweet Chariot. In Computing we started to find out about recording audio to create our own podcast and in PE we were learning about how to improve our sprinting skills.

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⭐Willow ⭐ Willow have had a fantastic first week back. The children have worked hard on starting their short stories in Literacy. In addition to this, they have got stuck into using micro-bits in Computing. In PE, the class had their first session on Cricket. Keep going with the hard work.

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🌟Speedwell🌟 What a fabulous first week back for our Speedwellians! We have written some fabulous persuasive adverts in Literacy, learned to tell the time to 5 minutes in Maths and in Science we have begun our unit on plants and can now name the parts of a flower and explain their purpose. Our indoor PE this half term is dance and we became bees buzzing around a secret garden and then enjoyed a calming yoga session. In DT we tempted our taste buds with some delicious vegetables and we have begun to learn Spanish - fish and sea creatures! Have a wonderful weekend. Mrs Ball and Mrs Clarke

Facebook / 4 Jun

🍭Coming tomorrow !!!🍭After school some of our Year5/6 children will be selling under the gazebo. Bring your 20p's - we only have so many so once we're sold out that's it !

Facebook / 4 Jun

This week, Poppy Class have used instruments, and sang, to demonstrate their understanding of pitch; used saws during Woodlands to start producing the parts for mini rafts; whilst during Computing they have recorded digital messages on an new App.

Facebook / 3 Jun

🎸Next year we are offering guitar lessons through the Suffolk Music Hub and delivered here at school- if you would like your child to be involved please click on the link 🎸https://suffolkcountymusicservice.co.uk/take-part/familylink-lessons-in-schools/

Facebook / 3 Jun

Calling all UKS2 Basketball enthusiasts 🏀 Great Yarmouth Basketball Club is holding its Junior Team Trials for the 2026/27 season on Saturday 4 July at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, U12 - see the flyer attached for more information.

Facebook / 3 Jun

Active Lifestyles ✨👯 A huge congratulations to Lily who competed in the All England Dance (AED) regional finals over the half term with her dance school. The troop performed a piece telling the story of the film up - see if you can guess what she's dressed as! 👀 They were entered into the senior narrative/character large group piece and not only came first, but are now off to the national finals! Good luck everyone - keep us updated with how you get on ❤️

Facebook / 3 Jun

This week we have spent our assemblies looking at what bullying is and what an incident is. Take a look at our new poster that will be displayed across the school. Our children from Reception to Year 6 talked brilliantly about recognising this.

Facebook / 1 Jun

Tomorrow the Year 5's are taking part in a workshop for First Light Festival- we would love it if as many of our school community could come to celebrate with us on the 20th June. If you love dancing there is an opportunity to join in with everybody- please see this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj2mVOpjr78. We know we have some fantastic dancers at our school! Arrive at East Point Pavillion from 10.30- parade leaves at 11.15. Everyone is welcome- come and see us with our sign- we are the first school this year !

Facebook / 31 May

We're looking forward to seeing you all back at school tomorrow. Remember your hats and suncream !

Facebook / 21 May

The last couple of weeks in Honeysuckle have been jam packed! In maths, we finished fractions and have now started on time, In Geography we looked at some of the Wonders of the world and in Religion and World Views we have learnt all about the Jewish festival of Passover. We completed our textiles unit in art by wrapping and knotting different materials and in PE we have loved learning the skills of tennis. Have a great half term everyone.

Facebook / 21 May

Active Athlete Frankie was proud to show his medal after his team won the cup!

Facebook / 21 May

This week in Nursery we learnt about submarines. We thought about what we might see out of the submarine windows. In Maths we looked at combining shapes to make other shapes or art work. We looked at how artists have used shapes in their pictures. We have been so proud of the progress everybody in Nursery has made this half term. We hope you have a good week. Miss Allen, Mrs McCarthy and Mrs Fuller

Facebook / 21 May

🌹Rose class 🌹 What a lovely half term it’s been! So much learning has been done! In Maths this week we started to learn to tell the time – o’clock and half past. In Literacy we published our recounts and wrote thank you letters to Thrigby Hall which have been sent to them in the post! The children sorted the wonders of the world into human and physical for geography– ask them to tell you the difference between human and physical geography. In Art they evaluated the skills they’d learnt this half term in Textiles. We finished off all of our units and the children have all worked incredibly hard! Well done Rose Class! See you all on Monday 1st June!

Facebook / 21 May

🌟 Reception Bowls Champion – Summer 1! 🎳 This half term, our Reception children have been working hard to develop their bowls skills. They have practised casting the jack, taking turns, and carefully aiming to get their bowl as close to the jack as possible to score points. 🥁 Our Reception Bowls Champion of Summer 1 is… Grace! 🏆 A huge well done for showing fantastic skill, determination and focus. We are so proud of you! 👏 Well done to all of the Reception children for taking part and improving their skills each week. 💚✨

Facebook / 21 May

This week, the children were very excited to receive a special invitation to a ball! They walked about what a ball might be like, what they could wear and what they might do there. The children have created decorations, crowns and their own dance routines for the big event. The week ended with our very own ‘Grand Ball of Grove’, where the children enjoyed dressing up, dancing and celebrating. In maths, we have been learning about halving. The children explored how a whole can be split into two equal parts and practiced finding halves using practical resources. They also began to understand that only some numbers can be halved equally.

Facebook / 21 May

Aria competed in her clubs gymnastic competition

Facebook / 21 May

Last week the Year 5 girls took part in the ALT Football Championships. The girls played with great enthusiasm, determination and big smiles in their faces. Both the games they played in were narrow 1-0 defeats leaving the girls to finish in 3rd place and earn well deserved bronze medals. All the girls were great role models for the school. Special mentions to Greta for her incredible saves in goal and MIllie for being awarded Grove's player of the tournament.

Facebook / 21 May

Remy's team won the shield and then he gained another trophy at his club presentation.

Facebook / 21 May

Active Athlete Finley was awarded his coaches player of the week at his football training.

Facebook / 15 May

🌟ACTIVES🌟 What a week! Firstly we'd like to echo the messages of other teachers and share how proud we are of all of our Year 6's for completing their SATs this week. They have been real role models, showing how they can apply all their learning from their time at Grove to their SATs - true Active Learners! Can we keep the bacon rolls coming next week still? In our assembly today we celebrated these achievements alongside many others - well done everyone! The Junior Road Safety officers shared important information about next week's walk to school week which we're all excited for. Hallie also shared her poster on looking after local wildlife which she had completed at home - what an Active Citizen! We also dressed in clothes which most express who we are for Children's Mental Health Week. Corban came in wearing a jumper which expressed this message exactly - thank you for sharing this! Have a lovely weekend everyone 🌦️

Facebook / 15 May

Another busy week in Snowdrop class, we have started to write our persuasion holiday brochures to convince people to visit the Stone age, we have also explored superhero dancing within PE, performing a sequence to our peers, we have looked at the 'bog monster' within history and completed our Spanish unit of vegetables. It has been a lovely week although the weather has been crazy! Have a great weekend.