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Facebook / 11 Dec

⏰Attendance⏰ Daisy class are currently in the lead for the 12 days of attendance class breakfast. Will they still be in the lead when next week comes to a close... It has been wonderful to see how many children have been put into the prize draws !

Facebook / 10 Dec

Ho, Ho, Ho! 🎅🎄 We had a very merry day here at Grove today for our Christmas Dinner and Jumper day - look at those happy faces! Well done team Grove, 7 days to go ✨

Facebook / 8 Dec

⏰Attendance⏰ Well done to Speedwell! Very close to 100%!

Facebook / 8 Dec

🌟ACTIVE ATHLETE🌟 Well done to Indiana for taking part in her gymnastics competition, she came second place and received two medals for her participation, you are fabulous, well done!

Facebook / 5 Dec

What a busy start to December we have had in Honeysuckle! Elfie is back causing mischief in the classroom! In Literacy this week we have written and performed our own versions of London's burning. In Woodlands we made sculptures and collages inspired by Walter Mason. In Maths, we have focused on naming and describing 3D shapes. In computing, we edited photos and in PE we created our own sequences. Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

Facebook / 5 Dec

🌟Speedwell🌟 What a wonderful week! We have had the return of our elf Edgar. We have made our freestanding structures in DT - it was like an elves workshop this morning! In Literacy we have been writing and performing our own poems, our Elf Edgar came with a new book for Literacy too so we are learning all about being persuasive. In Maths we have focused on 3D shapes and their properties - making the shapes using cocktail sticks and marshmallows. We took and edited photos in computing, created sculptures in the style of Walter Mason in Woodland. We have been practicing our Christmas performance and are super excited to get on the stage next week! Have a wonderful weekend, see you next week!

Facebook / 5 Dec

The PTFA will be closing the Christmas Fayre at 4:30pm

Facebook / 5 Dec

Another wonderful week in Snowdrop and a festive ending to finish it off! We have been acting out how we would feel if we had discovered Tutankhamun's tomb, using some high-level vocabulary, we have also used rainbow grammar to write sentences about this, practicing non-finite clauses. In PE, we have continued football, looking at passing as an attack, in History we have looked at the roles in ancient Egypt and their importance, also looking at the mummification process. To finish the week off, we have had elf day, working hard in the Snowdrop factory! The children really enjoyed the fete, have a lovely weekend!

Facebook / 5 Dec

This week in Reception we have been learning about Postworkers. We wrote thank you letters to the services that have visited us this term and put them in envelopes for the post box. We talked about other types of deliveries we can get, and then researched types of deliveries on other countries. We found out that some countries have self driving delivery cars, some countries use drones to deliver medicine and some countries use pigeons to send messages. In maths we have been looking at ordering numbers to ten, and using 1:1 counting correspondence. In Phonics we have continued to review the sounds taught this term. Have a lovely weekend everyone! Reception Team x

Facebook / 5 Dec

🌹Rose 🌹 We’ve had a super week! In Literacy, we have started our new unit where we are working towards writing persuasive letters to Santa. Our elf, Snowy, delivered us a book to help us with Literacy which was exciting! Maths has been making and sorting 3D shapes, considering the vertices, faces and edges. In Computing, we edited photos using filters and drawing tools. We ended the week with elf day so we took the opportunity to make our structures for DT and pretend we were elves in Santa’s workshop! Today, we also had Oak Class read to us in the library for one of our attendance rewards which was wonderful! Have a fab weekend everyone!

Facebook / 5 Dec

Bedtime stories 🌙📖✨ A big thank you to everyone who attended our annual bed time stories event on Wednesday. We had a fantastic turn out to share and enjoy some wonderful Christmas books and some tasty hot chocolate in the hall too. Reading is so important for our children's development and is a wonderful way to spend quality time together too. It's definitely starting to feel Christmassy here at Grove! ❤️🎅

Facebook / 5 Dec

🌟ACTIVES🌟 A big well done to this week's Active Elves! Another week of super learning at Grove. Keep it up everyone ✨ 🗓️ 12 days of Attendance at Grove also continued with Daisy, Poppy, Speedwell and Elder all achieving 100% attendance today and therefore received posters to hang on their doors in the bid to win a class breakfast at the end of term. The individuals winners in each key stage also got to choose two songs of their choice to play at lunch time today. They are: Maisie in EYFS Harper in KS1 Oliver in LKS2 Oliver in UKS2

Facebook / 4 Dec

This week, Poppy Class have used Rainbow Grammar to understand how to add additional information to their writing using non-finite clauses; explored the emotions of Howard Carter when he discovered all the riches in a Pharoah's tomb and continued to rehearse our Christmas performance along with the rest of Y3/4.

Facebook / 4 Dec

🎄A reminder of ELF DAY tomorrow- wear your outfit, headgear and accessories! Please remember to bring in some chocolate for donations for the raffles for Christmas performances.🎄

Facebook / 4 Dec

This week in Nursery we read 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?' and talked about the sense of sight. In Maths we talked about our daily routines and what we do before school and before we go to bed. In the provision we have explored natural materials, making pictures and patterns. We have also been practising the songs for our Christmas performance.

Facebook / 4 Dec

The winning classes today were Buttercup, Daisy, Snowdrop & Poppy. The winners of the chocolate selection box were - Alice-May in Nursery Charlie in KS1 Thea in LKS2 Grayson in UKS2

Facebook / 3 Dec

Tomorrow sees the start of our 12 days of Christmas attendance reward. All you have to do is come to school to be in for a chance of a reward everyday. The class with the highest attendance each of the days will have a class breakfast on the last day of term!

Facebook / 2 Dec

🎄🎅Christmas Cheer🎅🎄 Today some children were chosen from every class to come and decorate the Christmas trees- these children always follow Grove school rules and are great role models- what a special treat. Merry Christmas!!

Facebook / 2 Dec

📚Bedtime Stories📚 We can't wait to see you tomorrow- which stories are you looking forward to hearing?

Facebook / 1 Dec

🎄Christmas Fayre🎄 On Friday from 2.30pm-lots of variety of stalls- more details via Arbor regarding pick ups. See you there!

Facebook / 28 Nov

⭐Willow⭐ It has been another fantastic week in Willow. The class researched and produced a poster explaining how various animals have adapted to survive in their habitat. In Literacy, the class performed their narrative poems. In DT, the children produced a prototype of a Saxon house. The role of the female during the Saxon period was explored in History.

Facebook / 28 Nov

🌹Rose 🌹 It's Friday again already! In Maths, we have been learning all about 2D shapes. In Literacy we started a new poetry unit and so far we have learnt and performed the poem London's Burning. In Science we tested our senses - taste and smell. We linked shapes together and created a sequence using the equipment in gymnastics. Also, we won a class attendance award so we get to choose some play equipment to put out next week which is exciting! Have a great weekend everyone- see you next week! Miss Thacker, Miss Fayers and Miss Rough.

Facebook / 28 Nov

Snowdrops have had a lovely week, we have published our explorer narrative and started our new literacy unit where we listened to the story of Howard Carter. We have continued learning about the Egyptians in history and what the River Nile was used for, we have also enjoyed developing our passing skills in PE and talking about strategies that help when we are feeling pressured within PSHE. We have also had lots of fun at a Diwali workshop this afternoon, fully immersing ourselves within the experience, have a lovely weekend!

Facebook / 28 Nov

🌟ACTIVES🌟 A big well done to this week's Actives! Another week of fantastic achievements, discussions and learning. Keep up the great work everyone ❤️ It was a busy celebration assembly for some of our Pupil Leadership groups too. 🚦The Junior Road Safety Officers handed out their prizes for their 'Design a Road Safety poster' competition 📖 The Librarians handed out their prizes for their 'Design a Library' competition in addition to handing out their Poetry entry prizes earlier in the week It's wonderful to see these young leaders inspiring our pupils - keep your eyes peeled to see which pupil leadership group organises our next event at Grove 👀

Facebook / 28 Nov

Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic afternoon taking part in a Diwali workshop. The children found out more about how Diwali is celebrated and then learnt a dance. The children were amazing, learning and remembering a lot of new dance moves.

Facebook / 28 Nov

🌟Speedwell🌟 What a wonderful week! We have crammed so much into 5 days, in Literacy we published our narratives about Katie in London ready to send off to HRH King Charles III we then started our new topic - poetry! We have learned the nursery rhyme London's burning and considered how we could perform it. We have been looking at 2D shapes - their names and properties in maths. In Science we learned about our senses - in particular smell and taste. We had a wonderful time testing our knowledge and our senses in a smell and taste lesson- the children were very resilient trying new things. In PE we have continued with gymnastics - showing that we can balance on apparatus and thinking carefully about how we can do this safely. In History we have earned more about the Great Fire of London which has been super exciting and has has us all enthralled! In Woodlands we explored and collected natural resources ready to create our art work inspired by Walter Mason Another fun filled week next week!

Facebook / 28 Nov

Well done for yet another fantastic week in Elder class. I’ve felt so proud of the children this week with their poetry in Literacy – we performed them all to the class and I was so impressed! We also worked really hard in DT making our prototypes for our Anglo Saxon houses. Great work everyone!

Facebook / 28 Nov

🏆A group of children in Year 6 took part in ALT’s 'School’s Against Racism' event today and they were absolutely fantastic! The day started with a workshop around different inspirational stories, followed by the children creating artwork and writing letters to the FA to raise awareness of racism in sport. We then spent the afternoon playing a friendly football tournament – we were so impressed by how hard the children worked as a team, and the growth they displayed throughout the afternoon was phenomenal! They came 4th overall! Well done Team Grove! You did us proud ❤️

Facebook / 28 Nov

This week in Reception, we have been learning all about police officers and how they protect our community and keep us safe. The week began with a mystery; our class pets went MISSING! This sparked lots of discussion about why we should never run away, what to do if we ever get lost and who can help us. Thankfully, a very kind police officer found our pets and returned them. We were lucky enough to welcome a real police officer into school. He showed us the equipment he uses to do his job. This included his radio, baton and even pepper spray. The children really enjoyed watching Mr Cook get put in handcuffs! In Maths, we continued exploring 2D shapes like triangles, squares and rectangles. The children investigated the properties of these shapes and even created their own shapes using sticks. To finish the week, we read ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert Macfarlane and talked about the birds we might see in our woods. The children laid on the floor and looked to the sky to see if we could hear or see any birds. Although we did not spot any birds, we tried to attract them by building a huge, cosy nest!

Facebook / 28 Nov

Austin in Honeysuckle is enjoying our topic on The Great Fire of London so much that last weekend he went on an adventure with his family to London to find out more! Austin stood on the spot of where the Pudding Lane bakery was and climbed the 311 to the top of the Monument! He also went to Trafalgar Square to see the lions we have been reading about in Katie in London. We loved hearing about it all.