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Monday 22 April 2024 Surprise Guest! On Monday 22nd April, we were really lucky to have Joe Wicks, The Body Coach and star of lockdown PE sessions, come into school to run a sporty workshop with some children in KS2! The children were very vocal in their enjoyment with great cheers coming from the hall as they joined in his inspiring, motivational and fun session.
Friday 19 April 2024 Year 6 Learning Challenge! Year 6 had an incredible active learning session on Friday where we combined Science and Maths with PE. We were split into teams of four and had to compete for the most points. We started off by labelling the bones in the skeleton. We ran to get the key words in order to complete the diagram. We then put our problem solving skills to the test. We took part in an orienteering lesson where we had to find numbers around the playground (using our maps) in order to complete the challenge.We had a great session and would like to say a huge thank you to Enrich!
Thursday 28 March 2024 Year 5 - what have we been up to? Year 5 have been busy swimming for the whole of March so learning has been very disrupted. However, they have soldiered on through last minute changes and afternoon English and Maths lessons. A huge well done to all of the children in Year 5 for their superb progress in their learning. Certificates have all been handed out.
Wednesday 27 March 2024 Fond Farewell to Mr Poulton
Friday 22 March 2024 Take Over Day 2024! The Take Over Day Challenge is happening on Friday 22nd March (Shh! Don’t tell the staff). Children will be able to apply for The Take Over role of staff within the school but must convince their peers that they can do the job!!
Friday 22 March 2024 Music assembly On Friday morning, we were treated by a fantastic music assembly organised and showcased by Mr Poulton.
Monday 18 March 2024 Year 3 Investigate Packaging In our design and technology lessons, year 3 have been investigating chocolate packaging. We then looked at the nets of different packages and drew our own nets using the measuring skills that we have been developing in maths. Then, we created a mood board for our own design ideas and designed logos to meet a design brief. Next week we will use all of this information to make our own 3D chocolate packaging.
Friday 15 March 2024 Comic relief 2024 The South Grove Spirit was again outstanding in our Celebration of Red Nose Day!
Tuesday 12 March 2024 Year 5's Science Day As part of Science Day, Year 5 took part in experiments all day following the whole school focus on ‘time’.
Tuesday 12 March 2024 Year 3's Science Day - March 2024
Friday 8 March 2024 4P Assembly was all about Pompeii What an explosive assembly we were treated to on Friday with 4P erupting onto the stage to lets us know all about what they had learnt about the ancient city of Pompeii for their History topic.
Friday 8 March 2024 Girls Football Festival - March 2024 Ms Edmonds and I had the lucky privilege of taking ten children from KS1 to a Girls Football Festival at Douglas Eyre Sports Centre on Friday to take part in a range of carousel activities to explore football skills and it was the perfect day as it was International Women’s Day! Nobody came 1st, 2nd or 3rd. It was all about taking part and having fun and the children certainly did this!
Wednesday 6 March 2024 UKS2 Netball Final - 6th March
Monday 4 March 2024 Year 5 - Careers Week To celebrate Careers Week in school we are being visited by some our students parents to come and talk to classes about their work and what they do in their field. In year 5 were visited by Ms. McIlory who works for Mental Heath First Aid England as their Head of Campaigns & Communications. She told us about a lot of the different things she did in her job and showed us some of the campaigns she created with her team. She also informed us of ways to help us with our mental health and who we can speak to when we worried about our mental health or if we are worried about someone close to us and their mental wellbeing. The children were full of questions such as what is your favourite thing about your job, what other jobs have you done and if you could do any other job in your company what do you think you could do? and many more. Ms. McIlory was very impressed with the children's questions and the attention they gave to her and her talk. Thank you again Ms McIlory!
Friday 1 March 2024 World Book Day 2024
Wednesday 28 February 2024 World Book Day Stories The infamous World Book Day stories are back in Year 5! Excitedly Monday, the children in year 5 came up with questions about books for year 2. They interviewed the children about their likes and dislikes in books and what they would like a book to be about. Tuesday, their heads full of ideas the children sprang into action and began to plan their storybooks for the year 2s. We have footballs, unicorns and cats going on crazy adventures with some singers and princesses too. The rest of this week our author's and illustrators have been very hard at work to write, draw and put together their story. Year 2 get ready because we have some great stories coming your way!
Tuesday 27 February 2024 LKS2 Girls football On Tuesday, two teams represented South Grove in a Year 3 and 4 girl's football competition. We had a fantastic day and played some fantastic football.
Friday 23 February 2024 YEAR 6 SATS 2023 PRESENTATION FOR PARENTS, CARERS & GUARDIANS
Tuesday 20 February 2024 KS2 Football || February 2024 On Tuesday 20th February, Mrs Edmonds and I had the pleasure of taking the KS2 football teams from across Years 3-6.
Thursday 8 February 2024 UKS2 Netball || 8th February 2024 On a very wet Thursday in February, eight Year 6 children, a Feel Good Ambassador and one member of Year 5 attended the Waltham Forest Netball Stingers competition at the Score Centre.
Friday 2 February 2024 Year 4 & 5 Dodgeball || February 2024
Friday 2 February 2024 2DM Assembly all about the Great Fire of London Wow 2DM! We all felt very hot and bothered by the time the assembly finished having watched all those flames and dramatic stories from the children! It was a wonderful assembly packed with facts around the Fire of London, Pudding Lane in 1666.
Friday 2 February 2024 Year 5 Space Projects! It's that time of year again, for the infamous Year 5 space projects! Over the term the children have learnt a whole cosmos of information about the planets, the moon and our galaxy. The children thoroughly enjoyed working on their projects coming up with their own unique take on the solar system and more. Miss Young and Mrs Grant definitely have their work cut out for them trying to pick a winner...
Tuesday 30 January 2024 LKS2 Tri Golf by Mr Perna Last week (18th January), a group of year 4 students represented South Grove at the LKS2 Tri Golf Competition.
Monday 29 January 2024 Year 3 Racket Pack by Miss Hubbard On Monday 29th, a group of year 3 children had the opportunity to try a new sport, which was badminton. They were on a rotation of six activities, all of which allowed them to practise different skills which would be essential for a badminton game. We completed the activities alongside another school and although we were not competing, the children soon became very competitive and were striving to win their games.
Friday 19 January 2024 Year 5 are Learning About Space It's been a very planetary week this week up in year 5. We have been learning about the planets through Virtual Reality and making our fact file posters with our newly found information and created some eye catching art in the style of Peter Thorpe.We even pushed ourselves to create a mnemonic phrase to help us remember the order of the planets, such as ''My Very Excellent Mum Just Served Us Noodles''
Monday 15 January 2024 KS1 Tri Golf Festival by Miss McFarlane Miss Edmonds and I had the lucky privilege of taking ten KS1 children to the Leyton Sports Hub to take part in a Tri Golf Competition on Monday 15th January.
Friday 12 January 2024 5G Create Roman CAM Toys We have been busy getting back into routine upstairs in year 5, so we thought we share with your incredible work we completed in the last week of autumn term. In the last week of term to finish off our work on the Romans we created CAM toys. These toys are made up different parts; a follower, a cam and a handle and a slider. The 'cam' is what gives our toys the up and down movement they have based on the shape. We used round ones, egg shape ones and tear drop ones. We worked in pairs to measure, saw and glue these items into place. We had to think about our follower and had to make sure they could be seen when moving. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience for all and we look forward to our future creations.
Thursday 11 January 2024 3B Visit the William Morris Gallery This week, 3B had a fantastic time visiting the William Morris Gallery. We explored the museum and saw furniture, rugs and wallpaper that William Morris designed. This inspired us to sketch some of his animal and plant designs.We then used the ideas we saw in the museum to create our own print designs in an art workshop. We learnt how to use a printing press and created these fabulous designs.
Tuesday 9 January 2024 Born in a Barn! - The Infant Nativity What a treat we all had on the Tuesday and Wednesday before we broke up! Our Reception, Year 1 and 2 children seemed to have disappeared and in their place were mooing cows, very noisy cockerels, sheep, donkeys, villagers, camels and majestic kings alongside Mary and Joseph.

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