South Grove Primary School

Tuesday 29 April 2025 Year 3s WWII Knowledge Harvest We began our new topic on World War II with a knowledge harvest, where the class shared everything they already knew and the questions they’re excited to explore. It was a great way to spark interest and start some thoughtful discussions. The class is already showing lots of curiosity, and we’re looking forward to learning more together over the coming weeks!

Friday 25 April 2025 LKS2 Tennis Tournament This week, Year 4 made a racket in the best of ways, competing in the Waltham Forest LKS2 Tennis Tournament. Teams A and B did fantastically, managing to reach the quarter finals, Team B a measly 4 points away! Way to go kids!

Wednesday 23 April 2025 Welcome Back! I hope all our families had a good break and are now well rested and ready for the Summer term - let’s hope that the weather begins to more consistently reflect this! This is always a very busy term for us and a really important one for all our pupils. This is the term where the children can maximise their learning opportunities as they can really flourish, develop and consolidate their learning during this time.

Friday 4 April 2025 Year 5 Fantastic Space Projects! It's that time of year again, for the infamous Year 5 space projects! Over the Spring 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. Mr Andrews and Mrs Grant definitely had their work cut out for them trying to pick a winner..

Thursday 3 April 2025 Eid Assembly On the Thursday before Easter, we were treated to a spectacular Eid Assembly organised and directed by Miss Hubbard. The assembly started with Year 1 explaining what Eid is and why Muslims celebrate the occasion. Year 2 then showed us some of the special food that is associated with Eid such as Sheer Kuma, Jollof rice and baclava - everyone was left wide eyed and feeling more hungry than you would expect at 9.30 in the morning! Some Year 3 children then shared their recent Eid experiences from earlier in the week and it was lovely to hear about how their faith and their family mean to them - not to mention the presents! But Eid is also about the spirit of giving, as Year 4 explained to us, and making sure those who might have less are looked after. Year 5 children then gave us a flavour of how Eid looks slightly different across the world. Then came the opportunity for the children to showcase their Eid outfits, some were traditional and others had a slightly more modern twist, but eve

Wednesday 2 April 2025 A Fond farewell to Mrs Baker We will be saying a fond farewell to Mrs Baker at the end of this term. She has been a stalwart and valued part of the South Grove team for the last 20 years.

Monday 31 March 2025 YEAR 5's Careers Week 2025 This Friday we had the annual South Grove Take Over Day where the children experienced what day to day life in school was for the adults. But instead of us telling you what happend we think its better the children who experienced the day can tell yout all about it.

Friday 28 March 2025 Take over day report by miss Maltwood (Sam – Y6) At the beginning of Friday, the school was abundant with astronauts and policemen, explorers and lawyers, artists and more! The school was abounding with children dressed up as who the wanted to be when they grow up.

Thursday 27 March 2025 Children's Occupational Therapy Advice Line

Thursday 20 March 2025 Year 3 explore chocolate! This week has been full of exciting activities for Year 3! We had a careers talk from Mr. Tapper, who introduced the children to the world of graphic design. He shared a wonderful presentation showcasing some of his incredible designs and answered an exhaustive list of questions from the children. We are very grateful for his visit, and I'm sure the children were left feeling inspired. On Thursday, we welcomed a visitor from the Chocolate Museum. The children learned about the history of chocolate and the Mayans’ role in its development. They also used their problem-solving skills to decipher Mayan maths, discovering how the Mayans created a number system using dots and dashes. Following this, we enjoyed a chocolate tasting session, where we had to guess the citrus fruits and spices used in different chocolates. The children also had the opportunity to use cocoa butter and learn about its moisturizing benefits. To round off the week, we celebrated Red Nose Day on Friday.

Monday 17 March 2025 Year 6's Careers Week 2025 As part of Careers Week, Year 6 were lucky to welcome a Creative Director, to tell us about his exciting career. Stuart works on advertising campaigns and events, film direction, photoshoots and event space design.

Tuesday 11 March 2025 Year 2 In Year Two, we thoroughly enjoyed our Design and Technology lessons. We designed a ‘Wind Powered Car’ it was great fun to make!

Tuesday 11 March 2025 Year 3 explore the art of writing limericks! This week in our English lesson, we had an exciting time exploring the art of writing limericks!

Friday 7 March 2025 Year 6 Learn and Perform a Shakespeare Play in a Day! This week, Year 6 had the exciting opportunity to work with a company called SPLATS to learn and perform Shakespeare's classic play, Romeo and Juliet. In just one day, the students worked hard to master their lines, stage directions, and characters, bringing the famous story to life in a truly impressive performance!The students showcased their talents in front Years 4 and 5, as well as their proud parents. It was a fantastic experience for everyone involved, and the Year 6 students did an amazing job, demonstrating teamwork, creativity and confidence. Well done to all the performers and a big thank you to SPLATS for making this experience so memorable.

Thursday 6 March 2025 Year 3 Celebrate World Book Day 2025 In year 3, we designed posters for World Book Day, each showcasing the cover of our favourite books. We added colourful drawings, characters, and fun details that represent the stories we love the most! We had lots of fun bringing to life our favourite characters when we dressed up on the day.

Monday 3 March 2025 Year 4 adventures in Roman History and Cheese! Year 4 had quite a bit of fun this week. Firstly, they began their journey into the history of Rome by acting out the story of Romulus and Remus. Some were a bit nervous about getting up in front of the class, but you know what they say, when in Rome... Secondly, they got their hands dirty in science... investigating cheese! Mr Perna needed to make a quick cheese toasty for lunch, but only had 5 minutes to make it. Luckily, Year 4 were on the case to identify the cheese that would melt the quickest, using their knowledge of materials, so he could be back to class on time. However, after all their hard work, Mr Perna elected to simply eat ALL of the cheeses. How dairy!

Monday 3 March 2025 Exploring Rights Through Music South Grove's song 'Actions Speak Louder' featured in Unicef's Rights Respecting School Award newsletter which was distributed to the whole of the UK! Here's a copy of the print.

Monday 3 March 2025 4SH's musical journey to the Bell Percussion Warehouse On Wednesday, 26th February, Ms Forbes and the students of 4SH went on an exciting and immersive musical journey to the Bell Percussion Warehouse in Tottenham Hale. Bell Percussion work in partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) in supplying world class percussion to the major orchestras and musicians of the world. The visit provided the children with a unique opportunity to explore the vast world of orchestral percussion, gain insight into music-related careers, and even try their hands at playing professional-grade instruments.

Thursday 13 February 2025 Year 6 Celebrate Safer Internet Day 2025

Wednesday 12 February 2025 Year 5 explore the history of Space This week in Science, we learnt about Sputnik the Satellite that was sent into orbit 1957 by the Soviet Union to try and win the Space Race. Sputnik was launched into the atmosphere and orbited the earth for a short time. We tried to recreate our own Satellite entering the atmosphere. We had to throw our planes at the right speed to enter orbit or it either crashed back to earth or flew off into space to never be seen again. Many of us made it into orbit but sadly a few of us crashed back to earth.

Tuesday 11 February 2025 Year 3's Safer Internet Day 2025 As part of Safer internet day, we took part in a range of activities that gave us an insight into how to identify scams. We were really good at identifying the common errors that scammers use and how to spot them.

Tuesday 11 February 2025 4P's Safer Internet Day 2025 For Safer Internet Day, our Year 4 class has been phishing for knowledge about online scams! They've been learning how to spot sneaky tricks and byte back against scammers. From fake emails to bogus websites, our students are becoming scam-savvy and mastering the art of staying safe online. We’re so proud of how they’ve clicked with the lessons, and now they’re ready to surf the web safely, with their eyes wide open to the dangers!

Friday 7 February 2025 4SH Assembly- up Pompeii! Last Friday, we were treated to the glitz and glamour of another class assembly. This week, 4SH, directed by the expertise of Mrs Sandhu Hanif, took to the boards to deliver an epic about Ancient Rome. We were transported back to Ancient Pompeii and discovered the horrors that befell that once glorious city at the hands of Mount Vesuvius.

Thursday 6 February 2025 Year 2 visited 'The Monument' Year 2 had the fantastic opportunity and visited 'The Monument'. We climbed the 311 steps to reach to the stop and see the view of London. We got to see how in 1666 the fire covered London and to see where people had to go to collect water from the river Thames to try and put the fire out!

Thursday 6 February 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year Assembly On Thursday Ms Lee led the fabulous Lunar New Year Assembly to celebrate the Year of the Snake. This was led by Year 1 but there were some great contributions from other year groups. Children shared their artwork depicting the Year of the Snake then sang the song ‘Gong Hey Fat Choy’ to welcome in the New Year. The children explained how they had learnt the Chinese characters for numbers up to 10, how they had taken part in the traditional Dragon Dance and we all learnt about the delicious food that is eaten during the celebrations which made us all rather hungry!

Tuesday 4 February 2025 Year 5 practice CPR Last week, our children had an invaluable lesson on CPR using the Dr ABC method. They were guided through the steps of Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, and Circulation, helping them understand how to react in an emergency.

Monday 3 February 2025 FAMILY LEARNING - Help your child grow and thrive!

Friday 31 January 2025 ?? Calling All Music-Loving Parents! ?? Do you play an instrument and have a little time to spare? We’re looking for enthusiastic parent volunteers to help with our lunchtime and after-school music clubs! Whether you play the recorder, drums, violin, keyboard, ukulele, or guitar, or another instrument, we’d love to have you share your skills with our young musicians.

Friday 31 January 2025 Guitar & Drum Lessons - Register Your Interest! Is your child interested in learning to play the guitar or drums? We are looking to recruit peripatetic teachers for these instruments, but this will depend on demand. If you’d like to see these lessons offered at South Grove, please email Ms. Forbes to express your interest. ???? musicbox@southgrove.waltham.sch.uk

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