South Grove Primary School

Thursday 11 June 2026 Year Four Commit to Sustainable Travel Year 4 have been working hard this week during their Walk to School Week. As part of our commitment to sustainable travel and environmental awareness, the children have designed incredible dual-perspective posters contrasting two very different types of urban environments. One side shows a pollinator friendly street and the other a harmful street. Can you see which is which&quest;

Wednesday 10 June 2026 Year Five Visit the Science Museum Year 5 enjoyed an exciting and educational trip to the Science Museum this week. During our visit, we attended a fascinating live demonstration called Mission to Space, which revisited some of the key concepts we have already studied in our Earth and Space topic. The children were able to recap their understanding of the geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system, as well as the important work of Galileo and how his discoveries changed our view of the universe.The show also introduced us to new and exciting scientific ideas. We learned about the vacuum of space through a series of engaging demonstrations, including a memorable experiment involving Mr Potato Head! The children also discovered how solar energy can be used to power spacecraft and explored some of the challenges astronauts face when travelling and living in space.Throughout the day, the children were enthusiastic, curious and eager to learn. They asked thoughtful questions and made excellent links to their prev

Friday 5 June 2026 Year Three get stuck in to their Science Topic

Friday 5 June 2026 Year 6 Prepare for their Fiver Challenge Last week, Year 6 planned out their Fiver Challenge! The Fiver Challenge is an entrepreneurial endeavour in which the children attempt to turn £5 into profit. In teams, they decide on a product, create an advertisement (poster), conduct market research and purchase and resell their goods at the Fiver Challenge Fair (18/5/26). Who will make the most money&quest; Who will be FIRED&quest; For now, here are their posters!

Tuesday 2 June 2026 Year Six are Bee Friendly! As part of Walk to School Week this year, Year 6 has been learning about what makes a street bee-friendly. A bee-friendly street is a healthy street with fewer cars and more flowers, making it safer for children to walk, scoot and cycle to school while also creating important habitats for bees and other pollinators.To share what we know, Year 6 designed colourful bee-friendly posters to encourage others to think about how they travel to school and how they can help pollinators. We also created our own pledges, promising to take actions such as walking or scooting more often, planting flowers for bees, and helping to keep our environment clean and healthy.

Thursday 14 May 2026 Year Four Multiply their way to Success The Year 4 team are incredibly proud of our fantastic pupils, who have been demonstrating outstanding dedication and enthusiasm as they prepare for the upcoming Multiplication Tables Check (MTC). Their hard work, resilience, and determination to master their times tables have been truly inspiring to see across both classrooms. As a reminder, the official MTC assessments will take place this June. Please continue supporting your children by practising their times tables at home daily in whatever format they prefer. You can also use timestables.co.uk and https://web.emile-education.com/. Going through them every day will help the children build the speed and confidence they need to achieve the very best results they can!

Thursday 7 May 2026 Year Four Explore Greek Literature Year 4 have been continuing their studies of ancient Greece by taking a deep dive into Greek literature. We learnt what comedies, tragedies and satires are and practiced our best facial expressions to go alongside these genres. Then we learnt about Sophocles and the role of a playwright in Athenian culture and then we spilt into 3 different groups with different groups to act out a play from each genre only using our hand gestures and masks - just like the Greeks! Ms Fontenoy

Wednesday 6 May 2026 Year Three See the Light In Science, we have been studying light. One of our lessons has been about sun safety and understanding that the UV rays coming from the sun are what cause damage to our skin. It is very important that when you are out in the sun, you protect yourself with sunglasses (with UV protection), a hat, protective clothing, and sunscreen — the higher the SPF, the better. It is also VERY important that we do not look directly at the sun, as that will damage our eyes. To help us look at the sun more safely, we created pinhole cameras to project a shadow onto a piece of paper.

Friday 1 May 2026 Year Three get Volcanic! This week, we finished our unit on volcanoes by completing a synoptic task. For this assignment, we drew Mount Etna and included surrounding details such as farms, tourists, scientists, and geologists.After finishing our drawings, we labelled the different activities taking place. For example, we showed geologists collecting lava samples and scientists traveling over the volcano to monitor signs of a potential eruption, such as temperature changes or the crater growing in size. We also wrote about how tourists visit volcanoes for activities like hiking and skiing. We have thoroughly enjoyed our lessons about volcanoes!

Tuesday 28 April 2026 Year Four Visited the Natural History Museum

Friday 24 April 2026 1W's Class Assembly We were treated to 1W's class assembly on Friday, ‘What is it made of.' Wow what an information packed assembly it was too! The children had done so many things based around the story of ‘The Tin Forest,' by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson. This is the story of a man who dreams of a real forest and builds one out of tin until finally one day it becomes a real place with trees, birds and animals.

Friday 24 April 2026 Year Five Adopt a Chef Year 5 took part in their first Adopt a School Chef session, where they explored a variety of unfamiliar foods, including chicory, samphire and rhubarb. They learned about the Eatwell Guide, identifying different food groups and discussing why each is important for a healthy diet. The session also introduced seasonal fruits and vegetables, helping the children understand what seasonal means and why it matters.To finish, the children enjoyed a tasting session where they were encouraged to try a range of foods. They used their senses to explore flavours, describing what they tasted and where they noticed the flavours most on their tongues. The children proudly wore their hats and aprons and are already looking forward to the rest of the sessions.Ms Hubbard

Friday 24 April 2026 Year Six Are Toy Makers Year 6 have begun a new computing unit this term called We Are Toy Makers. As part of this project, pupils will design and create their own programmable toys using the Micro:bit. In their first lesson, the children explored the different components of the Micro:bit, learning how each part contributes to its functionality. They then applied this knowledge by writing their own code, successfully turning the device into a step counter. Ms Marable

Monday 20 April 2026 Year Four's Spy Dance Last week, Year 4 continued their new dance topic, exploring interpretive dance and how dance can describe characters and stories without words. We have been focusing on acting like sneaky spies, using different levels and movements such as rolling across the floor and hiding actions.We started the lesson by recapping how to count beats in songs using our own spy-themed tunes. We then worked in pairs to create action-and-reaction routines, demonstrating how we can use a variety of movements to create exciting, action-packed choreography. Examples of the movements we used include tilting while our partners leaned, pushing and falling, and spinning around one another.Once we had finished creating our choreography, we performed to another pair to receive feedback on our unison, timing, and dynamics.

Friday 17 April 2026 INTERNATIONAL EVENING 2026

Thursday 16 April 2026 Year Three Read the Iron Man Back from the break and we are ready and raring to go as we finish our last term in Year 3!To help us prepare for our upcoming writing, we have started reading The Iron Man (no, not the Marvel one!). Before we began reading the text, we made predictions about what we thought the story could be about. We shared our thoughts, wonders, and used our imagination to think about what might happen.The first chapter was really interesting — it introduced us to the Iron Man, and we came up with some fantastic descriptions to describe him.

Thursday 16 April 2026 Year Four's Abstract Expressionism This term, our Year 4 students have stepped into the world of Abstract Expressionism as they begin their research on the legendary American artist, Jackson Pollock. To truly understand Pollock's focus on the process of making art rather than just the final result, our young artists took part in a unique sensory experiment. We explored his early interests in automatic drawing by creating our own "blind" versions of his work.By using only colouring pencils and, most importantly, closing their eyes, the children let their hands move freely across the paper. By removing the sense of sight, they were able to focus on movement, rhythm, spontaneity and emotions.Ms Lovell-Young

Monday 23 March 2026 Year Two's Stone Age Assembly 2026

Sunday 22 March 2026 Year 4 are Bloggers! Last week Year 4 continued their fantastic new Computing topic - We are Bloggers! Following our brilliant introduction to the Greek Gods in History, we were super excited to learn more about who the Gods were and how they were all friends and foes. Instead of simply teaching ourselves about the Greek Gods, we have instead created more in-depth blog posts to teach others about them on Google Sites. We first began by designing an eye-catching heading for our blogs as nobody wants to read something with no colour! Then we changed the fonts and added images so our audience knows who/what we are referring to. We have found out so many fun facts by learning in this way!

Friday 20 March 2026 Year Five Explore Christianity As part of their RE learning, year 5 have been exploring whether Christians can truly live by the values of Jesus in the 21st century. They focused particularly on the themes of love and forgiveness. Through discussions and real-life examples, they considered how people show love to others in everyday situations, reflecting on how qualities such as patience, kindness and humility can be shown in everyday actions and relationship. The class also explored Jesus' teaching that we should forgive others, even when it is difficult. They examined different scenarios and reflected on the challenges of forgiving someone who has hurt them. They were especially struck by the example of Jesus praying for those responsible for his crucifixion, showing compassion and forgiveness even in suffering. This helped deepen their understanding of how these values can still be relevant and meaningful today.

Friday 20 March 2026 Year 3 Focus on the Human Skeleton In our science topic we have been learning about the human body focusing on the skeleton. We discussed how when we are first born, we have 300 bones in our body and that they fuse together over time to create the 206 we have by early adulthood. Our skeleton helps us to move, stay standing and protects many of our vital organs. We used masking tape to map our skeleton on our body.

Friday 13 March 2026 Year Five's Science Week

Thursday 12 March 2026 Year Three's Trip to North Greenwich It is that time of the year the annual trip to North Greenwich to get Uber boat to Westminster to take in all the sites of London from the River Thames enjoying our incredible city. All excited and ready to go Year 3 set off on their journey from Walthamstow to Stratford to North Greenwich to Westminster! The children (and adults) thoroughly enjoyed riverboat ride taking in all the incredible landmarks that London has. The weather was well and truly on our side as we arrived at Westminster and made the journey across Westminster Bridge past the London Eye, and having lunch in Jubilee Gardens. When lunch was all done we made our way to South Bank Centre for a toilet break, then to Waterloo station and made the journey back to Walthamstow! It was a very enjoyable day, thank you so much to the parents that helped us with the trip too!

Thursday 12 March 2026 Year Six's Fantastic Science Week Year 6 had a fantastic time celebrating Science Week, which this year focused on the theme 'Curiosity: What's your question&quest;'. The children embraced the spirit of curiosity by asking thoughtful questions and explored the answers through a range of exciting experiments.

Wednesday 11 March 2026 Year Four's Science Week Year 4 had a fantastic time taking part in Science Week 2026! Throughout the week, the children explored different scientific ideas through fun and exciting experiments.

Thursday 5 March 2026 World Book Day 2026: Can you spot South Grove's own Wallys?

Thursday 5 March 2026 Year Three's World Book Day 2026 Year 3 had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day. The classrooms were filled with imagination and as children arrived dressed as their favourite characters from stories old and new. We were delighted to see magical witches from 'Wicked', brave superheroes ready to save the day, and several young witches and wizards from the worldof harry Potter.

Thursday 5 March 2026 Year Four's World Book Day 2026

Thursday 5 March 2026 Year Five's World Book Day 2026 Year 5 started the week with an exciting live lesson with Michael Rosen and friends, who took us on a delicious journey through food-related tales from around the world. The class were inspired to create their own tasty stories using creative storytelling prompts and a draw-along illustration activity, which they thoroughly enjoyed.

Friday 27 February 2026 3SH's Assembly was all About Settlements

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