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Tuesday 5 December 2023 SEND Ice-Skating @ Lea Valley Ice Centre || December 2023 On Tuesday 5th December, seven very excited children left to take part in an ice-skating festival. We arrived with plenty of time to relax and settle our nerves before putting our ice-skating boots and learning to walk in them. After we found our balance, we were taken through to the competition rink where we had three, highly-qualified instructors, lots of adults and even the center manager had come to support us.
Tuesday 5 December 2023 It all started as a normal school week….. Three weeks before Christmas, Mrs Hunter-Leitch had been busy gathering the Christmas decorations in the library and had put up that Christmas tree ready for the festivities.
Tuesday 5 December 2023 What a hoot!! Last Wednesday Nursery, Reception, Years 1 and 2 had a fabulous treat in the main hall where they met four feathery owls and their handlers from Night Owls.
Monday 4 December 2023 3H Assembly || Living together || November 2023 We were treated to an amazing 'Living Together' assembly on Friday where 3H shared their knowledge of what it means to be a part of a diverse community, both within school and the wider school community. They explained that being part of a community is important because it helps us to connect with different people.
Monday 4 December 2023 Year 3 Research local artists, Zahrah Hussain and William Morris
Tuesday 28 November 2023 UKS2 Girls A team football by Mrs Grant On Tuesday 28th November, Mrs. Grant along with Miss Summers ventured up to Goals in Chingford with nine very excited girls and one keen Feel Good ambassador to face the elements at the Waltham Forest UKS2 Girls Football competition.
Friday 24 November 2023 Disability Awareness Month Assembly || November 2023 written by Ms Spain
Friday 24 November 2023 KS1 Sportshall Athletics Competition || November 2023 Ms Edmonds and Miss McFarlane had the lucky pleasure of taking sixteen KS1 children to the Peter May Sports Centre to take part in a Sportshall Athletics Competition. In total, sixteen different Schools took part and there were six different events to participate in: Launcher, Jumpers, Pitcher, Stepper, Skipper and Bouncer.
Thursday 23 November 2023 The Big Climate Conversation This week, the Sustainability Reps did themselves and South Grove proud by attending and engaging in climate action for our local area.
Thursday 23 November 2023 Year 3's Living Together project As part of our Living Together project, the children created these amazing family tree research projects at home.
Monday 20 November 2023 Year 4 go back in time 4SH, once again, went back in time to the Stone Age, visiting the ancient Egyptian exhibition of the British Museum. Unfortunately, 4P had to cancel due to a staff outbreak of the mummy's curse, but this has been rescheduled for Monday 4th December.
Monday 20 November 2023 Nursery Learn about Diwali Nursery have been learning about Diwali this week and have enjoyed making Diya tea lights, out of salt dough. This is an excellent activity alongside things like playdough or Plasticine or clay to help develop fine motor strength and skills. To make a Diya lamp the children needed to roll a ball and then press their fingers to flatten it out and fit a candle inside. They then pinched the edges up to form a lip, so lots of skills involved. After the salt dough had been left to dry, the children chose colours to paint with and then eventually added sparkles using glue.
Friday 17 November 2023 Anti- Bullying Week- Make A Noise Against Bullying by Ms Spain What an amazing week learning about this important topic. One area we focused on was what is banter and how do we feel when things are taken too far... if we don't like something, make sure we tell someone. Make sure you MAKE SOME NOISE!! ??
Thursday 16 November 2023 Institute of Imagination Workshop As part of our sustainability STEAM collaboration with the Institute of Imagination, we had an exciting art workshop in year 3 this week. We used wire, junk modelling, pipe cleaners and collage materials to create balance sculptures in the style of the artist Alexander Calder's mobile sculptures. We even got to share our work over the internet with other schools around the country.
Thursday 16 November 2023 Geography Services in the Local Area In geography this week, year 3 looked at services in the local area. We then discussed whether we thought these services were essential or a luxury. We also discussed whether we thought services in other areas such as rural areas would be the same as our urban services.
Tuesday 14 November 2023 UKS2 Sportshall Athletics || Tuesday 14th November This particular trip is one that the children really look forward to. Arriving early, we took the time to prepare the children with advice on their particular events. Attentively, the children listened and those who had been lucky enough to take part in Sportshall Athletics before, offered words of advice.
Tuesday 14 November 2023 Year 2 have been learning to tell the time In Maths, Year 2 have been learning to Tell the Time using o'clock and half past. We also had the Institute of Imagination workshop. We had great fun using shapes and patterns inspired by nature and engineering 3D paper buildings.
Tuesday 14 November 2023 South Grove Bulb Planting and Allotment tlc In the Half Term holiday a group of families had fun in the Secret Garden tidying and planting bulbs. Here’s what one family had to say about it:
Monday 13 November 2023 Nursery Learning Gallery || 'All About Me' || Autumn 2023 Here is a photo gallery of some of our learning at Nursery this year. Our first topic is ‘All about Me’ and we spend time getting to know our adults, each other and ourselves. Here we are exploring our inside and outside environments, working on our fine and gross motor skills and engaging in a whole raft of activities carefully selected to help us develop in our learning and above all love learning at Nursery! Please have a look on the Nursery page at our Early Years Curriculum, our termly Curriculum overviews for parents and our Nursery Presentation for more information.
Monday 13 November 2023 Year 6 have this been directing and filming their own E-safety videos ‘last week in Year 6 we worked as teams to film our computing E-safety videos after planning them using our storyboards. We all chose a different year group as our audience to educate about the importance of saving safe online and provided tips on the best way to do this.’
Friday 10 November 2023 Poppies and other items for Remembrance Poppies are sold in preparation for Remembrance Day which is a time to remember those who died or were wounded in World War One and Two and in every war since. They will be available from later this week and all next week to purchase in school.
Thursday 9 November 2023 Reception Learn about Seasons and Festivals Last week in reception we learnt about seasonal changes and festivals. We also read the story of Pumpkin Soup and made our own story books. We looked carefully at a variety of pumpkins, vegetable squash, and used descriptive words to describe them and then used our observations to make still life paintings of them. We used different materials to make our still life pumpkin pictures and combined them to make a gigantic pumpkin. On Friday Ms Rice provided us with a recipe so that we could make and then try some pumpkin soup. .. yum!!!
Thursday 9 November 2023 Year 2 are Climbers In PE this week, we took out the large apparatus. We particularly enjoyed trying to climb the ropes and climbing on the wall bars. Lots of us reached the top of the wall bars but only Logan in 2F climbed to the very top of the rope! Our very own Spiderman!
Thursday 9 November 2023 Year 5 Learn about Jack Cornwell
Wednesday 8 November 2023 Year 1 are Celebrating Year 1 kicked off their new topic, Let's Celebrate, by dressing in clothes they would wear to a celebration. It was lovely to see the children show off their different outfits that are worn for celebrations from Eid to birthday parties. Many of the children brought party food and we were able to share where the foods came from and also try some! Thank you to the parents who were able to make or supply food for this special occasion, it really helped us to appreciate different cultures and to understand the role of hospitality in our community, as we were able to share food with other year groups. The children also had the chance to talk about a celebration that they have been part of outside of school and show photos they had brought in from home.
Wednesday 8 November 2023 Free swimming lessons for children! Anyone under 16 years can apply for the free swimming lessons. The deadline for applications is Friday 10 November, and the offer is limited to one voucher per applicant.Follow the link for more information, and follow Waltham Forest Best Start in Life Facebook page for more free and affordable sessions for children and families.
Tuesday 7 November 2023 Nursery go on an Adventure! || November 2023 'Nursery morning and afternoon children all met up for Nursery's Trip linked to their Transport topic. We enjoyed a bright day filled with sunshine at nearby Leyton Jubilee Park exploring the pirate ship and other play equipment. Thank you to our parents for supporting the children taking part.'
Tuesday 7 November 2023 PLM || 6th November 2023
Tuesday 7 November 2023 Year 5 are Wild Eco Builders In Year 5 this week, we took part in a second virtual workshop led by the Institute of Imagination. The theme this time was Wild Eco Builders where we looked at how the science of nature can inspire us to imagine creative solutions when designing architecture.
Monday 6 November 2023 Nursery Learn all about Cultures and Celebration Nursery have started their learning about different cultures in our community and the celebrations though out the year with a focus on Harvest. This is a celebration to give thanks to the land and to those who work on the land to collect the Harvest ready for winter. We used oil pastels to draw still life pictures of vegetables by looking at the colours and shapes we could see. We then chopped and cooked Harvest Soup and gave thanks to all the farmers that help us eat by growing food around the world.

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