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Thursday 26 February 2026 A 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 of Year 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 26 February 2026 Year 4 Practice their Tennis Skills For PE this week, we have started to learn Tennis skills. We have been using our balls skills that we were learning about last term to help us.This week, we focused on exploring how to handle the racket and how we control our body whilst holding one.We focused on control whilst using a tennis ball: tapping the ball up and down and then turning our wrists whilst alternating the racket face. Then, we moved on to bouncing the ball into the hoop using the racket ensuring the ball kept within our hoop. Some of the children found this very challenging but were very persistent. Finally, we ended our lesson with a rally.
Tuesday 24 February 2026 Girls Football Last Tuesday, nine girls from Years 5 and 6 went to Chingford Goals to represent the school in the UKS2 football tournament. Martialled by our super-skipper Ida, we swept imperiously through the group stage with some cracking goals from Bianca, Zainab and Janae. In midfield, we had out rock - Olivia - who was the heartbeat of the team and the non-stop energy of Connie and Emilia. Pola backed them up with great defensive play. We went into the quarter final with a record of four wins and one draw. In the quarter, we played Davis Lane. It was a tightly contested game with few chances and Rosie saved us with some great saves. However, with the last kick of the game, they somehow managed to squeeze in a goal and end our participation in the competition.
Monday 23 February 2026 Year 3 Retell Greek Legends This week in year 3 we have begun a new unit of writing. We learnt about the legendary Battle of Troy and the Trojan Horse. We learnt about Odysseus and his cunning plan to defeat the Trojans and take back Helena 'the face that launched a thousand ships!' We were given a series of pictures to sequence with our partner and to help our oracy we used stem sentences to retell the famous story. Some of us then took on the challenge to try and retell the story to the class without using the words umm or errr. It was pretty tricky! We are looking forward to learning more about this and seeing what amazing writing we can create.
Friday 13 February 2026 Chinese New Year -- Year of the Horse 2026
Thursday 12 February 2026 Year 3's Safer Internet Day 2026 This week in year 3 we celebrated E-Safety Day and took part in a variety of activies over the day. In the morning we discussed what the day was and how we can be safe and sensible online. This years theme was all about AI and how we need to be careful when using this online. We talked about things that we OK and not OK uses of AI, it can be fun sometimes but we need to think about how it would make someone feel. We also watched a live lesson from the BBC all about AI and how it works to create an app. Then in the afternoon we created posters to talk about how to be safe online
Thursday 12 February 2026 Year 4 see the Paddington Musical! "This week Year 4 had the privilege of getting to go and see the brand new Paddington Musical! So many of us had never been to the theatre and we were in awe of the set design and the costuming, especially how realistic Paddington was! We got to hear a fantastic range of musical numbers such as the 'Rhythm of London' (an amazing number that made us all very proud of being from London and representing the values of Paddington Bear), the Geographers Song (a great expression of the life of an explorer) and everyone's favourite 'M-M-M-M-M Marmalade!' Then we all had a tear in our eye watching Paddington's experiences of love and family.
Tuesday 10 February 2026 Year 4 Dodgeball Competition Last week 7 Year 4 pupils attended an exciting dodgeball festival organised by the Leyton Orient Sports Network. Children from a range of local schools took part, giving our pupils the opportunity to play friendly matches against different teams throughout the day. South Grove School proudly showed the 4Rs - respect, resilience, responsibility and readiness - by working as a team, supporting one another and demonstrating excellent sportsmanship. To make the day even more memorable we saw a fabulous double rainbow as we came back, adding a special moment to an already fantastic experience. The event helped build confidence, teamwork and our movement skills, we all had a blast!
Friday 6 February 2026 A Splendid Time on the Riverbank! Well done to 4Y for their fantastic class assembly on Friday 6th February!
Thursday 5 February 2026 Music and Movement Year 6 have been bringing music and movement together in an exciting dance project! The children have been choreographing their own group dances to Believer by Imagine Dragons, working collaboratively to create routines that show creativity, teamwork and confidence. They have been watching each other perform and recording their own dances, using the videos to reflect and make improvements to their technique, timing and expression. It has been fantastic to see their enthusiasm as they refine their performances.
Wednesday 4 February 2026 Year 4 Improve their Knowledge of Climate Change while Practicing their Computer Skills “Year 4 have been combing their new science knowledge of climate change with their computing skills. They have been monitoring the weather in Walthamstow over the last few weeks and then placed the information they have learned into an Excel spreadsheet. Using this data, they then described what the weather was like on a PowerPoint presentation and learned how to insert pictures behind the writing in preparation for making their own weather reports! Now Year 4 are climate change experts and meteorologists!”
Thursday 29 January 2026 Year 4 Study the Art of Claude Monet In Year 4, the children have dived even deeper into their captivating study of Claude Monet. Following our impressive collaborative rendition of 'Water Lilies' using vibrant oil pastels, the children have now elevated their work—literally! By expertly sculpting 3D water lilies from card, they have added a stunning new layer of texture and structural complexity to their Impressionist masterpieces. We are thrilled to announce that these beautiful creations will first feature in an upcoming assembly, and following that, they will be proudly available for everyone to admire around the school.
Tuesday 27 January 2026 Football-themed Competition "Year 4 proudly took part in a nationwide, football-themed competition run by Emile, putting their Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) skills to the test both in school and from home. The children enjoyed tackling football-inspired maths challenges, demonstrating excellent focus, teamwork and determination as they represented our school. Well done, Year 4! You really showed off the 4 R's!"
Wednesday 21 January 2026 Year 3 get Inspired by Abstract Art This week in year 3, we were inspired by abstract art. Abstract art is something that does not try to represent something realistically so sometimes it can look a little strange or odd. We took parts of a fossilled shell in its complex form and spilt it into a circle, a spiral, a curved line and radiating lines too. Using charcol we drew those first and then using chalk and pastels we decorated and blended them to give them an abstract look. Can you spot the different parts of the shell. Keep an eye out around school to see our fabulous fossil abstract art!
Friday 16 January 2026 Year 3 where visited by the School Nurse to talk about Personal Hygiene This week in year 3 we had a visit from the School Nurse to talk to us about personal hygiene. We learnt about the importance of making sure to keep clean which helps us to be healthy. Making sure that we wash our hands for 20 seconds (that's how long it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice), brush our teeth (twice a day) and not bite our nails (ew, think about where our nails go all day)! We then created posters about the new information we learnt from the workshop. Looking after ourselves keeps us healthy!
Tuesday 13 January 2026 Year 4 Enter the Enchanting world of Claude Monet In Year 4, we have embarked on an exciting artistic adventure, delving into the enchanting world of Claude Monet. We have been exploring the techniques that made his artwork so captivating, particularly focusing on the use of overlapping colours. Through our experiments, we have discovered how to create soft circles and delicate fine lines, which help to recreate the dreamy effects seen in Monet's famous pieces.
Friday 19 December 2025 A Winter Concert full of Sparkle and Celebrations! We were spoilt on the last day of term with A Musical Winter Concert created by Ms Forbes to showcase the wonderful music that the children have experienced and thoroughly enjoyed during the Autumn Term.
Friday 19 December 2025 GOODBYE EDWIN!
Friday 12 December 2025 Year 3 Mountains This week mountains and more appeared in year 3. The childrens projects look fantastic! We can tell a lot of time and effort went into creating many versions of famous mountains around the world.
Friday 12 December 2025 Nativity - Little Angel Gets Her Wings We were treated to two wonderful performances for our KS1 Nativity Play last week.
Wednesday 10 December 2025 Year 4: 'How to Survive a Bear Attack' Year 4 had a rawr-some time preparing for their next English writing unit 'How to Survive a Bear Attack' by showing off their fearsome acting skills! First we begin with the grand reveal that we would not be writing our instructions based on food like every other year but instead we would be immersing ourselves into the depths of the Alaskan Denali National Park . We watched a range of videos to help us understand the sights, smells and sounds that we may encounter on our strolls through the mountains. Next, we then watched a guide on how to survive a bear attack and learnt that bear spray is an essential item! As we watched these we took notes on what our experiences may be like in the forest to help inform our acting task. As we were so well-prepared we were able to transform into the most terrifying creatures in the National Park
Friday 5 December 2025 Year 3 Learn about Road Safety This week, in Year 3 we were very lucky to be visited by the Smart Brothers who taught us all about Road Safety. They reminded us that it is very important to be safe and sensible around roads. Being sure that we don't play ball games near the road because cars may not see us or the ball. Also looking for a safe place to cross too. It is very important to remember 4 rules when crossing ANY road. We need to STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! and THINK! We need to STOP! at the edge of road, we then need to LOOK! for traffic, next we have to LISTEN! for traffic and then THINK! is it safe to cross. We were inspired after to create our own Road Safety posters.
Thursday 27 November 2025 Year 4 Study the Human Form "Last week Year 4 continued their artwork based on the Human Body and form. We began by playing a game where one person per table came to the front and drew a person doing an action for their team to guess. This allowed the us to experiment with conveying activity and bodies in a new and exciting manner. Once our incredibly competitive game finished we then moved onto the main part of the lesson. Unlike in other weeks where we practiced mastering the human form using charcoal for shading and simple block line drawings; this time Year 4 drew their peers in as much detail as possible, making sure to include their facial expressions, clothing, hair and body language. We really enjoyed the opportunities to try different poses and how these impact how other people draw us!"
Tuesday 25 November 2025 The Friends of South Grove Family Disco
Tuesday 25 November 2025 Children in Need 2025 As a school we made Children in Need last that little bit longer by celebrating it last Friday and everyone looked very cosy in their pyjamas around school! In the assembly, led by Miss Young and Year 4, we learnt what the charity was for and how they help smaller charities and projects who work with children in the UK to help make their lives better and make sure that every child has the childhood they deserve.
Monday 17 November 2025 Year 3 are Adders and Subtractors This week in maths we are looking at adding and subtracting using exchanging. We used equipment to help us visually see the question and remember to regroup the ones into the tens columns. We will be moving onto drawing out the equations to help us understand how to exchanging more.
Tuesday 11 November 2025 Remembrance Day On Tuesday 11th November our Whole School Assembly focussed on Remembrance Day. Our Teaching Assistant Mrs Jane Lewis led the assembly as she is part of the Royal British Legion as a Standard Bearer. We were lucky to also have a colleague of hers, also a Standard Bearer, to help in the assembly.
Tuesday 11 November 2025 Year 4 took part in the 2 minute silence for Remembrance Day. This week, Year 4 took part in the 2 minute silence for Remembrance Day. We were inspired after the assembly lead by Mrs Lewis this morning. We discussed the significance of the red Poppy and about soldiers from the Commonwealth. At 11am, we went outside as a cohort and held hands in a circle to mark our respects.
Monday 10 November 2025 Year2 - 'Healthy Balanced' plates Year 2 in Art and Science designed some 'Healthy Balanced' plates.
Wednesday 5 November 2025 Year 3 Make Music with Science in Conductive Music Workshop Last week, our Year 3 pupils took part in an exciting Conductive Music workshop that blended creativity, technology, and science. The session was led by Miss Jones, a visiting teacher from conductivemusic.co.uk and organised by Ms Forbes as part of a special programme offered by the Waltham Forest Music Service.Using Makey Makey circuit boards, pupils connected probes to themselves, different body parts, and even a plastic ruler to turn them into unique sound sources. With each connection, they discovered how electricity and conductivity could be used to trigger notes, beats, and effects through computer software.Throughout the workshop, pupils applied their skills in Science, Maths, and I.T., learning about circuits, patterns, and coding logic while composing their own interactive music pieces. Each group experimented, collaborated, and performed their digital sound creations.
Monday 3 November 2025 Year 6's Ancient Egypt Topic Year 6 have been working incredibly hard on their Ancient Egypt topic this half term! The children created fantastic projects at home, showcasing their creativity and knowledge. Every child made a wonderful effort, and it was fantastic to see their projects proudly displayed in the hall for everyone to enjoy.
Wednesday 22 October 2025 Year 4 Visit the Epping Forest Visitor Centre
Tuesday 21 October 2025 Year 4's Egyptian Day Before the end of the half term, Year 4 took part in their Egyptian Day. The children came dressed up for the day. There were Pyramids, mummies, Pharaohs and even the River Nile.
Monday 20 October 2025 Year 3 - Egyptian Day - WHAT A DAY! Year 3 looked a tad bit different on Tuesday for Egyptian Day . Pharaohs, mummies and archaeologists galore appeared in year 3. The children all looked fantastic in their outfits and the projects were even more incredible! Mrs Sandhu and Mrs Grant have their work cut out for them picking a winner. Thank you too all the adults at home in their support in coming up with costumes and projects. We took part in different actives across year 3 and 4. We made a mummy, made a diorama, hieroglyphics and pyramid art! Here are some thoughts from some of the kids about Egyptian Day. ''My favourite activity was the pyramid art and dressing up.'' ''I really like the pyramid art because I liked colouring with the pastels and I really liked making the mummy''
Friday 17 October 2025 Year 5 Channel their Inner Archaeologists! Year 5 children have been channelling their inner archaeologists this week as they explored the fascinating world of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Using their knowledge of this ancient writing system, they created their own messages and artwork, carefully drawing hieroglyphic symbols to tell stories and spell out their names.
Thursday 16 October 2025 Year 4 Prepare for Egyptians Day 2025! Year 4 have loved learning about the Egyptians. This week we have enjoyed looking at each others projects and hearing all about them. We can't wait to show our parents and the school during our Egyptian Day next week!
Tuesday 14 October 2025 Year 3 study the poem 'Deux petits chaton visitant Paris' This week in French we put our knowledge of greetings into actions learning the poem 'Deux petits chaton visitant Paris' (Two little kittens visit Paris) We learnt the greetings and how to say my name is. Then we decorated some finger puppets and worked with our partners to show our poem to the class.
Friday 3 October 2025 Harvest festival celebrations
Friday 3 October 2025 Year 4 experience the Story of Seth and Horus As part of our History unit of Ancient Egypt, we have been reading the story of Seth and Horus in English. It was a very complicated action story so we explained the story to each other. After that, we role played the action in small groups.
Monday 29 September 2025 Year 3 are Number Recognisers This week in maths we have been focusing on recognising numbers to 1000. Working practically is a great way of visually seeing the different numbers and making them with our hands. We worked in partners to identify the 100s, 10s and the 1s in each number using place value counters and base ten equipment.
Thursday 25 September 2025 Year 3 Learn about Animal Nutrition This week in year 3 as a part of our Science unit on Animals Including Humans- focusing on nutrition and looking at where our different foods come from and what they can give us. This week we looked at the climate and how it effects the food that grow in the UK. We looked at where different foods come from either the UK or grown abroad. We were all surpirsed at just where a lot of where our food comes from.
Monday 22 September 2025 Year 4's 'Death of Osiris' Last week Year 4 began their new writing topic based on the ancient Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris. Before jumping into the main plot, we first read an example of a super cool action story set in the midst of the jungles to help introduce the features that we will be using for the next two weeks. We discussed how we need to use fast pacing, brave and strong characters, actions verbs, onomatopoeia and suspense to make the audience feel a range of emotions. Acting out the scenes in the jungle has made us super excited to see what fantastic ideas we come up with!
Friday 19 September 2025 Year 3 Explore the Land of the Pharaohs
Friday 19 September 2025 Year 6 explore advertising This term, Year 6 have been exploring the world of advertising in preparation for creating their very own E-safety adverts. The children began by reviewing a range of adverts, considering what makes them effective, memorable and persuasive.
Friday 19 September 2025 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' Assembly! On Friday, Mr Perna and some Year 6 children led the assembly on 'Talk Like a Pirate Day'. We discovered some fierce pirates from the past, such as Black Beard and Anne Bonny. We then learned (and practiced) some classic Pirate Lingo such as 'Ahoy!', 'Shiver me timbers!' and 'Matey!'.
Monday 15 September 2025 3G settle in to Key Stage 2
Tuesday 22 July 2025 Year 5 & 6 Girls Football On the 16th of July, 11 pupils from years 5 & 6 took part in a 6-a-side girls football tournament at Leyton Jubliee Park. The girls played amazingly and won their first two games! They won 2-1 against Thorpe Hall; then 4-0 against Jenny Hammond. Their third game was against Newport, who took the win with 1- 0; however, this was a very close game. The last match was against George Thomlinson, who won 2-0. Despite this, the girls tried their very best and have come away excited for when they take part in another football competition.
Friday 18 July 2025 Goodbye and Good Luck! Ms Furey – Ms Furey has been with us for 2 terms this year helping shape our youngest pupils and has worked really well within the EYFS team. The children thoroughly enjoyed the learning that she provided both indoors and outdoors.
Friday 11 July 2025 Super hot Summer Music Concert We were thoroughly spoilt on Friday with a fantastic Summer Music Concert organised brilliantly once again by Ms Forbes during Friday's whole school assembly that truly showcased the work that children across the school had been learning in Music.
Tuesday 8 July 2025 Year 2 Shine at Royal Opera House 'Create Day' On July 8th, our enthusiastic Year 2 pupils took part in the Royal Opera House's inspiring ‘Create Day', a celebration of creativity and children's rights. This year's event was linked to our Rights Respecting School theme, with a special focus on Article 31: the right to play.
Tuesday 1 July 2025 Year 5 are get out on the Water! Year 5 ventured across Zone 8 into Cheshunt and took part in a wide variety of activities at the Herts Young Mariners Base that focused on team building. A quick safety talk from the instructors and away we went! We took part in archery, raft building and bell boating. A firm favourite of the day was bell boating being that most of us took a lovely plunge into the lake on the lovely and sunny 33 degrees day! Thank you very much to the staff at the Herts Young Mariners base for a fabulous day!
Tuesday 1 July 2025 Get Excited for our New Classes!
Monday 23 June 2025 Year Six's Fiver Challenge! This half term, we took part in the Junior Enterprise Project and completed work towards our Fiver Challenge! We had to make a profit from £5, which was provided by the school. We made our business, created our business name, designed a logo, presented our sales pitch and sold our product on our stall during the Fiver Challenge Fair. It was such an enjoyable experience raising money for our end of Year 6 party! Along the way, we learnt a lot about finance helping us with life skills and how we can use these skills well beyond primary school!
Friday 13 June 2025 KS1 Quadkids Athletics competition On Friday 13th of June, a small group of KS1 pupils took part in an Athletics competition at the Feel Good Centre. They took part in 4 different events which were a long jump, sprint, howlers throw and a long distance run. All pupils put in 100% effort and Ms White and Ms George are very proud of the children's performance.
Friday 13 June 2025 1L's Fantastic Summer Class Assembly! 1L's class assembly is based on their Summer Topic: Plants and Flowers. The children showed immense confidence by proudly presenting their fantastic artwork, story-telling, singing, dancing and making their performances very enjoyable and engaging to watch.
Thursday 12 June 2025 3A's Class Assembly about WWII 3A put on a fantastic assembly all about the Second World War! they showcased all of the fantastic learning that has gone on over the past half term and even impressed us with two songs! It was such a pleasure to experience their beautifully written evacuee diary entries, Blitz artwork and were even treated to some VE celebration dancing. We learned all about what it meant to be an evacuee and also what it would have been like in Britain living through such a difficult time. Thank you 3A!
Thursday 12 June 2025 Year 6 have Another Visit from Project Zero "Last week, Year 6 were lucky enough to be visited by our friends at Project Zero again! We also got the opportunity to meet special guest, local rapper Kitch. He told us the inspirational story of his life with a stammer and how this impacted his education and mental health. We heard how he used writing as a means of communication when he felt that his voice was not enough to express what he was feeling. We also got to find out more about the beginnings of Project Zero itself and it's ambitious aims for the future of young people in Waltham Forest. We can't wait to see them again at the end of the school year!"
Monday 9 June 2025 Year 5 become civil Engineers! What better way to so start a week by building bridges. Metaphorically and literally, as part of our topic this term we looked at different types of bridge and what made them strong The structure of a bridge making sure it was strong and sturdy and be able to hold up items. We tried to make the longest bridge we could make using only one sheet of A4 paper. Then we followed a design brief to make a beam bridge to test how many cubes the bridge would hold. There were intense moment just seeing how many cubes could make it on top of of the bridge before they would collapse!
Friday 6 June 2025 Year 6 explore a most fascinating concept in biology- evolution! This week in Science, Year 6 have been exploring one of the most fascinating concepts in biology- evolution! The children have been learning about Charles Darwin and took part in an exciting Science experiment called ‘Battle of the Beaks'. As part of their learning about evolution and adaptation, the children used different tools to represent bird beaks and tested how well they could pick up various foods like seeds and raisins.
Friday 6 June 2025 Year 2 and 4P in 'Meet the Musicians' Workshop
Tuesday 3 June 2025 Year 5 Get Cooking What a return to year 5 for our final term! After our week we are well rested and ready to take on all the work and fun that is coming our way. We had our second session of Adopt A Chef with Chef Tessa. This week Chef Tessa helped us to improve to our knife skills using the claw method and the bridge method we applied these to cutting up various salad items. In our salad we chopped up: radishes, peppers, celery, cucumber and lettuce. We found some of the items easier to cut up than others. We couldn't wait to get these salads home and eat all!
Friday 23 May 2025 Year 4 are Fashionistas! Year 4 Fashion Day! This meant children coming to school in their very best outfits, presenting their research projects, and getting involved in some serious D&T. They made friendship bracelets using thread, beads and the power of friendship, and then upcycled old t-shirts into swanky new tote bags. Tote-ally awesome!
Friday 23 May 2025 Year 5's Quidditch and a Victorian Classroom Experience What a week! You knew it was last week before half term. We had participated in Quidditch and a Victorian Classroom Experience! Hogwarts came to South Grove, we flew high and far but don't worry no brooms were in sight, we played a slightly more 'muggle' version of the game! To round off all our fun learning of the Victorians we travelled back in time to 1895 to the Ragged School in Mile End to take part in activities about the Victorians, many of the children thoroughly enjoyed the classroom experience taught by the strict Miss Perkins who told us to sit up straight and only be spoken to when asked to speak! We practised the 3 R's, reading, writing and arithmetic! We are very glad that we are not in the Victorian era that is for sure!
Thursday 22 May 2025 UKS2 Girls Cricket
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Year 6 are Fairground Designers! "Following a busy SATS week, Year 6 have been hard at work on an exciting Fairgrounds-themed maths project ready to build their own next half term! As part of their learning, they took on the challenge of designing their own fairground attractions while working out real-world calculations like building fees, running costs, and potential profits. Using their maths skills, they budgeted carefully to make sure their rides were fun, affordable, and financially successful. It was a fantastic way to link maths to everyday life, and the students showed great creativity and problem-solving along the way."
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Year 3 Travel back to the 1940s! We travelled back in time last week to the early 1940s and spent a whole day as people from the WW2 era! Our World War 2 day was filled with fantastic activities which really helped us to deepen our knowledge and understanding of what that time period was like for those living through the war.
Friday 16 May 2025 Year post SATS fun! After weeks of hard work, focus and determination, our amazing Year 6 pupils completed their SATs- and what better way to celebrate their efforts than with a well deserved trip to the park!
Wednesday 14 May 2025 Help us recycle and raise funds for the School! We are now collecting bakery (bread/rolls/crumpets/pannini/bagels etc) plastic packaging (from all brands) including plastic trays, zipper bags and plastic packs. As well as any brand of plastic bread bags and closure tags. These will be sent to Terracycle for recycling and they will pay us £10 for each box weighing more than 2kg from now until July! Please drop these off into the Terracycle bins at the Ringwood Road gate or bring them to the office.
Monday 12 May 2025 Year5 are Cryptographers! This term in computing we have gone from the computing suite to the classroom. Out topic for the term is 'We are Cryptographers'. In the topic we are learning about how they're are different forms of communication and how messages are transmitted across distances. Last week we were blown away attempting Semaphore out of the field. Using red and yellow flags to form letters of the alphabet. This week it was a little bit dark as we were trying Morse-code using torches. We came up with messages to send each other and used the torches to help us. It was very tricky to send these message using the torches to make sure we could understand them and decode the message
Friday 9 May 2025 2F’s Living & Growing Assembly On Friday the hall was filled with all things creepy and crawly as we were treated to a wonderful assembly from 2F all about nature and especially about mini beasts. They opened with a a song, ‘If I were a Minibeast’ which they expertly signed using their Makaton knowledge.
Friday 9 May 2025 Year 4 Create Fabulous Slippers! This week, 4SH slipped into the world of textiles as they began creating their very own slippers! These they designed by themselves, with a target audience in mind, using their knowledge of product marketing. They seemed to enjoy doing it -- they spent the whole time in stitches. 4P have designed theirs this week, and will be creating them next week, so there are good things coming... or sew its seams.
Thursday 8 May 2025 Year 6 explore Computing Using Micro:bits
Thursday 8 May 2025 Year 2 - Explore Bugs and Art In Year 2 this week in Art we have been looking at the artist - Maria Sibylla Merian. We also designed a ladybird using different mediums. In D & T we designed our own 'Bug Hotels".
Thursday 1 May 2025 Year 6 Have Fun Revising for SATs Year 6 have been combining their knowledge and creativity as part of their SATs revision in Maths. To revise the properties of different 3D shapes, the children built their own models using art straws. Once built, they investigated key properties: counting vertices, edges and faces, and checking whether the faces were congruent.
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 Easter at the Together Space
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 Year 6 Explore the Tudors Year 6 continued to explore their fasinating new Tudors topic last week in a very dramatic manner by re-enacting a divorce! The children were provided a short scene between the tyrannical Henry VIII and his beloved wife Catherine, exploring the complexity of the emotions between the two; using their own historical knowledge to get into character. First they simply read the lines out to one another and then they were allowed to include a singular chair as their prop to increase the tension in the scene using different levels and types of body language.
Friday 31 January 2025 Year 3's Stone Age Cave Paintings Year 3 have been exploring Stone Age cave paintings. We looked at the symbols and animals they drew and how they used line, tone and shape to create this images.
Wednesday 29 January 2025 Reception become firefighters! After our visit to the Pump house Museum, on Wednesday we were able to compare and contrast the fire engines from the past with fire engines from the present, as two fire engines and their crews came to South Grove. We met the firefighters who told us about the equipment that they use and then they let us have a go at spraying water from the big hoses and sit inside the engine. We were so excited!
Tuesday 28 January 2025 Reception Explore the History of Transport In Reception we are continuing to learn about TRANSPORT and had a very busy and exciting week. Last week we learnt that in the PAST, vehicles looked and worked differently. We found out about steam trains and horse and carts and we were fascinated how differently things used to work in the past compared to the present day. Some of the children made a time line ordering the types of vehicles from different time periods. Then each class visited the Pump House local museum to see some vehicles from the past, this included tube carriages, a Penny farthing Bike and fire engines.
Tuesday 28 January 2025 Year 3 Visit the William Morris Gallery On Thursday and Friday, year 3 enjoyed a trip to the William Morris Gallery. We explored the museum, drew ideas inspired by nature and learnt how to relief print. We will be putting our fabulous prints up on our corridor display for everyone to see.
Friday 24 January 2025 Year 5's Fantastic Anglo Saxon/Viking Assembly! On Friday, the school was treated to a journey back in time to the days of the Anglo-Saxons, courtesy of 5A. Mr Andrew's class brilliantly narrated how the Saxons replaced the outgoing Romans in Britannia and how their culture flourished.
Thursday 23 January 2025 Year 5 Explore Space Art You can imagine after the week year 5 had, we were due some down time. To ease ourselves back into school after our incredible night at the O2 we completed our art work based on artist Peter Thorpe and his space themed Art. We designed out foreground and background to make our images pop! Using pastels and bright colours, these will be on display shortly for all to see soon!
Wednesday 22 January 2025 A Night to Remember: Year 5's Young Voices 2025 Trip to the O2 Year 5 students at South Grove Primary School made history this week by attending the Young Voices 2025 concert at the O2 Arena. This event was a first for our school in many years, and it will surely be remembered as one of the highlights of the year.
Tuesday 21 January 2025 The Big Garden Birdwatch Mr Combe shared his love of bird watching with the children during whole school assembly on Friday. The children were really interested and, perhaps for some, their first time interest was due to the feathery friends we had visit us a week ago. They were a pair of Egyptian Geese who arrived on our playing field and were very happy to spend time with us all during playtimes and lunchtimes with a line of small humans watching, fascinated as the geese pecked at the frozen grass.
Monday 20 January 2025 Year 5 are Space Explorers! As part of our topic this term Space Explorers we are looking at the artist Peter Thorpe. He is an Abstract artist from America who specialises in Space theme art. We looked at some examples of his work and noticed he uses the foreground and back ground to help elevate his pictures. We then planned our own versions of his art work taking inspriation from his examples. Making sure we thought about what to put in the background of the image compared to the foreground. We want our rockers to stand out from the page in the foreground. We had to be sure our colours were not the same on our images as we do not want to the two sections of our picture to clash. We are looking very forward to putting these pieces together in our upcoming art lessons.
Wednesday 15 January 2025 Year 4 see the Lion King! This week, Year 4 (plus some guests) prowled into Central London to see the Lion King stage show! Most had never experienced anything like this before, but they'd be lion if they said they didn't have an amazing time! Unfortunately, we didn't get back to school until 6:30pm, so I suppose I'll have to train the kids to Mufasa on their feet...
Monday 13 January 2025 Royal Opera House's virtual opera and ballet workshops Our Year 4 and 5 students had an unforgettable experience participating in the Royal Opera House's virtual opera and ballet workshops, featuring Alice Through the Looking Glass and The Magic Flute. The children were thrilled to see professional ballerinas and singers performing live, inspiring them to try their hand at dancing and singing. They also enjoyed exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpses into the world of opera and ballet, learning how these magical performances come to life. It was a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the arts and explore their own creativity.
Monday 13 January 2025 Year 5 - What matters most to Christians and Humanists? This term in RE we are studying 'What matters most to Christians and humanists,'' To start off this topic we talked about our different rules for life and why they matter. As a class we came up with different reasons for why rules matter and who they help. We decided that rules are useful because they help us in our everyday to do the right thing and be safe. We also came up with new rules that if everyone followed them they would help us to have an easier life. Good rules we thought would be to be kind to one another, help each other out when they are struggling, have no war and only peace and we think one that might be a top favourite for some, shops have to give away free items to families once a week to help them.
Friday 10 January 2025 Year 6 make their own 'Green City'! Taking inspiration from London and Curitiba, Year 6 made their own ‘Green City’ with sustainable materials to show how to make urban living better for everybody! The children completed their projects at home as an ending to their topic in Geography. They are all fantastic and it will be very hard to choose the winner!
Thursday 9 January 2025 Year 4 explore the story of King Midas and the Golden Touch This week, Year 4 began their journey into myths by looking at the story of King Midas and the Golden Touch. As it's a dramatic story, we thought we Midas well act it out too! This is a great way to embed the story in their minds which will aid in writing their own versions of the tale next week!
Thursday 9 January 2025 Year 3 explore Henri Matisse We have been looking at the French artist Henri Matisse. We looked carefully at the shapes and colours contained in his art work then we drew it and wrote sentences in French to describe his wonderful work.
Thursday 9 January 2025 Happy new year!
Thursday 19 December 2024 A Fabulous festive family concert! On the last day of term, Thursday 19th December, South Grove staff, children and parents/carers were in a very festive mood! And, oh my goodness, Ms Forbes certainly pulled out all the stops for her first festive concert with huge success! She ensured that the content of the concert would put everyone in a very good festive and holiday mood by the end and brought out some amazing performances by the children!
Tuesday 17 December 2024 Year 5 Feel the Force! The last week of term is finally here (cheered Mrs Grant and Mr Andrews) but first to learn some science. We had some fun filled days learning about different types of forces. We identfied such forces as push and pull and using new terms such as air resitances and buyonacy to describe an items forece. We measured objects weights and mass using Newton meters and to finish it all up we created some parachutes from plastic bags to test their air resistnace. To round out the week we also had Jolly Jumper Day and we turned up in our jolliest outfits ever!
Friday 13 December 2024 Year 3 Create Family Trees For their homework project, the children made family trees to learn more about what makes a community. As they worked, they explored how their families connect to others and how those connections create a sense of belonging. Tracing their roots and mapping out relatives helped them see the different ways people come together and support each other. It also got them thinking about how families, no matter how different, play an important role in building a strong and caring community.
Friday 13 December 2024 Anglo-Saxons and Vikings take over Year 5! What a day! Year 5 were nowhere to be seen for they had been taken over by Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Now not a worry it was a very peaceful day up in year 5 between the two tribes known for some awful activities in the past but this was put aside for today. The children worked beautfuly in their pairs to create a cam toy inspired by the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. We then showcased our outfits to the other classes, before we then came upstairs after lunch to design our our Norse God. A very fun day but I am certain Mrs Grant and Mr Andrews were happy to have their students back the next day.
Thursday 12 December 2024 The Nativity!
Thursday 12 December 2024 Recycle with TerraCycle®'s Green School Project We're excited to share some fantastic news with you all! South Grove Primary School has started to recycle with TerraCycle®'s Green School Project. Contributing to it helps our school raise funds and teach the importance of recycling to empower future generations to take action at no cost to you!
Tuesday 10 December 2024 Year 4 Grab a Slice! This week, Year 4 grabbed a slice of the action by designing and making their own healthy pizzas! This means a healthy balance of protein, carbohydrates, fat and veggies in every bite. They had an amazing time being little chefs—I'm positive they'll jump at the chance to help out in the kitchen at home...
Friday 6 December 2024 Year 1 visited St Saviour's Church Year 1 visited St Saviour’s Church this week, to embed their learning about a Place of Worship which is important to Christians. Father Salvador was very impressed with Year 1’s knowledge about the sacred artefacts they would find in a Church, and also their behaviour in an important place. They really were ambassadors for showing respectful attitude. Well done Year 1. Year 1 also got to experience what singing in a Church would feel like, as they performed their Christmas song to Father Salvador.
Thursday 5 December 2024 Year 4 Conducted an Eggcellent Eggsperiment! This week, Year 4 conducted an eggcellent eggsperiment. The plan was to investigate how different can drinks affect our teeth; however, since (thanks to the prohibition of corporal punishment in 1986) we aren't allowed to remove children's teeth, we used boiled eggs! Eggshells possess a very similar chemical composition to teeth, you see. So far, the eggs seem to be reacting to the different liquids; releasing some rather interesting smells! We'll keep you updated.
Wednesday 4 December 2024 Year 3 Finish their Walthamstow leaflets After weeks of hard work, we are so excited to announce that we’ve finally finished our amazing Walthamstow leaflets!
Tuesday 3 December 2024 Year 5 Prepare for Anglo Saxon/Viking Day To prepare for our Anglo Saxon/Viking Day we have been looking at cam toys in Design and Technology. A cam toy uses hand-powered mechanisms to create cyclical motions that animate a scene. We have designed Anglo Saxon/Viking character/scenes to go on top of our toy. We looked at the different parts of the toy to understand how it moves where it turns rotary movements into linear motion, we have also looked at different cam shapes to help us decide which was our scenes will move. The shape of the cam effects the up and down movements it will make. Stayed tuned for the next weeks edition of the newsletter to see how our toys turned out
Monday 2 December 2024 Human Rights Assembly
Friday 29 November 2024 Year 1 Retell the Story of Stick Man Wow! Incredible writing Year 1. After learning the ‘Stick Man’ story by Julia Donaldson using a story Map and Talk for Writing strategies, Year 1 retold the story of Stick Man all by themselves. It is incredible how much progress they have made this half term already. What good foundations they made in Early Years and how resilient they are at attempting tricky things. We also furthered our Design and Technology skills by creating a moving picture of Stick Man using split pins to create movement. We are looking forward to creating a background and adding a mechanism to make them move like puppets.
Friday 29 November 2024 Year 4 Explore the Digestive System! This week, Year 4 learned all about the digestive system. Learning about all of the organs involved was really intestine their memories—thankfully, they had the stomach for it! They were particularly impressed to find out that their stomachs contain an acid strong enough melt metal! Iron't you glad we've got a protective mucus layer to stop it melting us?
Thursday 28 November 2024 Year 5 discuss Human Rights To help us prepare for the whole school assembly on Human Rights. In year 5 we talked about the different Rights of a Child and what they meant to us. We discussed different rights and mentioned how they were rights that we needed and why they were good to have in the world. We then designed a symbol that depicted a Human Right and talked about what it meant to us. We believe in year 5 is that everyone should be recognised and treated fairly all around the world no matter where they are from or where they live.
Wednesday 27 November 2024 Year 6 participated in the Institute of Imagination's 'Wild Cities' Workshop "Last week Year 6 participated in the Institute of Imagination's 'Wild Cities' Workshop where we learned all about sustainable architecture and buildings across the world that have been inspired by different animals. We used what we learned to then create our own sustainable buildings made out of Lego and junk materials. We used the animal and building type cards to create a frog inspired school, butterfly hospital and shark football stadium. We can't wait to use these buildings are inspiration for making our own cities based on Brazil!"
Friday 22 November 2024 5G's Class Assembly The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
Friday 22 November 2024 Year 3 Explore Walthamstow In our English lesson this week, Year 3 have been busy exploring the amazing area of Walthamstow and all the cool places it has to offer. They’ve been jotting down notes about the buzzing market, the beautiful park, and even a museum full of incredible art! Now they’re turning those notes into awesome paragraphs to show off just how exciting Walthamstow really is. Want to know more? Take a peek at what they’ve written—it’s packed with fun facts and great ideas!
Friday 22 November 2024 Year 6 Choose Respect For Anti-bullying week, Year 6 were lucky enough to take part in a live lesson taught by the BBC.
Friday 15 November 2024 Year 3 Investigate Local Street Art In Year 3, we have been investigating local street art and discussing its meaning.
Friday 15 November 2024 ANTI-BULLYING WEEK ASSEMBLY 2024 Our whole school assembly on Friday, led by Year 4, celebrated Anti-Bullying Week and the theme was children making the right choices to Respect everyone. We were shown some really thought provoking video clips about making right choices and understanding what respect and bullying mean.The children then shared what they had been doing in each Year Group.
Tuesday 12 November 2024 Year 5 Study the Story of Beowulf This term in English, we have been studying Beowulf. Beowulf is story with Anglo Saxon origins from Denmark. It tells the tale of an awful creature names Grendel who terrorises the land. He causes havoc and chaos where he goes, Hrothgar the leader has built a massive Meade hall called Heorot. After Grendel has caused carnage, he looks to find a way to have all the madness ends. In enters Beowulf, a warrior who claims he will slay the dreadful creature. We did some role-play, acting out a scene with Hrothgar and Beowulf. We worked on our tone and sound of our voice to get touch with our characters. Take a look at the video to see some of this scene in action!
Monday 11 November 2024 Year 5 to Honour Remembrance Day This week in year 5 to honour Remembrance Day, we studied local naval soldier Jack Cornell, who was born in Leyton in 1900. We learnt that he was one of the youngest soldiers to take part in WW1. He was a naval solider and fought at the Battle of Jutland in Denmark on the ship HMS Chester, manning the guns on the ship. He was also one the youngest recipients of the Victoria Cross for his outstanding bravery in battle. Inspired by him receiving this award, we created our own medals in year 5 that we would award for good deeds, bravery, kindness, and many more.
Friday 8 November 2024 Year 3 Consider: 'What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?' In our RE learning this term, we will be looking at the unit title ' What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today'. As part of this, we looked at two children, and how they show their faith in God through puja, Hindu worship. We set up a puja tray and used our senses to discuss each of the items and what we thought they could be used for. We then drew each item and wrote about what they are used for.
Friday 1 November 2024 Naturally Natural! Ms Montgomery and Miss Maltwood took a very excited group of children to The Natural History Museum on Tuesday 15th October. We had been invited there as we are very lucky to be selected to be involved in a project called ‘The National Education Nature Park Programme’ which aims to embed nature-based learning in the curriculum, and encourage children and young people all over the country to take action to improve their site for people and wildlife.
Friday 1 November 2024 2DM: What have we been up to this week? In Year Two this week in PE we have been balancing and holding shapes. In Science we have been investigating what would be the best suitable material for Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole to use as a bandage to help injured soldiers.
Monday 21 October 2024 Year 3 - All about Badgers In our English lessons, the children have been writing a non-chronological report on badgers. They have been focusing on organizing their information into paragraphs. They have included facts about a badger's appearance, where it lives, what it eats, and interesting features like their nocturnal habits or how they live in setts (underground burrows).
Monday 21 October 2024 Year 4 Egyptian Day! This week, Year 4 brought Ancient Egypt to the school—and I don't mean they brought their mummies!—for Ancient Egyptian Day! Just look at their amazing costumes that they made/prepared at home. Among other activities, the children made Canopic jars out of clay, just in case they one day need to store some loose organs. Good thing none of the artefacts we've handled were cursed; no one wants a re-enactment of Ghost with Tutankhamun's shrivelled apparition!
Friday 18 October 2024 Year 5 explore the Landmarks of London London Landmark Projects are back again in Year 5! After all our research, our art work and our trip into London to see all these incredible landmarks we were definitely inspired to make these projects one of a kind! From the London Eye to the British Museum and even the infamous Red Telephone Box, the children have worked incredibly hard to make these stunning pieces! The children will showcase their projects next term and a winner will be chosen by each class, but the overall winner will be chosen by Ms Maltwood, I don't know about you but I surely don't envy being her when it comes to choosing one! Thank you to the parents for all your help to in creating these projects too! Can you work out which landmark is which?
Monday 14 October 2024 Year 6 Visit the V&A Last week Year Six ventured all the way to South Kensington to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum to observe real Greek Pots! We first completed a tresure hunt where we found out what year the pots were from, the location they were excavated and their key features. Once we had taken note of all of these things, we then sketched our favourites in preparation for making our clay versions.
Monday 14 October 2024 Year 6 Explore Advertising In Year 6, we have been reviewing existing adverts and promotional films to help guide us in making our own advert to promote online safety. Last week, we sourced a range of media from the internet (taking into consideration copyrighting) and this week we videoed our footage. We are having so much fun creating them and can't wait for you to see the finished videos!
Friday 11 October 2024 Year 3 Learn all about Flowers In year 3 this week in science, we have identified and labelled the names of the different parts of flowers and their jobs. We also looked at the life cycle of flowering plants.
Thursday 3 October 2024 Year 3 are Programmers! As part of our unit 'We are programmers' in Computing, we have been learning to use the programme scratch. In our lesson this week, we were creating characters and dialogue for our animation. We learned the keyword 'decomposition', which is when you break a big task into a series of smaller tasks.
Thursday 3 October 2024 Year 5's Annual Trip to North Greenwich!
Wednesday 2 October 2024 Year 6 Recreate the Battle of Marathon! 'Last week year 6 recreated the origins of London's favourite race , the Marathon! We learnt how the heroic Pheidippides ran an entire 25 miles from Marathon to the city of Sparta to inform the soldiers of their victory in the Peloponnesian War - almost as long as the walk from the mobile classrooms to assembly! We created a range of freeze frames and actions that matched the narration that was read aloud to us to improve our speaking and listening skills. Our favourite part was re-enacting Pheidippides' incredibly dramatic death following his announcement! After this, we then heard about the evil deeds of King Xerxes of Persia and how he failed at winning war against the Greeks.
Monday 30 September 2024 Year 3 Design Posters
Friday 27 September 2024 Year5 - Tiddalick the Frog This week we have been role playing the story of Tiddalick the Frog. This is s story from the dreamtime in Australia talks about how Australia got its rivers. The children worked together to choose which characters to be in the story and act this out. Using this experience we will soon begin rewriting the story changing up the characters and items that are in the original piece
Friday 27 September 2024 Year 6 are Learning about Ancient Greece In Year 6, we are learning about Ancient Greece. In English, we are studying different Greek myths and we are working towards writing our own. In Topic, we have been looking at the Ancient Greece timeline and this has led us onto looking at different Greek artefacts. We have started designing our own Greek pots and later on we will be making them.
Thursday 26 September 2024 LKS2 Racket Pack (Badminton) This week, some lucky Year 4 students got to attend a Racket Pack Festival at the Peter May Sports Centre. This consisted of various badminton-themed games to acclimatise the children to both the racket and the shuttlecock. They had a great time running, swinging and throwing their way around the centre—a grand day all around. I imagine after this they'll be calling it goodminton!
Tuesday 24 September 2024 KS1 Children's Cross Country Race Miss Anderson and I had the lucky privilege of taking 16 amazing children to The Peter May Sports Centre to compete in the Key Stage 1 Cross Country Competition.
Sunday 22 September 2024 Take Part in Tour De Waltham Forest! The Tour is our annual family cycling fun day, with lots of family-friendly activities and guided cycle rides through the borough. Tour de Waltham Forest 2024 will take place on Sunday 22 September at Fellowship Square (E17), to coincide with World Car Free Day.
Wednesday 18 September 2024 Year 4 travel to Egypt!
Monday 16 September 2024 Year 3 explore are techniques In year 3 this week we have looked at line drawings and how to show movement underwater. We drew different sea creatures and also completed colour washes in preparation for our sea scape collages.
Friday 13 September 2024 YEAR 5 Learn about Fire Safety This week in Year 5, as part our PSHE curriculum, we have been learning about keeping safe with a focus on Fire Safety. We were lucky enough to have a visit from the education team from the London Fire Brigade.
Friday 19 July 2024 Goodbye Miss Tomlin...
Friday 19 July 2024 Goodbye Ms Spain...
Friday 12 July 2024 1A ASSEMBLY - Food glorious food Last Friday we were so lucky to see Year 1A 's assembly.. What a treat it was!! It all started with their own version of Handa's Surprise called Inayah's Surprise, adapted to our school in London, instead of fruits from Africa as in the original story. The children then showed where the fruits are found on the map of the world. Mr Andrews is certainly improving our mapping skills!
Monday 8 July 2024 Rights Respecting; Going for GOLD
Friday 5 July 2024 Music Assembly 2024 What an amazingly melodic assembly we were treated to on Friday brilliantly organised by Ms Forbes! The assembly opened with Oisin and Eisa confidently playing "I Got the Fiddle Blues" on the violin as the audience arrived. Following this, sisters Mamediarra and Awa welcomed the audience with a drumming demonstration, leading into a powerful performance of "High Hopes" by the drum club, who played some complex rhythms over a backing track.
Thursday 4 July 2024 News Flash !! Please take a look at our Presentation on Going For Gold We are a Rights Respecting School and we love all of our Rights :)
Wednesday 3 July 2024 Year 6 had an exciting time at Herts Young Marine Base Year 6 went on their exciting end of year trip to Herts Young Marine Base (HYMB)! We took part in a range of activities which were Bell Boating, Archery, Caving and Raft Building. We had so much fun!
Wednesday 26 June 2024 Year 6 - Two Action Packed Weeks! The last two weeks have been action packed for Year 6! The week before last we created our Sky Arts weeks videos based on two scenes from the Secret Garden. We were given the choice between either the super creepy scene with the owner of the house, or the joyful garden exploring scene. We chose the lighting, filters and camera angles to make these the most effective for the audience and then used our editing skills even better! Following this, last week we participated in our school wide Quidditch competition where we represented our teams in some (very warm) matches. We used our team working skills to earn as many points as possible for our team captains who bravely announced the scores to the school.
Monday 24 June 2024 Silver Rights Respecting School Award
Monday 24 June 2024 OUTSTANDING CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! It is with great pleasure that I am presenting our Ofsted Report following our recent 2 day Inspection on 21st and 22nd May.
Friday 21 June 2024 Nursery Assembly - Summer 2024 On Friday, the main hall was alive with very excited ladybirds, caterpillars and a whole range of animals, ready to entertain the packed audiences of eager parents and carers.
Friday 21 June 2024 KS1 Value Games Miss McFarlane and Mrs Monaghan had the lucky privilege of taking 30 Year 2 children to the Peter May Sports Centre to take part in a Value Games Festival. They were put into different value groups and got to compete in 4 different events ranging from Athletics, Speed cup stacking, Lacrosse, Handball, Dance, Cricket, Boxing, Rugby, Orienteering, Tag games, Archery and Badminton. They had a very inspirational fun filled day. It was lovely because we also saw the Feel Good Ambassadors from South Grove leading some of the events.
Friday 21 June 2024 KS1 Quad Kids Miss Edmonds and Miss McFarlane had the pleasure of taking some KS1 children to the Feel Good Centre to take part in the Waltham Forest Athletics borough competition Quad Kids. The children individually had to compete in 4 different events: 50m sprint, 300m jog, howling and long jump. Due to the torrential rain, sadly the children did not get to complete in all 4 events. They were only able to complete 2 events.
Thursday 20 June 2024 Year 3 got creative for Sky Arts Week This week, year 3 had a fantastic creative time. As part of Sky Art's Week, the children discussed the theme of connection. They looked at story illustrations and landscape paintings and imagined that they could jump inside them. Then they created doodle landscapes and also looked at changing colour in landscapes.
Wednesday 19 June 2024 Year6 are Junior Entrepreneurs! This half term, we took part in the Junior Enterprise Project and completed work towards our Fiver Challenge! We had to make a profit from £5, which was provided by the school. We made our business, created our business name, designed a logo, presented our sales pitch and sold our product on our stall during the Fiver Challenge fair. It was such an enjoyable experience raising money for our end of Year 6 party! Along the way, we learnt a lot about finance helping us with life skills.
Monday 17 June 2024 Refugee Week 2024 - 17th - 21st June
Friday 14 June 2024 5G's Class Assembly Well, we certainly did go back in time during Friday’s class assembly. We entered the hall into a Victorian Classroom…..we had a whistle stop tour of life in Victorian times for children and adults.
Friday 14 June 2024 Year 6 Visited Mission Grove School Last week Year 6 went to visit our friends at Mission Grove School as part of Waltham Forest's Junior Citizens programme. We got to hear fantastic range of talks from the people who teach us to be responible citizens such as the Fire Brigade, the Police, Transport for London and Project Zero. The highlight of our trip was getting to roleplay scenarios that could happen on public transport on a real life bus! Additionally, we spoke to Leyton Orient about our feelings towards the transition to secondary school and just how much homework we might recieve! Overall, we certainly feel a little more prepared for life beyond primary school.
Wednesday 12 June 2024 Mini Tour De Waltham Forest On Wednesday 12th June, eight experienced cyclists from UKS2 went to Leyton Jubilee Park to take part in the borough’s cycling competition: Mini Tour de Waltham Forest.
Friday 7 June 2024 1L's Class Assembly 1L delighted the audience on Friday with a very colourful assembly on their recent learning. They went to the Olympic Park to look at the wild flower gardens where they were able to identify lots of different flowering plants and insects in the bug hotels that had been created.
Friday 7 June 2024 KS2 Quadkids Athletics On Thursday 6th June, our largest team of thirty-two children left South Grove and headed to the Feel Good Centre. It turned out to be a glorious day and perfect weather for the children to compete in.
Friday 24 May 2024 UKS2 Boys Dynamos Cricket On Friday 24th May, a group of selected UKS2 pupils went to a cricket competition two days after we had just had Ofsted in. We left South Grove at 8:55am and once we arrived we practiced our batting, bowling and fielding skills.
Friday 24 May 2024 Year 6 Explore Islamic Art
Friday 24 May 2024 Year 1 get Inspired by Klimt We are thrilled to share with you the highlights of an extra busy but exciting week! Your children showcased their talents and hard work in a way that made us all extremely proud, particularly during the OFSTED visit. Their enthusiasm and dedication truly highlighted the best of Year 1! During the week we focused a lot on Art and Science, drawing inspiration from the renowned artist Gustav Klimt. We really enjoyed looking at his beautiful paintings of flowers, and the children had lots of opportunities to draw and paint their own. The results were lovely! The children’s artwork was not only creative but also reflected their understanding of Klimt’s unique style. In our Science lessons this week we learned about deciduous and evergreen trees. The children enjoyed discovering the differences between these types of trees and identifying them from a range of examples. In Maths, we continued our exploration of place value and their progress has been really positive, and we are d
Friday 24 May 2024 Year5 Visit the Ragged School Museum To complete our learning this term about the Victorians, this week, year 5 travelled back in time to Mile End 1874 to attend the Ragged School Museum founded by Thomas Barnardo in the late 1870s. Children took part in real life Victorian School lesson by teacher Miss Perkins, who told us to sit up straight and not slouch. Speak only when spoken to, to learn from our mistakes and commented on our impeccable handwriting. We also experienced a Victorian style kitchen/bedroom where sometimes up to 8 people would all sleep in the same room and all life would happen in this room. Sleep, eat and work! We could all agree we think school and our kitchens and bedrooms are a lot nicer today than it was in the time of the Victorians. We finished up our visit with a lovely walk down Regents Canal in the sunshine!
Friday 24 May 2024 Year 3 Learn about Shadows In our science learning this week, we have been investigating the best material to make shadows. We were given a brief about Isaac, whose baby sister finds it difficult to sleep at night due to too much light getting in. We were then tasked with finding the best material to make curtains. Through our learning, we discovered materials are either transparent, translucent or opaque. With this in mind, we knew we needed our curtains to be made from an opaque material. We then tested which ones were best at blocking the light.
Thursday 23 May 2024 Year 6's Commitment to Sustainability On May 23rd, some of our Year 6 children- who are incredible change agents- lead a presentation to schools around the country and in different parts of the world to tell them all about our commitment to Sustainability and just what our little Sustainable Market means to us.
Wednesday 22 May 2024 Year 6 have a visit from Project Zero
Friday 17 May 2024 Year 3 took part in World War II Day On Friday, the children were able to dress up as part of our World War II day. They took part in a range of activities so they could fully immerse themselves as though they were children during this time. They were fortunate enough to have a guest speaker who was a child during this time. Although the children have studied diary entries and letter writing from the perspective of a child, it was great for them to hear first hand the experiences of Rosalie (Mrs Vallance and Ms Mullins Mother). We were so grateful that she could volunteer her time to speak to us. A huge thank you from all of year 3!
Friday 17 May 2024 3B's Class Assembly 3B delivered a fantastic assembly all about the Second World War
Friday 17 May 2024 Year 6 have fun in St Jame's Park It was an exhausting week for Year 6 as the children completed their SATs! They were all well prepared for the tests and have worked extremely hard. The adults in Year 6 are extremely proud of them! As a reward for all their hard work, we went to St James Park just to have fun! Take a look at our pictures which show just how much fun the children had!
Monday 6 May 2024 Year 5 Adopt a Chef! Year 5 taking part in a special program over the summer term. Adopt A Chef is a charity based program run by the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, which helps children to develop healthy eating habits and encourages an enthusiasm and interest in food, cooking, food provenance and sustainability, as well as giving an insight into the hospitality industry. So far each class has completed two sessions with Chef Tessa. She has taught us a few things already and we are very keen for the future lessons to happen. In our first session we had a variety of food to taste test (honey, chicory, rhubarb, lemon, samphire, bread and tomato). We used our senses to help work out if a food was bitter, sour, sweet, salty or umami. Do you know what umami is? We marked this on a image of a tongue to show where we felt these tastes. Some items were liked better than others. Our second session we took to the practical room and it was knives out! We had some salad products (lettuce, pepper, radish, celery
Monday 29 April 2024 KS1 Tennis Festival Ms Edmonds and Miss McFarlane had the great privilege to take fifteen KS1 children to a Tennis Skills Festival at Ridgeway Park Tennis Centre.
Tuesday 23 April 2024 LKS2 Mini Tennis Festival On Tuesday 23rd April, two teams from year 4 participated in a tennis competition at Ridgeway Park. We played lots of games and practised our tennis skills. Amazingly, Team A made it to the quarter finals where they played Greenleaf. The score was 2-2. This meant that we progressed to the semi-finals where we played Ainslie Wood. Unfortunately, we lost 4-0.
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 Music assembly On Friday morning, we were treated by a fantastic music assembly organised and showcased by 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!!
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 3's Science Day - March 2024
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’.
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!
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.
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.
Thursday 21 December 2023 Community News & Events
Tuesday 19 December 2023 Goodbye and Good Luck! On Thursday we say Goodbye and Thank You to Mrs Agrawal who leaves us as
Monday 18 December 2023 Research Project Winners for the Autumn Term 2023 We have had some wonderful Research Projects and excellent work this term and to celebrate with the lucky winners, they will have the opportunity to choose a book as a prize from a wide range.
Wednesday 6 December 2023 Year 6 visit the Olympic park in Stratford Last Wednesday Year 6 took a trip to the Stratford Olympic park to conduct their geography fieldwork study. We assessed the environment and what kind of biomes/landscapes we could see around us. We then compared this to Brazil and noted how different the climates are in particular! We also discussed how the park use sustainable energy sources - much like the cities we are making in our projects.
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 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 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.
Monday 6 November 2023 Remembering Shirley This week in year 5, to remember Shirley whose funeral was this week we created messages and memories about her. We placed these onto the memory tree in the school library. We thought of memories and kind words to place on the small hearts and decorated them with her favourite things; foxes and flowers. We took our time and had a quiet moment to remember her by the tree. Later in the playground at lunchtime we did a 1 minute silence in respect of her. The children shared very fond memories and not a dry eye was in sight.
Monday 6 November 2023 Meet year 4's new Class Assistant
Friday 3 November 2023 Year 5 Class Assembly - the Holiday Show - November 2023 In Year 5, our topic last term was 'The Holiday Show' where we were learning about the physical Geography of the World. To begin with, we learned about weather patterns and the different biomes on Earth. After looking at different biomes around the World, we focused on London and in particular, its landmarks. During our learning, we were lucky enough to go into central London and take a boat along the River Thames passing by many recognisable landmarks. To conclude our learning , the children - as part of their homework- created London landmarks.
Tuesday 31 October 2023 UKS2 Multisports || OCTOBER 2023 On the 31st of October, some year 5 and 6 students trekked their way to Score Leisure near Leyton Orient to take part in the multi sports trip. This involved numerous games and activities for the children to take part in. They took part in: dancing, football, squash, hula-hooping and volley ball. The children had a brilliant time taking part in the variety of sports. There were smiles all round and excitement by all, the children had a great time.
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Wednesday 18 October 2023 UKS2 Girls football || October 2023 On Wednesday 18th October, eight of our best female footballers took part in the football tournament held by Leyton Orient at the SCORE Centre. Below are our results.
Friday 13 October 2023 Black history month assembly
Tuesday 3 October 2023 UKS2 Boys football || OCTOBER 2023 On Tuesday 3rd October, ten of our best footballers took part in the borough football tournament held at Chingford Goals on a beautifully, sunny day. Below are our results.
Tuesday 3 October 2023 LKS2 Boys football || OCTOBER 2023
Friday 29 September 2023 YEAR 2 & 3 Mixed Football || OCTOBER 2023 Miss Edmonds and myself had the lucky opportunity to take 12 Year 3 children to the Waltham Forest Year 2 & 3 Mixed Football Festival at Goals. The children were split into 2 groups – South A and South Grove B. Both teams worked extremely hard and tried their best. South Grove B played Mission Grove 2 – 0. Handsworth 4 – 0. Hillyfield 6 – 0. Winns 5 – 0. South Grove A played Greenleaf 2 – 0. George Tomlinson 1 – 0.Barncroft 5 – 0. Parkside 2 - 1. I am very pleased to say…South Grove A managed to get through to the Quarter finals. I am pleased to say both teams were fantastic and worked extremely hard.
Monday 15 May 2023 Coronation Weekend Whether you were celebrating or not, I hope you all had fun over the Coronation long weekend with whatever you got up to with your family and friends. We’d like to say congratulations to the newly crowned King Charles III.

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