South Grove Primary School

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

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!"

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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.

Thursday 31 October 2024 Year 6's Greek Day! It was Year 6’s Greek day! It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to immerse themselves in the rich culture and history of ancient Greece. The classrooms were decorated with creative homework projects from Greek-themed artwork to innovative models of ancient Greek architecture. At the start of the day, the children, dressed as ancient Greek Gods, Goddesses and mythical creatures, proudly showcased their costumes to their peers and teachers. They then put their PE skills to the test with the Greek Olympics and showed their creative side when making beautiful mosaics.

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.

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