What a busy, exciting week!

Year 1
It has been such an exciting week at The Grove Academy! We have had international week across the school and it was also World Book Day on Thursday.

In 1D we have been learning all about Barbados where Miss Devonish is from! As part of international week we found out about the food, culture, weather and things to do on the island. When we were learning about Barbados we were discussing why it needs to have a capital letter when written...

Child from 1D

1A wrote their own stories based on the characters that they came dressed as for World Book Day. Here are a few of us reading them on the carpet.

Can you tell who we are?

Year 2

Egypt was Year 2’s focus country for International Week this year.  We learnt about how the Ancient Egyptian Kings and Queens lived. An important part of Ancient Egyptian life was taking care of animals. Cats were revered by the Ancient Egyptians and many Egyptian kings or pharaohs kept cats as trusty pets.

2F have written poems about an imaginary pharaoh and his cat using videos and pictures for inspiration.

Lilly’s poem:

The pharaoh’s cat is as red as apples.

The pharaoh’s cat is as beautiful as a labrador.

The pharaoh’s cat is as fast as a relay.

The pharaohs cat has golden jewels.

Keisha 2S

In aid of International Week, 2D have been lucky enough to have vistiors come in and speak their native language. On Monday Mrs Hamadouche came in to teach us how to speak Berber and French. Here is a video of us learning numbers 1 – 10 in French.

On an additional note:

Congratulations to Amy, Ashwin, Sophia-Mai and Finan in Year 2, who came first in the Challenge Cup competition for art. They beat 6 other schools to win the prize.

The children had to design a sister for the popular Julia Donaldson character  "the Gruffalo," as well as create a scene for her to explore.

"We made the spikes on her back pink because that's her favourite colour" Finan 

"Our backdrop is a forest at night becasue she likes to sneak out at night time." Amy

"I used a box to make the tree so that it would be 3D" Ashwin

"I used this rough paper for the bark because it feels bumpy just like a real tree." Sophia-Mai

The judges praised the children's creative artwork and the fact that they could give reasons why they chose particular materials. 

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