Grindleford Primary School

Would You Like A New School Tracksuit?

MrsLHill — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:34:31 +0000

We have been looking to add a new school tracksuit to our uniform list. It is plain blue with reflective piping and would have the school logo embroidered on it. It is lined and the trousers can be unzipped for easy access to trainers or boots.

As you can see it looks very nice on! Unfortunately, the top would retail at £14.00 and the bottoms at £12.00.

What do you think? Please pop in to see Mrs Callis with your views or for a closer look. If people are interested we will add it to our uniform list in time for summer ordering.

Halfway Point Reached

MrPetts — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:24:48 +0000

Round 4 of the Chess Competition was completed today with an extremely hard fought battle between Tom and Archie that ended in a Stalemate – superb moves all round. As there are seven rounds, this marked passing the halfway point of the competition.

The new leaders are now:

Name	Points
Harry	12
Oscar	11
Benny	11
Carlos	10
Anna	9
Tom	9
Jago	9
William	9
Archie	9
Julia	9

The games for round 5 will be:

Oscar vs. Harry
Devon vs. Ezri
Benny vs. Carlos
Ellie vs. Rosie
Emily vs. Leela
Elfie vs. Holly
Anna vs. Tom
Nathan vs. Eleanor
Bertie vs. Joe
Albie vs. Lex
Jago vs. Archie
William vs. Julia

Round 5 will start ON THURSDAY at lunchtime Chess Club

Exciting Excavations!

MrsLHill — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:42:23 +0000

We have been very excited this week to watch the drastic excavations of our top playground and quiet garden.

Whilst we all really liked our existing garden we had to be brave and face up to the fact that it needed to be redesigned on the grounds of health and safety and to help our tree to continue to grow.

The workmen have done a brilliant job and have unearthed a much larger space than we thought was there! The Millennium bench has been seated by the tree for all to enjoy alongside the bird table. The seating and the weather station will return soon.

Click to view slideshow.

Our next plan it to plant the garden back up again. We have asked our gardener, Mr Phil Luscombe, to design some raised beds alongside some floor beds to maximise the amount of new space we have. He is also going to look at what plants we should have to encourage insects and butterflies alongside planting up a proper wildlife hedgerow at the bottom end of the garden area. It should be superb and we can’t wait!

School Council have been given the task of gathering ideas for new markings on the top playground – a massive chess board seems very popular at the moment! They will have free range on design and hopefully follow the whole process through from initial ideas to completion. How exciting!

We are also looking at improving our pond area. Mr Platts and Mr Cannell have been working extremely hard on a new design that will enable the children to safely use the pond for various activities such as pond dipping. The design looks fabulous (click here to take a look) and the quotations for the work will be discussed with the children and parents through the next PTA meeting – so come along and have your say!

Congratulations to this Week’s Winners!

MrsLHill — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:03:05 +0000

Stars of the Week

For excellent maths skills, homework efforts and generally being superb learners!

Writer of the Week

For excellent conjunction work.

Finer Diners

Right Choice Awards

For helping tidy up equipment and helping others with their maths work.

House Points

Congratulations to Derwent who have gained the most house points this week.

Thank you to Mr Petts for the photography – it’s miles better than mine!

Congratulations to this Week’s Winners!

MrsLHill — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:03:31 +0000

Stars of the Week

… for excellent attitudes, behaviour, sense of humour and multiplication! Wow!

Writer of the Week

… for an excellent piece of descriptive narrative writing. Brilliant work!

Finer Diners

… who will have the great treat of eating their lunch with Mr Bingley, one of our Governors, today. Well done everybody.

Right Choice Cards

… for clearing up without being asked and freeing a stuck draw!

House Points

Congratulations to Ladybower who have gained the most house points this week.

Chess (not draughts)

MrPetts — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:47:49 +0000

Round 3 of the chess tournament was completed today, with some extremely tough games causing a few upsets. Although in a friendly match, Harry did manage to beat our current champion Benny – so a big well done to him. It also puts extra focus on the top game in round 4!

New Top Scorers

Name	Points
Carlos	9
Harry	9
Oscar	8
Benny	8
Devon	7
Ezri	7
Tom	7
Archie	7
Julia	7

The games for round 4 will be:

Oscar vs. Devon
Benny vs. Ezri
Ellie vs. William
Emily vs. Elfie
Eleanor vs. Julia
Harry vs. Carlos
Anna vs. Nathan
Tom vs. Archie
Bertie vs Albie
Holly vs. Leela
Rosie vs. Jago
Joe vs Lex

I did have to remind one contestant that it wasn’t draughts:

(they wouldn’t budge, so she stopped blowing and resorted to the more traditional method of moving them)

Chess: Round up

MrPetts — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:37:08 +0000

Round 2 of the chess tournament was completed today, so the standings are becoming clearer. As they are matched up with children of similar ability, the games at the top are going to become increasingly difficult.

Current Top 8

Name	Points
Carlos	6
Ezri	6
Harry	6
Tom	6
Benny	5
Jago	5
Oscar	5
William	5

The games for round 3 will be:

Oscar vs Jago
Devon vs Elfie
Benny vs William
Ellie vs Albie
Ezri vs Harry
Emily vs Lex
Eleanor vs Anna
Tom vs Carlos
Nathan vs Rosie
Bertie vs Leela
Holly vs Archie
Joe vs Julia

Congratulations to this Week’s Winners!

MrsLHill — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:25:35 +0000

Stars of the Week

Writer of the Week

Finer Diners

Right Choice Winners

Our Cross Country Runners

Congratulations to all the children who took part in the recent cross country match at Hope Valley College. It was a miserable, wet, cold day and they all did extremely well. Mrs Parkin has blogged more information and pictures!

House Points

Congratulations to Ladybower who have gained the most house points this week.

Cross Country

MrsLHill — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:05:32 +0000

Well, at last all our training paid off and Running Club attended the Hope Valley College Cross Country Race. It was a miserable day, however, parents, teachers and children stoically braved the weather without complaint. A big THANK YOU to: all those parents who helped; Mrs Bacon for giving up her free time; and Mr Heason and Mr Gilbert for being the photographers.

We were very proud of our Infant Boys’ Team who came third.

Our Year 3 and 4 Boys’ Team also came third with one member gaining a third place overall in the race – well done!

Hmmm… …very unflattering photo!

Congratulations to our Year 3 and 4 girls and Year 5 and 6 boys and girls who did very well individually (unfortunately there were not enough of them to be counted as a school team). Some of them even ran so fast that they couldn’t be caught on camera! Check out tomorrow’s winners from Achievement Assembly to see them in all their glory.

Yoga Sessions

MrPetts — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:14:07 +0000

We had the wonderful Amy come into school this afternoon to give the children an experience of yoga. Known to some of the children through her club run in Calver, she gave them all a story approach to some movements and led them through a variety of exercises. As you can see from the photos, they really enjoyed it.

She is offering an after-school Yoga club next term, to be run on a Tuesday (there will be a small charge to cover costs). More information will be sent out next week in the children’s book bags.

Click to view slideshow.