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Our penultimate day at Edgmond Hall.... and the weather has been beautiful today! This morning, we started with cereal and then had yummy criossants (Mr Ahearn's favourite)

A huge well done to:

Sleeping Lions: Annika, Avshaan, Sienna, Dylan

Brave Birds: Zach, Nieve, Harmarni

Stars of…

Another day in the beautiful setting of Edgmond Hall.... and we are not letting the rain dampen our spirits! We were up at 7am, and once we had brushed our teeth, got dressed and made our beds, we headed down stairs to give out rewards for yesterday, set up the tables and of course, eat breakfast.…

Last night was our first night at Edgmond Hall, and it is safe to say, once all was asleep, children slept like lions.

We were up at 7am, and once we had brushed our teeth, got dressed and made our beds, we headed down stairs to give out rewards for yesterday, set up the tables and of course,…

After a swift and enjoyable coach journey, we arrived at Edgmond Hall. On arrival, we were introduced to the Edgmond Hall staff and had a tour of the site. After a fire, health and safety talk, we packed our rucksack so all the essential items we needed for our activities were ready in our…

Introducing Grove Vale's new school council members!

These children have been chosen to represent their classes on this years council to make changes within school and promote pupil voice.

Year 1- Euan, Evelyne, Cienna, Maqil

Year 2- Lucas, Eadie, Omaya, Micah

Year 3- Zara G, Jacob,…

Day Four!

Day four at Plas has been exciting as it has been our last full day of activities. We started the day by completing our jobs and preparing for breakfast. Once we had done this, we had some free time.

Breakfast was cereal and then hash browns, beans and toast. We then tidied away…

Day Three!

Day Three started well with breakfast. We had a variety of cereal and then a cooked breakfast consisting of hash browns, beans and toast.

Miss Tudor’s group spent the day on a mountain hike. We walked up Crimpiou and made it to the top which was a 470m ascend! We ate our lunch…

Day Two!

It was an early start here in Plas as some of us were up at 6:45 dressed and ready for the day ahead! We tidied our rooms, got ready and went down for breakfast which was cereal, followed by toast, hash browns and beans.

Once we had finished tidying, we met with our group leaders…

Day One!

We arrived in Plas at around 13:30 and have been exploring our new home for the week! We have made our beds, prepared our rooms and got all of our equipment ready for our first day of activities tomorrow. 

Once we had a tour of the site, we spent some time outside playing football…

On Wednesday 24th April, the school council met with the chief executive of Sandwell council, Shokat Lal. The councillors held a debate that Shokat and his team were able to watch, discussing the importance of school uniform. The council divided themselves and shared arguments around the topic.…

Our team have been very busy during Spring Term!

Governor Presentation 

Members of the team presented to governors after school to present to them what they had been doing during the year so far in the their roles. The governors asked the children lots of questions about what they had been…

The year 5 and 6 school councilors recently had a visit to the Sandwell council house. The children met Councilor Hackett and the Assistant Chief executive of Sandwell council, James McLaughlin. They discussed the importance of democracy and learnt about the structure of the council.

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