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On Tuesday 21st October, our school councillors set off at 5.45am for their journey to London, they had a busy and exciting day ahead! We were visiting the houses of Parliament.

When we arrived, the children had a tour of the house of Lords and got so see lots of important meeting rooms, as…

Today started with a yummy breakfast of cereal and a choice of beans on toast or toast with jam. All of the children slept really well so we were set up for a brilliant day ahead. 

After a quick free time play on the equipment, the children got back into their four groups. They were completing…

Another wonderful day at Edgmond hall. After a great nights sleep, the children were ready for breakfast, they had a choice of cereal followed by croissants or toast. A great start to the day! 

After a short free time to play on the playing fields, the children split into their four groups…

After a restful night’s sleep, all of the children woke up and were ready for their 8.30am breakfast. Today was a choice of cereal followed by beans on toast or toast with jam. Everyone was very excited for the activities ahead! 

The children had some free time to play outside before they…

Grove Vale School Councillors have worked together to gather and display our Harvest donations ready to be delivered to our local food bank.

Birmingham City Mission came into school to deliver an assembly to the children focusing on ‘Valuing Others’. The children are valuing their local…

After an enjoyable coach journey, we arrived at Edgmond hall. We were met by the Edgmond Hall staff and started our tour of the site. We had a tour of the court yard and playing fields where the children get to enjoy their free time, some children played football, some played cricket and others…

We are very excited to be beginning our Health for life journey. Within school, we will be developing ways to enhance the children’s learning and experiences around the 3 areas: growing food, physical activity and healthy eating with cooking skills.

More information about the programme can be…

This week, the online safety group met with some of the members of the safeguarding team to discuss recent actions within school, reflect on the year and consider next steps. The team have worked really hard in school to raise the profile of safeguarding in all areas and support their peers. We…

I hope you are well and are enjoying the sunshine!

From September, I will be leading with the personal development offer within our school. As part of this, I am currently evaluating the afterschool sports clubs that we offer and the providers that we work with.

It has been decided that we…

On Wednesday 21^st May, Miss Pritchard, Mr Thomas & the school council completed some litter picking in Red House park. This half term, the school council chose to focus on cleaning and improving our local area. The children did really well and collected a lot of litter from the park.

Well done…

This term, the Grove Vale Safety Team presented to the governors during one of their meetings. The children really enjoyed sharing information with the governors about all of the things that they do in school to keep themselves and each other safe. The children shared with the governors what their…

Our final full day at Plas has been a brilliant day for everyone! 

Today, we all had our 'mountain walk day'. We have been particularly lucky with the weather this week but especially today. We woke up to wonderful sunshine, which continued for the majority of the day. A few drops of rain only…