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• Tuesday 21 October 2025 Walkabouts for New Parents 2026 We have 5 dates for walkabouts for parents who are looking for places for reception for September 2026
• Tuesday 21 October 2025 Year 3/4 Enjoy Autumn Sunshine During PE Lesson Our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils recently enjoyed a fantastic PE lesson outdoors, making the most of the beautiful autumn sunshine and the colourful autumn leaves scattered across the playground.
• Tuesday 21 October 2025 Year 1 Create Fantastic Toilet Tube Animals! Our Year 1 children have been busy combining art and geography in a wonderfully imaginative project—creating toilet tube animals inspired by their learning about hot and cold places around the world.
• Tuesday 21 October 2025 Halloween Menu and Bake Sale On Friday 24th October we have a special Spooky End of Term menu!!! and the Kitchen are also having a bake sale of Halloween Pumpkin shortbread! They are dairy free and perfect for decorating at home with the children. 40p each of 3 for £1.
• Friday 17 October 2025 Year 6 Become Sports Leaders with Progressive Sports Training We're thrilled to announce that our Year 6 pupils have successfully completed their Sports Leader training, delivered by expert coaches from Progressive Sports. The training took place on our playgrounds during lunchtimes and break times, and the children showed fantastic enthusiasm, focus, and teamwork throughout.
• Friday 17 October 2025 Year 4 Residential Trip to Beau – A Brilliant Adventure! Year 4 Residential Trip to Beau – A Brilliant Adventure!
• Thursday 16 October 2025 Exciting Addition to Our School Grounds – New Outdoor Classroom! We are thrilled to announce the opening of our brand-new outdoor classroom, a fantastic addition to our school that will benefit pupils and staff for years to come.
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 Year 5/6 Step Back in Time for Tudor Day! Our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils recently experienced a truly memorable Tudor Day, bringing history to life through drama, costume, and hands-on activities. Both children and staff embraced the spirit of the day by dressing up in Tudor-style clothing, setting the scene for a day full of learning and fun.
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 Year 2 Explore Germs in a Hands-On Science Lesson Year 2 recently took part in a fascinating and practical science lesson on how germs spread—and it was both educational and lots of fun!
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 Year 3 & 4 Reading Buddies We recently held a lovely reading event where our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils became reading buddies for the younger children in Year 1 and Year 2. The older children read a wonderful selection of stories to their younger peers, creating a calm and joyful atmosphere filled with imagination and connection.
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 Burntwood Rotary offer of a Buddy Bench We're absolutely delighted to share that Burntwood Rotary, who have been creating beautiful Friendship Benches for local schools, have chosen Holly Grove to receive one before Christmas. We reached out earlier this year to express our interest and were told funding might not be available until next year... but at their committee meeting last night they voted to make one for us this term!
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 We won! The Little Heroes Competition!
• Tuesday 14 October 2025 Year 3 Forest School Adventure at Birches Valley Year 3 had a fantastic day out at Birches Valley, where they took part in a wide range of exciting Forest School activities. The children enjoyed den building, bug hunting, and playing lots of Forest School games that encouraged teamwork, creativity, and exploration.
• Monday 13 October 2025 KS2 Girls’ Football Team Shine in First Competition! KS2 Girls' Football Team Shine in First Competition!
• Friday 10 October 2025 Virtual interview with Lucy Staniforth Mental Health day 2025
• Friday 10 October 2025 Year 1/2 Forest School Fun for Mental Health Day! To celebrate Mental Health Day, our Year 1/2 children set off on an exciting nature walk to Jubilee Wood—a very special place where Holly Grove pupils helped plant trees back in 2023!
• Friday 10 October 2025 Celebrating Mental Health Day 2025
• Friday 10 October 2025 Long service Awards 2025 We celebrated out of our amazing staff today at the Primitas Long Services Awards- a celebration of dedication, care and commitment to our school community. Mrs Lichfield our school cook has been at Holly Grove for 25 years and Mrs Andrews one of our teaching team has been at Holly Grove for 20 years.
• Wednesday 8 October 2025 Year 5/6 Hockey Stars Shine at Lichfield Festival! We are incredibly proud of our Year 5/6 mixed hockey team, who recently represented Holly Grove at the Hockey Festival hosted by Lichfield Cathedral School at Lichfield Hockey Club.
• Monday 6 October 2025 Pumpkin Patch Fun in Reception’s New Outdoor Learning Space! Our Reception class has been enjoying their brand-new outdoor learning space, which has been magically transformed into a wonderful pumpkin patch this autumn!
• Sunday 5 October 2025 Holly Grove’s Year 5/6 Football Team Kick Off Their First Competition! We are so proud of our Year 5/6 mixed football team, who recently took part in their very first football competition, playing against other primary schools from Burntwood and Lichfield.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Reception Forest school Bears Cottage Reception class had a wonderful Forest School session today — even though the rain meant we had to adapt our plans! Instead of heading into the forest, we made great use of our outdoor area under the canopy, and with our coats on, we were ready for anything.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Nursery Forest School Nursery had a brilliant time at Forest School this morning — even though the rain and chilly weather meant we had to stay under the canopy in our outdoor area, it didn't stop the fun! Wrapped up in our puddle suits and coats, the children were ready for adventure.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Year 2 Art and geography animals from around the world This week, our Year 2 pupils combined their art and geography skills to create animals from the seven continents of the world. Using their carefully planned designs, each child chose an animal and brought it to life using a variety of materials — one group even made a turtle using tissue paper and other creative resources!
• Friday 3 October 2025 Year 5/6 Art Tudor Ship painting As part of their history topic on the Tudors, the children in Year 5/6 have been exploring the fascinating world of Tudor ships through art. Building on their detailed drawings, pupils have now taken their creativity a step further by painting these majestic vessels using fine paint brushes.
• Thursday 2 October 2025 Year 1 Maths One more one Less This week in Maths, our Year 1 pupils enjoyed a fun and interactive lesson focused on the concept of one more and one less. Using dice and counters, the children played a partner game where they took turns rolling the dice, creating numbers, and then identifying one more or one less.
• Thursday 2 October 2025 Year 1 Art lesson Colourful fish In Art this week, our Year 1 pupils have been busy creating beautiful fish decorations using oil pastels. They explored the use of hot colours — such as reds, oranges, and yellows — to bring their fish to life with vibrant detail and creativity.
• Thursday 2 October 2025 Year 3/4 Art Stone Age Cave Paintings This week in Art, our Year 3/4 pupils travelled back in time to the Stone Age — creatively, of course! Inspired by ancient cave paintings, the children used chalk and pastels to create their own versions of prehistoric artwork.
• Thursday 2 October 2025 Year 3/4 Maths exploring greater than and less than
• Thursday 2 October 2025 Year 3/4 Music Glockenspiels

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