Holly Grove Primary School

Friday 14 November 2025 Children in Need 2025 On Friday, 14th November, Holly Grove School joined thousands of schools across the country to support Children in Need 2025. Pupils and staff embraced the spirit of giving by taking part in a non-uniform day, with lots of bright colours and even a few Pudsey ears spotted around school!

Thursday 13 November 2025 Year 3 Discover the Joy of Reading at Burntwood Library! Year 3 enjoyed an exciting trip to Burntwood Library this week, designed to spark curiosity and nurture a lifelong love of reading. The children explored everything the library has to offer and learned how it can be a fantastic resource for families.

Thursday 13 November 2025 Year 3/4 DT -different structures

Tuesday 11 November 2025 Remembrance Day 2025

Tuesday 11 November 2025 ELF Magic Family Christmas fun! Following the success of last year's family show, we are pleased to announce that Elf Flip will be returning with another Christmas spectacular!

Monday 10 November 2025 Nursery Balance Bikes 2025

Monday 10 November 2025 MAMA comes to Holly Grove! We have wonderful news! The MAMA - Mindfulness, Awareness and Martial Arts, team are coming to work with Holly Grove in Key Stage 2!

Monday 10 November 2025 Anti-Bullying Week Mr Smith has come into school today to launch our lunchtime project where the children will be showing all of our torch values. The lunchtime supervisors are super excited and we have great prizes for the most improved class. #antibullying week

Friday 7 November 2025 Year 5/6 Explore Local Churches on Foot

Wednesday 5 November 2025 New Buddy Bench We are delighted to share the arrival of a wonderful new feature in our school playground—a Buddy Bench, designed to encourage friendship, inclusion, and emotional wellbeing among our pupils.

Friday 24 October 2025 Reading Raffle Tickets Winners! Autumn 1

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

Thursday 2 October 2025 Year 5/6 Learn Road Safety with National Highways.

Thursday 2 October 2025 Year 5/6 Science Circulatory system This week in Science, our Year 5/6 pupils have been diving into the fascinating world of the human body — specifically, the circulatory system! The children have been learning how blood travels around the body through an incredible network of vessels, powered by the heart and supported by other vital organs.

Wednesday 1 October 2025 Year 1 Maths comparing language This week in Maths, our Year 1 pupils have been learning how to compare numbers using important mathematical language such as greater than, less than, and equal to. The children also practised using the symbols <, >, and = to show their understanding.

Wednesday 1 October 2025 Year 3/4 Forest School Conker Soup, Mud Play and Environmental Care

Wednesday 1 October 2025 Year 5/6 History Tudor Crime and Punishment As part of their History topic this week, Year 5/6 pupils explored the fascinating — and sometimes gruesome — world of Tudor crime and punishment through drama and role play.

Monday 29 September 2025 Nursery Balance Bikes Nursery had their first balance bike lesson today in the school hall — and what a fantastic time they had! With helmets securely fastened, the children listened carefully as our sports coach talked about the importance of bike safety before getting started.

Friday 26 September 2025 Reception exploring the Outdoor Classroom

Friday 26 September 2025 Year 1 Maths sorting lesson Autumn 25

Friday 26 September 2025 Reception Class Begin Their Forest School Journey!

Thursday 25 September 2025 Nursery Children Forest school session Autumn 2025

Thursday 25 September 2025 Year 3/4 Embrace Calm and Confidence with Yoga!

Thursday 25 September 2025 Holly Grove pupils Join Sir Lenny Henry for 500 Words Live Lesson!

Wednesday 24 September 2025 Nursery Children PE ribbons Autumn 25

Wednesday 24 September 2025 Year 2 Art lesson hot and cold colours In art this week, Year 2 have been exploring the world of colour — learning all about hot and cold colours, also known as warm and cool colours. The children discovered how different colours can create different moods and feelings, and how artists use them to bring their work to life.

Wednesday 24 September 2025 Year 1 Art cool and warm colours Aut 25

Wednesday 24 September 2025 Year 1 Phonics session Aut 1 2025 This morning Year 1 worked so hard in Phonics by independently matching their Phase 4 words to pictures. Really super independent work Year 1.

Tuesday 23 September 2025 Year 3/4 Rock Science lesson 2025 This week in Science, our Year 3/4 pupils became geologists as they investigated which types of rock would be best for building a statue in our local park. The children learned that rainwater is slightly acidic, which means it can slowly wear away certain types of rock over time.

Tuesday 23 September 2025 Year 3/4 History Stonehenge 2025 This week in History, our Year 3/4 pupils travelled back to the Neolithic era to explore the mystery and wonder of Stonehenge. Working in small groups, the children created short adverts to promote the site, explaining what visitors might see and why it's such an important part of British history.

Tuesday 23 September 2025 Year 1 Geography Exploring the word sorting animals

Monday 22 September 2025 Year 3/4 PE Gymanastics Lesson 2025 In this week's PE lesson, our Year 3/4 pupils took to the mats to practise and perfect their gymnastics balances. We began by recapping the five balances we had previously learned, before moving on to four exciting new ones.

Monday 22 September 2025 Year 2 outdoor Maths lesson

Friday 19 September 2025 Year 2 Grammarsaurus lesson Today in Year 2, our young learners took part in an exciting Grammarsaurus grammar lesson all about proper nouns. We began by revisiting what a noun is and created lively lists of examples together. The children worked in pairs and small groups, sharing ideas and discussing their thoughts with enthusiasm.

Friday 19 September 2025 Green Tree Award We're delighted to share that Holly Grove School has been awarded the Gold Plaque in the Woodland Trust's Green Tree Award initiative — a recognition of our commitment to outdoor learning and environmental education.

Tuesday 16 September 2025 Fundraising Letter September 2025 and Calendar for the coming year

Thursday 11 September 2025 Year 3/4 ICT Internet discussion lesson In today's ICT lesson, our Year 3/4 pupils took part in a thoughtful discussion about the pros and cons of the internet. The children impressed us with their fantastic ideas and showed great awareness of how the internet plays a role in our everyday lives—from learning and communication to entertainment and shopping.

Friday 18 July 2025 Goodbye Year 6! 2025

Friday 18 July 2025 Sports Stars 2025 We have been very fortunate this year with our sports teams! We have competed in so many different competitions and won quite a lot of them. Well done to everyone who has represented the school this year!

Friday 18 July 2025 Goodbye Mrs Taylor! A sad goodbye to Mrs Taylor who leaves us today! We are really going to miss her! Mrs Sutton is stepping into her role as PE leader in September.

Friday 18 July 2025 The Astle Award 2025 A massive well done to Archie for being awarded the Astle Award. This award is named after Mrs Astle who was a past member of the Holly Grove staff family. She is sadly no longer with us but this award lives on in her memory.

Friday 18 July 2025 Summer Rotary Child 2025 A huge well done to Oliver who was awarded the Rotary Award for his outstanding effort and achievements over this past year. He has worked so hard and we are all very proud of him.

Friday 18 July 2025 Summer Holly Grove Festival on the Field This morning we had a great time celebrating our amazing students and the school year. It was our summer festival on the field with face painting, a bouncy castle, ice creams, dancing, football and enjoying ourselves with our friends. What a super end to the year!!

Thursday 17 July 2025 Charity Children We have had some very resourceful and caring children who have not only just thought something was sad but decided to actually do something about it.

Wednesday 16 July 2025 Year 6 Leavers Party 2025 Our traditional Year 6 Leavers lunch party was today! They had a brilliant time! It was very noisy, there was lots of laughter, singing, dancing and of course eating! Thank you to the lunchtime staff for our lovely lunch.

Wednesday 16 July 2025 Rock Steady Parent Concert 2025 We had our first Rock Steady Concert in the school today. They have only been learning their new instruments for a term. Their confidence was through the roof! They performed with such enjoyment and style! The audience (the school children and their parents) really enjoyed the concert! There was lots of clapping and cheering for them. Well done Rock Stars! We can't wait to see you next year..

Tuesday 15 July 2025 Year 6 Leavers show 2025 What an amazing night! It was full of laugher, singing, dancing, amazing acting, very surprising costumes as well as some tears too. It was a great end for our year 6 children and parents. We were so proud of all of them. We will miss them so much.

Friday 11 July 2025 Year 6 gladiators last session 2025 This was the last session of the Year 6 Reading Gladiators! We have read some brilliant books this year and had some really interesting discussions. We read a variety of books but two of our favourites were "The Way Past Winter" by by Kiran Millward-Hargrave was one we really enjoyed. "Rebound" by Kwame Alexander was also one of our favourites. This was a very different book as it is written completely in verse.

Thursday 10 July 2025 Summer Disco 2025 We had two brilliant disco's after school. Lots of laughter and lots of super dance moves! The children and staff had a super time! Some very loud singing at times! Luckily we aren't too close to houses!! A super time was had by all x

Monday 30 June 2025 Lichfield Can Sing 2025 Our School Choir took part in the first Lichfield Can Sing! We joined other local primary schools from around Lichfield and performed on the stage to a great audience. The choir did a great job and sang beautifully. Thank you to all the parents who came to support us.

Monday 16 June 2025 Year 5/6 Symphony Hall proformance Year 5/6 were part of an incredible event at the Symphony Hall Birmingham. Over 2000 young musicians showcased their talents and our children were part of these amazing performances playing their steel drums and glockenspiels. We were is proud of them. Their passion and hard work shone through.

Friday 6 June 2025 KS2 Art Trip to Compton Verney 2025 This was our first art based trip and we took over 40 children from KS2 with us to the beautiful Compton Verney. We had an amazing time the children took part in drama, art, sculpture, natural art using the grounds as inspiration. What an amazing day!

Friday 6 June 2025 Reception Forest School Knot tying In reception we have been learning how to tie some knots and then found as many different places to tie a knot! The determination and achievement of the children was amazing! Well done Reception!

Friday 6 June 2025 Dickens Week 2025 As part of our Charles Dickens Week, Lichfield Garrick Theatre have been in school doing some workshops with all of our children based on the works of Dickens. All the children from Reception to Year 6 will take part in a workshop to really bring the words of Dickens to life! A huge thank you to the Garrick and all their staff for supporting our week. The children have really enjoyed the experience and we definitely have some budding actors!

Wednesday 4 June 2025 Nursery Forest schools trail making Today in forest schools we looked at making trails using the things we could find in forest schools. We used twigs, stones, leaves and flowers. The children were very inventive and enjoyed the challenge of the task. There was lots of great team work happening as well. Then when we came back inside some of the children transferred their learning and continued to make their own trails with items they could mind inside. Well done Nursery.

Wednesday 4 June 2025 Homunculi Project Year 2 Today we have started our Homunculi project with Mr Smith from Primitas. This will run for the rest of this term. In the sessions we will be exploring our emotions and gaining a better understanding of what our emotions are, how they can affect us and how we can start to deal/cope with them. What a great session! Thank you Mr Smith.

Tuesday 3 June 2025 Reception Yoga Reception class had their first yoga lesson this week! They learnt some of the basic yoga poses and put them together in a little sequence. They especially liked the mediation part of the lesson and some of them nearly fell asleep! Well done Reception!

Monday 2 June 2025 The Book Bus 2025 The Book Bus visited our school this week at the start of our Charles Dickens Week! Throughout the day every class visited the bus and got to look at all the amazing books in it. Then after school they could visit with their parents if they wanted to purchase any books. It was an incredible turn out and over £1000 was spent which meant we were able to buy over £160 of books for school! Thank you so much for supporting the start of our Dickens week!

Wednesday 28 May 2025 Future Aspirations Week! We had our first Future Aspirations Week during the last week of the spring term and what a super week it was! We had so many people come in to speak to the children from a doctor to a scientist to an Army chef to a pilot to a policeman! We had such a range of people it really was amazing! All the children were involved from Reception to Year 6.

Friday 23 May 2025 Year 1 Forest Schools

Thursday 22 May 2025 DT Bread testing in Year 3/4 We have been tasting different types of breads today, we tasted wraps, bagels, pitta bread, tiger bread, brown bread and naan. We had to describe the taste, texture and the appearance of the different breads in partners on to our tables within our books. We had lots of fun as some of the different types of bread some of us had never tried before.

Wednesday 21 May 2025 Spudman visits Holly Grove! We had a special visitor to Holly Grove today! Spudman! He came to deliver some of his potato growing kits! If you don't know who Spudman is - Where have you been&quest;&quest;&quest; He is an internet star who has over 1 million visitors! He is only down the road in Tamworth and does lots for charity! We will update you on our potato growing!!!

Tuesday 20 May 2025 Year 2 Science Growing Plants This afternoon as part of our work on growing plants we looked inside a kidney bean to see the seed coat, food source and the baby plant. The children really enjoyed it and could not believe a whole plant could grow from these small parts!

Friday 16 May 2025 Lichfield District Council Art competition Winners We were very excited to see our children's art competition winners displayed in Lichfield town centre! They are on the boards surrounding the new building of the cinema (the old Debenhams store). You can find them by the side of the Ryman's shop by the steps downing up to the road.

Thursday 15 May 2025 End of SATs Week 2025 Yes!!! Year 6 have just finished their last SAT test and are really happy! We are extremely proud of how hard they have all worked this week, they have definitely all done the best they could possible do. Well done Year 6

Friday 9 May 2025 VE Day 2025 We had a lovely day remembering Victory in Europe day 80 year anniversary today and yesterday! We had a special assembly on Thursday and the children who were members of the scouts, cubs, brownies, rainbows and squirrels all came into school wearing their uniforms with pride! Then on Friday we had a non uniform day were we wore red, white and blue or 40's outfits. We had a special British lunch of fish and chips! In the afternoon we took advantage of the lovely sunny day and had games on the field. We had a real mixture of things and it was lovely to see our older children leading and mentoring the younger ones. What a lovely week it has been.

Thursday 1 May 2025 Reading Suitcases come out of storage! This afternoon we have been able to get our Reading Suitcases out of winter storage! It was brilliant being able to sit in the sun and enjoy some new books! The children loved talking about the books and being able to sit on the field and enjoy a story together! Fingers crossed the weather stays good!

Friday 11 April 2025 Lent Charity - The Max and George Dog Trust Thank you for all the amazing donations to our Lent charity the Max and George Dog Trust! We collected a huge car full of food, blankets, toys, bedding and so much more! The trust were really grateful for all your donations especially as they were moving sites to a new home for the dogs, so a lot of their funds had to go on new kennels and getting the site ready for the dogs. So your donations of food etc really helped them. Well done Holly Grove!

Friday 11 April 2025 Easter parade 2025 Well the spring term ended with our traditional parade around the boundaries of the school! Lots of parents came out to support us! Which was lovely. The older children mentored the younger ones and made sure they were all safe and happy on the walk about the local roads! Lots of lovely hats and bonnets were worn by the children some lovely creative designs. What a lovely way to end our term.

Friday 11 April 2025 Easter Party Table winners! Reception class were the Easter Party Table winners! They had a lovely lunch and really enjoyed all the party items in their pizza party! Well done Reception!

Friday 11 April 2025 Rotary Child for the Spring Term Congratulations and well done to our Rotary child for the Spring term! Seth is a true role model who always tries his very best in all he does! He displays all of our Torch values and is also a very kind and caring child. He gives up his own time to volunteer being a sports ambassador and has represented the school in numerous sporting events. Well deserved Seth! We are all very proud of you.

Thursday 10 April 2025 Year 4 Sports Event at EDA Year 4 had a super day trying our new sports with some of the other Primitas Primary Academies at EDA today. We even tried out Cornball and Tchoukball. It was lovely to see some of our former pupils who are now at EDA being Sports Leaders and leading the events. Fantastic day thank you EDA.

Thursday 10 April 2025 KS1 Easter Chick Hunt What a super afternoon we had on our Easter Chick Hunt! Mrs Fellows made 77 knitted chicks and we had to find them!!! There was one for every child in KS1 so there was lots of fun and lots of laughter looking all over the school field, forest schools and the playgrounds for the hidden chicks! What a lovely afternoon we had.

Thursday 10 April 2025 Easter disco 2025 Our Easter discos were a great success again! The children all looked wonderful in their "disco" clothes! Lots of fun and dancing! The children had a fantastic time!

Wednesday 9 April 2025 Year 1/2 Easter Craft morning 2025 An Eggcelent parent and child Easter craft with year 1/2 this morning! The children wanted to start off with a Brain break of Danny Go and so all the parents had to join in too!!! There was lots of dancing and laughter!! They wanted the parents to dance so they could "concentrate" on the lesson! Fabulous dancing and crafting! Thank you to everyone who came today! The children and adults all really enjoyed themselves!

Tuesday 8 April 2025 Year 2 Maths Measuring Lesson In year 2 maths today we have been deciding what to use to measure different objects around school so we can compare their lengths from shortest to longest. We found that the metre stick was very good for measuring tall and long objects and the ruler was good for shorter objects. Great maths work year 2!

Tuesday 8 April 2025 Primitas Book basket donations This morning the Year 3/4 competition winners went to Burntwood Library. Here they met the winners from the other Primates Primary schools. Together we had a tour of the library, completed a book treasure hunt and had a delicious afternoon style tea provided for by the Friends of Burntwood Library. They also met the representatives from Malachi, Spark and Pathways. The children gifted a basket of books to each group to show our thanks for their support in our community. Hopefully the children in their groups will like the books we have picked. Well done to all the children involved.

Friday 4 April 2025 Year 2 Art Yayoi Kusama Sculptures We had an amazing time creating our own Yayoi Kusama inspired flower sculptures. Lots of messy hands but well worth it! The flower sculptures are beautiful. We are now ready to paint them when they are dried out.

Wednesday 2 April 2025 Lent Charity Collection For our Easter Lent Charity we will be collecting for "The Max and George Trust Dog Rescue"

Tuesday 1 April 2025 Year 6 trip to London - visit to Parliament What an amazing visit we had! We went on the fast train to Euston and then had the fun of rush hour on the tube! Off we went to Parliament to be met by our MP Dave Robinson! He gave us a great tour of the House of Commons and answered loads of questions! Thank you Dave.

Friday 28 March 2025 Special Delivery from the Coop! We had a special delivery this afternoon from the Coop! Lots of squishy fruit toys! Thank you so much to James from the Coop for helping us to promote healthy eating to the children! You will see lots of them hanging from the ceiling near the school kitchen as well as in lots of the book corners around school! We are also looking forward to the food and nutrition workshops that James is running for us in the summer term!

Wednesday 26 March 2025 Holly Berries Talent Show 2025 We hosted our very first Talent show last night and what a super show it was! Wow are children are really talented! We had beautiful singing, dancing, a puppet shark, musical instruments, magic tricks and comedians! Amazing fun was had by all the children as well as the staff!

Wednesday 26 March 2025 Easter Events at Holly Grove Bunny Money Sheet - Class Pizza Party

Friday 21 March 2025 Outdoor Learning in Year 1/2 We have been enjoying the 1/2 outdoor learning area! The children have been role-playing as construction workers and mechanics. They have had loads of fun. Lots of problem solving and working together to get a solution. They were even pretending they were at the beach and sunbathing! While a few even had a go at some quiet, peaceful gardening.

Friday 21 March 2025 Comic Relief Day 2025 We have a brilliant day on the 40th Anniversary of the first Red Nose Day! We had lots of children come in red or wearing comic relief t-shirts or bucket hats!

Thursday 20 March 2025 Year 5/6 painted stones In PSHE we painted stones thinking about nice things and nice feelings. The stones when finished will go into the nursery outdoor forest area to brighten up the texture path. Also hoping our "nice" thoughts will also go with them.

Thursday 20 March 2025 Year 3/4 German Singing! Look at how well the children in year 3/4 are doing with their German! Even using it in outdoor games! Can you work out what song they are singing&quest;&quest;&quest;

Thursday 20 March 2025 Rail Safety Assembly Network Rail put on a very interesting online life assembly for our younger children today on how to be safe on a train and around train tracks. The children in Reception and KS1 all came together to watch it together. Afterwards the teachers answered questions from the children about the messages they had been given.

Wednesday 19 March 2025 National Rail Workshop for KS2 children This morning we had our Network Rail assembly workshop teaching the children all about Railway safety. We learnt about the signs to look out for and lots of great advice on how to keep safe around railway tracks.

Tuesday 18 March 2025 Year 1/2 trip to CBSO Birmingham We arrived at the Orchestra centre to see the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra full of excitement! The concert was called "A journey to the Moon!" and we all had to be musical astronauts in the concert - training for the journey! We learnt all about the different instruments and sections of the orchestra and put movements and rhythms to the music. It was wonderful

Friday 14 March 2025 Year 1 Art Yayoi Kusama This morning in art we recreated an art installation by the artist Yayoi Kusama called The Obliteration Room. It was created by adding millions of sticky dots to white items in an all white room. We think our bowls and plates are amazing!!!

Friday 14 March 2025 Science Forces lesson Year 5/6 We have started our forces topic in science today and had lots of fun "experiencing" forces by dropping different sized objects into flour and then measuring the depth and diameter of the craters they made. We did also make a bit of a mess and had to get the hoover out!

Wednesday 12 March 2025 EDA dress rehearsal The Little Mermaid

Tuesday 11 March 2025 Year 1/2 Paired Yoga Year 1/2 have extended their yoga practice by trying some paired poses! We had lots of fun doing the double boat, the roof and the lizard on the rock! Which was tricky, but lots of fun! Well done everyone for showing super cooperation and happiness torch values today!

Tuesday 11 March 2025 NSPCC Visit to Year 2 This afternoon we had some special visitors to Year 2 an amazing team from the NSPCC as part of their "Speak out and Stay Safe" Programme. We had a workshop and then we completed an activity booklet. We also got some special stickers to take home. We are going to do a bit more work in our workbooks tomorrow and then the children will be bringing these home to share with their families. Super listening skills today, great Torch Values of Respect. Well done children.

Tuesday 11 March 2025 Reception The Farm Topic We have been thinking about "The Farm". We have had to create our own farms in the school world area, as well as using our cutting skills. We have also been enjoying the role play area - where "The Vets" is! We have been caring for the animals and trying to make them feel better.

Tuesday 11 March 2025 Nursery Woodwork lesson We have been using a new tool in our woodwork lesson today! We have been using a screwdriver! We had to use lots of our fine motor skills to twist the screw into the wood with the screwdriver. We found this quite tricky, as we had to hold the wood to stop it turning around with the screwdriver! Some great problem solving in action!

Monday 10 March 2025 Year 3/4 Science -Plant and Light Experiments How does the colour of light filter affect plant growth?

Monday 10 March 2025 Year 2 British Science week 2025 This afternoon as part of British Science Week, we have been investigating height. We talked about the different factors that might affect how tall we are. Then we measured each other using blocks and worked out our class average height. Finally, we drew that height out so we can compare it with the rest of the school in assembly! Great Torch value of Cooperation in action today!

Thursday 6 March 2025 World Book Day 2025 We had a super WBD 2025! We have been hearing stories all week read by different adults from around the school. We also had our very first book swop! Which the children loved as they all got to take a new book home with them! We also gave out the WBD books which Mrs Willis collected from the shops! Today we had a lovely dress up day, where the children came in as their favourite book characters or in their PJ's for bedtime reading! We had prizes for the best outfits throughout school and there was a competition for decorating a stone as a book character/book theme. What a great week we have had!

Thursday 6 March 2025 Primitas Junior Speaking Competition 2025

Tuesday 4 March 2025 Year 5/6 Gymnastics Team competition Winners! Well done to our Gymnastics team for their amazing routines at the recent Gymnastics competition! We entered the individual routines and the group one. The girls were brilliant and showed great torch values of cooperation, respect and a lot of happiness when we won! Super work Girls!

Friday 28 February 2025 Young Voices Concert 2025 Our choir went to the Young Voices Concert at the Genting Arena and took part with loads of other schools in the Young voices concert. It was an amazing night and we had a super time. We sang and danced, enjoying seeing our parents watching us!

Tuesday 25 February 2025 Year 3/4 Science -Digestive process Today we have been demonstrating the human digestive system. We used bread in a bowl (the mouth) using scissors (the incisors), then we added water (saliva) to the bowl and used a fork to grind the bread down (the molars). The food was then poured into a food bag (the stomach) and mixed with orange juice (acid). We squeezed the bag to mimic the stomach muscles churning the food with the stomach acid. The food was put into tights (entered the small intestine) when the liquid was removed from the chyme to leave behind the faeces.

Tuesday 25 February 2025 Nursery Dough Disco

Tuesday 25 February 2025 Reception Observational Art The children in reception had great fun looking at the spring flowers and then drawing them! What great pictures! They really worked on hard on getting the colours and sizes right.

Sunday 23 February 2025 Year 3/4 ICT 3D Model We have been learning about what a RAM, Hard Drive and CPU is. We then built a 3D model to show the components inside of the computer to demonstrate their importance and significance.

Friday 14 February 2025 Year 3/4 DT Pencil Cases Year 3/4 have worked really hard on their designs for their own pencil cases in their DT topic. They had to really think about what they need to include and how to make it. They had to check their design and then evaluate how well they had followed their design. Look how proud they are of what they created!

Friday 14 February 2025 Year 1/2 Valentines Hunt Year 1/2 have been on a Valentine's Day "heart" hunt today! Mrs Fellowes kindly knitted every child a love heart! They were all hidden around the Forest School area. The children had great fun finding their very own Valentine heart x

Friday 14 February 2025 Watercolour Art Year 5/6 were working very hard on their silhouette cityscapes using watercolours. They learnt about how to mix the colours, how to not use too much paint or water. They experimented with their colours and blending.

Friday 14 February 2025 Year 3/4 Forest school session The last session of Forest schools this half term, so they celebrated by having marshmallows! We didn't even notice that cold weather! We had super fun! Torch values loads on show this afternoon!

Friday 14 February 2025 Year 2 DT Sewing What a productive afternoon we had in Year 2. We started our sewing samplers as part of our fine motor skills and as part of our DT topic. The children really concentrated hard on what they were doing and were all really engaged in the activity. We can't wait to finish them!!

Thursday 13 February 2025 Year 2 Kite Making Let's go make our Kites! What a fantastic DT lesson we had today! We used our designs and materials list: Plastic, dowel for the frame, tissue paper and cellophane for the decoration and crepe paper for the tail. We checked our final kites against our designs and were very proud of how they turned out! Once they are dry we can test them!

Thursday 13 February 2025 Year 1/2 Indoor PE In Year 1/2 we have been practising travelling with a piece of equipment. The children did really well considering this was their first lesson but the last lesson of the sequence. They showed lots of Torch Values including Cooperation and Tolerance. Well done

Thursday 13 February 2025 Valentine Disco We had a great time at the two Valentines discos! The first one was with Early Years and KS1 and the second with KS2.

Wednesday 12 February 2025 Reception Bird feeders Over the last few weeks the Reception children have been very busy in Forest schools making their very own bird feeders. They have used lots of different things in the forest school area to help them. We have talked about why we need to help the birds at this time of year. So the children were very excited to think they are helping the birds. We also made some obstacle course using the skills we have learnt. Great use of Torch Values today! Well done everyone!

Tuesday 11 February 2025 Internet Safety Week During Internet safety week will be continued to educate the children in keeping safe online.

Monday 10 February 2025 Year 3/4 Trip to Symphony Hall 2025 Year 3/4 went to Birmingham to see the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra play! They were amazing! We heard tunes from Harry Potter, the theme from Star Wars! We even went around the world and heard pieces of music from all over the world including the Can Can from France! A brilliant day!

Friday 7 February 2025 Winners of Lichfield DC Art Competition Well done to our wonderful Holly Grove winners of the Lichfield District Council Art Competition! They had to design a poster of what they love about Lichfield district! We are so pleased that we have so many winners from our school. The children's art will be produced on to boarding to be put in the city centre around the building works that are taking place! We will keep you updated of when and where you will be able to see them. Well done!

Friday 7 February 2025 Standon Bowers Year 6 2025 What a great week Year 6 had at Standon Bowers! They were involved in so many activities - which they all had a go at. They all worked hard in their squads and showed their torch values of cooperation, respect and tolerance! They grew in their independent skills and had to look after their own belongings as mom wasn't there!! Well done Year 6 you were all amazing!

Thursday 6 February 2025 KS1 trip to London Natural History Museum Year 1 & 2 visited London and went to the Natural History Museum! It was brilliant! We saw so many dinosaurs! We even saw a moving one!!! We loved looking at all the different bones and realising how big they would have been, We took part in a workshop where we had to put the bones in the right places. It was a long day but we loved it! Members of the public came up to the teachers and told them how well behaved we were! They were really proud of us x

Thursday 6 February 2025 Year 3/4 Binary Code Lesson In year 3/4 we have been writing our names in Binary Code! We have learnt that 8 bits make a byte and that the CPU in a computer only processes "bits" in the form of 1's and 0's. We have great fun!

Wednesday 5 February 2025 Forest school Year 5 and Nursery joint session Year 5 joined Nursery for a joint forest school session while Year 6 were at Standon Bowers. We are very proud of the Year 5 children and how they worked with the nursery children. They each took on responsibility for a nursery child and took the child under their wing! They bug hunted, making dens and making obstacle courses! The Year 5 children taught the nursery children lots of new skills. They all showed their Torch Values of Tolerance, Ownership, Respect, Cooperation and of course Happiness. One of the nursery children said to the teacher when they went back into the classroom " What a beautiful morning we have had" XXXX

Wednesday 5 February 2025 Year 1/2 new outdoor area! We had a super time exploring the new outdoor area! It has lots of great areas to explore and play in! Thank you Mrs Elstone for creating it for us!!

Wednesday 5 February 2025 Nursery Woodwork Nursery have been doing their woodworking this week with lots more hammering! They really enjoyed hammering the nails into the wood! Look at the concentration on their faces!! Well done Nursery super skills.

Tuesday 4 February 2025 Year 1/2 Music with Mr Dean In our music lesson today with Mr Dean we learnt all about the saxophone. We learnt that it's made of metal and you play it by blowing it and we listened carefully to the high and the low notes it can make! We will look out for it when we go to see the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra later in the term.

Tuesday 4 February 2025 Year 5 Beau trip 2025 While Year 6 were at Standon Bowers Year 5 children went for a day out at Beau! They had a super time, spending the day doing forest schools skills! Den building, team games, making bows and arrows - just a few of the things they did! Lots of super Torch Values shown today!

Friday 31 January 2025 Reception Chinese New Year A very busy day in Reception class! We have created snake dragons and made good luck money wallets as part of our Chinese New Year celebrations. We have painted our snake dragons and role played in the theatre. We have also been looking at maps, globes and the atlas to see where China is. We also had a go at doing the new world map jigsaw.

Friday 31 January 2025 Nursery Chinese Dragon Dance Nursery came into the hall on after Torch Assembly and shared their Chinese New Year Dragon Dance! All the children clapped and encouraged the nursery dragon around the hall. The Nursery children played their instruments and roared as they walked! Well done Nursery!

Thursday 30 January 2025 Reception and Year 1 Reading Today the Year 1 children came to Reception and shared their books with the Reception children. They told each other the stories from their books. The Year 1 children were great reading role models! Super Torch values!

Thursday 30 January 2025 Year 1 Kite designing Year 1 have really enjoyed making their kites as part of their Design and Technology unit. They tried hard to make them look like their designs! Let's go Fly a Kite!

Monday 20 January 2025 Archery Year 5/6 Competition

Monday 20 January 2025 Year 6 Bikeability Year 6 children have been having the opportunity to learn all about bike safety and how to be safe on the roads. This is the next level up from when they did bikeability in Year 4. The children have been really good and have been learning how to be careful on the roads and to always be on the look out for road hazards especially when over taking parked cars. The trainers have been really pleased with their process. Great use of Torch Values - Respect, Tolerance, Ownership

Friday 17 January 2025 Torch "Ownership" Children Well done to this week's Torch Children who were awarded Ownership.

Thursday 16 January 2025 Charles Fazzino Inspired Art In year 5/6 we have been inspired by Charles Fazzino and have created our own pop up cityscapes! We worked really hard on them.

Wednesday 15 January 2025 Year 3/4 Forest Schools

Wednesday 15 January 2025 Year 5/6 Yoga Year 5/6 have started their yoga sessions this half term! They have really picked up the yoga poses and have been putting them into a yoga flow - where one pose flows into the next. We have also been learning about breathing and how to control our breath. We especially liked the Lion Breath and the Elephant Breath. Looking forward to moving into some partner yoga before the end of our half term.

Monday 13 January 2025 Year 5/6 Forest Schools There might have been frost on the ground and freezing temps across the country but we are all wrapped up warm outside doing forest schools! We even had hot chocolate around the campfire with Mrs Spencer! We were using our skills to whittle and to remember how to hold the tools correctly. We also had time to explore our forest school area and enjoy learning outside. We showed lots of our school Torch Values including Tolerance, ownership, cooperation and always happiness!

Monday 13 January 2025 Nursery Children Balance Bikes This week the Nursery children have been learning to use the balance bikes with our Sports coaches! They had great fun, learning all about how to put on their bike helmets and how to use the bikes properly. They used their listening skills really well and worked well as a team! Great Torch Values! Really looking forward to next week to see how much they progress!

Friday 10 January 2025 Torch "Tolerance" Children The first Torch awards of 2025! Congratulations to the children who have shown the school value of Tolerance. We heard how they understand that people are different and how they respect others views and opinions. We heard how they understand that they have to be tolerant in their own learning by taking advice to improve their work. The children have worked very hard and impressed their teachers. Well done!

Friday 10 January 2025 Year 1/2 Forest Schools It didn't matter that it was cold, we were all wrapped up and off we went to Forest schools! We had a great time exploring and we even had a story around the campfire! We played on the swing and in the mud too!!! Sorry moms..... We used all of our Torch Values - Tolerance - turn taking, Ownership - looking after the forest school, Respect - by listening to what Mrs Spencer told us to do, Cooperation - working together and of course Happiness! That's an easy one we had lots of fun, lots of laughter and smiles!

Friday 10 January 2025 Year 2 ICT using the iPads Year 2 have been learning how to create pictograms using the iPads this week! They worked in pairs and using their Torch Values of cooperation and respect as they worked and listened to one another. We had a super morning with Mrs Davies!

Friday 10 January 2025 Year 1/2 Gymnastics Year 1/2 have started their gymnastics topic for this half term. The children were thinking all about how different animals move. They then had a go at trying out some of their "animal" moves on the equipment! We had lots of fun!

Thursday 9 January 2025 Welcome to all our new Nursery children! We had some new children join us after Christmas and they have all settled in really well. They have made some new friends with the children who are already in our nursery and we had lots of fun playing inside and outside with all the toys.

Wednesday 8 January 2025 Holly Berries Early Morning Dancing Holly Berries our Before and After school club had great fun this week - they love to start the day off with their light up disco!! Out come the disco lights and the "tunes" and everyone is up and dancing! What a super way to start the day!! If you would like to come along to Holly Berries just contact the school office or check out the information on the website!

Wednesday 8 January 2025 Year 1 Music lessons with Mr Dean This term Mr Dean is working with Year 1! They have been learning all about how to use their beaters properly "like a magic wand" and they learnt how to play their first piece "My Dog has Fleas!" They are very excited about sharing all they learn this term with their parents at the Spring concert.

Tuesday 7 January 2025 Nursery Winter Walk The nursery children went on a lovely winter walk today to see what they could discover! They had great fun looking at the frost and the finding all the items on the winter list!

Tuesday 7 January 2025 Autism Inclusion Team Parents Workshop Today we were joined by the Autism Inclusion Team who put together a very informative parents' workshop. It was great to be joined by so many parents and it is definitely something we will look at running again.

Friday 20 December 2024 Rotary Child Award Autumn Term 2024 Well done to our Year 6 child who was awarded the Rotary Child Award for the Autumn term. She was chosen because she displays all of our Torch values every single day! Well done we are all very proud of you.

Thursday 19 December 2024 Santa Panto in School We had a brilliant day " Oh yes we did!" All the children had great fun watching the Santa Panto! There was lots of singing, dancing, jokes and even a water pistol!!! We had 3 shows so the children had enough room and that the show could be aimed at the children. Nursery and Reception children were first, followed by KS1 and then KS2 after lunch.

Thursday 19 December 2024 Animal Rescuers Advent Charity Collection We had a great response for our Advent charity collection for the Animal Rescuers of Lichfield, they support lots of small local animal charities. We collected animal food, bedding, toys and lots of towels and blankets.

Wednesday 18 December 2024 KS2 Christmas Carol concert 2024 Well done to all the KS2 children at their carol concerts today. They wowed us all with their beautiful singing, lovely clear reading and enthusiastic music making on their steel drums. Thank you to St John's Church and Matt Wallace the Vicar for hosting us all again this year and helping us to share some Christmas joy. Merry Christmas everyone!

Wednesday 18 December 2024 Holly Berries Snowball Fight!! Holly Berries staff decided that we might not have any real snow but that doesn't mean you can't have a snowball fight!!! So they used their imagination and the hall before school was filled with "snowballs!"

Wednesday 18 December 2024 Christmas Lunch 2024 We had an amazing Christmas lunch! Thank you to the "Kitchen Elves" for working so hard today!

Tuesday 17 December 2024 Elfridges We had a great time today with our Secret Santa shop "Elfridges" being open for all the children to get presents for their loved ones! We also had the grotto ready for Santa and the Elves delivered a personalised Christmas decoration for each child in school.

Tuesday 17 December 2024 Santa school visits We had a very special visitor in school today! SANTA! The children were very, very excited! When he walked through the hall at lunchtime to say there was uproar would be putting it mildly! Santa told all the children that he knew they were on the good list and not to worry if they had done something unkind or naughty, that if they did something kind then it makes all the difference. The children all listened and told Santa they would leave out cookies for him and carrots for the reindeers. They all had a great time! Thank you Santa and see you again next year!!

Friday 13 December 2024 Police Cadets Year 6

Friday 13 December 2024 Reading children raffle winners Autumn 2 A massive well done to this half terms reading raffle winners! Remember the more you read the more tickets you earn!

Friday 13 December 2024 Reading Raffle extra winners Autumn Term To celebrate the end of term we had an extra special reading raffle! All the children who had read 5 times or more in a week were entered into an extra raffle draw. The winning children each received a free game of bowling. Well done everyone.

Friday 13 December 2024 Lichfield District Art Competition Well done to all the children who have entered the Lichfield District Art Competition. Here are just a few of the amazing entries! The children had to draw a picture celebrating Lichfield district. The winners will have their work made into a bill board in The Spires Shopping Centre while the building work for the new cinema is going on next year! How exciting it would be if we had a winner! Fingers and toes crossed everyone!

Thursday 12 December 2024 KS1 Christmas Carol Concert 2024 Key Stage 1 held their Christmas performance and it was an amazing success! The children were amazing! Well done some super singing and great readers! Well done to all the family members who joined in singing at the end! Thank you

Wednesday 11 December 2024 Autumn Music concert Our Autumn Music concert with Mr Dean our music specialist who has been working with Mrs Barnes (Year 2 ) and Mrs Surplice's (Year 5/6) classes this term. The Year 5/6 were on the steel drums and the Year 2 were playing the glockenspiels. Their playing and singing was amazing! The last song had the staff in tears xx We are very proud of how well they performed. Well done!

Tuesday 10 December 2024 Early Years Christmas Play We have two amazing Christmas shows today with all our Nursery and Reception children! They were all brilliant! The parents and families who came to watch them had a great time.

Friday 6 December 2024 Year 2 children go to EDA Sports event! Our Year 2 children had a brilliant time trying out Boca and archery today! They were invited by EDA to come along to take part in a joint sports event with the other Primitas Primary Academies. The children had lots of help and support from the Sports Leaders at EDA it was lovely to see them working together so well. Thank you to EDA for hosting and putting on such a super event! Lots of our Torch Values were seen during the morning!

Wednesday 4 December 2024 Year 4 Science

Wednesday 4 December 2024 Year 3/4 Forest Schools

Monday 2 December 2024 Choir sings at The Spires Care Home Our Choir went to sing at The Spires Care Home in Lichfield to the residents for Christmas. The children had a lovely time and not only sang beautiful but also afterwards had a chat with the older people. It was a lovely morning.

Sunday 1 December 2024 School Choir Singing for Burntwood Town Council Christmas lights

Friday 29 November 2024 Forest Schools Year 1 Year 1 had the most wonderful morning in Forest schools today! We used lots of our Torch Values - Cooperation, respect, tolerance and of course happiness as we worked together. We even got to eat the "fireworks" we made in English after we used our instructions to create them!

Friday 29 November 2024 Christmas Fair 2024 Wow! what a great Christmas Fair! A big shout out to Mrs Ellis for organising it all! Thank you to all the families who came along and supported the school. Thank you to all the staff who managed the stalls.

Thursday 28 November 2024 EYFS Balance Bikes Reception and the Nursery classes have been having lessons on how to ride a balance bike. Our Sports coach is coming in every week and working with the children in the hall or on the playground. They are all amazing and have really taken to the bikes like "ducks to water!" Watch out for them in the Tour de France!!!

Thursday 28 November 2024 Reception Diwali Reception classes have had a great time learning all about Diwali the festival of light. They even made their own Diya lamps. Diya Lamps are oil lamps lit during the festival of Diwali to symbolize prosperity in the new year. They are small pots made from clay and could be described as 'thumb pots' as they are made by pressing the thumb into a ball of clay and shaping it. The children really enjoyed learning all about the festival of light

Thursday 28 November 2024 Christmas Lunch Menu 2024!

Wednesday 27 November 2024 Nursery Winter Craft Morning 2024 We had a great nursery winter craft morning this week. Thank you to all the family members who attended the children loved seeing you and showing you their nursery classroom. They really enjoyed themselves! We hope you all had as much fun as us!

Wednesday 27 November 2024 Year 5/6 Gymnastics

Tuesday 26 November 2024 Reception Winter Craft Morning 2024

Monday 25 November 2024 Reception visit from school Nurse We had a visit from the school nurses to our Reception classes. They talked to us about how to look after our teeth. We practised using a tooth brush and even cleaned some huge teeth! We also looked at different foods and talked about what foods were good for our teeth and which ones had sugar in, which can be bad for our teeth. We had lots of fun learning and asked lots of questions.

Wednesday 20 November 2024 Year 6 Reading Gladiators Our Year 6 Reading Gladiators have started a new book this half term! We are very excited about it as it's written totally in poetry!!! Its all about a boy in America who experiences some trauma and how he learns to deal with it and how he "Rebounds"

Wednesday 20 November 2024 Torch Value Children Autumn 1

Tuesday 19 November 2024 Snow!!! We had very excited children today! They woke to a blanket of snow! Luckily we were able still get to school and had no real issues. The teachers took full advantage of the weather at break time!

Sunday 17 November 2024 Our First School Council Meeting Our very first school council meeting of the new year! We had to first have the class election to vote in the new school councillors.

Sunday 17 November 2024 Year 2 DT - Picture Frames Year 2 have been very busy this half term designing and making their own picture frames. The children would agree it has

Thursday 14 November 2024 Egyptian Workshop Year 3/4 We had a super day with our Egyptian workshop! We learnt how to write like an Ancient Egyptian scribe, we built an Egyptian city. We were given 4000 coins and had to spend it to build their own city and earn points. The winning team were the city of "Cairo" who got 110 points and had 100 coins left over! We also looked at Ancient Egyptian artefacts and were mini historians. It was a great day!

Wednesday 23 October 2024 Halloween Disco Our first discos of the year! What amazing costumes! Lots of fun had by staff and the children!

Monday 21 October 2024 Year 4 Chasewater Residential Our very first over night residential with Year 4 was at Chasewater. We had an amazing time! The children were active from the moment they arrived doing activities like group games, practicing our Torch value of cooperation and tolerance!! Then on the climbing wall were we saw a lot of happiness! Bouldering - climbing on the smaller wall which was great fun! Archery were we saw a lot of respect for one another as well as the equipment! Fire lighting and den building were once again our cooperation skills came into play. On the evening we had campfire songs around a big real fire! The children were really well behaved and the staff at the centre were really impressed with them. We will definitely returning!

Sunday 20 October 2024 Yoga lessons in Year 1/2

Thursday 17 October 2024 Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Team A huge congratulations to our Year 5/6 rugby team who came 3rd overall in the schools tag rugby competition at EDA. You were amazing!! Thank you to all our supporters.

Friday 13 September 2024 Torch Award Tolerance Well done to all the Torch children who were awarded the Tolerance Torch award today.

Wednesday 14 August 2024 Rotary Award Summer 2024 Well done to our Summer Rotary Award winner A! She really deserves this award! We are all very proud of her! Thank you to the Rotary for coming in and presenting this award.

Friday 19 July 2024 Summerfest - last day of school July 2024! On the last day of term we had our own Holly Grove festival on the field! We had games, music, dancing, faceprinting and ice creams!!!

Friday 19 July 2024 What a Star! A big well done to S who had her lovely long hair cut off and donated it to a children's charity for sick children who have lost their hair. What a very kind gesture. We all thought she looked lovely with her new hair cut!

Thursday 18 July 2024 Astle Award 2024 Our Astle Award this year was to T. This award was given to the school by Mrs Astle who had been a TA at Holly Grove for many years. We always remember her fondly when we give out this award.

Thursday 18 July 2024 Thank you!!!! A Huge Thank you to T and her family for donating a new wheelbarrow to our school! After the Year 6 play on Tuesday evening her Dad noticed that our one was in need of repair! So he has donated a new one and new wheels for our old one! Thank you so much xxx

Wednesday 17 July 2024 Year 6 leavers Lunch

Thursday 4 July 2024 Skate boarding Day! As part of our build up to the Olympics we had a special coach in to teach all the children how to skate board! All the children from Reception to Year 6 had a go! We had some great balanced children! Lots of tricks being tried too! Great fun for everyone!

Wednesday 3 July 2024 Primfest 2024 Our School choir were part of the joint school summer concert with the other Primitas schools at EDA.

Tuesday 2 July 2024 Summer Reading Challenge Assembly We were visited today by Lichfield/Burntwood Library to talk to us about the importance of reading and continuing to do so over the summer holidays when we aren't in school. Something the library does over the summer is have a competition which all the children can enter! There is even a prize for the best school! Details coming home via class dojo tonight.

Wednesday 19 June 2024 Eco Team Eco Team looking after the local area surrounding the school.

Monday 17 June 2024 Year 6 Football Champions! Our Year 6 boys football team won the Burntwood & Lichfield District Football tournament! Well done boys you played really well! We are very proud of you all.

Friday 14 June 2024 Cinema Night

Monday 3 June 2024 Choir Performance at Prince of Wales Theatre The school choir took part " Cannock can Sing" at the Prince of Wales Theatre. They were amazing and were the final school of the evening and closed the show! An amazing performance that ended with getting all the parents up singing and dancing with them to "Footloose". Thank you to all the families who came to support the children! Your cheers were amazing and really encouraged the children.

Monday 8 April 2024 Easter Parade 2024 We had an amazing last day Easter Parade around the streets surrounding Holly Grove Primary Academy! The older children took on the responsibility of looking after the younger children and held their hands as we waved our flags and showed off the hats/bonnets they had made. What a lovely way to end the term.

Friday 15 March 2024 World Book Day 2024

Monday 4 March 2024 Pep the Poet Workshops We had a great treat today when Pep the Poet came into school and showed the children his love of poetry. The children had great fun! Lots of laughter and some dressing up too! As well as lots of poetry!

Thursday 11 January 2024 Young Voices 2024

Wednesday 20 December 2023 Christmas Charity Collection

Monday 18 December 2023 Year 5/6 Choir at The Spires Care Home

Sunday 8 October 2023 Target Run - Sports Burntwood Leisure Centre called "Target Run". The children loved working together as a team hitting various targets using Nerf darts and archery arrows. Great fun was had by all. Well Done to all the children who were a credit to Holly Grove.

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