A huge well done to our wonderful year 6 pupils who tackled their SATS with resilience this week.  We are so very proud of you and know you all did your best.


A few reminders this week as follows:

Clubs will start again on Monday 15th May.

Choir Performances and Competition
Please return reply slips for the choir events by Monday 15th May. Reminder to choir members about the poster competition for the concert on June 27th. Please give your entries to the office by the closing date of May 19th.

Census day is on Thursday 18th May, there will be a special menu for this day which is attached below.

Upcoming dates The school will be performing at the Polperro School Festival Day on Big Green this year on Tuesday 20th June. This and other diary dates can be found on our website Events Diary page.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Hillman

Another busy week! Two lifeguards from the RNLI visited us on Monday to hold an assembly about how to stay safe on the beach. They enlisted the help of pupils to demonstrate how to get help if they get into trouble in the sea and how to stay safe in the sun. They also discussed where it is and isn’t safe to swim and what to do if you are caught in a riptide.

Reminder that all clubs will start again from Monday 15th May. We have taken on board suggestions from our School Council and the clubs on offer for the rest of the summer term are listed below. If your child would like to attend, please email the office secretary@polperroprimary.co.uk. All clubs will run from 3.15pm until 4.15 pm after school and from 12:30-1pm at lunchtime.
Monday: After School Football Club KS2 Y3-Y6 (arena Coach) After School Creative Club YR, Y1 and Y2 (Mrs C)
Tuesday: Alternative Sports Club KS2 Y3-Y6 (Mrs Taylor)
Wednesday: Lunchtime Games Club (includes Board Games, Pokémon and Football cards) Y4-Y6 (Mrs Barnes)
Thursday: After School Running Club KS2 Y3-Y6 (Miss Randle) After School KS1 Sports Club* Y1 and Y2 (Mrs Counsell) *Please note that the KS1 sports club will only take place if the weather is fine as running club will need to use the hall if it is wet. KS1 sports club will be on a first come first served basis.

Attendance We would like to remind you that we do not authorise any holidays within term time. If you require your child to be out of school for an exceptional reason, please fill in the form that is attached to this blog at least 10 days before the proposed absence.

Coronation Mugs Thank you to the people from the community and the Chapel who raised money to provide a coronation mug for the children of Polperro. These were offered to the children today after our end of week celebration assembly by ladies representing the Chapel, including Jack G’s Grandma.

This Monday is a bank holiday and we look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 9th May.

Have a lovely long weekend.

Mrs Hillman

Sun Safety With bank holidays coming up and hopefully some good weather, we have this week had an assembly on staying sun safe. Attached is a list of 5 top tips to help keep young people safe in the sun, put together by Macmillan Cancer Support, which we shared with the children. Please ensure your child comes into school after the bank holiday with a sun hat and sun cream (at least factor 30.) If you have any spare sun hats which your child has outgrown, please send them in so we have spares in school.

Early Help Newsletter – Summer 2023 Please find attached some useful information, support and guidance for Parents and Carers from the Early Help Hub.

Clubs We have taken on board suggestions from our School Council and the clubs on offer for the rest of the summer term are listed below. If your child would like to attend, please email the office secretary@polperroprimary.co.uk.

All clubs will start again from Monday 15th May and will run from 3.15pm until 4.15 pm after school and from 12:30-1pm at lunchtime.

Monday: After School Football Club KS2 Y3-Y6 (Arena Coach)
After School Creative Club YR, Y1 and Y2 (Mrs C)
Tuesday: Alternative Sports Club KS2 Y3-Y6 (Mrs Taylor)
Wednesday: Lunchtime Games Club (includes Board Games, Pokémon and Football cards) Y4-Y6 (Mrs Barnes)
Thursday: After School Running Club KS2 Y3-Y6 (Miss Randle)
After School KS1 Sports Club* Y1 and Y2 (Mrs Counsell) *Please note that the KS1 sports club will only take place if the weather is fine as running club will need to use the hall if it is wet. KS1 sports club will be on a first come first served basis.

Have a wonderful bank holiday weekend. We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 2nd May.

Mrs Hillman

Welcome back. I hope you have had a lovely Easter break.

We are excited to announce a new garden project that we set up with the help of a £300 grant from Caterlink. We plan to grow a variety of vegetables in our school garden that will be used in our school dinners. Pupils who bring in packed lunches will of course be welcome to enjoy any produce too.

Over the Easter break we have organised the garden and the greenhouse which the community kindly raised money for and we are now ready to start in earnest. We believe that this project will not only help provide our pupils with a healthy and nutritious diet but also help to promote sustainability and environmental awareness. By growing our own vegetables, we will be reducing our carbon footprint.

We aim to involve the children in the project as much as possible, giving them the opportunity to learn about gardening, healthy eating, and environmental sustainability. With pupils we have planted a range of seeds already (tomatoes, peppers, spring onions, sweetcorn, herbs…) and have early potatoes ready to plant this week in the tyres (see photograph). Pupils will be invited to taste what is grown so please email secretary@polperroprimary.co.uk if for any reason you are not happy for your child to do this.

We would also like to invite parents and carers to join us in this project. We welcome any support and contributions that you can offer, whether it be in the form of gardening expertise or volunteering time to help us maintain the garden or perhaps donating some bedding plants to brighten up the tubs in front of the school.

We hope that this project will be a success, and we look forward to seeing the fruits (and vegetables) of our labour in the school dinners. We will keep you updated on our progress throughout the project. We also plan to sell tomato plants as soon as they are ready to raise more funds so please watch this space.

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Hillman

What a fun end to another great week!

Thank you for sending your children in today in their multi-coloured clothes. We had a huge amount of fun in school today and at the time of writing we have raised over £160 for Comic Relief from your generous donations.

Cross Country Success The Polperro team did brilliantly well in last week’s Landrake Inter Schools Cross Country Race. They all had smiles on their faces ahead of the 3.2 mile run, and they were still smiling when they got back but with a few splashes of mud and wet feet to prove they had all done it! Jazz was the first girl back and the Polperro Girls’ team of Jazz, Chloe and Eloise was the winning girls’ team! Amazing effort all round, well done Team Polperro. Thank you to Claire Dewe for her wonderful race reports this season and to parents and carers for transporting our runners to each race come rain or shine.

Parent Consultations We are looking forward to seeing many of you in school next week for parent consultations. If you are attending in person, please come 10 minutes early so that you have time to look at your child’s books. There is still time to book a slot if you have not done so. Please call 01503 272249 or email secretary@polperroprimary.co.uk

School Discos Reminder that we will be holding school discos on Thursday 30th March, the last day of the Spring term, to raise money for school. Tickets are on sale in the office and cost £2. The disco for Reception, Year 1 and year 2 will be from 3:30-4:45. Pupils should bring a change of clothes and will be able to change after school. KS2 children (years 3 to 6) should go home at the usual time of 3:15pm and then return to school for their disco which will be from 5-6:30pm.

Easter Time2Move Holiday Programme Please find attached information regarding the Easter Time2Move Holiday Programme which aims to support families during the school holidays to ensure children have access to fun activities, healthy food and physical activity and to address those particular challenges for some families because of increased costs such as food, childcare and reduced income. It brings together providers across Cornwall who put on a wide range of diverse activities that are fully funded for those eligible for benefits related to free school meals but available to all children aged 5 to 16.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Hillman

We started this week with a wonderful assembly by Rev Richard all about Cornwall and St Piran's day. The children shared what they knew and liked about Cornwall and then learned the story of St Piran.

We have had a very busy week and have a busy time ahead:

Parent Consultations We really hope you will join us for our parent consultations which will take place during the weeks commencing 20th and 27th March. Please see attached letter for details.

Easter Egg Hunt and Disco, Thursday 30th March Thursday 30th March is the last day of the Spring term (Friday 31st March is an INSET day). We will be having a visit from the Easter bunny and holding a disco after school.

The disco for Reception, Year 1 and year 2 will be from 3:30-4:45. Pupils should bring a change of clothes and will be able to change after school.KS2 children should go home at the usual time of 3:15pm and then return to school for their disco which will be from 5-6:30pm. Tickets cost £2 and this includes a small snack. All profits will go to school. They will be on sale in school from Monday.

Comic Relief Reminder that Red Nose Day is on Friday, 17th March. This year we would like the children to come to school in the brightest, most colourful and funniest clothes they can find. Nothing needs to match. To raise money please send your child in with a minimum donation of £1 for this MUFTI day. We now have one box of the new design Red Noses on sale – these are £2.50 each and are not recommended for children under the age of seven because of small parts. We will be selling these next week.

Bags for School You will have received a flyer this week regarding a ‘Bags to School’ fundraiser for Nursery. The deadline to bring your bags in is 9:00am on Monday 27th March. Please drop your bags at the Nursery.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Hillman

World Book Day

Thank you so much for sending your children in today in their amazing word costumes. There were some fascinating words chosen from the shortest, ‘Boo!’, to the longest ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’. Every costume promoted a really good vocabulary discussion.

We had some fantastic entries to our ‘Create a Fruit or Vegetable Character’ competition and were pleased with the wonderful ideas and level of detail. Well done to Lucy, Thomas, Noah and Ania, for being awarded 1st place for their vegetable/fruit characters and to Amelia, Frankie, Jack G and Sophie for being awarded 1st place for their ‘Dress as a Word’ entries.

Comic Relief Red Nose Day is on Friday, 17th March. We would like to raise money for Comic Relief. Comic Relief believes that a just world, free from poverty is possible and that those closest to the issues have the best solutions. So they partner with amazing projects and organisations that are working to tackle some of the biggest challenges society faces today. This year we would like the children to come to school in the brightest, most colourful and funniest clothes they can find. Nothing needs to match. To raise money please send your child in with a minimum donation of £1 for this MUFTI day. We will have one box of the new design Red Noses on sale – these are £2.50 each and are not recommended for children under the age of seven because of small parts.

Cross Country Landrake Fun Run – Friday 10th March If your child regularly enters the cross country league races, they may wish to enter the Landrake Fun Run next week. Please look out for a letter with details which will be sent out on Monday.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Hillman

I hope you all had a good half term break. This half term has already got off to a good start with Penhallow Class making pancakes in the school garden on the fire and Rev Richard coming in to give a fun assembly about Shrove Tuesday. The chairs in Landaviddy Class quit today which caused quite a stir in their English lesson. Exciting new class enquiries have been launched: Penhallow are asking ‘How shall we get there?’ Landaviddy would like to know ‘Can we always see things grow?’ and Talland are wondering ‘What’s the Point of Fashion?’. Chaipel are continuing to find out ‘What was life like in Tudor Times?’

Important Date Change for World Book Day As there may be industrial action on the official World Book Day date of Thursday 2nd March, we will now hold our World Book Day celebrations, including both competitions, on Friday 3rd March. Please see revised letter for competition details.

Planned industrial action for teachers The teaching union NEU is calling its members to join in with industrial action in the form of a strike on Thursday 2nd March with two further days of action planned for 15th and 16th March. I will write to you next week with details of how our school may be affected on 2nd March, once I know more. 

Fundraising for School I am really pleased to let you know that funds raised for school this year have so far been spent on:
• A class set of BBC micro:bits (pocket-sized computers that introduce pupils to how software and hardware work together (see photo). They have an LED light display, buttons, sensors and many input/output features that, when programmed, let it interact with you and your world.)
• a range of nativity costumes for each class for Christmas performances.
• a class set of recorders.

We will be holding more fundraisers to help us raise money for more much-needed resources; details to follow. If you are interested in helping out at any of our future fundraising events, please let us know by emailing us.

Have lovely weekend

Mrs Hillman

This week and this half term have flown and the children have experienced a range of exciting and fun activities. Year 5 had a fun sports afternoon at Duloe school yesterday where they experienced boxing, cross fit, archery and tag rugby. Years 5 and 6 tried their hand at coding using BBC Micro-bits, courtesy of Software Cornwall who visited the school on Wednesday. Photographs of these and other learning opportunities are on the class blogs.

We have focused on children’s mental health this week and staying safe on the internet. On Safer Internet Day we focused on the theme ‘Want to Talk About It’ and celebrated everything good about being online and discussed what to do if things do wrong online. Each class sent home an activity for children to do with their parents which we hope you have seen. This link takes you to more information about the day and how to keep your child safe when using the internet https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/saferinternet-day-2023/parents-and-carers

Cross Country Well done to our wonderful and confident cross-country team who not only navigated a new course well last Friday at Landrake, but managed some personal best places too.

World Book Day Please see attached to this blog a letter regarding competitions we are holding for World Book Day this year.

Have a lovely half term.  We look forward to seeing the children back in school at 8:40 on Monday 20th February.

 Mrs Hillman

Because of the rain this week, nearly all of our PE lessons have been inside.  The children have enjoyed a range of PE lessons in the hall including some amazing gymnastics lessons.  Well done on your rolls and counter balances Chaipel Class.

Bridge Stories Congratulations to Jazz, Sophie and Bowyn who have been busy training to become young journalists to tell you all about their learning in the style of a news story. They have written an article ‘Polperro, Pilchards and Paint’ for Bridge Stories which is on the Bridge Schools website and can be accessed via this link https://www.bridgeschools.co.uk/Bridge-Stories_Issue2

Arbor Reminder that if any of your contact details have changed such as address, emails or phone numbers, please update them on Arbor.  

Clubs There is still time to join clubs which start next week. Just sign up by email.
Monday Lunchtime: Construction Club with Mrs Fernie (years Reception, Yr1, Yr2 and Yr3) Monday After School: Football Club for years 3-6 Tuesday After School: Art Club with Miss Pilcher for years 5 and 6 Wednesday After School: Knitting Club (by invitation only) Thursday After School: Running Club Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 Thursday After School: WHEELIES CLUB for R, Y1, Y2 and Y3 with Mrs Counsell.

Have a great, and hopefully dry, weekend.Mrs Hillman