Merry Christmas!

We have made it to the end of a very long Autumn Term! Landaviddy have had a great final week, with crown making on Tuesday. This was lots of fun and got us into the festive spirit, ready for Christmas Gift Shop and Christmas lunch on Wednesday. But the fun did not stop there! On Thursday, we had our annual Christmas Art Day, where we made a bunch of different christmas themed crafts. Needless to say, it has been a busy week at school and we are all feeling ready for Christmas! 

Our final lesson of Art as part of our enquiry 'What was new about the Stone Age?', saw us collaborate to create handprints upon a cave wall. We created negative and positive images of our hands and enjoyed experimenting with colours. In English, we have been working on shape poetry and building up to writing our own versions about a snowflake. We explored similes, alliteration and personification. During Maths, we were finding complements to 100, which required us to apply our knowledge of addition carefully. 

Thank you to everyone for your kind gifts and christmas well wishes.  We hope you have a magical Christmas and look forward to welcoming you back into school on Tuesday 6th January 2026. 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

What a week it has been in Landaviddy class! 

Our Christmas play, Lights, Camel, Action! was a hit! We are so proud of the enthusiasm from all the children and all their hard work paid off. Everyone was just amazing! Thank you to those who came to watch and support the class. We hope you enjoyed it! 

During Computing this week, we have been filming our Stone Age stop motion animations. As you can imagine, the children thoroughly enjoyed using their chosen objects and backgrounds, to create their animations. In History, we have been looking at Neolithic tools and artefacts, making assumptions about what life must have been like due to the evidence discovered. In particular, we revisited Skara Brae and explored a range of objects that archaeologists had uncovered. During Art this week, we used natural materials to mark make, just like Stone Age artists! As well as using a variety of spices as pigmented paints. This was a lot of fun!

In English, we have just started a new unit on shape Poetry, starting by discussing a range of poetry and identifying features. Today, we explored a poem called 'Snow is Falling' and discussed our likes and dislikes. We have been subtracting 2-digit numbers from 3-digit numbers, which required a lot of determination. 

Congratulations to Dexter and Brody for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week. And a big well done to Darragh for achieving his 99 club. 

We hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday, for our final week before Christmas!

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

Another week comes to an end in Landaviddy, and we have finally entered December! This week, we have focused on Christmas play rehearsals and refining the songs for our performances which will take place on Thursday 11th December at 2pm and 6pm. If you haven't done so already, please make sure your costume is in by Monday 8th December, ready for our dress rehearsal on Wednesday next week. 

During Wider Curriculum lessons this week, we were thrilled to take on the role as archaeologists in History, where we analysed specimens of ancient Stone Age poo to determine Stone Age diets. YUCK! We learnt about how diets changed from the Palaeolithic to Mesolithic and enjoyed using tools to examine evidence. In Computing, we began planning for our own Stone Age inspired stop motion animations. We can't wait to bring these to life next week! 

In English, we have been writing up our final Stone Age stories using pen, which has been a big thrill and required a lot of patience. Next week, we will assess our writing and start a new unit focusing on some christmassy shape poems! We have continued working hard on addition and subtraction in Maths, adding 2-digit and 3-digit numbers together, using the column method.

Congratulations to Esme and Tommy for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week. And a big well done to Theo for achieving his 55 club! 

We hope you have a great weekend, despite the weather, and look forward to seeing you next week! 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

Christmas play rehearsals are in full swing and the children have done an excellent job learning their lines and practising the songs.  A costume letter was sent home earlier in the week. If you have any questions, please do let me know.

On Monday we participated in our whole School Black History month assembly where we shared the life and artwork of Lubaina Himid. In Computing, we loved exploring animation by creating our own stop motions using the stop motion studio app. We had to carefully consider how to use small movements to make sure our animations flowed. In Art, we used our line sketches from last week and enlarged these to create our own cave using charcoal. Finally in History this week, we learnt about the prehistoric dwellings of Skara Brae. We were curious archaeologists, considering the evidence left behind and debating what each part might have been. 

During Maths lessons this week, we have continued to use the column method when subtracting across 10 boundaries. In English, we have finished our Stone Age stories and began writing up our copies in pen.

Congratulations to Amelia, Evie and Hector for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the week. And a big well done to Evie for achieving her 55 club badge.

We hope you have a fab weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday, where the build up to Christmas officially begins!

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

Christmas play practice is in full swing. Please make sure you are learning your lines at home! Details about costumes will be shared next week.

Landaviddy have enjoyed beginning our new enquiry this week, 'What's new about the Stone Age?'. We started this unit by looking at timelines, putting the Stone Age into perspective. We were amazed to learn that prehistory extended for such a long period of time. In Art, we experimented with line drawing, sketching different British animals. We then looked at recreating some if the shapes and pictures from examples of cave art. In Computing, we created our own flipbooks to create our own simple animation. This was rather challenging as we couldn't get our books to flip smoothly. During PE, we have been enjoying Netball lessons with Mrs Hillman and practicing our attacking and defending skills. 

In Maths, we have been working hard on the column method when adding across 10 and 100's boundaries. This has required a lot of focus, and everyone has worked so hard on this. Next week, we will be moving on to subtraction and how we subtract across place value columns. 

In English, we have been writing our Stone Age narratives. We have been amazed by the language and determination all the children have demonstrated when writing. We hope to finish these off next week. 

Please find below the Homework Grid for Autumn 2. If you complete any of the activities, feel free to bring in your work to share with us. 

Congratulations to Sonny for being chosen as Landaviddy's Person of the Week. 

We hope you have a super weekend and look forward to seeing you next week. 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

This week has flown by in Landaviddy class. Christmas play preparations have begun! All the children were given their parts and scripts on Thursday, and we practised our first rehearsal today. Please make sure you are practising your lines at home as we will be spending time rehearsing over the coming weeks. In PE, we have been enjoying building upon our ball skills in Netball with Mrs Hillman. Finally, during PSHE we have been considering responsible and irresponsible choices, particularly regarding friendships.

During English this week, we designed and described our own Stone Age character ready for our own narratives. We have started to plan our stories and can't wait to start writing these next week. In Maths this week, we have been working hard on column addition and subtraction. All the children have demonstrated excellent determination and all grown in confidence when applying this written method. Next week, we will build on this by learning how to use the method when exchanging.

Please find attached below this half term's Knowledge Web and KIRFS (this will be sent home next week).

Congratulations to Finn and Jemima for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week.

We hope you have a restful weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

Happy Half Term!

We've had a fabulous final week in Landaviddy. 

In English, we have been working hard to finish producing our neat copies of our Dartmoor Zoo recounts, using our best handwriting. I have been so impressed with the children's focus and determination to complete these. Well done everyone! 

In Maths, we explored adding 1s across a 10s boundary, which required lots of perseverance, but we were up for the challenge. We are looking forward to continue developing our adding and subtracting knowledge next half term. 

As part of our enquiry, 'Who Rules the Animal Kingdom?' we learnt about food chains in Science and created our sock puppets in DT, which was lots of fun. We experimented with different methods of joining, with some of us using glue, cellotape and choosing to sew in order to attach elements of our designs (see our pictures below).

Congratulations to Frankie for being chosen as Landaviddy's Person of the Week and a big well done to Hector and Tommy for achieving their 99 club badges. 

We hope you have a restful half term and a horrifying Halloween! We look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 3rd November. 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

Wonderful Woodlice 

Another week goes by in Landaviddy class, and what a week it has been! We have continued to explore our enquiry question 'Who Rules the Animal Kingdom?' in Science, where we investigated which conditions woodlice prefer the most. The children loved hunting in the garden for woodlice, which we carefully brought back to the classroom to observe and discover which conditions they were drawn to the most. We found our woodlice spent most of their time on dark, damp surfaces. Once complete, we took our woodlice safely back to their micro-habitat. 

In Geography, we made comparisons between the UK and Kenya, focusing on physical and human features. During Music with Mrs Butlin, we practised using the chime bars to create patterns which we performed to our partners. In DT, we explored how to join different materials together and evaluated which methods were best. This was lots of fun and helped us to start making decisions about how we may join different materials when creating our animal sock puppets.

We concluded our Place Value unit in Maths this week. All the children have done so well and shown a great understanding of Place Value. We have now moved on to Addition and Subtraction, starting today by applying numbers bonds within 10 to add tens and hundreds. 

In English, we have made progress towards writing up a recount of our Dartmoor Zoo trip. We practised using our 'doctor's kits' to operate on sick sentences and turn these into healthy sentences. We enjoyed working together to improve our writing. Next week, we will finish writing our recounts. 

Congratulations to Esme, Ida and Brody for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week. And a big well done to Frankie and Iylah for achieving their 99 club badges this week! 

We hope you enjoy a fantastic weekend and will see you on Monday. 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton