Welcome back! We have had a very busy first full week back in Landaviddy. We started off the week with Mrs Phillips, were we had our first Dance lesson in PE and began a new unit in RE were we will be exploring 'What do Christians believe God is like?'.

This half term our Enquiry question is 'How Far Can We Travel?'. We have already had some fantastic questions from the children ... Why do trains need rails? How far is Morocco? How can you design a vehicle? How do our bodies react when we travel?

We started our learning journey in Geography, by applying our knowledge of the continents and oceans from last term, to locate these on a world map. In DT, we began designing our own toy cars from recycled materials, which we will be making this half term! We can't wait to see how they come to life in a few weeks time.

In English, we have been exploring instructional writing. This week, we have focussed on revising different sentence types and practised using imperative (bossy) verbs when writing commands. During one lesson this week, we watch a Jamie Oliver recipe video had a go at writing a set of instructions for a Christmas Apple Crumble. The only catch was we had to watch a video...with no sound! This led to all the children having to using their imaginations when writing their commands and deciding upon the best bossy verbs to use. Today, we collaborated to peer assess and edit our commands, applying our knowledge of written instructions so far. Next week, we will be making Moroccan Lemonade and writing up our recipe.

In Maths, we have continued working hard on our Multiplication and Division unit. Year 2 have been looking at using the multiplication symbol to write number sentences and making connections with repeated addition. We have also been exploring arrays and how we can use these to support writing multiplications. In Year 3, we have been drawing arrays and using them to form written calculations. We have also touched on revising multiples of 2 and we discussed what makes a number even or odd. 

Congratulations to Reuben and Zac for being Landaviddy's People of the Week and a Big Well Done to Oliver for achieving his 44 club badge this week!

Attached below are Landaviddy's Knowledge Web for Spring Term 1, KIRFS and Homework grid for this half term. Please continue to read and practise your Times-tables at home! 

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H

We have had an extremely busy week; working hard practising our play and enjoying lots of Christmas themed learning.

On Tuesday, we had lots of fun taking part in Christmas Art Day across the school. On Thursday, we all wore our Christmas jumpers and couldn't wait to choose our gifts for wrapping. Today, we had the Christmas Fayre which really raised our Christmas spirits!

In Maths, Year 2 have completed their post assessments for their Addition and Subtraction unit and have started new work on Multiplication and Division. Year 3, have continued to persevere with looking at how to estimate and use inverse operations to check the accuracy of calculations.

In English, we have continued to look at poetry and identified our likes and dislikes of some lovely winter-themed poems.

In Art, we finally got round to completing our Stone Age cave art, using charcoal and pastels. We collated our creations to create a wall display, which looks fantastic. 

Well done to Landaviddy's People of the Week: George and Jamie. Congratulations to our Readers of the week: Oliver and Flora, and to our Writers of the week: Nevaeh and Lily. A big well done to Anya for achieving her 44 club badge this week too!

We are very excited to share with you our Fireside Nativity on Thursday! Everyone has been working so hard on this. Please continue to learn your lines and songs at home and if you haven't done so already, bring in your costumes. 

Here are the links to some of the songs we need to practise most.

Our Fireside Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbDKZIWoo0Q
So Be Still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZljAms_P8
We're On A Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuLP-EkyAQQ
Down in Bethlehem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqU5kyN42QY

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H

Well that's another week over. We have been working extremely hard on our Fireside Nativity this week. Please continue to learn your lines and practise the songs at home!

The snow stopped us in our tracks on Thursday, but we have had a fantastic week nonetheless!

This week, we joined Talland to finish decorating the Lanterns for the procession in Polperro on Saturday. We created some lovely Christmas themed shapes. 

In English, we have started a new poetry unit, considering how poetry makes us feel and what it means to us. 

In Maths, Year 2 have concluded their addition and subtraction unit by focussing on answering missing number questions and using tens frames and part-whole models to support our understanding. Year 3 have continued to use the column method and practising borrowing from tens and hundreds when subtracting. Next week, Year 3 will finish their Addition and Subtraction unit.

In Art, we have continued exploring our enquiry question 'What was new about the Stone Age?' by creating a background wash of colour, ready for our final cave art hunting scenes next week. We will be using charcoal and pastels to replicate the texture and pigments used by Stone Age Artists. 

Congratulations to Oliver and Lily for being Landaviddy's People of the Week! 

We hope you have an excellent weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week. 

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H

Stone Age Hunters

We have continued practising our Fireside Nativity and loved practising our songs with Mrs Butlin this week. Well done to those who are continuing to learn their lines at home. A letter has been sent home today about costumes, so please do let me know if you have any questions.

In Maths this week, we have continued to work hard on our Addition and Subtraction unit. We are nearly at the end of this now, and it has been wonderful to see the progress made by all the children. Year 3 have continued using the column method and practised borrowing from 10s and 100s when subtracting. Year 2 have been consolidating their knowledge and continuing to use concrete objects and pictorials to support their understanding.

In English, we have finished writing our stories inspired by 'Stone Age Boy'. I have been impressed with the class' stamina for writing. As a result, we have had some lovely ideas come to life. I have loved reading every one of your stories!

The highlight of our week was definitely making our own Stone Age spears. We used soap to mimic the flint stone and knapped away flakes to create the perfect spearhead. We then chose our own sticks and used blu tack and string as a 'Stone Age' glue. Everyone loved the whole process and we truly felt like we were living in the Stone Age!

Congratulations to Benjamin and Isabelle for being the Landaviddy Mathematician's of the Week! And a big well done to Grace for being our Person of the Week!

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H 

And just like that, another week has come to an end!

In recognition of Anti-Bullying Week, it was wonderful to see everyone wear their odd socks on Monday. In Landaviddy, we designed our own odd socks with Mrs Phillips, demonstrating how we are all unique in our own way. On Wednesday, we collaborated to write a class poem based on the theme 'Make a Noise' about bullying. Everyone came up with a sentence to contribute. Check it out below! This week has led great discussion around how we should treat others and what we can do when we notice bullying. 
Thank you to all for coming in Mufti today in celebration of Children in Need. Everyone looked fabulous in their Pudsey ears!

As part of our enquiry this week, we have been exploring a range of Stone Age artefacts in History. We have also been considering why archaeologists are important and the role they play in helping us to understand the past. In Art, we sketched the scenes we will use for our final cave art pieces next week.

In English, we have planned and written our own stories inspired by 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura. I have been amazed by the stamina for writing all the children have demonstrated this week. We've had children sucked through TV screens and stumbling through portals to get their Stone Age world. Next week, we will finish writing our stories and look at finalising our neat copies.

In Maths, Year 2 this week have been extremely focussed on using concrete objects and pictorials to support themselves when adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers. Year 3 have continued using the column method to add and subtract. They have all shown great determination this week, and their presentation and layout has already improved!

Congratulations to Lucy and Isabelle for being Landaviddy's People of the Week. A Big Well Done to Harley and Everly for being recognised as our Writers of the Week!

Knowledge Web
Please find attached the Knowledge Web for Autumn Term 2 'What was new about the Stone Age?'. This details everything your child will be covering across the wider curriculum this half term. 

Christmas Play 
Today, the children have been given their part and script for our Christmas Play this year! Please have a read through your lines and start learning these at home. We will of course be practising in school too. 

We hope you have a great weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H

Amazing Hunter-Gatherers!

This week has been full of lots of learning!

We have continued our enquiry this week by exploring the Stone Age diet, by identifying foods they would hunt and gather. This sparked interesting discussions about the evidence archaeologists use to prove what people ate in the Stone Age. We were amazed to learn about Otzi the Iceman who was found with his last meal in his stomach! and lets not forget the mineralised poo found at Durrington Walls! 

In Art, we focussed on experimenting with colour today, using watercolour paints, pastels and charcoal to determine what our final colour palette would look like when we create our own cave art. 

Welcome back Landaviddy. We hope you had a lovely half term break! 

This week has gone by very quickly! We launched our brand new enquiry 'What was new about the Stone Age?' by thinking about timelines and how we can plot historical events in chronological order. In Art, we began to explore examples of cave art and identified what we liked and how it made us feel. We experimented using our sketching skills to replicate sections of the cave art we observed.

In Maths, we have continued our addition and subtraction unit. This week all the children have shown great perseverance when working mathematically.

In English, we have started a new unit linked to our enquiry. We've made predictions about an unfamiliar story using evidence from the illustrations and all the children engaged in whole class discussions when reading our focus text, 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura. Next week, we will focus on developing our sentence writing and will aim to begin innovating the story when crafting our own narratives.

In celebration of Black History Month, Landaviddy have been learning about the Olympic gold medal boxer, Nicola Adams. We have loved learning about her life and the passion she has for boxing. The class shared what they believed to be her best qualities in a whole school assembly; KIND, FEARLESS, EXCELLENT, DETERMINED and MIGHTY.

Congratulations to Charlie and Flora for being Landaviddy's People of the Week. A big well done to Harley for achieving his 77 club badge this week! 

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

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H