Class Blog for Penhallow

Penhallow 17.11.2023

It has been a very busy week in Penhallow this week with a fabulous mixture of learning adventures! We started the week in odd socks to make a noise for Anti-bullying Week and the children have loved dancing away and making lots of noise during our active breaks between our morning lessons.

Reception celebrated writing their first sentences this week, WOW, they are doing brilliantly in their phonics and excited to be starting level 3! Year 1s are also doing fantastically with their learning and more and more sounds are being added along with tricky words too. We hope you enjoy reading this week's 'Read it Together' book, there are plenty of extra resources on twinklGO! if you need some extra. We encourage you to read with your child every day to ensure they make the very best progress.

In maths, we are looking at number bonds and have been singing our own version of baby shark to remember number bonds to 10.

We finished the week with some Children in Need fun and hope that the children enjoyed their first MUFTI day of the year.

Well done to Emily and Finn for being our Writers of the Week! It was lovely to see you standing at the front of the assembly with your certificates, showing how hard you have been working. Well done!

Well done also to Hugh, Kai and Alfie for being Penhallow's People of the Week this week for showing kindness and positive behaviour both in the classroom and outside on the playground. Well done!

We have now started learning some songs from our nativity and we will let you know the final decision of parts on Monday. Children were all able to tell me what part they would like to play and we are working hard to put the children in their preferred choice.

We hope you enjoy a lovely weekend, see you on Monday.
Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Mrs Robinson and Mrs Clary.

Penhallow 10.11.2023

Remembrance -
This image of poppies has been created by the children in Penhallow Class. We painted it by printing with our hands and some potatoes after being inspired by the stories from Reverend Richard in our Remembrance Assembly this week. We have learned what is special about the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and on Saturday this year, We Will Remember Them.

What Can We Celebrate?
We have continued with our enquiry question by asking why do we celebrate Bonfire Night? We learned all about Guy Fawkes and his plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. We discussed what we enjoyed about the celebration and how it might have changed throughout the years.

Science -
We looked at different materials and their qualities by investigating and grouping different objects found in and around the classroom.

PE -
Year 1s were lucky enough to enjoy a PE lesson on the playground this week, in between the showers, which they thoroughly enjoyed! We are looking at Ball Skills this term as well as Gymnastics which the children have been thoroughly enjoying, ask to see their pike or tuck positions!

Music -
In music, we have introduced the first of the songs for our Nativity, which we are very excited about!

Awards -
Well done to all of the children for all of their super efforts in their learning this week. The following children were recognised by adults for showing kindness, politeness and determination in their learning; Amelia, Theo, Casey and Martha. Well done also to Lowen and Ada for being given a Golden Ticket to have lunch with Mrs Hillman next week, this is for kind behaviour that is recognised by the year 6 children on the playground. Amelia also received her first maths award for getting ten questions correct in her 99 club. Well done to you all!

Other News -
Thank you to all parents that came along to parents evening, it was a pleasure to meet you all and discuss your child's progression into their new school year. The feedback you provided was really useful and I hope that you have had the chance to try out the new games on TwinklGO!
The codes are: Reception Phonics LF0482; Reception Maths AK7180; Year 1 Phonics SV4169; Year 1 Maths TJ1263.
On Monday next week we are invited to come to school in odd socks, this is to spread awareness of Anti Bullying Week.
On Friday it is Children in Need where we look forward to seeing the children out of uniform and in something spotty or colourful instead.

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

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Mrs Robinson and Mrs Pollard.

Penhallow Celebrates Black History Month.

The children in Penhallow loved adding their own piece of artwork to a collaboration colouring to celebrate Black History Month.

Penhallow 3.11.23

It's been a ghostly, historical, fun week back in Penhallow!

The start of Autumn term 2 has had us all busy and excited for the new learning in Penhallow!

We began our new topic: What Can We Celebrate? by looking a little more at why it is important to celebrate Black History Month, the children produced a fantastic collaboration colouring which we were proud to show off in assembly. It now sits proudly on the school hall wall and we are able to recognise which part we coloured at every lunchtime! I will pop a picture up on the blog for you to see on Monday. (Please look out for it when you come in next week for parent consultations.)

In assembly, we learned why we celebrated Halloween and the children really enjoyed understanding a little bit more about the events surrounding Halloween, especially the celebration of the end of Harvest and the beginning of winter.

In English we have now completed our Funnybones work and start a firework project on Monday to coincide with our celebrations topic.

In maths, Reception are looking at shape, focussing on triangles and circles. This inspired us to look at some Kandinsky artwork and we had a go at printing our own Kandinsky style art on Tuesday. The Year 1s have been learning all about addition and were able to explore this with lots of different practical activities. We consolidated this by writing down our own addition sentences.

Well done to our Readers of the Week this week, Evie, who is wowing me everyday with her determination to learn more! Also, Ida who bursts on the carpet trying her hardest in phonics every day! I'm very proud of you both.

Well done to our 'Person of the Week' this week. Mrs G chose Max for his super attitude to learning in phonics. April is so polite every morning with her very kind and positive 'good morning' to the adults! She was chosen as the Year 1 'Person of the Week' and also Felix for working brilliantly with others in the classroom to show how fantastic a role-model he can be to others.

Well done on a fantastic week, we really look forward to another fun week next week where I look forward to sharing the children's learning journeys with you at the parent consultations.

Enjoy a lovely weekend!

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Mrs Pollard and Mrs Robinson.

Penhallow's Class Blog 20.10.2023

We had a fantastic final week to our first half term as Penhallow Class. We finished our enquiry; What Makes Me Amazing? by looking at our last of the senses, taste. The children enjoyed guessing what the different senses were and there were some very funny faces when tasting the slices of lemon to learn about what sour tasted like!

In maths, Reception headed up to the garden where they were speckled frogs, sitting on speckled logs, eating the most delicious grubs! Yum, Yum! The Year Ones have been investigating part-whole models in the start of their addition and subtraction unit, which we will continue with after half term.

In English, we have been looking further at the story Funnybones. The children loved making their own version of the story by banning the word 'dark'. Children should have come home with a copy of this in their book bags for you to enjoy reading together. They will also have their up-to-date 'read together' book and I have also updated TwinklGo! with some relevant books and games if you would like to enjoy over the half term break.

We celebrated the end of term with an assembly on Thursday morning where we were able to recognise our 'People of the Week'. This week, Hugh, Kai, Esme and Dexter were chosen for their amazing attitude to learning by the adults. Well done to them all!

We hope you all enjoy a lovely break and look forward to seeing you refreshed ready for Autumn 2 on Monday 30th.

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G and Mrs Robinson.

Penhallow 13.10.2023

Penhallow Class.

Another fantastic week of learning in Penhallow!

In Reception, the children have been doing so fantastically in their phonics lessons, another four sounds learned this week to add to the collection and the children are applying these brilliantly! I hope you are seeing the amazing developments in their reading at home, with plenty of Robot Rick arms thrown in too! The children would have bought home another 'Read it together' book today and there is also plenty of choice on twinklGo! which I am updating regularly. Reception code is: LA6703.

In maths the children have been impressing us with their understanding as we investigate 1,2,3 and beyond.

Reception joined the class to paint their own 'Pop Art' images, they look fantastic and they very much enjoyed covering Mrs Taylor's face in lots of different coloured paint!

They loved the Circus style PE lesson and we really enjoyed our music lesson with Mrs Butlin this week, where the children were able to try out a variety of instruments.

We also enjoyed a fantastic assembly with Rev. Richard. We talked about all things Harvest and discussed the importance of sharing and what we are thankful for!

Year 1s have also been wowing with phonics where this week we added the 'ee' sound spelt 'ea' to our knowledge. A 'Read it together' and 'Write it together' book has come home today and it would really help the children to consolidate their learning if you could complete this together. There is also plenty on twinklGo! which I will update regularly. Year 1 code is: RY1594.

Well done to all of the children who were nominated by Mrs Robinson today for 'Person of the Week' and being just brilliant!!! In PSHE we had a wonderful lesson discussing how 'proud' feels. I am so proud of all of the children in Penhallow for being so determined in their learning during this first half-term!

Enjoy a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week for another great week before we break for half-term.

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G and Mrs Robinson.

Penhallow 6.10.2023

Penhallow, I have missed you very much this week and can't wait to be back with you on Monday. I'm excited to hear all about your fantastic learning!
I have set up a few activities on twinklGo to keep up with your amazing work in phonics, please feel free to read an online book together over the weekend or have a go at the phonics games.

Go to www.twinkl.co.uk/go and type in the following code:

Reception - LA6703
Year 1 - RY1594

Enjoy a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Taylor.

Penhallow 29.9.2023

Penhallow have enjoyed another fabulous week of learning! Year 1 and Reception have again been 'wowing' us with their determination in their learning.

In Maths, we are learning about counting down from 10 to zero, investigating what one less looks like. In Reception, we are investigating beyond 1, 2, 3.

In English, the children have had a go at drawing their first story maps and we have been so impressed with their results!

We discussed class rules in PSHE and decided on a few of our own to encourage kindness in our wonderful classroom!

Well done to Hugh and Ida for being our 'People of the Week' this week. They show an amazing determination in all aspects of their learning, being kind, wonderful role models in their year groups.

I hope you enjoyed the 'Meet the Teacher' on Wednesday and found it useful. Please email admin@polperroprimary.co.uk if you have any questions that you may have thought of since seeing your child's wonderful learning space!

As mentioned, the Seesaw app is almost ready to share with you, this is a fantastic, interactive way of viewing your child's learning. I will send out the links next week and look forward to sharing their learning journey with you.

Children were sent home with their 'read with me' phonics book on Friday, focussing on the sounds we have learnt this week, please read together over the weekend so that the children can practice their new sounds, we will refresh these weekly and they will receive a new 'read with me' book each week.

We hope you enjoy a lovely weekend!

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Mrs Robinson and Mrs Pollard.

Penhallow 22.9.2023

It has been a fantastic week in Penhallow. The reception children are 'wowing' us with their amazing attitudes to learning in the classroom. We have been impressed with their amazing skills in phonics and their thirst for wanting to know more in their maths lessons. This week we have looked at measure, capacity and patterns.

In Year 1 the children have been working so hard to get into the routine of a busy, learning day. The children have told me that they love their new work books and they are filling them with amazing things! In maths we are learning all about place value, learning what numerals look like as words, some of them are tricky, as well as counting on from any number.

In English, we have written Wanted Posters for Alan, the alligator with big, scary, snappy, white teeth. Next week, we will learn if the children's predictions were correct!

I look forward to seeing you, if you can make it, at the 'Meet the Teacher' meeting on Wednesday afternoon, please come prepared with any questions you may have and I look forward to welcoming you into our wonderful classroom.

Well done to our 'Writers of the Week' this week. They were Casey and Esme, both have had a fantastic start to their school year and I am so proud of them, Well done!

I picked 2 'People of the Week' this week Kai and Brody, both showing fantastic, kind and caring qualities throughout their school week, well done! Keep it up Penhallow, these are fantastic qualities to have, remember my favourite Disney Princess, Cinderella, "Have Courage and Be Kind!"

I attach a copy of our Knowledge Web for this term which shows what we will be learning this half term. These will be available to view on the class blog at the start of each half term, if you have any questions, please ask.

I hope you all enjoy a lovely weekend!

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Mrs Robinson and Mrs Pollard.