TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG: ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT - PICTURE OVERLOAD INCOMING...

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 11.7.25

Another end to another fun-filled week! It was lovely meeting all the new children coming (and staying) in Talland class next year and it sounded like all the Year 5's had a great time in Chaipel - getting ready for their next adventure. It sounds like they were asking really good questions and were enthusiastic which was lovely to hear! We had Sean (the artist) back in for his final lesson with them. The children created some brilliantly creative cards to complete our Orwell Project. They should be proud of their final creation!

Maths:
Year 5 are back on shape and have been learning how to use a protractor. They can also identify the different types of angles... why not quiz your child on the different types of angles they can remember...
Year 4 have been delving deeper into money problems - they'll be sorting out your mortgages, insurances and taxes in know time!

English:
We have created some really powerful writing this week where the children have tried their best to include writing techniques that we have been incorporating throughout the year. The descriptions of the giant and Jack have been great!

PE:
The weather has been glorious this week so we've taken full advantage of the pool and got in not once but twice! Lots of fun games and stroke technique. The children's confidence has grown along with ability which is fantastic!

Well done to Arnie and Tabbi this week for their enthusiasm and determination to learning this week - it never goes un-noticed! 

That's all from us this week so we hope you have an amazing weekend and can't wait to see you on Monday!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton. 

 

TALLAND'S BLOG 27.6.25

It's been a highly active week this week and we've absolutely loved it! We started off by beating Pelynt 10:1 on Monday - well done to the boys who partook in that match and who have played throughout the season. You should all be proud of yourselves! Especially as I'm very happy to confirm that we are the official League Cup Champions! Bridge School Games was only last week and everyone performed brilliantly. The sportsman ship and determination were fantastic. They learnt the art of triple jump yesterday and we were practicing dolphin kick and butterfly in the pool today... I LOVE A SPORTY WEEK!

Maths:
Year 5 have just finished their unit on Statistics where they have learnt to read data and graphs. They are now moving onto Shape, which is always a nice topic.

Year 4 have completed their unit of Position and Direction and have moved onto solving problems with money. 

English:
We have created wanted posters about the cruel and evil giant, Comoran and have been describing his appearance for the police. We've also looked at the features of good fictional stories involving giants to identify what we will need to include in our own stories.

Computing:
We are back, looking at the Mars Rover, but the Mars Rover 2 this time. We've delved into pixels and what they do to produce the picture from the digital lens. The children ended up designing some great pixel images on an excel spreadsheet.

RE:
Talland had a look at baptism today and now understand why people get christened and realise why they need a font, water, a candle, god parents and other important components that compliment this special day.

CONRATULATIONS to Tabbi for being noticed this week for her kind attitude towards younger children and making sure that they feel happy and content during lunch times. It made me really proud to witness it... well done!

That's all from us in Talland this week. We hope you have  a fabulous weekend and can't wait to see you all on Monday.

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.  

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG

WOWZERS... What a busy week we've had and I've absolutely loved it - I hope Talland has too. They did such an amazing job at Polperro Festival. I thought their performance, both acting and singing were an absolute triumph! Chaos and fun - just the way us Tallander's like it! We've also had the Bridge School Games, where children competed against themselves in numerous Wimbledon based challenges and each individual tried to earn more points for Polperro. It was wonderful to see them cheering each other on. Team spirit was at an all time high! We've also been swimming and practicing for sports day - the relay team is now ready! 

On top of all of this...
Maths:
Year 5 have been looking at statistics, where we have delved into reading and interpreting line graphs.
Year 4 have been translating shapes during their position and movement unit.

English:
We have begun to look at Comoran vs Jack the Giant Killer for our narrative based writing. This also links nicely for our trip to St. Michael's mount. This is where this myth originated! We've realised that there are items we need to look out for whilst we're there - including the Giant's heart.

History:
We have begun looking at the life of Ibraham Kingdom Brunel and his amazing accomplishments. Talland all realised that he was the one who designed the The Royal Albert Bridge, which was a cool fact.

RE:
We went on a journey in RE and thought about our life and what journey we have all been on so far! That led to discussions of where might our journey through life take us. It was really interesting hearing the children's different stories.

CONGRATULATIONS to Isabelle for being noticed for her hard work this week and well done to Tabbi, Arnie and Thomas for earning their next badge in 99 club.

That's all from us. We hope you have an amazing weekend and can't wait to see you on Monday.

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 13.6.25

What a fabulous week of play practice Talland have had this week. We have been working so hard to learn our lines, project our voices, become our character and sing songs! Lots to remember for lots of up and coming West-End Superstars!

Year 4's have also had a very busy week as they have all completed their Times Table Check Tests and they all did incredibly well. They've been working so hard to remember the times tables and they should be extremely proud of their efforts!

Well done to Zac this week for being noticed by adults for his enthusiasm towards the Polperro Festival Play, and even stepping in to fill in for the roles of needed characters. 

Exiting News Update:
We have our trip booked for this term: St. Michael's Mount, which will take place on the Thursday 17th July 2025. This should be an amazing trip and we even get a boat ride AND ice cream! Letters will be coming out next week.

We can't wait to show you our production next week for the Polperro Festival.

That's all from Talland this week. We hope you have an amazing weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.


 

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 16.5.25

The sun has been out for us this week and it's been absolutely lovely! We've taken our learning outside at every opportunity!

Maths:
Both year groups have been working their way through the second decimal unit. Year 5 have been adding and subtracting decimals, whereas year 4 have been thinking about the place value of the digits in a decimal problem.

English:
We've had fun with poetry. Children have written poems about specific shapes, colours and animals using writing techniques such as personification and similes to create imagery. 

Geography:
We have been conducting an experiment all week: We have placed a thermometer in the garden, a rain gauge on the playing field and we have been looking through a cloud coverage device which determines how many oktas of clouds are in the sky (overcast, scattered, broken or a clear sky). Talland are checking if their predictions for cloud coverage (oktas), rain (in mm) and temperature (degrees Celsius) are correct.

Computing:
We have taken a quiz and played with the Micro:Bits this week, which are cool devices for creating codes on. 

Science: 
Talland learnt about friction and conducted some small experiments to determine what might give an abject more friction or less friction. The use of jelly and oil was a fun and messy way to find out. 

PE:
We have been lucky enough to get two swims in this week. It's been great seeing the children flourish in the water. I was so proud to see some children build the confidence to swim with their faces in the water and get into the correct body positions to kick their legs. It was also brilliant teaching some of the children how to tumble turn. Some off them were able to tumble turn and push off the wall in a stream line position; that is quite the skill!

CONGRATULATIONS to Lily, Callum and Chillali for earning their next badge in 99 club - excellent effort! I also wanted to say a massive well done and thank you to all of Talland class for supporting the year 6's in their SATs this week. They were so respectful and made me really proud!

That's all from us this week so we wish you a wonderful weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton. 

TALLAND CLASS BLOG: 9.5.25

Happy Friday everybody. We hope you have had an amazing week! 

We have crammed a lot into four days of learning AND we even got a VE Day Picnic PARTY... WINNING!

Thank you all so much for the Picnic Party. The children had an amazing time and the cakes were incredible!

Maths:
Year 5 have been looking into negative numbers and what pieces of apparatus might require negative numbers on their scale...
Year 4 have completed shape and have just begun their second decimal unit.

English:
Next week we will dive into some poetry based on nature. I'm looking forward to see how these turn out!

Geography:
Talland looked into the work of meteorologists and how they measure rain, wind direction and speed and cloud coverage.

Art:
Children continued with the Orwell Art Project. They have now coloured in their up-scaled copy, tea-stained it and crumpled it slightly to give their work a vintage finish.

PE:
Swimming was great fun as ever! Talland have some real fishes in the ranks! Most of them have shown that they can travel the full length of the pool, unaided, on both their front and back.

TIMES TABLES:
As year 4 have their Times Table Check coming up in about 4 weeks time, we have been hitting the numbers hard. Over the past 3 weeks, we have been revising the 6, 7 and 8 times tables. Talland have been fantastic. Next week, we will investigate the 9 times table. Please, please please, practice times tables with your children. The progression over the last 3 weeks has been unbelievable... with your input on top, the children will come into this feeling ready and confident. By going over their 6, 7 and 8 times tables would be fantastic!

CONGRATULATIONS to lily and Flora for earning their next badges in 99 club and well done to Zac for being noticed for his excellent manners and behaviour.

That's all from us. We hope you have an incredible weekend.

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.

 

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 2.5.25

Another end to another great week! We hope you have enjoyed the sunshine!

I was so proud of the children yesterday. I thought they performed brilliantly during the opening of Big Green. They made themselves and Polperro look fantastic!

Maths:
Year 4 have been continuing to learn all about shape. Why not ask your child to tell you some facts about different shapes...
Year 5 have completed their unit on area and perimeter. You could quiz them on how to find out the perimeter and area of a shape...


Art:
Sean was back and the children continued to upscale there 'nature' drawings. This time they added colour through a range of techniques.

Design and Technology:
Talland created their design for the pavilion, which they will begin to build next week.

Geography:
We looked at different crops and where they might grow on our planet. The children then found facts out about these countries and which environment different crops thrived in to grow. 

CONGRATULATIONS to Zac and Arnie for earning their next badge in 99 club and well done to Archie for being noticed for his excellent enthusiasm at school. 

We hope you have a super bank holiday weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 25.4.25

Happy Summer Term 1 everybody. We hope you had an amazing Easter break and ate your body weight in chocolate – I gave it a good go!

The children have returned in high spirits and have been eager to get learning. This term our enquiry question is: What’s pulling the strings of our world? Talland will be building a pavilion type structure in Design and Technology, continuing with their art work for the Orwell Project, air resistance and gravity in Science, the Kingdom of God in RE, using the MICRO:BITS in computing, investigating extreme weather in Geography and exploring cricket and outdoor activities in PE. Yes, it is an action packed term and I can’t wait for Talland to learn all about it!

This week:
Maths:
Year 4 have begun learning about shape and year 5 have delved into perimeter and area. 

English:
Talland have written their description for a castle independently. Next week, they will edit and improve and write it up in top copy.

Art: 
Sean (our artist) came in and showed us how to upscale a piece of art. Talland definitely have some budding artists in the making! 

PE:
This term we will have cricket on a Tuesday and Outdoor Activities on a Thursday. As the weather is about to turn nice (hopefully), the swimming pool will be ready for use. Therefore, could you please make sure that your child has their indoor/outdoor PE kits and their swimming costumes, towels, goggles and swim hats.

DT
We had lots of fun today constructing structures that are strong and sturdy with the use of sweets and cocktail sticks. Talland were learning about how to make a structure that is durable and has secure foundations.

CONGRATULATIONS to Arnie for being noticed this week for his positive attitude, enthusiasm and kindness. 

That's all from Talland class this week. We hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.