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.

TALLAND'S BLOG 4.4.25

What a fun last week we have had. It's been full of art, Bayeux Tapestry, sport and Easter egg hunts. We even met the Easter Bunny!

We will keep this one short and sweet. 

We hope you have an incredibly yummy Easter and have a whole lot of fun!

Well done to everyone who has represented our school this week in sport and fantastic work from Arnie, who got noticed for being a determined learner and superb learning partner!

Wishing you a lovely break! Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.

TALLAND'S BLOG 28.3.25

We hope you have had a fantastic week! Children in Talland have been brilliant. They have worked so hard and we've had such a great but busy week! 

Maths:
Year 4 have been learning all about different types of charts and thinking about how to read and use the data on them.
Year 5 have come to the end of their unit in decimals and percentages where they have been learning how they all link to each other.

English:
We have been using similes, personification and descriptive language to create settings. It's ben fun using AI to generate their ideas.


PE:
We've had some intense games of rounders this week where we've used lots of different rackets and balls to get some distance with their strikes. Home runs were pouring in! 

Art: 
Sean, our artist was in again and we continued our scrap books where we drew leaves and shaded them using different sized circles...they look amazing!

PSHE:
Children learned about what to do if they found a casualty that needed some assistance. We practiced rolling them into the recovery position and used 'Anne doll's' to talk to them and demonstrate resuscitation.  

CONGRATULATIONS to all the runners from last week. We heard that they performed superbly on an extremely harsh course. Well done to Zac for being noticed this week for his tremendous effort throughout and for being an incredible learning partner... such a helpful, polite and hard working young man!

That's all from us. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

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

TALLAND'S BLOG 21.3.25

We hope you have all had a great week. It's been another busy one for us! Some brilliant art pieces have been created, where the children have been adding to an artist scrap book. They have found different methods to create a butterfly and then make it look old by screwing up the corners and adding different tones... they look amazing!

Maths:
Year 4 have completed their unit on fractions and will begin the unit of statistics next week (looking at graphs and charts).
Year 5 are ploughing their way through decimals where they are now becoming confident at recognising tenths, hundredths and thousandths. They can also order them in either ascending or descending order.


English
Talland have written their Diary Entries up in best copy. They're sounding amazing. They have used so much emotive vocabulary to really make you feel like you were a soldier during the Battles of 1066. Next week, we will stain them with tea bags to give them the ancient, mediaeval feel.

PE
Children have been practicing their gymnastic skills in the hall and learning how to bowl in rounders on the field. They're becoming efficient at throwing and catching in a range of styles.

RE
We continued looking at the Holy Week. We now know why there is Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We also enjoyed a little sing and a dance which is always good fun!

CONGRATULATIONS to Callum for being recognised by adults this week. His writing has improved so much this year. He should be very proud of himself. 

GOOD LUCK to our cross country runners today. We hope you enjoy yourselves!

That's is it from Talland this week. We hope you have a marvelous weekend and we can't wait to see you on Monday.

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

TALLAND'S BLOG 14.3.25

We hope you have all had a lovely week. It's been all go here! Starting with bongos for music! It was lots of fun and the children were fantastic at arranging how soft or hard to tap their instrument.  We then had an art extraordinaire in to help us with the Orwell Project. The art work that came out of the afternoon was simply brilliant. Talland worked so hard and were so respectful!

Maths
Year 4 have been adding fractions and finding equivalent fractions with the help of  a fraction wall.
Year 5 have been turning fractions into decimals and vice versa. They have also been looking at tenths, hundredths and thousandths.

Writing
Talland have created some fabulous writing this week through the use of similes, personification and different sentence starters. They are now planning their diary entry from a soldiers point of view during the battles of 1066. I'm looking forward to them writing it up independently next week.

RE
We've stepped into the the holy week and are discovering what the three big days are during the holy week running up to Easter Sunday. We've spoken about why we call the day of Jesus' crucifixion 'Good Friday' and why Christians believe Jesus is our salvation.  

Computing
Talland took a trip to Mars to learn about the Mars Rover, Curiosity. We learnt about its journey to Mars and what it does on Mars. Jamie and Joey were even able to guess the cost of this project (£2,000,000,000). 

CONGRATULATIONS to Grace for earning her next badge in 99 club and WELL DONE to Heidi for being noticed for her determination and excellent behaviour in school.


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

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

TALLAND'S BLOG 7.3.25

We hope you have all had a brilliant week! We've had lots of fun here, especially with a special guest from Bodmin airfield coming in to talk to us about how it has the largest wild flower field in the UK, which is amazing for insects and bees. World book day was tremendous fun. The children looked absolute fabulous in their costumes! It was lovely for me to get to chat to so many parents and guardians about how great their children are... thank you so much for coming in for a chat!

Maths:
Year 5 have just finished fractions and are now moving on to decimals and percentages.
Year 4 have been focusing on converting improper fractions into mixed number fractions.

English:
We have jumped straight into diary entries and Talland have had fun by turning themselves into everyday classroom objects and writing a diary entry about their day. E.g. The day in the life of a bit of blue-tac. They will move this on to creating a diary entry about one of the soldiers from Harold Godwinson's army and how they felt whilst marching to face William, Duke of Normandy, and his huge army for one of the most famous British battles of all time... The Battle of Hastings. 1066 was the year and this was the year of the 3 Kings. The beginning of the Norman reign!

History:
Children have been learning all about the battle of Hastings and the year of the 3 Kings. It's has been really interesting so far and we've only just scratched the surface!

Science:
We have looked at the lifecycle of a human and how our bodies change as we grow older. We spoke about what part of a humans lifecycle would you like to be stuck at (baby, toddler, teenager, adult or a senior). What part of the lifecycle would you prefer to be stuck at?

PE:
We had a great time during rounders where Talland were learning a variety of throwing and catching techniques and thinking about when you might use an under arm throw apposed to a shoulder throw.

CONGRATULATIONS:
A huge well done to Chilali for being noticed for her creativity this week. Her diary entry was so imaginative. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! And a massive well done to our 99 club achievers: Tristan and Archie! 

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

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