Talland's Blog 12.1.24

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 

We hope everyone had a Christmas filled with joy and your 2024 has begun in high spirits! It's great seeing Talland back, eager to learn and full of enthusiasm!

We kick started the week with our new enquiry question: 'WHO'S GOT THE POWER?'
We've been asking questions like: 
- Who's was/is the most powerful person in the world?
- What's was/is the most powerful animal?
- Who's got or had the most powerful mind?
- What's the most powerful form of weather?
- What really is mightier: the pen or the sword? 
And the list goes on...

This question has lead us down the path of Thomas Edison. Ask your child what he is most famous for.

In English we are writing and this week we have been looking into the life of Thomas Edison and what is was that gave him power?

In maths, Year 4 and Year 5 had begun that second unit on multiplication and division. Year 4 have been diving into factors and their products. Year 5 have been multiplying 4-digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. Why not ask your child if they can show off some of their new skills.

This will be a scientific unit so many experiments will be covered, which link nicely to computing and Design and Technology. This should be a fantastic term full of lots of powerful thinking.

Not only that, but, you'll have some amazing dancers by the end of this term (obviously lots of Talland are already very talented on the dance floor), BUT, Even the footballer's have been demonstrating some super cool moves too!

Well done to Lily this week for achieving her 99 club badge. Great effort Joey for being chosen as pupil of the week and a HUGE well done to all of those children who are practicing their times tables, reading at home and bringing in their reading records everyday!

Please remember that ALL PE kits should be in school by now. PE is on Monday (Netball) and Tuesday (Dance). 

I have  attached this terms KIRFS for both year groups!

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.

Talland's Blog 15.12.23

What an end to an incredibly fun week! Such a tough job choosing pictures from this week -  there were so many amazing photos to pick!

I must take my hat off to both Talland and Chaipel. Their performances in the shows were just fantastic (the bear was pretty good too...Haha)! Thank you so much for all of your help preparing the children for the show and getting their costumes ready - they looked brilliant! Furthermore, thank you again for getting your child to look like an Anglo-Saxon. Lots of dressing up and once again, WOW! What an amazing result! We looked like a real clan of Angles, Saxons and Jutes! Our Anglo-Saxon day was brilliant. The children had a such a lovely time. We began as archeologists visiting a 'dig' site where we found LOTS of Anglo-Saxon artefacts ranging from weaponry to jewels. We then decided where we travelled from (Northern/ Southern Denmark or Germany and the Netherlands) and whether that made us an Angle, a Saxon or a Jute. We gave our selves Anglo-Saxon names and joined our chosen tribe.
We then learnt about the push and pull factors of why someone may invade or settle somewhere else, linking to modern day situations. Following on from this, we wrote persuasive letters to neighboring warlords asking for help.  We then found out the features of a typical Anglo-Saxon village and created our own village. We also spoke about crime and punishment - in terms of punishment, the world has certainly changed! Finally, we needed to build a solid wall to make sure we had sturdy housing incase we were invaded. We made 'Wattle and Daub' walls for our houses. You may have noticed this got a little mucky...apologies!

Like a mentioned at the beginning - what a fantastic week!

A huge congratulations to all of the children who passed their 99 club this week and a special mention for Joey, who was our visible learner of the week. A massive well done to everyone and what a super Autumn term 2 we've had! 

We hope you're all prepared for Christmas (not long now) and you all have a fabulous weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.
 

Talland's Blog 8.12.23

What a lovely arts and crafts week we've had! It was great seeing all the festive Christmas jumpers and watching all of Polperro enjoy fun and creative art activities. The children made some wonderful crafts! We began weaving our Anglo-Saxon Landscapes - I'm looking forward to the finished article and not tying anymore knots. 

In maths, the year 5's have been working hard with fractions - finding mixed equivalent fractions and adding them has proved to be a little tricky this week. We will get there though! The year 4's have been practicing the 3-, 6-, 7-, 9-, 11- and 12- times tables and noticing how they link with division problems. Why not quiz your little mathematician this weekend...

In English, we've realised how much fun you can have when adding dialogue to a story - it's much more entertaining being able to read when there is speech as you can act out what is happening. Also, you get a better understanding of the character traits.

An exciting week next week: I can't wait for the Bethlehem Bandits performance on Tuesday. The children have been working so hard and it's really coming together nicely. Our dress rehearsal will be on Monday so could your child please bring in their costume and whatever props they may need.  AND THEN, on Friday, we have our Anglo-Saxon day. This should be lots of fun! I hope you found the costume ideas helpful and cost effective (FREE)! Remember the afternoon will be quite a messy one so if you don't want the costumes getting a bit mucky then please get them to bring in clothes that can get messy and warm as I hope to be outside (weather dependent).

A huge well done to Sienna and Aria for being our readers of the week, Henry and Harley for being our writer's of the week and Chilali for being our visible learner of the week! 

We hope you have a fun-filled weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.


 

Talland's Class Blog 1.12.23

Snow is falling,
All around us,
School was clo-osed,
On Thursday...

We hope you all had a fun-filled, snowman infested snow day! 

A very busy week for Talland - we helped Landaviddy decorate lanterns, we have been practicing our co-ordination skills in PE and we have gone 'Bethlehem Bandit' crazy by rehearsing ALOT... The children are really getting into it now! Not long until show day!

In Maths, Year 5's have been comparing and ordering fractions and the Year 4's have been using the 3-, 6- and 9- times tables to help them solve mathematical problems.

In English, we have been learning to use dialogue to show action, emotion, character traits and move time on in a story. We know that by using dialogue can help a reader understand more about a character and it can make a story more interesting. 

A huge well done to Henry this week for being chosen as our 'visible learner' of the week by firstly, posing very nicely for pictures, and secondly for being an amazing learning partner! His learning behaviour's in class have been fabulous and he has worked extremely hard on tasks set. He has demonstrated some excellent writing in English this week and it's been lovely watching his joy whilst sharing it with others. 

We hope you have an amazing weekend - remember to wrap up warm!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.

Talland's Blog 24.11.23

An action packed week in Talland! We've been looking at exercises to develop our strength, stamina, balance and agility, which are all aspects that we have come to realise are important in helping us with everyday life. We know that the healthier we are, the easier every day tasks become (we feel better mentally, it improves our brain health and it enhances our ability to do everyday activities). 

We had a great day today - we began the first stage of creating the lanterns for the Polperro festival. Talland and Chaipel teamed up. We were very successful and they're looking fantastic so far. We're looking forward to working with other classes next week to decorate them! 

Bethlehem Bandits is in full flight. A huge well done to all of the children who have been practicing their lines and are beginning to remember them off-by-heart. It's lovely watching some budding actors and actresses in the making! I have attached two songs (lyrics) for the children to practice if they get a spare moment. We have sent children home with costume ideas for the big performance (please do not panic if you don't have the items to hand - we will be more than happy to arrange something or give suggestions which are free). 

A huge well done to Hamish and Tabbi for being nominated as our mathematicians of the week and well done to Thomas for being chosen as pupil of the week! A massive well done to everyone in the class also for being absolute superstars!

We hope you have a brilliant weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge. 


  

Talland's Blog 13.10.23

And as the penultimate week of our first half term comes to an end, I wanted to wish all of our Cross Country superstars the best of luck. I hope you all had lots of fun and thoroughly enjoyed yourselves. I'm very much looking forward to hearing all about it on Monday!

It's been a lovely week here in Talland class. Lots of group activities, lots of hands on activities and lots of active learning!

We've had fun running around outside whilst learning some spellings at the same time.

Year 5's are getting ready for their post assessment for addition and subtraction and the year 4's have been learning how to subtract two 4-digit numbers and needing to exchange - tricky stuff!

In writing, we have been creating our super plans ready for our independent write about their 'Great tree' in the rainforest. I'm excited to read these!

In Science, we have continued to learn about sound and how it travels. Why not ask your child about the Science experiment. it was lots of fun and it got quite messy (colourful sticks flying everywhere). 

The children have been learning new tunes and using new instruments in music - we definitely have some talented children in Talland!

Congratulations 
Well done to Hamish and Thomas for being recognised in Maths. Well done to Sienna and Lily for being recognised as our visible learners. And well done to Chilali for being chosen as child of the week!

We hope you have an amazing weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.