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Chaipel  


Posted 20/09/2026
by Emily Randle


Week two completed and we have firmly found our feet in Chaipel. Place Value for Maths and Engllish is going really well and are confident in ordering, comparing, plotting and partitioning numbers to 1,000,000 (Y5s) and 10,000,000 (Y6s). We will begin our first writing unit new week - an explanation text on the Circulatory System.

In Art, we have been focusing on personality portraits. We use tracing paper and a self-portrait to bring out out identities using the power of word. Some amazing artwork was produced! In PE, we have started applying new strategies to a game of Tag Rugby and further improved our balance in Yoga with Mrs Hillman. 

POLITE REMINDER:
P.E on a Monday can get very soggy on the feet. We have to use the field for rugby so could children please come equipped with a spare pair of socks and ensure they are not using their school shoes for P.E please. We had some very wet feet going home last week - including mine!

Congratulations to our Person of the Week - Callum - for demonstrating our school values.

I have uploaded our KIRFs, Homework Grid and Knowledge Web (which outlines our afternoon learning for the half term). Please continue to read daily - we need to build up our stamina for reading!

That's all from us so have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!
Miss Randle and Miss Colton.

 


Penhallow   Week ending Friday 18th September


Posted 19/09/2026
by Helen Fitzsimmons

Hello Everyone!

A fantastic first full week in school for our reception children. 

This week we have enjoyed plenty of collaborative and imaginative play both outside and inside. We have been practicing the letters that we have learnt in phonics using natural materials, chalk and sand. We have also been practicing writing our names in a variety of fun ways, including using magnets or play dough. Our muscles and fine motor skills have been developing through activities that have involved cutting pouring, mixing and sticking. All of these activities help to prepare the children to become fantastic writers. 

This week we have launched our class enquiry question; ‘What makes me, me?’ We have looked at and compared different self portraits by different artists and followed instructions for how to draw a face. 

In maths this week, year 1 have been working hard on their understanding of place value. We have been using tens frames to represent numbers, and have been counting on from different numbers. Year 1 have particularly enjoying using our new counting packs, which consist of a range of different objects to count, and are a stimulus to use a range of mathematical language.

Have a lovely weekend,

From The Penhallow Team




 


Head's Blog   18th September 2026


Posted 18/09/2026
by Anthea Hillman

At a special assembly this week we thanked last year’s house captains and vice captains for doing a wonderful job and announced our new Captains and Vice-Captains for this year who have been chosen because they consistently demonstrate our values. Congratulations to Renley and Lowen H (Willow); Nevaeh and Oliver (Oak); Zack and Heidi (Ash) and Amelia and Arnie (Chestnut). House Points are given to the children when they demonstrate our school values: Curious, Creative, Excellent, Responsible, Determined and Enthusiastic and pupils can see how many points their house has by looking at our House Point Tracker in the corridor by the library. Our value for this half term is ’I am responsible’ and houses met yesterday to consider what this means.

Meet the Teacher: 2:45pm, Tuesday 29th September It is extremely important for us to work together to ensure that every child makes as much progress as possible each year. Each year we hold a Meet the Teacher session at which you will find out about your child’s classroom, the adults working alongside your child, classroom routines and timetable, and most importantly, how you can help your child at home. It is also an opportunity to find out about all of the exciting learning and activities the teachers have planned. Of course, the teachers will also answer any questions and try to eliminate and worries or concerns you may have. We understand if you are unable to make the meeting because of work commitments and will find a mutually convenient time to chat to you about your child’s new school year if this is the case. If you have children in more than one class, please attend one session and we will find another time for you to meet your other child/children’s teacher/s. Our ‘Meet the Teacher’ session will be on Tuesday 29th September starting at 2:45pm. Please come in through the main gate from 2:40 and access your child’s classroom by the external door. We look forward to seeing you then.

Achievement Assemblies We will resume our special Wednesday assemblies the week starting 21st September. In these assemblies we celebrate the children’s achievements in Reading, Writing or Maths. If your child is to be awarded a certificate, their class teacher will ring or email to invite you to attend the assembly which will be held at 2:45pm (please arrive at 2:40pm). We look forward to sharing the children’s successes with you.

Clubs Just a reminder that all clubs (apart from girls’ football) will begin next week. Unless you have heard directly from us please assume your child has places in all requested clubs.

Wishing you a lovely weekend.

Anthea Hillman


 


Talland   TALLAND'S BLOG 18.9.26


Posted 18/09/2026
by Ben Heasman-Langley






TALLAND'S BLOG 18.9.26

Another Brilliant Week in TALLAND Class!

We hope everyone has had an excellent week and is looking forward to a well-deserved weekend! The children Talland Class have been absolutely brilliant this week – hardworking, enthusiastic and, as always, full of energy and excitement for their learning. We’re incredibly proud of them!

Here’s a little snapshot of what we’ve been learning this week:

Maths:
Year 4 have continued their Place Value unit and have worked their way up to 10,000! They have been exploring the value of digits within larger numbers and developing their confidence when working with them.
Year 5 have also continued their work on Place Value, with a particular focus on partitioning numbers in different ways. It has been fantastic to see them finding different ways to represent and explain numbers.

English:
In English, we have been learning how to write single-clause sentences, focusing on identifying and using subjects and verbs correctly. The children have really been getting to grips with this skill, and their understanding of sentence structure is developing beautifully. We’re hoping this will give them a fantastic foundation when we begin writing our stories!

PE:
The children were fantastic in PE this week! During Yoga, they worked hard on balancing and transitioning smoothly through their yoga flows. They even began creating some of their own yoga balances, which was great fun! In Tag Rugby, the children have been developing their attacking and defending skills. There were some fantastic examples of quick tag-grabbing, determined defending and, of course, some brilliant tries!

Science:
Our Science enquiry, “Why do we age?”, has taken us inside the womb this week! We learnt about how a foetus develops and grows throughout pregnancy, how long the gestation period lasts and how much development takes place during those 40 weeks. The children were particularly fascinated when comparing the human gestation period of around nine months with that of different animals. There were certainly some surprising comparisons!

Celebrations:
A huge congratulations Harper for successfully completing her next level in 99 Club – what a fantastic achievement! We’d also like to give a special mention to Neveah for her wonderful effort this week. She was noticed for taking real responsibility for her learning and for being an all-round superstar in Talland Class.

That’s all from us! And that’s a wrap on another busy and brilliant week Talland Class! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get plenty of time to relax and enjoy yourselves.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone back in school next week, ready for another exciting week of learning!

Signing off, Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.

 


Landaviddy   week beginning 14th September 2026


Posted 18/09/2026
by Antonia Bolton


We have had another productive week at school! The children have been amazing and have been fully immersed in all of their learning. We are becoming more familiar with our new classes, routines and teachers, and it has been lovely to see everyone settling in so well.

In Maths, we have continued our work on place value. We have been working with larger numbers, adding and subtracting different amounts, and exploring what happens to each digit when numbers change.

In English, we have been revisiting common and proper nouns and learning about different types of verbs. We have explored regular and irregular verbs, as well as verbs such as ‘to be’ and ‘to have’.

Our Science learning has focused on the differences between young and adult animals. We have been learning about the different names given to young animals and exploring how they look different from their adult counterparts.

In Computing, we have been learning about the different buttons found on various types of computers and what each button does. We then used our creativity to design our own robots and decided what each button on our robot could do. I was particularly impressed by the wonderfully creative ideas the children came up with!

In PE, we started our yoga unit. The children created their own sequences of yoga moves and thought carefully about how they could transition smoothly between different shapes and positions. They showed great creativity, concentration and control.

A huge well done to Evie, who was chosen as our Pupil of the Week! This week's value was being responsible, which Evie consistently demonstrates in the classroom, with her friends and around the school. Well done, Evie!

A big well done to Felix and Rosie, who were awarded their badges for the 99 Club this week. What a fantastic achievement!

Well done to everyone for working so hard and for continuing to follow our school values. We are incredibly proud of all the children and the positive attitudes they have shown this week. Keep up the fantastic work!

 


Killigarth Nursery  


Posted 18/09/2026
by Julie Peat

This week we continued to talk about ourselves and our families by making faces of them and naming different members. 
The children talked about different features of their families like eye colour and hair colour and talked about the jobs they do.

They have been busy making themselves on a spoon and traced over their names in different colours.

At story time we have enjoyed the books “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and “My Hair”.

In phonics this week the children have played a game of “Family Footsteps” where they had to create different footstep sounds for different family members.
They have played a game of sound bingo.

In maths we have continued to compare groups of objects and have been sorting according to amounts and colour..

Have a great weekend.

Julie and Sarah

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Chaipel  


Posted 13/09/2026
by Emily Randle

WELCOME TO CHAIPEL CLASS!!

We have had a fabulous week getting used to life in Y5/6. Class monitors are up and running, we have begun to immerse ourselves in our new enquiry - HOW DOES MY BODY WORK? - and I can already feel a sense of 'teamwork' developing. 

During the next couple of weeks, Chaipel are looking at place value: numbers and digits in Maths and word classes and sentence structure in English. These are the building blocks that will drive our learning forward and I am excited to see how this develops. In Art, we have been looking a continuous line drawing and how artists communicate their identities through self-portraits. We will be investigating personality portraits, expressive painting and painterly printmaking before using a range of mixed media to create our final piece. I can already see a magnificent display will become our end game!

CONGRATULATIONS
to our People of the Week, Esmai and Zach, for demonstrating our school values and being role models to your peers. We have also welcomed Miss Colton into Chaipel as our teaching assistant and she is loving working with us.

POLITE REMINDERS
PE will be on a Friday and Monday afternoon so please make sure that kits are in. 
Clubs begin on the 21st September - a yellow form was sent home last week for children to sign up to.
On next week's blog, this terms knowledge web, homework grid and statutory spelling lists will be attached.
If you have any questions/worries then contact our secretary and I will get straight back to you!

That's all from me, so enjoy the weekend and Miss Colton and I are very much looking forward to the year ahead!
Miss Randle and Miss Colton.


 


Head's Blog   Welcome Back


Posted 12/09/2026
by Anthea Hillman

Welcome back to school from all the staff at Polperro Primary Academy and a particularly warm welcome to those joining us for the first time. Thank you for your efforts in ensuring that your children are smart and in full school uniform and in school well in time for them to line up at 8:45.

The children have settled extremely well. Please see the Class blogs on this website for a flavour of the week's learning and for information regarding your child's class. Blogs and the Head's Blog are updated after school on Fridays.

Communication I will continue to send a weekly update out on Fridays rather than send several emails out per week, so that all the information you need is together in one place.

Parent Survey Thank you for the many very positive and helpful comments which we received in our Parent Survey in the summer term. As always we strive to improve and this year we will again be organising trips to enhance our curriculum, alongside valuable local visits. We will also be organising more fundraising events to build on the success of FOPS (Friends of Polperro School) events last year. Please watch this space as we will be asking for your support with this shortly.

School Garden I am pleased to announce we have a new greenhouse which we hope will withstand the weather. With the help of the children and gardening club, we will continue to grow fruit and vegetables in our greenhouse for the school kitchen to prepare for the children.

Swimming The pool is still open so, in the hope that there is still some warm weather to come, please ensure your child's kit is in every day.

Clubs After school clubs will start the week commencing Monday 21st September. Clubs will run from 3.15pm until 4.15 pm. Please ensure your child returns their yellow slip (sent out yesterday) to let us know which clubs they are interested in attending.

 Have a lovely weekend

Anthea Hillman


 


Talland   TALLAND CLASS BLOG 11.9.26


Posted 11/09/2026
by Ben Heasman-Langley






TALLAND CLASS BLOG 11.9.26

WELCOME TO TALLAND CLASS!

Welcome to a brand-new school year, everybody! What a fantastic start we have had. I have been so impressed with how brilliantly all of the children have returned to school and begun their new year with such a positive attitude, enthusiasm and readiness to learn. It has been wonderful getting to know everyone and seeing our new class beginning to come together already!

Here is a little round-up of what we have been getting up to during our first week:

Maths:
We have jumped straight into our learning with Place Value! Year 4 have been investigating numbers up to 1,000, exploring the value of each digit and developing their understanding of hundreds, tens and ones. Meanwhile, Year 5 have also been delving into Place Value and have been exploring much larger numbers - all the way up to 1,000,000! They have made a brilliant start and have enjoyed getting their heads around some very impressive numbers.

English:
In English this week, we have been exploring different ways to use nouns and verbs. We have been learning about proper nouns and collective nouns, as well as investigating how verbs can be used in different ways to make our writing more interesting and effective. The children have shown some great enthusiasm for their learning and I am really looking forward to seeing how they develop their writing skills throughout the year!

PSHE: 
This week, we have been thinking about how we can get the very best out of our learning and, most importantly, how we can make our classroom a place where everyone feels happy, safe, valued and ready to learn. Talland Class worked together to create our very own Class Charter. The children came up with some absolutely fabulous ideas about how we can treat one another with kindness and respect and create a positive environment where everybody can thrive. I was really impressed with the thought and maturity that went into their ideas.

Science:
There was plenty of excitement this week as we discovered our brand-new enquiry question... "Why do we age?" We jumped straight into our Science learning and began exploring the human life cycle. The children worked together to order the different stages of life and had some fantastic discussions about how humans grow and change as they get older. I have a feeling this is going to be a really fascinating enquiry!

PE: We have certainly been keeping active this week! During our Yoga session, we focused on becoming calm and relaxed while trying out a range of different yoga positions and linking them together into a flowing sequence. We also thought carefully about our breathing, practicing how to inhale and exhale through our noses for a set amount of time while using our imaginations to visualise different objects growing larger and smaller. It was a lovely way to relax and focus. We also tried our hand at Tag Rugby, which was great fun! The children learned about finding space in an invasion game and practiced passing a rugby ball using good technique. We were even lucky enough for the heavens to open during our session - which, as it turns out, was absolutely perfect for a game of rugby!

Congratulations!
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Harper this week for becoming such an amazing new member of our class. You have been a wonderful addition to our school, and we are so pleased to have you as part of our class! Well done also to Lowe. H for being noticed for his excellent attitude towards learning and maturity. What a brilliant start to the school year! You should both be incredibly proud of yourselves.

A little reminder that PE will be on Wednesdays (Yoga) and Thursdays (Tag Rugby) this term, so please can children ensure that they have the correct PE kit with them. As we will be heading out onto the school field for Tag Rugby wind, rain or shine, I would definitely encourage suitable footwear and clothing for the weather. Thank you so much for your support!

That is all from us in Talland Class for this week! It has been an absolutely brilliant first week, and I am so proud of the positive attitude and enthusiasm the children have brought with them. We have lots to look forward to over the coming weeks, and I cannot wait to see what adventures and learning this new school year brings. We hope you all have a fantastic weekend, and we cannot wait to see everybody again next week for another fun-filled week of learning! See you on Monday.

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.

 


Landaviddy   Monday 7th September 2026


Posted 11/09/2026
by Antonia Bolton

What an amazing first week back after the summer holidays!

It has been wonderful to see everyone return to school with such big smiles, positive attitudes and lots of enthusiasm. The children have settled back into our routines brilliantly and have shown just how ready they are for another exciting year of learning.

We have been busy getting to know our new routines, reconnecting with friends and teachers, and getting stuck into our learning. There has been so much enthusiasm, curiosity and kindness throughout the week, and we are incredibly proud of everyone.

We have got stuck straight into our new topic for the term, 'What Makes Our World Go Around?'  We started by exploring what we already know about our world and thinking carefully about what makes it go around. We then worked together to compile lots of interesting questions about what we would like to find out during our topic.

In Maths, we have started our work on place value, developing our understanding of the value of digits within numbers.

In English, we have been learning about common nouns and proper nouns. We have explored the differences between them and enjoyed sorting and categorising different examples.

Our Science learning has focused on what animals need to survive. We have been thinking about the things animals need in order to stay healthy and alive and sharing our ideas.

In Geography, we have been developing our map skills by using atlases and globes to identify and locate the world's oceans and continents. 

It has been such a busy and exciting first week, and we are incredibly proud of how well everyone has settled in and embraced their learning.

Well done to Frankie, Hudson and Arlo who have been picked this week for 'pupil of the week'. They have all tried really hard to follow the school values this week, well done!



 


Killigarth Nursery   11/9/26


Posted 11/09/2026
by Julie Peat

Welcome back everyone.

It's been so lovely to see everyone back to nursery this week and we have also welcomed some new children and families to us.

At the start of this half term we are finding out about our children and their families and answering our question "Can you tell me about yourself and the things that are important to you?"

The children have started to create pictures of their family and have been naming and drawing them and have made some beautiful self portraits to go on the wall.

At story time we have been reading the books "What About Me?" and "Friends".

We started our phonics sessions on Tuesday and the children have been using their super listening ears to hear different sounds in the environment and to explore noises that their mouths can make in addition to using mirrors to create different mouth movements.

In maths we are beginning to explore collections of objects up to 5 and finding numbers in everyday life.
It has been a great first week back and we look forward to seeing you all again on Monday.
Have a great weekend.

Julie and Sarah



 


Penhallow   Week ending Friday 11th September


Posted 09/09/2026
by Helen Fitzsimmons


Hello Everyone,

First of all, a huge welcome to all of our new children and parents this year. 

We have been amazed at how well the new Reception children have immersed themselves into school life already. They really have settled in so well and have arrived every morning with smiles on their faces, ready to learn. We have thorough
 enjoyed getting to know each other, through plenty of play based activities. All week, the children have really impressed us in the way that they have shown kindness and co-operated well with each other. 

Reception have already been working hard on their phonics, and have been busy learning initial letter sounds and blending them to make words. They have all taken home a reading book, where they can practice reading and blending the sounds that they have learnt. Please practice with them at home as often as you can, and make sure that reading books are returned to school each day. Reading books will be changed after the children have practiced reading their book in school at least 3 times. Next week, all pupils will also take home a library book of their choice. We love reading in Penhallow, and do everything we can to share our passion and enjoyment for this subject.

We have also completed some lovely self portraits this year, which we have displayed in our cloakroom. We are looking forward to seeing the development of children's abilities  to draw and write their own name, as we repeat this activity every half term.

On Thursday afternoon, we all enjoyed a fantastic music lesson, where everyone was able to sing and develop their skills of playing different percussion instruments. The children were excellent at following directions to stop, start and control the volume of their instrument. It was lovely to see how much the children enjoyed singing and performing as a team. Well done everyone!

Starting from next week, our PE lessons will be on a Monday and Thursday afternoon. PE kits can remain in school until half term. If the weather is warm enough, we might be able to go swimming during one of these sessions. 

It has also been lovely getting to know new parents this week. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding school.. We are looking  forward to getting to know you, and working with you to help your children.

From 

Mrs Fitzsimmons and Mrs Gouriet

 


Head's Blog   23rd July 2026


Posted 23/07/2026
by Anthea Hillman

As we reach the end of another wonderful year at Polperro School, I would like to thank you for your continued support. The children have worked incredibly hard and we are so proud of everything they have achieved. We hope you have enjoyed seeing their progress through the books sent home.

Before the summer break, we have some goodbyes to say. We wish our fantastic Year 6 pupils every success as they move on to secondary school. They have been such a valued part of our school community and we know they will do well. We are also saying goodbye to Mrs Lister who is moving to another school within the Trust and Miss Bowden who is leaving to begin her teacher training. We thank them both for their dedication and wish them every success.

Finally, Mrs Clary has recently decided to take up a new role that will allow her to spend more time with her grandchildren. While we will miss her greatly, we completely understand her decision and thank her for everything she has done for our school over the last four years. We wish her every happiness for the future.

From September, Miss Colton will provide TA support in Chaipel Class and Miss Beere will provide TA support in Landaviddy Class.

Swim Gala Thank you for coming to see the children in our first whole school swimming gala yesterday. From what I hear, it was a great success and I am sorry to have missed it. We will certainly do another one next year and meanwhile we will spend the generous £110 raised on the pool.

FOPS Funds The Summer Fair last Friday raised over £750. A huge thank you to everyone who helped out. The funds raised through FOPS for our school have been invaluable this year, allowing us to enhance our curriculum in many ways. We have spent the money on: subsidising trips for every class; gymnastic equipment; music lessons with Sally Butlin; House badges; 99 club badges; rewards eg prizes for World Book Day competition; Christmas plays; styluses for the iPads; an iPad trolley to store and charge the new iPads; gardening supplies; SATS revision books; Guided Reading books; class rug and outdoor resources for Penhallow Class; maths boards for all classes and KS2 maths.co.uk accounts; DT resources and Christmas craft materials for Christmas art day; Y6 leavers' party food. Next year we aim to raise money for providing some form of sun shelter for the field; gardening supplies; trips for each class. We will keep you posted about these and other future plans.

House Team winners Congratulations to Ash, this year's House Team winners with 502 house points. Runners up were Chestnut with 493 points; then with 470 points Willow and Oak in joint third.

Online Safety During the summer holidays, without the distraction of school, internet usage for many young people can increase all the way up to September. Please use this link https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/staying-safe-online-in-the-summer-holidays for more information about keeping children safe online children safe when using the internet, social media and playing online games.

INSET Thursday 3rd September and Friday 4th September are INSET days. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school at 8:30 on Monday, 7th September.

Thank you again for all of your support throughout the year. I will write again at the end of the summer break, meanwhile please see below for the main information you will need about the new term in September.

Wishing you all a wonderful summer break.


Anthea Hillman and the staff at Polperro Primary Academy


 


Chaipel  


Posted 22/07/2026
by Emily Randle

 


Penhallow   Week ending Friday 17th July


Posted 19/07/2026
by Helen Fitzsimmons


Hello Everyone!

Our final full week of the year is complete. 

We have still kept busy with our learning.

In maths, Reception have been practicing their number formation by using chalk, sand, Lego, and plenty of outdoor learning. Year 1 have been working on their knowledge of place value, and Year 2 have been practicing their skills of explaining reasoning.

We have also been busy practicing for our swimming gala on Monday, which has helped us to cool off in the heat this week.

We completed our art this half term, by using a paint program on the iPads to recreate our own John Dyer paintings. 

We also enjoyed an afternoon of board games on Thursday, which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. 

Next Week:
Monday:
Children will be bringing their books home today so can they bring in a large, strong carrier bag, please. 


Swimming Gala:
Our Swimming Gala is on Tuesday. Our slots start  at 9:00 and parents are very welcome to come and watch us compete for our House Teams.

Wednesday:
Our last day! We finish school at 1:30pm and we say goodbye to our lovely Year 1's and Year 2's who will move into Landaviddy. We wish you well and look forward to seeing you grow in your next chapter.

From The Penhallow Team


 


Chaipel  


Posted 18/07/2026
by Emily Randle


We have had our last full week of school and everyone has been working hard on their new playground models. It's amazing to see them develop from a sketch, to a 3D graphic model and now to a 3D architectural model.

In other news, our amazing trip to Bodmin Jail was a huge success. It was incredible to see how people were incarcerated during the Georgian and Victorian times and being able to investigate the torturous devices they had to endure as part of their 'punishments'. We finished the day with an ice-cream and play up on Hannafore beach. 

CONGRATULATIONS on our SATS results! Your hard work has paid off and we had some amazing results!! 

We ended the week with our Summer Fayre. Many Year 6s ran stalls and we raised an incredible amount of money. 

POLITE REMINDERS
Monday:
Children will be bringing their books home today so can they bring in a large, strong carrier bag, please. 

Leavers' Assembly: 
We begin at 2:30pm on Monday. We are all very excited about the day and are looking forward to sharing our memories with everyone. There's a pool party afterwards until 6:30pm.

Swimming Gala:
Our Swimming Gala is on Tuesday. Our slot is at 1:30pm and parents are very welcome to come and watch us compete for our House Teams.

Wednesday:
Our last day! We finish school at 1:30pm and Y6s will walk the red carpet out of school and onto the next stage of their education. It'll be a bittersweet day! 

That's all from us, so have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday.

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.

 


Talland   TALLAND'S BLOG 17.7.26


Posted 17/07/2026
by Ben Heasman-Langley






TALLAND'S BLOG 17.7.26


We hope you've had a fabulous week and enjoyed the school fayre! I've finally dried off -YAY!

CONGRATULATIONS to Amber, Harley, Reuben and Oliver for their excellence this week!

We hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to seeing you all for our final week of the school year! 

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop

P.S. Books are going home on Monday so if you could give your child a BIG BAG ready for the haul home - that would be wonderful.

Photo dump incoming... 











 


Head's Blog   10th July 2026


Posted 10/07/2026
by Anthea Hillman


History Timeline This morning we officially unveiled our new outdoor history timeline, made possible by a generous grant from the Polperro Legion Social Club. The timeline will help pupils develop a clear understanding of the chronological order of historical periods and make connections across thousands of years of history. To celebrate, two members of the Club visited the school as our guests of honour while pupils from every class dressed as historical figures and shared their favourite periods in history, from the dinosaurs to Neil Armstrong, via a stone age man, an Egyptian mummy, Ann Boleyn, Amelia Earhart and a WW2 soldier.

Books If your child has any school reading books at home, please send them back in next week. Your child will be bringing their schoolbooks home at the end of Monday 20th July. Please provide them with a carrier bag to help carry everything home.

Clubs have finished for the year. Because of school trips and activities taking place until the end of term, there will be no extra-curricular clubs now except for wraparound (breakfast and after school club).

 End of term is fast approaching. Here are the important dates for your diary:
• Monday 13th July - Talland Class Polperro Museum visit
• Tuesday 14th July - Chaipel Class visit to Bodmin Jail
• Wednesday 15th July - Landaviddy Class visit to the Maritime Museum, Falmouth
• Thursday 16th July at 2:45pm - Guitar, Piano and Keyboard Concert, for parents and carers of children who receive lessons with Mr Grint
• Friday 17th July at 2pm FOPS Summer Fair
• Monday 20th July Y6 Leavers' Assembly and Party. 2:30 for parents and carers of pupils in Y6
  Monday 20th July books go home (carrier bag needed)
• Tuesday 21st July Swimming Gala for all year groups
• Wednesday 22nd July - End of term 1:30 finish

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Hillman-

 


Landaviddy   6th July


Posted 10/07/2026
by Antonia Bolton

H1 HeaLandaviddy

This week in Maths, we have been collecting our own data and drawing bar charts. We have been making sure to label the axes correctly and thinking carefully about presentation by using a ruler to draw each bar neatly.

This week in English, we have been creating our own mythical creatures and writing detailed descriptions using exciting vocabulary. We have really focused on helping our readers imagine the creature by including vivid details that bring our descriptions to life.

We have been making the most of the sunshine by taking lots of dips in the pool! We have been working on our pushing and gliding skills, as well as improving our front crawl breathing techniques.

This week in Science, we have been learning about how animals are similar to humans and how they can be different. We explored the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates, learned about skeletons and exoskeletons, and classified animals into these groups.
This week in Art, we have been exploring how to use everyday objects to create repeating patterns. The children chose their own objects and used them to create wonderful pieces of artwork. Every picture was different, showcasing their creativity and individuality.

A huge congratulations to Sonny for being awarded Pupil of the Week! Sonny has worked incredibly hard in all of his lessons this week, making sure he completes every task, which is something he has sometimes found challenging. He has been particularly impressive in English with his fantastic descriptions of mythical creatures. You used exciting vocabulary and showed great imagination-keep up the brilliant work!

A big congratulations to Sonny and Lowen who has achieved their 99 badge this week!

Well done, everyone!

Miss Bolton & Miss Colton

 


Penhallow   Week ending Friday 10th July


Posted 10/07/2026
by Helen Fitzsimmons

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Hello Everyone,

It's been a busy week in Penhallow.

On Monday, Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their transition morning in Landaviddy, while Reception enjoyed getting to know some old and new friends in Penhallow. Reception learnt a new song, made birthday cards to give out throughout the course of next year, and helped next year's Reception children to find their way around, whilst having fun playing in the different areas.

On Tuesday we all enjoyed a trip to The Heritage museum, where we learnt about how Looe has changed over the years. We found out about how flooding has affected Looe, how the bridge has changed, and we built an arched bridge in teams. We also learnt about the different fish that is caught in the area, and about the different items that Looe has sent to different places over the years.

As well as our usual routines of reading, phonics, maths and writing, we have enjoyed several swims throughout the week, where we have been able to practice for our swimming gala. 

In science this week, we continued to learn about the human body, and how human skeletons work. We linked our learning to the 'Funnybones' stories and enjoyed moving our paper skeletons that we had made, with magnets which were attracted to the split pins that we had used.

We hope you enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

From The Penhallow Team

 


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