It has been a very busy week in Chaipel, this week.

We had poet and childrens book author Sally Crabtree in to teach us how to compose and write cinquains (a five-line stanza) along the theme of nature. We began by selecting words to create a short piece of poetry, popped them onto a biscuit and then literally ATE OUR WORDS! We had a lovely afternoon and Sally was great.

We have been learning about the demise of Anne Boleyn in English, taking notes about her life and learning some typical Tudor phrases. We will then use these to write a series of diary entries - through the eyes of the then Queen Anne - leading up to her execution on May 19th 1536.

In Maths, Y6s have been learning all they need to know about working with decimals whilst the Y5s have been finding a fraction of  an amount and multiplying and dividing fractions with integers.

We have launched our exciting enquiry into Tudor England, where we will be comparing the lives of the poor and rich as well as their places in society. We will be learning a range of sewing techniques in DT, building up to creating a Tudor coin purse as well as researching the history of computers in Computing, finishing by creating an audio advert for a computer of the future!

Congratulations to Dominic and to Freddie and Ava for gaining their BRONZE in 99 Club as well as Isaac and Elsie for being our People of the Week, demonstrating our school values and being excellent role models.

I sent a letter home to ask if the children could bring in an item of clothing from home - on Monday, please - so that we can investigate the material, stitching and how various parts are sewn together.

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!

Miss Randle, Mrs Clary, Mrs Hodge and Miss Colton.

This week we have been exploring the farm and animals that live on the farm. We have been exploring our new enquiry question "What animals would you find on a farm?"
The children have been creating cow handprints, paper plate chicks and shredded paper sheep.
We have enjoyed singing "Old Macdonald had a farm" and creating lots of different animal sounds.
The children have been building with the farm, creating enclosures for the animals and have been making animal footprints in the tuft tray.

In phonics we have been naming and describing sounds that we have heard in our indoor and outdoor environment, copying sequences of body sounds and exploring instruments and the noises they make.

In maths we have been finding objects that represent numbers and matching them together. The children have been practicing number writing.


Have a lovely weekend
The nursery team. 

Hello Everyone!

We have enjoyed a great final week of learning based around our enquiry question; ‘Why aren’t Space Ships made of jelly?’

In science, we have enjoyed investigating and sorting magnetic and non-magnetic materials. 

We have been developing our speaking and listening skills in our space rocket role play area, after listening to conversations held by astronauts and technicians at NASA. Using our weekly ‘I see, I think, I wonder’ activity, we have also discussed the surface of the moon.

In maths this week, reception have been comparing weight and mass, while Year 1 have been busy refining their place value skills,  by representing numbers in different ways. 

Our art topic finished with some amazing outside sculptures using different natural materials. We used the knowledge, ideas and techniques of Andy Goldsworthy that we have built up throughout this half term. The results were both amazing and unique. The children thoroughly enjoyed their time in the school garden, collaborating with each other to collect, sort and present the natural materials that they found. Well done everybody. It was lovely to see such brilliant collaboration and creativity. 

We hope you have a lovely half term.

From The Penhallow Team.

Happy Half Term! Landaviddy class have had a lot of fun this week. In Geography, we have been exploring why bees are important and designed our own school bee garden! On Tuesday, as part of Safer Internet Day, Year 3 joined Talland and Chaipel to participate in a live event hosted by the BBC, which they enjoyed. As a class, we also considered the personal information we share online and how we can protect ourselves. 

In English, we have been writing up our final copies of our explanation texts about how bees make honey. We even had a go at typing up our texts and creating PowerPoints in Computing. In Maths, Year 3 have completed their unit on Multiplication and Division B and will start their new unit after half term on Length and Perimeter. Year 2 have finished Money and started looking at equal groups when multiplying. 

Congratulations to Sonny and George for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week! 

Remember to continue reading, practising your KIRFS/ times tables and spellings over half term. If you find you have some spare time, you could complete some of the activities from the homework grid for Spring 1 (this can be found further down on the blog). One of the suggested activities was to create a light jar - shout out to Oliver who created a beautiful light jar for his homework! Well done! 

We hope you enjoy a lovely half term break and come back refreshed, ready for an exciting second half to the spring term! We look forward to seeing you all back on Monday 24th February! 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton

Talland Class Blog 14.2.25

Happy half term everyone! 

Photo dump of fun at the zoo incoming...

We hope you enjoy them. Have  a lovely break and we can't wait to see you all for Spring 2!

This half term has flown by. We have crammed a lot into six weeks including work around children’s internet safety this week.

Talland Class had an amazing trip to Paignton Zoo yesterday where they saw all the different animals in all of their different ecosystems and habitats. They enjoyed a workshop in front of the lions where they got to hear them roar and learned lots of fun facts. See the class blog for photos and more information.

Alice Bywater, National Trust Ranger, came to speak to Talland and Chaipel Classes this afternoon about the National Trust’s conservation work in our local area. The children listened really well and asked some excellent questions. They will be using what they have learned as part of the science, art and writing project we are running with the Orwell Society, which we will be sharing with Orwell Society members later this year at their annual conference which will be held in Polperro.

Cross Country There were more personal best results at the Fursdon Farm race on Friday. As usual the team ran brilliantly in spite of the freezing conditions.

Fantastic Footballers Congratulations to our football team who played incredibly well again on Tuesday and won 9-2 against Antony School.

Parent/carer consultations – diary date Consultations will be held the week of 3rd March either in person or on TEAMS. Appointments will be available as follows:
Penhallow Class: Monday 3rd March 1-4:00 pm; Wednesday 5th March 3:30 – 5:30pm
Landaviddy Class: Monday 3rd March 1-4:00 pm; Tuesday 4th March 3:30-4:30pm; Wednesday 5th March 3:30 – 5:30pm
Talland Class: Wednesday 5th March 3:30 – 5:30pm; Thursday 6th March 1pm-4:30pm
Chaipel Class: Tuesday 4th March 1pm-4:30pm; Wednesday 5th March 3:30 – 5:30pm
We will email you immediately after half term with information regarding how to book an appointment.

World Book Day Competition This year World Book Day is on Thursday 6th March. Information about this year’s Extreme Reading competition and school World Book Day activities can be found in a separate letter (sent yesterday and attached).

Friends of Polperro School (FOPS) Quiz Please see attached flyer for details of the FOPS  Quiz which we are holding on Friday 28th February to raise funds for the school. We hope to see you there. Tickets are on sale at the main gate or the office.

Half Term Activities (details of all activities are on flyers attached)
• Football Pro-20 are running some Football Courses in the area during the February half term period.
• Hugs Foundation Activity Day Bodmin The Hugs Foundation supports families when a parent/ carer has a terminal illness and they are running some fully funded equine and forest school activities available as an activity day at the hugs foundation during half term week. They ask a £5 booking fee for this as numbers are limited, but can waive this for families who need us too.
• Looe Mini Miler The Looe Mini Miler fun run takes place at 10am on Sunday 2nd March. The race, which is organised by the Looe Pioneers, is suitable for children aged 4 and above. No entries on the day.
• National Trust Tree Planting in Fowey The National Trust is creating a new woodland at Coombe Farm in Fowey on Wednesday 19th February and is inviting families to come and plant trees there with the aim of extending and joining up existing areas of woodland.

Friday is an INSET day and then it is the half term break. We look forward very much to seeing everyone back in school on Monday 24th February.

Have a wonderful half term break.

Mrs Hillman