Easter is here! The children have been busy finishing their Easter craft and especially enjoyed making chocolate nests to go in their bunny baskets. They painted and made handprints as rabbit ears on hats.

The children have been busy matching numbered eggs on the maths table and have been following a sequence of colour patterns with eggs.
in phonics we have been naming things we might see at the seaside. The children have been clapping syllables in words and played seaside bingo!

The Easter break is now upon us. We hope you all have a wonderful, fun filled two weeks and we look forward to seeing everyone when we return to nursery on Monday 15th April.

Julie and Sarah

What a busy week we've had in Chaipel Class! Y6 have been working so hard this week, by sitting practice SATs tests whilst Y5 have been working equally as hard by doing their Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. In English, we have started to plan our own endings for the Midnight Fox. We have read up to the dilema, and are being left to make up our own ending for the story. In Art, we are getting ready to do our final piece, which we're all really looking forward to creating. 

On Thursday, we had a visit from Linda from Marie Curie in Cornwall, who presented us with an enormous cheque, revealing how much money we raised. It's amazing to think that only nine children managed to raise £692.05! Linda was extremely pleased and thanked us all for our hard work. - ROSIE G 

Also on Thursday, 6 pupils from Polperro join other children from the Trust in an Alternative Sports Day.
Max S and Ivy went from Chaipel, and this is what they ahd to say:
"I felt happy and excited about the day." - Max
"It was a learning curve because I learnt new sports which were fun!" - Ivy
Both agreed that they made lots of new friends too!

Congratulations to Ivy for being Miss Randle's Person of the Week for being determined and resilient in tackling her SATs papers.
- JACK 

That's all from us,
Rosie and Jack
CHAIPEL'S BLOGGERS

This week we have started looking at Easter and the children have all been busy creating Easter craft.
They have been making lots of lovely things to take home including bunny baskets and handprint bunny headbands.
Outside, we have collected lots of natural items including leaves and petals to stick onto Easter egg shapes. 

In maths, the children have been fitting shapes into inset puzzles, finding objects that represent the number 3 and up to 5 and practicing to write numbers.

In phonics we have been learning about safari animals. We have been learning to identify animal sounds from a small group when playing "who's hiding under there?". The children have been playing instruments that might sound like different animals and exploring ways to move our bodies like different animals such as snakes, elephants and lions.


We have four more nursery days before the Easter holidays and look forward to seeing everyone next week.

Julie and Sarah

We have covered a lot during our Wider Curriculum lessons this week! In Science, we learnt that a force is a push or pull, by exploring how we make a range of objects move. In Geography, we discovered there are three types of volcanoes; active, dormant and extinct. Can you remember what each of these mean? We also debated why living near a volcano may have its benefits and consequences. In DT, we explored a lever mechanism by creating mockups, which we will use when creating our own moveable posters - we can't wait! During our Computing lesson, we loved exploring how the micro:bit's work and planned for our volcano animations, which we will code next week! 

English this week has consisted of lots of story writing! We have been working hard to finish our Traction Man inspired adventure stories, and both myself and Mr H have been so impressed! Well done! 

In Maths, Year 2 have continued working hard measuring length and height this week. They have been measuring in metres and comparing measurements carefully. Year 3 have continued working on division, focussing on how we can flexibly partition numbers and divide with remainders. 

Congratulations to George, Anya and Heidi for achieving your 99 club badges this week! And a big well done to George and Nevaeh for being Landaviddy's People of the Week. 

Next week are Parent Consultations, and we are looking forward to meeting with you all.

I hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week. 

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H

Taland's Blog 15.3.24

Happy Friday everyone! We hope you have had a fantastic week!

It's been busy in Talland!

Maths:
The year 4's have been learning about mixed numbers and improper fractions. Why not quiz them on what they are...
The year 5's have been rounding decimals to whole numbers and ordering and comparing them. 

English:
We've completed writing up our newspaper report about Oliver Twist now. Children have learnt lots of techniques to write their own successful newspaper report so we have just begun planning for their independent article: 'Workhouse Runaway'. I can't wait to read the finished article!

Music was great fun (as always) and it would appear that Talland have some talented children when it comes to playing the flute!

Well done to Thomas this week for being recognised for his creative homework. He must be really proud of himself - it was great! Good luck to the cross country runners' today!

I'm looking forward to talking to you all next week and telling you what little super stars you are raising!

That's all from us in Talland class this week.

We hope you have an amazing weekend!

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

What a brilliant week we've had in Chaipel Class! We started off the week by finding out what house teams we're in. There are four houses: Chestnut, Willow, Oak and Ash who each have their own Captain and Vice Captain. Congratulations to Ava, Verity and myself who were all chosen to represent our houses as captains in Chaipel Class.

On Thursday, Y5 and Y6 were lucky enough to go down to Liskeard Fire Station for the afternoon. We learnt how to stay safe in different scenarios that we might come across. 
- ROSIE GRACE 

On Friday, we raised money for Comic Relief by dressing in 'mufti' and bringing in our best jokes. My favourite was       Jack G's which went like this:
Why do some cows travel in limousines?
Because they are moovie stars!  

In our learning, we have been working with fractions, decimals and percantages in Maths. In English, we have been studying the book The Midnight Fox and we are are going to be writing our own endings next week. - DAISY 

Congratulations to Rosie Grace and Martha for being Chaipel's People of the Week and to Joel and Ivy for getting their 99 Club badges. - ROSIE MAY 

That's all from us for another week!

Rosie G, Daisy, Rosie M and the rest of Chaipel Class.

Despite the weather, Penhallow have continued in their search for Spring and enjoyed a fun filled week of learning.

In maths, we have been partitioning tens and ones. The children have done brilliantly at recognising how many tens and ones make up numbers to 50.

In English, we have written up our instruction texts and we look forward to starting our traditional tale; The Enormous Turnip. We will be learning the story and then making our own version of the traditional tale. I hope the children will be able to think of lots of different vegetables that could be included in our new version of the tale.

This goes brilliantly with our PSHE topic of Healthy Me! This week, the children have been looking at what makes our bodies healthy, how important getting a good night sleep is and what to do if we are feeling unwell.

In science, we have discussed if a tree is a type of plant. We have looked at different deciduous and evergreen trees on our school grounds.

Well done to Penhallow's 'People of the Week' this week. Theo, Ida  and Casey have shown fantastic examples of our school values. Well done!

Keep up with the brilliant reading and accessing TwinklGo! for more activities.

We hope you enjoy a lovely weekend!

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Miss Colton, Mrs C and Miss Hodge.

Another busy and exciting week has just flown past.

On Monday in a special assembly we launched our School  Houses: Ash, Oak, Willow and Chestnut, names chosen by the School Council. 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. Well done to our first Captains and Vice-Captains who have been chosen because they consistently demonstrate our values (Rosie, Verity, Everly, Ava, Leo, Jamie, Finn and Hugh) and to everyone who has won a House Point this week.

It has been a busy week for our football team who played on Monday and Tuesday this week. They won against Fourlanesend School on Monday and showed great spirit when they played against Pelynt School on Tuesday.

Year 5 and 6 had an amazing afternoon on Thursday at the Junior Life-Skills roadshow where they met organisations who will help them learn skills to improve their safety. They learned CPR, how to remain safe online, at the beach and on the railway and learned more about public transport and electrical safety.

Thank you for sending your children in today in MUFTI. We had a huge amount of fun in school today listening to jokes and finding out about the work of Comic Relief. We have raised over £150 for Comic Relief from your generous donations.

Parenting Workshops April – August 2024 Please find attached the latest programme of free parenting workshops being run by Cornwall Council, Together for Families.

Have a good weekend.

Mrs Hillman

We've had a very exciting week in Landaviddy! 

On Tuesday, we learnt in Geography about the formation of volcanoes. Can you recall the names of the parts of a volcano? We also conducted an experiment where we made an erupting volcano, which was fantastic! It was so much fun! In Science, we finished our unit on materials, considering how we can bend, twist and stretch different objects. 

In English, we finished planning our adventure stories inspired by Traction Man, and began writing our first drafts. We will finish these off next week! 

In Maths, Year 2 have started a new unit on Length and Height. They have been measuring in centimetres (cm) with great accuracy. Year 3 have been dividing 2-digit numbers, using part-whole models to support partitioning numbers into tens and ones. We have had to use our growth mindsets this week, but everyone has been up for the challenge! 

On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day across the school by dressing up as our favourite book characters or wearing our pyjamas. We had a fantastic day! In the morning, Year 1 and 2 watched a digital event hosted by the author Helen Stephens. We loved hearing her stories and seeing how she created her illustrations for her story books 'Smelly Peggy' and 'How to Hide a Lion'. Then in the afternoon, Year 3 joined the rest of KS2 to enjoy a digital event held by Michael Rosen. Overall, we had a fantastic day celebrating our love for reading and books!

Congratulations to Charlie and Flora for being Landaviddy's People of the Week. 

Please find attached below the Knowledge Web for this half term. Of course, should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to seeing you all refreshed on Monday.

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H

A Fabulous Week, FULL of celebrations this week!

Penhallow have enjoyed a fabulous, fun filled week this week which started with a fantastic assembly from Reverend Richard all about Cornwall and how and why we celebrate St Piran's Day! The children loved learning more about why our Cornish flag looks like it does. 

In maths, the Year 1s have completed their topic of addition and subtraction within 20, doing brilliantly, especially when learning all about related facts and what the inverse operations are. The children loved standing at the front of the class to teach me what the opposite of addition was! We also loved learning all about the difference this week, comparing boys and girls in Year 1.

In English, we are writing our instruction texts, whilst planting a sunflower seed. This is a great opportunity to include all that we are learning in Year 1, we have included a question and sequencing words to list the important steps to plant a sunflower seed.

PE has been super fun this week, we are learning how to respect each other in games and work brilliantly as partners.

In Science, we made the most of getting outside for a spring time search for wild flowers, learning that wild flowers grow wherever their seed falls. This complimented our story of The Tiny Seed perfectly.

Talking of enjoying stories, on Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as our favourite book characters or wearing our pyjamas. We had a fantastic day! In the morning, Year 1 joined year 2 in Landaviddy and watched a digital event hosted by the author Helen Stephens. The children loved hearing her stories and seeing how she created her illustrations for her story books 'Smelly Peggy' and 'How to Hide a Lion'. The decorated spoons that the children bought in are just fabulous and we are looking forward to seeing them displayed in our school library!

Music was also thoroughly enjoyed on World Book Day where we sang a song all about books to celebrate! We added instruments for a beat and lots of fun was had!

Well done to our 'People of the Week' this week, Esme, Alfie and Emily, each showing fantastic examples of our school values. WOW, the children did so brilliantly in our practice lockdown today, I was so proud of each one of them. Well done also to Esme for achieving her 11 badge in 99 club this week and Iylah for achieving her 33 club badge!

We hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend and really hope Mums enjoy receiving their handmade treasures on Sunday (check bookbags if nothing arrives on your breakfast tray!!!) 

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Miss Colton, Mrs C and Miss Hodge.

Talland's Class Blog 8.3.24

We hope everyone had a fantastic World Book Day!

What have we been doing this week?

Maths:
Year 4's have found out that fractions aren't actually as scary as we first thought. 
Year 5's have been trail blazing their way through Decimals and Percentages.

Writing: 
We've been learning about fronted adverbials, relative clause and a whole range of writing techniques for our newspaper report on Oliver Twist. Next week, we will be looking at reported speech and direct speech (there will be a lot of acting involved).

PE: 
Children haven continued to enhance their ball skills and master the landing technique in gymnastics - even when we add a twist.

Design and Technology:
Talland were put into groups. They now know which room the will be designing and creating for the Victorian Doll's House. Why not ask you child which room they have...

World Book Day was amazing, the costumes were fantastic and the enthusiasm from the children was brilliant!

A massive well done to Everly for being recognised this week for her excellent learning behaviours and fantastic manners!

That's all from Talland Class. We hope you have a great weekend!

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

World Book Day 'Chaipelers'

THE Y6 BLOGGERS ARE BACK!!!
It has been another fun week in Chaipel Class. This week we rounded off our World War Two enquiry by completing our diary entry through the eyes of Anne Frank. We then peer assessed our friend's work; it was lovely to read each other's letters.

On Tuesday, the Y5s had a day packed full with Playground Leadership Training. They really enjoyed this opportunity to help everyone stay more active whilst out on the playground. - ROSIE G

On Thursday, it was World Book Day and each pupil of Polperro dresssed up as their favourite book character. We also had an amazing LIVE online session with Michel Rosen, promoting 50 years of his work. He was really funny and we joined many other schools internationally to watch him!
In our class, Chaipel, Daisy won the 'Wooden Spoon Character' competition. Well done Daisy! - ROSIE M

CONGRATULATIONS to Max S for achieving his Silver and to Daisy who achieved her Bronze in 99 club this week. Chaipel's 'People of the Week' were Jack G and Rosie Butcher for showing our School Values very well.This week's Golden Ticket goes to Noah H.

Miss R would like to remind parents to sign up for the  parent consultations if you have not already done so. - JACK C

Thanks Rosie G, Rosie M and Jack C - our Chaipel Bloggers!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
Miss Randle, Mrs Clary and Miss Gilbert.

Thank you so much for sending your children in on World Book Day in their amazing costumes or PJs. We were overwhelmed by the response to our ‘Wooden Spoon Challenge’ competition and so pleased with the wonderful ideas and level of detail. Rev Richard judged the entries after our St Piran’s Day assembly on Monday and again on Tuesday as there were so many to consider! Well done to the winners (Daisy, Kora, Amber and April and Maevis) who will each receive a book (kindly funded by FOPS). Congratulations also to the runners up. 

Cross Country Congratulations to our cross-country team who ran brilliantly at last week’s race at Liskeard. Our runners are getting faster and faster each time and always show great sportsmanship, especially in the mud last week. Our early finishing boys waited to cheer on their friends at the end of the race and well done to Flora who completed the course carrying her friend’s shoe which had been lost in the mud.

FOPS Quiz Please see attached flyer for details of the FOPS (Friends of Polperro School) Quiz which we are holding on Friday 22nd March to raise funds for the school. Tickets are on sale in the office. We hope to see you there.

Comic Relief This year Red Nose Day is on Friday, 15th March. The School Council would like the children to come to school in MUFTI with a minimum donation of £2 for this MUFTI day. School Council would also like children to bring in their favourite joke as part of a competition they are organising. Details to follow.

Parent Consultations Reminder that parent consultations are taking place the week of the 18th March. There is still time to sign up by calling the school if you have not already done so.

Emergency Lockdown Procedure We held an emergency lockdown procedure drill today and the children responded very well. Lockdown procedures are important and would be used in response to an internal or external incident which could be a threat to the safety of staff and children in the school such as: 1. A reported incident, disturbance in the local community 2. An intruder on the site 3. A warning being received regarding a local risk of air pollution (smoke plume, gas cloud etc.) 4. A major fire in the vicinity of the school 5. The close proximity of a dangerous dog. We practice this drill yearly and fire drills termly.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Hillman

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This week in nursery, we have continued to explore spring. The children have been busy exploring what happens in spring and have enjoyed playing in the spring themed tuft tray using tools to dig in soil with and putting plants and flowers into pots.
They have used vegetables to create flower pictures in paint and created beautiful spring wreaths using different materials.

At story time, we have looked at different books relating to spring including "On the farm" where the children named the baby animals they saw.
In phonics, we have been using our voices to copy animal sounds, hearing initial sounds in words and trying to match words together that rhyme with each other.

In maths the children have been countng and sorting number puppies into groups and been finding objects to represent numbers.

On Friday it was Comic Relief and the children came dressed in their red clothes to celebrate this. They got creative and made some red noses and we went on a hunt for lots of objects that are the colour red.

Next week, we start to look at Easter and are very excited to start lots of activities related to this.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

Its been a busy week at nursery. On Tuesday we celebrated St Piran's Day. The children enjoyed a cream tea at morning snack (jam first!!) and they painted flags to take home.
We are exploring spring and answering our enquiry question of "What happens in spring?". The children have made tissue paper plate flowers and have made musical flower shakers which we have played whilst singing lots of songs. The children have done some still life painting, observisng a vase of daffodils and then painting their own interpretation of what they saw. They all did a great job!
In phonics we have been naming and describing sounds in our environment, hearing and identifing initial sounds in words and trying to keep in time with a simple beat.

In maths, we have been finding objects to represent the number 3 and the children have been practicing their counting :)

On Thursday, the children dressed up for World Book Day. They all looked great dressed up as their spoon character or in their pyjamas. We enjoyed reading and sharing the books that were brought in from home.

Have a lovely weekend

Julie and Sarah

It has been another fun-filled week of learning in Penhallow. The weather being the main discussion point as we continue our search for signs of spring! 

In maths, we have been exploring doubles and had lots of fun with dice, ladybirds, butterflies and double treasure hunts! We have found out that near doubles can help us with our addition and subtraction facts  within 20.

In PSHE, we continued to learn about the importance of staying healthy! We put together a healthy and an unhealthy plate, learning about the important food groups.

In PE, we have enjoyed 2 really fun sessions, learning all about fitness and why it is important and game skills like rolling, kicking, throwing and aiming.

Science this week has been fun, where we dissected a daffodil, learning all about the structure of a plant, the children 'wowed' us with wanting to know more, recognising pollen, the stigma, the trumpet of the daffodil as well as the basic plant structure. Next week we will be starting to grow our own seeds.

We really enjoyed a jam tart snack break on Friday to celebrate the Reception class finishing their level 3 phonics!

Well done to Finn, Kai and Brody for achieving their 22 badges in 99 club this week!

Also a big well done to our 'People of the Week' Martha, Sonny and Darragh for showing super examples of our school values.

Next week is a 'biggie' as we celebrate St Piran's Day and World Book Day!

Attached to the blog this week is this half term's Knowledge Web, outlining all that we will be learning in this half-term, up until Easter!

We hope you all enjoy a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday for another great week of learning!

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Miss Colton, Miss C and Miss Hodge.

P.S. Remember spoons must be bought into school to be in the World Book Day competition by MONDAY!

Another week has gone by, and we have continued to explore 'How Can the Force be With You?'. In Science, we have been exploring how materials are suitable for different purposes and describing their properties. In Geography, we learnt about the layers of soil and layers of the earth. In Computing, we made our flipbooks and look forward to planning for our own volcano animations. We had a brilliant music lesson with Mrs Butlin too, as always! On Monday, we had an excellent PE lesson with Mrs Phillips, focussing on Team Building, which required lots of clear communication.

In Maths, Year 2 have continued working hard on Position and Direction, describing movement and turns and creating shape patterns using turns. Year 3 have been multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and making links between multiplication and division. Next week, we will be focussing on dividing 2-digit numbers. 

In English, we have continued learning about Traction Man, exploring the use of onomatopoeia and have started planning for writing our own adventure stories! We can't wait to start writing these next week.

Congratulations to Amber for being Landaviddy's Person of the Week. 

Please find below this half terms KIRFS for you to practise and Homework Grid relating to our enquiry. 

We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week.

Miss Gibbings, Mrs Phillips and Mr H

Charitable Chaipelers!

Another fun-packed week has flown by!

The weather held out on Tuesday for the Y6s to do their sponsored walk for Marie Curie as part of their PSHE. They walked the equivalent of the 5 mile coastal walk from Polperro to Looe around our Active Mile Track. They did amazingly well and we will send off the sponsorship money to Marie Curie next week! The Y5s are also planning a sponsored event. More info to follow...

We have been finishing off our enquiry into WW2 this week by compiling an assessment of their learning through PowerPoint. The work is amazing and really showcases what they have learnt about the war. Our new enquiry is, "How Does North America Compare to Europe?" We will be exploring the human and physical geography of North America and then comparing an American region with our own. 

Decimals have been the focus for Y5/Y6 this week and we will be moving onto Fractions/Decimals/Percentages next week. 

As part of our enquiry, we are learning about the late Neo-Expressionist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The children have been looking at a range of his art, selecting ones that they like and explaining why they have chosen it. We are building up to creating our own Basquiat-inspired piece of artwork in the coming weeks.

I have attached this half term's homework grid and KIRFs.

SATs Club
SATs club begins next week for Y6s. 
There will be three sessions per week and a copy of the days and times have gone home with your child in their SATs folders.

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!
Miss Randle, Mrs Clary and Miss Gilbert.
 

Talland's Class Blog 1.3.24

Lots of fun has been had this week!

Maths:
The year 4's have come to the end of their Multiplication and Division unit - next week - FRACTIONS! YAY!
The year 5's have been learning about decimals. Ask them about tenths and hundredths. Cab they dazzle you with their knowledge?

English:
We've found out that the news paper report we read last week might have been a tad bias and Mr. Bumble isn't as kind hearted as we were first lead to believe. It turns out, Oliver Twist didn't get fed much and all of the orphans wanted more gruel as they were so incredibly hungry. Talland have been interviewing key witnesses about what actually happened when Oliver asked, "Please sir, can I have some more?". 

Design and Technology:
The children have been given their design brief: A toy company, who produce dolls-houses, want to produce a dolls house that replicates a Victorian house. The toys already on the market are very expensive and the toy company want the children's designs to help them reach a younger market. 
We've begun by researching the Great Exhibition of 1851 - ask your child some fun facts about this exhibition. Here's one fun fact: The Kohinoor diamond is the diamond that sits on King Charles' crown.

A huge well done to Harley and Aria for being our mathematician's of the week, Sienna and Isaac for being our reader's of the week and Freddie and Nuala for being our writer's of the week. Also, congratulations to Imogen for being our person of the week! 

Good luck to our runner's today - we hope you have a great time and run your socks off (not literally)!

Please find attached this terms KIRFs and Homework Grid.

We hope you have an amazing weekend!

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

This week the children have continued to explore farms and where our food comes from and have enjoyed a farm themed tuft tray with real vegetables and cereal!
They have finished our farm animal related craft, creating muddy pigs using their fingers in the paint and handprint chickens.

At story time, we have enjoyed the story "Moo, moo, mooing" and have turned our book corner into the cow from the story.

In Maths, we have continued to find objects that represent the number 3. Some of the children have been using toys such as the train track to create these numbers.

Next week we will be exploring all things related to spring.

World Book Day is next Thursday and the children in on this day are invited to come in wearing their pyjamas and to bring a teddy and their favourite story.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah