TERRIFIC TAMAR TRIP!

We have had a lovely week of learning in Chaipel, topped off with our trip to the Tamar Learning Centre as part of our enquiry into bridge construction.

ENGLISH
We are at the stage of planning our free verse poetry and have compiled some effective poetic devices. Next week, we will be writing, editing and creating our final versions.

MATHS
Y6 have been completing our ratio unit and then multiplying fractions with integers as we further our fractions knowledge and the Y5s have been multiplying a range of numbers using grid and long multiplication methods.

WIDER CURRICULUM
In DT, we have been testing the strength of an unsupported arch bridge by experimenting with height and weight. In Geography, we have been debating on whether mega farms are a good idea and we have some strong opinions!

We ended our week with our trip to the Tamar Learning Centre and it was amazing! We had a tour along the Tamar bridge footpath, learnt how the Royal Albert Bridge was constructed and broadened our knowledge on the different types of bridges and their unique features.

Congratulations to Martha who was our Person of the Week, but really, WELL DONE to all Chaipelers as you did our school proud with your curiosity and responsibility today.

Enjoy your weekend,

Miss Randle, Mrs Clary and Miss Hodge.   

We have been busy organizing many trips and activities for the upcoming terms including Chaipel Class's trip today to the Tamar Bridge  as part of their DT learning.  Why not look at their class blog for more information and the other class blogs to see the learning across the school that has been taking place. 

Children’s Mental Health Week 3-9 February We will be taking part in Children’s Mental Health Week next week. The week’s focus is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself, with the aim to encourage children and young people across the UK to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them. As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health. There are free resources here which you may wish to look at beforehand. https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/resources/#families

As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, we will be spending next Friday morning outside when staff and pupils will be taking part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch; toasting marshmallows and listening to stories around the fire in the school garden; practicing yoga and enjoying art activities involving nature. Children should come into school on Friday in warm clothing with a waterproof coat and wellies or old trainers. They should bring their uniform in to change into in the afternoon. If it rains, we will do wellbeing activities inside but will still go outside for the birdwatching.

RNLI MUFTI Day Thank you for sending your children in yesterday in something blue or sea-themed. We raised £74 for the RNLI in recognition of the Oars of Thunder’s success in the World’s Toughest Row.

Family Worker Drop-Ins, Thursday 6th February, 9-11 am Reminder that the Early Help Hub will be holding Family Worker Drop-In Sessions in our school from 9-11 am on 6th February 2025. If you would like to be able to talk in confidence, just pop along, they will be here to help and support you. They will be happy to discuss and advise on issues concerning your family for example, how to better understand your child’s needs & behaviours; positive parenting and how to keep your child safe; how to better understand the importance of routines for your family. To book a 30-minute slot, contact the school on secretary@polperroprimary.co.uk or call on 01503 272249.

Upcoming dates Reminder that Friday 14th February is an INSET day and half term is 17-21 February.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Hillman

This week we have finished discussing how we keep warm in winter. The children have been busy getting creative and have made lots of craft including  decorating a paper plate wooly hat. On the tuft tray they have explored "The little Polar Bear" story and have used props to support their play.
We have been making cotton wool pad snowmen and the children have been practicing their counting during a creative maths activity.

On Wednesday we celebrated Chinese New Year and the year of the snake. The children decorated lanterns, coloured in snakes and we had a snack of rice, noodles and prawn crackers which the children really enjoyed.

In phonics the children have enjoyed singing along to the song "The farmer claps her hands". They copied actions to the song and had to finish by putting all of the sequence of movements together. They have also explored voice sounds loud and quiet and we have been listening to sounds in our indoor and outdoor environment.

In maths, we have been exploring sequences of patterns and repeating patterns in addition to exploring numbers 1-5 and beyond.

Have a lovely weekend.
The Nursery Team

Hello Everyone,

We have been learning the story; ‘Field Trip to the Moon’ by John Hare, this week during our English lessons. We therefore went on a pretend trip to the moon in a space ship. Wearing our space suits and helmets, we travelled through space together, and when we landed, we explored the moon, recording our findings and observations about what we could see, feel, smell and hear. Next week, we will be writing a recount about what happened. 

In maths, we have been playing games and solving problems around the concept of doubles and near doubles. We have been practicing recalling doubles facts and then using them to find near doubles. We have used a range of ways to represent our understanding visually, and enjoyed drawing number lines and hunting for doubles in the outside area. 

During RE this week, we learnt about stories that have meanings to Christians, Jewish people and Muslims. This week we thought about the story of Jesus calming the storm. We discussed the concept of faith, and made a zig zag book to retell the story.

We continued our learning about the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy this week, during our art lessons. We collected our own natural materials outside, and used pictures and video clips of the artist’s work, to help us to create our own sculptures in a similar style. Our creations were both unique and impressive. Well done everyone!

In Penhallow, we already enjoy reading in a range of different ways. We listen to stories read out loud every day. We read individually, in groups and using ebooks. We enjoy choosing our own books from the library, and many of us choose to read during choosing time in quiet places in the classroom, such as our reading tent. In order to encourage our love of reading even further, we are also sending home each week, a book to read with some hot chocolate, some cookies and a teddy. A different person will take this home every week, so please enjoy your special reading time, whenever you happen to be given these goodies.

Have a lovely weekend!

From the Penhallow team.

Another week has flown by in Landaviddy class. We have continued our enquiry 'What is Light?' in Science, by learning about how the sun can be dangerous and discussing what we can do to protect ourselves from the sun. In Computing, we explored touch typing and the different elements found on a keyboard. We had a great music lesson too, where we were able to use the Ukulele's. 

In English this week we have been focused on developing our use of tier 2 and 3 vocabulary when explaining. We worked together to create a glossary of tier 3 vocabulary, specific to the honey making process. Today, we completed our plans for writing our own explanation texts, which we will write next week! We can't wait! 

In Maths, Year 2 have been exploring money this week by recognising pence and pounds, and had practise choosing coins to make amounts. Year 3 have been continuing to develop their multiplication and division knowledge by exploring multiples of 10 and beginning to multiply 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.

Congratulations to Theo, Lowen J and Oliver for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week.

We hope you have a brilliant weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday. 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton

In assembly on Tuesday we watched video of the Oars of Thunder completing their 3000 mile row across the Atlantic. In recognition of their success in this amazing challenge, the children would like to have a MUFTI day next Thursday, 30th January to raise money for the team’s chosen charity, the RNLI. The theme for the day, which has been chosen by the School Council, is ‘Wear something blue or to do with the sea’. In return for wearing no uniform, a minimum donation of £1 would be welcome.

Congratulations to our cross-country team who ran brilliantly in last week’s race at Cotehele. Many of them ran a personal best, including Flora who came a fantastic second in her race. The team were all extremely supportive of each other and their behaviour was exemplary. We are very proud of them all.

Well done also to our football team who played their first league football match on Monday against Brunel. Although the final score was 2-0 to Brunel, they played really well as a team and the result didn’t quite reflect how well they played. The next match is at home against Bishop Cornish School on 3rd February.

Our Planet Protectors have been busy improving school’s recycling by arranging for each class to have a blue recycling bin (kindly funded by FOPS). The Planet Protectors meet every Tuesday lunchtime and are encouraging the rest of the school to know what they can and cannot recycle.

Information regarding Fundamentals Dance Classes run by Former Polperro School pupil Hayley Bentley is attached to this blog. Classes are on Mondays, 4:30pm - 5:30pm for young people ages 4-10 at Lanreath Village Hall. A physical & creative outlet for young people to learn new dance techniques and embrace freedom of expression! First class is FREE and then the classes are 'pay as you go' £6 per session. 

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Hillman

Another week has gone by and we are well into our enquiry for this half term, 'What Natural Resources Do I Depend On?' We have been looking into different types of trusses - the framework for supporting bridges - and have been making our own out of art straws. We have been creating Warren, Pratt and Lattice structures.

MATHS
We have been nailing long and grid method multiplication (Y5s) and scale factors and problems involving ratio (Y6). Imogen has really got the hang of long multiplication and her presentation is absolutely amazing. Well Done!

ENGLISH
We are looking into free verse poetry and have been learning how to write similes and metaphors for effect. Harry, WOW!  The glistening sun is a lion's mane, sparking the sky with a glow of warmth. The mountain peak is a missile: white as a dove, lighting up the sky with thick, opaque smoke.

COMPUTING
We have been investigating pixels in computing, recognising how bit patterns represent images as pixels. The children created an image on squared paper and then recreated it on Excel spreadsheet. They have done an amazing job.

Congratulations to Aria (99), Verity (Bronze) and Dom (33) for achieving their next badges in their 99 Club and to Harrison and Nuala for being Chaipel's People of the Week for demonstrating our school values.

POLITE REMINDER
Our trip to the Tamar Learning Centre is on Friday, so could you please make sure that any permission slips are back in school on Monday. It is just for the morning so lunchtime will be as normal. 

I've attached this half term's Homework Grid, KIRFS and Knowledge Web.

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

Miss Randle, Mrs Clary and Miss Hodge.

TALLAND CLASS BLOG 24.1.25

Another fabulous week in Talland class. The children have been great and we've had lots of fun!

Here's a brief run down of our week:

Maths
Year 4 have successfully completed their unit on AREA. Next week they are moving onto LENGTH and PERIMETER.
Year 5 have continued to work on fractions. This week we've investigated equivalent fractions, improper fractions and mixed number fractions.

English
We have been exploring explanation texts, finding the features and thinking about key vocabulary that can be used. Talland have done a fantastic job of up levelling sentences to make them sound scientific and interesting.

Music
The children have been learning the 'C' cord and have tried to maintain a rhythm whilst performing together.

PE
In dance, Talland have been creating a routine in their groups and in tennis, we have been learning how to use a forehand and a backhand.

Geography
We had a look at different biomes around the world and found out that the UK's main biome is a temperate one. Why not quiz your child to see if they remember what it is... Maybe, go and explore one? If you do, be sure to take some pictures and send them in!

Art
We created a mood board about print screen art. We found inspiration from some images we found and thought about what is needed to make our own print screen successful. 

CONGRATULATIONS 
A huge well done to Jamie for being nominated as our mathematician of the week, Skye for writer of the week and Grace for reader of the week. Also, great work from our 99 clubbers (Jamie, Joey, Arnie and Everly), who managed to successfully complete their 99 club. Last but not least, and gaining his hattrick this week, well done to Jamie (again) for being celebrated as our person of the week for his excellent enthusiasm towards work and his curiosity during our writing sessions.

That's all from us this week. We hope you have an amazing weekend and look forward to seeing you bright and breezy on Monday.

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

P.S In coming trip alert...
  

  

This week we have been talking about how we keep warm in winter. The children came up with some great answers such as wearing appropriate clothing such as coats, scarves, gloves and hats and it was suggested by some of the children that we should all have hot chocolate for snack to warm up after been outside to play!
We made vegetable soup on Thursday where the children practiced chopping and cutting with the knives before cooking it all up and letting them take it home.
They have been practicing pencil control on the writing table and have been getting creative by making snowmen with warm scarves and collaged welly boots.

At story time we have been reading "William's Winter Wish" and in phonics we have been talking about going to the dentist. The children have been naming and rembering different sounds in a game of sound bingo, clapping the syllables in words and exploring how our mouths move when looking in the mirrors.

In maths, we have been recognising and forming numbers on the chalk and white boards and learning about different shapes and making arrangments.

Have a good weekend

The Nursery Team

Wonderful Writing, Reflective Surfaces and Buzzing Bees!

We've had another week full of lots of learning! On Monday, we considered how our words have an impact and were inspired to promote kindness to others by giving each other compliments. In Science, we consolidated our understanding of light and dark, and conducted a whole class experiment, investigating reflective materials. Can you recall which material was the most reflective? In Geography, we began a new unit on the Conservation of Bees, where we learnt the differences between bumblebees and honeybees. In PE, we have continued to develop our skills when playing net and wall games. We had lots of fun!

In English, we finished writing up our neat copies of our Little Egyptian Red Riding Hood stories. We used our best handwriting and had a go at using pen for the first time this year. We also started our new unit, focused on explanation texts, where we will be writing our own about how bees make honey. We have read and identified the main features and used our VIPERS knowledge to answer questions. Today, we learnt about the process of how bees make honey and then used drama to act this out. 

In Maths, Year 2 are coming to the end of their topic on Shape, where they have been sorting 2-D and 3-D shapes, as well as making repeating patterns. Year 3 have been working hard on dividing and multiplying by 2, 4 and 8, exploring the relationships between these times tables.

I have included the KIRFS for this half term below, along with the Knowledge Web and Homework grid. Please remember to continue reading your colour banded book at home and practising your times tables. Library books will continue to be changed on Thursday's, so make sure you bring these in if you would like a new book. Of course, should you have any questions, just let me know. 

Congratulations to Jemima, Amber and April for being Landaviddy's People of the Week. 

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

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 17.1.25

A busy week in Talland. The children found out about our new enquiry: Do all living things need a home? They have lots of fun things in store. It's been great getting started!

Maths:
Year 4 have just started area. This is always fun and the children love it!
Year 5 have just begun fractions and are getting their heads around equivalent fractions.

Writing:
Talland have completed their persuasive letters and written it up in top copy. They look and sound fabulous!

Science: 
We have delved into the role of a naturalist scientist, where we have discovered what this kind of scientist does and possible job opportunities within this field! Some of the jobs sound like so much fun!

PE: 
Talland have continued to learn some awesome dance moves and begun using the forehand swing in tennis. Some potential, soon to be, Wimbledon players in the making!

Well Done to Flora (last week) for getting her 88 badge in 99 club. Also great work from Frankie (last week) for being noticed as an amazing student. This week, well done to Skye. Her writing has thoroughly impressed the teachers and her overall ability to show all of Polperro's values.

That's all from Talland this week. We hope you have a brilliant weekend!

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

Our clubs have been up and running this week and really well attended. There are still spaces in our Tuesday after school club for years 3-6 with Mrs Phillips. We have spoken to the children about what they would like to do in this club. It will now be an Alternative Sports Club which will include, dance, gymnastics, yoga and other activities that the children want to try out. Please email school if your child would like to attend.

Children’s Mental Health Week We will be taking part in Children’s Mental Health Week which is taking place from 3-9 February. The week’s focus is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself, with the aim to encourage children and young people across the UK to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them. As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health. There are free resources here which you may wish to look at beforehand. https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/resources/#families As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, we will be spending the morning outdoors on Friday 7th February when all staff and pupils will take part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch and other outdoor wellbeing activities. Further details to follow.

Family Worker Drop-Ins, Thursday 6th February, 9-11 am Reminder that the Early Help Hub will be holding Family Worker Drop-In Sessions in our school from 9-11 am on 6th February 2025. If you would like to be able to talk in confidence, just pop along, they will be here to help and support you. They will be happy to discuss and advise on issues concerning your family for example, how to better understand your child’s needs & behaviours; positive parenting and how to keep your child safe; how to better understand the importance of routines for your family. To book a 30-minute slot, contact the school on secretary@polperroprimary.co.uk or call on 01503 272249.

Online Supporting Autism Course Please find attached details of an online course to guide parents and carers in supporting a family member or friend on the autism spectrum. The course will offer practical advice on topics including communication, behaviour and education, strategies of support, legal rights, how to engage in services and accessing further information.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Hillman

What a fabulous week of learning we have had. We have begun our new enquiry into our country's natural resources. We have investigated the main sectors of our economy and how ingredients that make a simple chocolate cake have been on an epic journey from the countries where they began as raw materials to the countries that turned them into manufactured products.

ENGLISH
We have edited, improved and begun to write up our persuasive letters in best copy. I am so proud of the effort that Chaipel have put into this piece of writing and look forward to reading each and every one of them. 

MATHS
We have completed our Fractions unit and we have come so far. We can compare, order, simplify, convert, add and subtract. For Y6s, it's Ratio next and for Y5s it is Multiplication and Division. 

WIDER CURRICULUM
Our investigation into Bhangra dance is coming on with us creating sequences using a range of motifs and travel steps. Tennis is also on the PE timetable for this half term with Mrs Hillman. We have learnt about bridge construction beam styles in DT and tested out our beams for strength using a range of weights and measures. In Science, we have located the reproductive features of a plant and will move our learning on next week to look at asexual plant reproduction.

Congratulations to Verity and Ashton for being our People of the Week, recognised for displaying our school values and to Dom and Elsie for achieving their next badge in their 99 Club.

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday.

Miss Randle, Mrs Clary and Miss Hodge.

This week at nursery we have continued to find out all about winter and why it is cold. The children have been busy outside exploring ice where they have talked about what they have seen and how the ice felt, using language such as cold, icy, slippery, frozen and melting.
Inside on the tuft tray they have attempted to create there own snowmen and on the funky fingers table have been using tweezers to pick up Pom Poms and placing them in order 1-10.

At storytime the children have enjoyed stories such as “The smiley snowman” and "Guess how much i love you in the winter"
In phonics we have been learning to name different sounds and then try to recall what we have heard. The children have been exploring different sounds during a game of "The vet says" and have used musical instruments to represent animal sounds.

In maths, the children have been demonstrating their counting abilities and representing their numbers by mark making and forming numbers.
We have looked at sizes, big, medium and small and have been sorting and comparing amounts on the maths table.

Have a great weekend

The nursery team

Happy New Year! Spring Term has well and truly started in Landaviddy class. 

On Tuesday, we started the first of two units we cover in PE. With Mrs Phillips, we enjoyed our first Dance lesson and today we began exploring Net and Wall games. 
Polite Reminder: Please can you make sure your child has their PE in school, as we had quite a few without a kit this week. Thank you. 

On Wednesday, we concluded our enquiry from last half term 'Who were the Ancient Egyptians?' and had a go at writing down everything we could remember. This meant we were ready to launch our new enquiry question for this half term, 'What is Light?'. We were amazed by the questions the children came up with; How is lightning made? How was the Sun made? What are the Northern Lights? 

In English, we have been consolidating our ability to punctuate speech accurately. After lots of practise, we have become more confident with this now. We then moved on to redrafting a section of our Egyptian Little Red Riding Hood stories. We had some fantastic pieces of writing from this and the children all worked so hard as bring their ideas to life. We have edited and next week with finish writing up our final copies. 

In Maths, Year 2 have been looking at vertical and horizontal lines of symmetry, using symmetry to complete shapes and sorting 2-D shapes into groups. Year 3 have explored the 4 and 8 times tables this week.

Congratulations to Iylah, Evie, Alfie and Nevaeh for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week. 

Next week, there will be the opportunity for the children to change their library books. Please make sure to bring these in for Thursday. 

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

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton

A warm welcome back and Happy New Year to you all.

We have been following in assembly the amazing progress of the Oars of Thunder team who visited our school with their boat in October.  They are currently over three quarters of the way through their 3000 mile row across the Atlantic as part of the World's Toughest Row. They left La Gomera on 11th December and are currently in 1st Place in Mixed Class, 5th in boats of 4 and 7th place overall.

The children have settled into their learning quickly this week and have started their class enquiries as follows: Penhallow Class – Why Aren’t Spaceships Made of Jelly? Landaviddy Class - What is Light? Talland Class - Do all Living Things Need a Home? Chaipel Class - What Natural Resources do I Depend Upon?
 
Clubs will be resuming week next Monday, 13th January as follows:
Monday: After School Football Club (Mr Langley) for years 3, 4,5 and 6
Tuesday: Lunchtime ECO Club (Miss Randle) for years 3 to 6, some places by invitation After school Dance Club (Mrs Phillips) for years 3-6
Wednesday: Lunchtime Mindfulness and Art Club (Mrs Wilkie) for years 2 to 6
Thursday: Lunchtime Music and Singing Club (Mrs Fitzsimmons) for years R, 1 and 2
Friday: After School Running Club (Miss Bowden and Mrs Turnbull) for years 3-6. This club is open to anyone who likes running however it will not run when the Cross-Country League races are on – next races 17th January and 7th February. Pupils do not have to race in these events. Clubs are the same as last half term except for the addition of Dance Club on Tuesday. Please inform us by email or phone call, if there are any changes to the clubs you wish your child to attend, by midday on Monday 13th January. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that your child will be attending the same clubs as last half term. For all clubs, once signed up children will be expected to attend every week unless they have written parental permission not to, or are absent. This applies to both lunchtime and after school clubs.

Cornwall Parenting Courses and new Podcast Please find attached information from Cornwall Council’s Together for Families about Parenting Courses which are accessible online or in person, and Empowered Parenting Podcasts. New episodes will be released each week, bringing you top tips and guest speakers to discuss a range of topics relating to your parenting journey. Upcoming topics include: Back-to-school, Praise and Encouragement, Routines, Boundaries, SEND Navigators, Brain Development, and many more.

Mental Health in Schools Team - Parent /Carer Workshops Please see attached details of Parent/Carer Workshops which are set to run from January 2025. These are one-off, one hour long, online workshops with Mental Health Practitioners. They are open to everybody; people do not need to have a mental health need to join. If you are interested, please click on the relevant link: Behaviour Workshop - https://forms.office.com/e/1PwGDXSQ40 Sleep Workshop - https://forms.office.com/e/7ac7qHLPhc A Teams link will be emailed to you from MHST for each workshop prior to the workshop taking place.

Cornwall Youth Badminton Children in years 5-8 are invited to try out playing Badminton in a fun event and coaching session on Sunday 12th January. The event is free and will take place at Treviglas Sports Hub, Newquay. It will be run by Cathryn Bick - a Badminton England level 2 coach and Cornwall Youth Badminton chairperson. Please see poster attached for further details.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Hillman

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It's been a very productive first week back for Chaipel Class. We began with immersing ourselves with our new enquiry, "What Natural Resources Do I Depend On?" We have completed a pre-knowledge Kahoot quiz and thought about what we wanted to find out, over the next few weeks. We will be investigating the UK's natural resources, the use of fossil fuels and how bridges are constructed in order to transport goods from place to place.

ENGLISH
We have begun to write up our formal, persuasive letter to The Warden at Camp Green Lake and will continue to write, edit and best copy create next week.

MATHS
We have been adding and subracting mixed numbers over the last few days and are finally making headway! We will wrap up this section of Fractions on Monday and then move onto Multiplication and Division (Y5) and Ratio (Y6). 

WIDER CURRICULUM 
We have begun to learn Bhangra-style dance in PE this week. It is a fun, uplifting style which is used a lot in celebrations across different faiths and communities. In Geography, we have been investigating the regions of England and then locating the seas, channels and oceans which surround us. We will move onto finding out about the physical and human features of the UK before identifying our country's natural and man-made resources.

We ended the week by writing down everything that we have learned in our previous enquiry, 'HOW DOES OUR BODY WORK?' It's amazing what new knowledge we have in such a short period of time! Joel was completely absorbed in  his work!

Congratulations to JOEL and SIENNA for being our PEOPLE OF THE WEEK, demonstrating our School Values and to MAX S for being 6 questions away from achieving his PLATINUM badge in 99 Club: keep on going, Max!

That's all from me so have a lovely weekend!

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

TALLAND'S BLOG 10.1.25

Happy New Year everyone! We hope you had the most magical time during the Christmas holidays.

It's been a great start to 2025 and the children of Talland have brought with it their fabulous energy and creativity! Creativity is the value Polperro will be focusing on this term. Therefore, I can't wait to see the spectacular things the children come up with! The homework grid will be coming out on next weeks blog - I will try my best to think of some fun and creative ideas for you and your child to get your teeth stuck into!

Maths:
Year 4 have been continuing to multiply and divide. Mostly focusing on division skills. They will be completing this unit next week.
Year 5 have also been focusing on division problems, including using remainders. We've found the bus stop method to be helpful when solving these problems.
It would be fantastic to have a try of some division questions with your children to continue to build their confidence. Why not try out these and similar questions:
488 divided by 4 =
629 divided by 4 =  

English:
We have planned our persuasive letter and are ready to independently write our letter next week. Can they convince a Greek citizen to fight for either the Spartans or the Athenians?

Science:
We've experimented with sound this week and helped Justin Bieber out with a tweet he made. He thinks that having a larger pinnae (ear) will mean that you can hear more clearly. We put this to the test. Why not ask your child about the results...

PE:
This term, Talland will be performing dance and playing tennis (perhaps not the Wimbledon weather you would hope for but good fun all the same). 

That's all from Talland this week. We hope you have a brilliant weekend and can't wait to see you all on Monday.

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