Hello Everyone,

It's looking very Christmassy in Penhallow this week, and we have been practicing hard, for our Christmas performance. We are looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday at 11:00 or at 2:00.

This week we have also enjoyed decorating the classroom, and learning about a different nativity character each day. We have also been practicing our Christmas songs with plenty of enthusiasm.

As you will have read in the letter that went out this week, as part of our RE learning this half term, we will be visiting Polperro Methodist church on Wednesday afternoon. As the weather has been quite wet recently, please can you make sure your child has a waterproof coat available for our walk to and from the church. 

During our English lessons this week, we have started to learn the story of 'The Magic Snow Globe'. We have written some lovely setting descriptions of a Wintery scene. Some of our older children in the class have used similes and alliteration, while all of us have been able to use noun phrases including some fantastic adjectives. 

As always , there have been plenty of hands on learning activities in Penhallow. This week, this has included investigating magnets, which has linked to our learning about the North and South Pole. We have also been investigating ice and materials for keeping warm which has linked to our learning about polar animals.

We look forward to seeing you next week.

From The Penhallow Team

Another week comes to an end in Landaviddy, and we have finally entered December! This week, we have focused on Christmas play rehearsals and refining the songs for our performances which will take place on Thursday 11th December at 2pm and 6pm. If you haven't done so already, please make sure your costume is in by Monday 8th December, ready for our dress rehearsal on Wednesday next week. 

During Wider Curriculum lessons this week, we were thrilled to take on the role as archaeologists in History, where we analysed specimens of ancient Stone Age poo to determine Stone Age diets. YUCK! We learnt about how diets changed from the Palaeolithic to Mesolithic and enjoyed using tools to examine evidence. In Computing, we began planning for our own Stone Age inspired stop motion animations. We can't wait to bring these to life next week! 

In English, we have been writing up our final Stone Age stories using pen, which has been a big thrill and required a lot of patience. Next week, we will assess our writing and start a new unit focusing on some christmassy shape poems! We have continued working hard on addition and subtraction in Maths, adding 2-digit and 3-digit numbers together, using the column method.

Congratulations to Esme and Tommy for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week. And a big well done to Theo for achieving his 55 club! 

We hope you have a great weekend, despite the weather, and look forward to seeing you next week! 

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

Another week has flown by and Chaipel have been busy. Our Mayan narratives are now complete and we have been editing and improving a section we like the most. Next week, we will write up our work in best and assess our writing targets for next half term.

In Maths, we have been identifying and comparing equivalent fractions, learning how to simplify and plotting fractions on a numberline. We have had some real 'lightbulb' moments and Joey now, "really likes fractions!" RESULT!!

In our Wider Curriculum, we have been exploring why Christians believe Jesus was the anionted one in RE, learning about the Mayan writing system - including designing our own glyphs - in History, and identifying major cities in the UK and how they get their energy in Geography.

NEXT WEEK
We will be practising our play most of next week and will need all costumes in by WEDNESDAY 10th. It is looking really good now and we can't wait to entertain parents on the 15th. 

Congratulations to Immy - who achieved her 66 Club this week - and to Leo and Joey for being our People of the Week, demonstrating our school values and being role models to their peers.

Finally... 
Thank you to all who came to our Christmas Fair on Friday; we value your continued support.

That's all for this week,
Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.

Here's a couple of nice family portraits that you might come across in the show...

It has been a busy week leading up to our Christmas performance which is on Monday afternoon. The children have been practicing their singing and are sounding great. We look forward to performing it for everyone!

The children have been enjoying our Christmas themed role play area and have been busy creating lots of lovely craft to take home at the end of term.

At storytime we have enjoyed books including "Hurry Santa" and "Santa needs a wee".
During phonics, the children have been identifying and grouping initial sounds of different words and trying to identify instrumental sounds and matching them.
They have also been trying hard to listen to different rhyming words.

In maths we have been ordering numbers and matching numeral and quantity and exploring patterns.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

We have been busy with rehearsals for our Christmas performances all week and are very much looking forward to seeing Nursery perform on Monday, Penhallow Class on Tuesday, and Landaviddy Class on Thursday next week.

Choir Well done to our wonderful choir, who sang beautifully for the residents at Atlantis Care Home yesterday afternoon. They certainly helped to put everyone in the Christmas spirit!

Football Congratulations to our football team, who played brilliantly in their second match yesterday despite the pouring rain. The final score was 6-3 to Downderry in spite of Polperro's huge efforts and excellent teamwork.

Polperro Christmas Lights and Lantern Procession Saturday 6th December, before the Christmas lights switch-on in Polperro, there will be a lantern procession. Willow lanterns, handmade by children at the school, will be available for the children to carry. Each lantern has been created collaboratively by groups of pupils from all our classes, and the materials have been generously funded by the Christmas Lights Committee. Children, accompanied by their parents, should gather at TURNTABLE PIZZA, Big Green at 4:30pm to collect a lantern, ready to set off promptly at 4:45pm. If your child carries a lantern, please ensure the cane is returned to school afterwards so it can be reused next year. Please note that although school staff will be present at the procession, children remain the responsibility of their parents at all times.

Kernow Health Flu Clinics Kernow Health will be running flu clinics at various locations across Cornwall in early/mid-December, by appointment only. Contact details 01872 221105 or email kernowhealthcic.schoolimmunisation@nhs.net for further information or see attached poster for details.

Blackbird Pie Magazine Did you know that parents/carers can access Blackbird Pie magazine for free on BorrowBox using their library card? If the printed copy is lost, crumpled at the bottom of a school bag, or simply never made it home, it's quick and easy to read the magazine on any personal device. BorrowBox is completely free to use with a Cornwall Libraries membership and offers instant access to Blackbird Pie along with a wide range of children's eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines - perfect for days when families need inspiration for things to do. If you aren't already members, you can sign up for FREE online in minutes or pop into any Cornwall Library.

Diary Dates The last day of term is on Friday 19th December and school will finish at 1:30pm. Monday 5th January is an INSET day, therefore the first day of the Spring term for the children is Tuesday, 6th January.

Have a lovely weekend.

Another busy week has flown by in Chaipel and we are fully immersed into our retelling of the Mayan folktale, THE HERO TWINS. We will be continuing this into next week, as the tale gets to its dilemma and resolution stages. Will the Hero Twins be victorious? Let's wait and see...

 In Maths, we have be assessing our understanding of the four operations (addition/subtraction/multiplication/division), and identifying vertically opposite angles in our Friday Shape and Measurement lesson. Next week, Y6s will move onto Fractions - identifying equivalent fractions and ordering and comparing them.

Our Christmas play rehearsals are going well and we will be endeavouring to practise without scripts from Monday. 

In our Wider Curriculum, we have been researching the benefits and drawbacks of a range of energy sources in Geography, identified the qualities of a Saviour in RE, learnt about the incredible life of Roberta Cowell in PSHE, observed Mayan artifacts in History and created our 3D lanterns for the village's Light Switch-On next Saturday.

CONGRATULATIONS to Chilali for being our Person of the Week, showing EXCELLENT values in her Mayan narrative write-up.

Take care and have a lovely weekend,

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

Christmas play rehearsals are in full swing and the children have done an excellent job learning their lines and practising the songs.  A costume letter was sent home earlier in the week. If you have any questions, please do let me know.

On Monday we participated in our whole School Black History month assembly where we shared the life and artwork of Lubaina Himid. In Computing, we loved exploring animation by creating our own stop motions using the stop motion studio app. We had to carefully consider how to use small movements to make sure our animations flowed. In Art, we used our line sketches from last week and enlarged these to create our own cave using charcoal. Finally in History this week, we learnt about the prehistoric dwellings of Skara Brae. We were curious archaeologists, considering the evidence left behind and debating what each part might have been. 

During Maths lessons this week, we have continued to use the column method when subtracting across 10 boundaries. In English, we have finished our Stone Age stories and began writing up our copies in pen.

Congratulations to Amelia, Evie and Hector for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the week. And a big well done to Evie for achieving her 55 club badge.

We hope you have a fab weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday, where the build up to Christmas officially begins!

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

TALLAND'S BLOG 28.11.25

What an action packed week it's been in Talland.. Black History Month Assembly, Play Practice and a whole lot of Viking based acting!

Talland and Chaipel have continued to  combine forces whilst learning lines and songs for our upcoming Christmas production - It's beginning to take shape!

Here's a breakdown of our week:

Maths:
Year 5 have been multiplying  and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000. They have also been measuring angles and lengths on regular and irregular polygons. If you have a protractor at home, the children would hugely benefit from a bit of extra practice. 
Year 4 have been identifying tenths and hundredths. They have also solved problems involving area.

English: Talland did  a tremendous job at presenting facts and reading inspirational poems about Ade Adepitan to the school during our Black History Month Assembly. We've also got into the nitty gritty of Beowulf and the children have begun writing some fantastic atmospheric sentences with the use of figurative language. 

History: We looked at the famous pillage of Lindisfarne, reenacting the journey of the Vikings on their Long Boats/Dragon Ships and the slaughter of the monks... Talland thoroughly enjoyed it!  

CONGRATULATIONS to Isabelle for being noticed this week for showing our school values and working well independently... she even wanted to continue writing in her break time... WOW!

That's all from us in Talland this week. We hope you have a great weekend and can't wait to see everyone next week.

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.

Another very busy week has flown by at school. On Monday, we held our Black History Month assembly, where the children shared their learning linked to this year's theme: "Standing Firm in Power and Pride." This theme celebrates the courage, resilience, and achievements of Black people around the world. Penhallow Class told us about the poet Benjamin Zephaniah and recited one of his poems beautifully. Landaviddy Class shared their work on artist Lubaina Himid, whose colourful artwork celebrates culture and identity. Talland Class taught us about Ade Adepitan, the Paralympian and TV presenter who inspires others through his determination, and Chaipel Class introduced William Robinson Clarke, the first Black pilot to fly for Britain in the First World War. The assembly was a thoughtful and uplifting celebration and we are very proud of how confidently and respectfully the children shared their learning.

Cross Country success Well done once again to our intrepid cross-country running team, who did the school proud in their race at Great Trethew. Six of our runners finished in the top 25, and all 20 competitors completed the race with 12 achieving personal bests. Another fantastic effort. Well done, runners!

Willow Lantern Making Every child in the school has taken part in creating willow lanterns for the Polperro Lantern Parade on 6th December. A huge thank you to the parents who came in to help. It was a very gluey and sticky experience, but the results were well worth it!

Christmas Gift Shop fundraiser - Christmas MUFTI next Wednesday, 3rd December We will be having a Christmas-themed MUFTI Day on Wednesday 3rd December. Children are welcome to come to school in their favourite festive outfits. In return, we'd really appreciate it if they could bring in two new or unused items - things like chocolates, toiletries, socks, notebooks, or any small gift you'd be happy to receive. (Just no alcohol, please!). The items will reappear in our Christmas gift shop on 17th December.

Clubs Next week clubs will run as usual apart from football club on Thursday as we have a home match against Downderry on that day. For the final 2 weeks of term (8 Dec - 19 Dec) there will be no clubs except for afterschool wraparound club and Breakfast Club which will continue as usual. Clubs will restart in January and we will send a letter out after the Christmas break about which ones will be running.

Christmas Fayre 2pm Friday 5th December FOPS are currently busy organising our Christmas Fayre which will be next Friday, 5th December starting at 2.00 pm. We would be grateful for donations of raffle prizes, good condition toys to sell and teddies for the teddy tombola. We look forward to seeing you there.

Polperro Christmas Lights and Lantern Procession Saturday 6th December On Saturday 6th December, before the Christmas lights switch-on, there will be a lantern procession in Polperro. Willow lanterns, handmade by children at the school, will be available for the children to carry. Each lantern has been created collaboratively by groups of pupils from all our classes, and the materials have been generously funded by the Christmas Lights Committee. Children, accompanied by their parents, should gather at the Village Hall at 4:30pm to collect a lantern, ready to set off promptly at 4:45pm. If your child carries a lantern, please ensure the cane is returned to school afterwards so it can be reused next year. Please note that although school staff will be present at the procession, children remain the responsibility of their parents at all times.

Polperro Christmas Tree Festival The Christmas Tree Festival in the Chapel will open at 11am on Saturday 6th December to coincide with the Christmas light switch on. It will be open during the evening that day as well and daily throughout December. A huge thank you to Mrs Peters for making decorations with the children to hang on a tree which FOPS are kindly sponsoring on behalf of the school.

CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE DATES reminder
Tuesday 9th Dec: Penhallow Performances 11am and 2pm
Thursday 11th Dec: Landaviddy Performances 2pm and 6pm
Monday 15th Dec: Talland and Chaipel Performances 2pm and 6pm
Please note that, to ensure we can accommodate everyone in the hall, audience numbers will be limited as follows: • Penhallow Class performances: three members per family for each performance. • Landaviddy Class performances: four members per family for each performance. • Talland and Chaipel Class joint performances: two members per family for each performance. For Landaviddy, Talland and Chaipel Class pupils, after the afternoon performance, children will need to be back in school by 5.30pm to prepare for their 6pm performance. Doors will open 30 minutes before each performance. If you choose to take photographs or videos, please ensure that no images are uploaded or shared online, including on Facebook or other social media platforms.

Please drive safely near our school We kindly ask all parents and carers to take extra care when driving to drop off or collect children. Residents have reported cars travelling too fast along the road, which has a 30mph speed limit (20mph near the school). Many of our pupils walk along this road and, with the darker evenings approaching, it is especially important to slow down. Thank you for helping to keep our children safe.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Hillman

Hello everyone,

Christmas is coming and we have started to practice our Christmas nativity performance. The children all have their parts, and some of the older children in Penhallow may have taken home some lines to learn. Please help them at home if you can. We are all very excited to be performing this in a few weeks time. 

During our English lessons this week, we have been using the story 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers to improve our writing skills. So far, we have written thought bubbles for different characters in the story, described a lost toy, and written about what we would do, if we found a lost penguin. 

We have all learnt a poem this week, as part of our learning about Benjamin Zephania, for black history month. The poem is called 'Clever Trevor' and is about a footballer. We have enjoyed adding actions and expression to the poem.

In maths this week, Reception have enjoyed investigating 2D and 3D shapes, Year 1 have been learning about addition and subtraction fact families, and year 2 have been adding 2 digit numbers. 

We have also enjoyed plenty of time outside, learning and playing, despite the cold and changeable weather.

Have a lovely weekend!

from the Penhallow Team

CHOCO-TASTIC!

What an amazing week we have had. Play rehearsals are in full swing and everyone is getting into character!

In English, we are planning our Mayan narrative, altering the plot and characters as we go; I am looking forward to reading them. For Maths this week, Chaipel have been problem-solving as well as calculating missing angles. Next week, we will begin to delve into fractions!

Our trip to St Ives on Thursday was a huge success. We visited the Tate gallery and Barbara Hepworth sculpture museum, selecting our favourite sculpture for us to replicate out of clay. We then took part in a chocolate-making workshop at I SHOULD COCO. We put our knowledge of chocolate-making to the test; creating chocolate bars and lollypops, then decorating, piping and packaging them up. We had a great day and enjoyed sharing our yummy produce with our families!

Congratulations to TRISTAN for achieving his 66 Club badge and to Tabbi, Tristan and Aria for being our People of the Week, demonstrating our school values - particularly our focus one 'being curious'.

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

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.

TALLAND'S BLOG 21.11.25

What a wonderful week it's been in Talland.. we have had a slight sprinkle of snow! Talland and Chaipel have been combining forces whilst learning lines and songs for our upcoming Christmas production - the children are very excited!

Here's a breakdown of our week:
Maths:
Year 5 have been continuing to add and subtract decimals with different amounts of tenths and hundredths. They have also solved problems involving angles and lengths.
Year 4 have been dividing by 10 and they have now completed their first SHAPE unit.

English: Talland have completed their fabulous poems about Ade Adepitan and have now started looking at Myths and legends: Beowulf is our inspiration and we've jumped in by using some fun acting games to help us remember the story.

History: Talland have explored the life of an Anglo - Saxon, where they would have lived, social classes and how they entertained themselves.

PE: Talland have had lots of fun playing Netball with Mrs. Hillman and we've played some exciting games in dodgeball, discussing what we can do to be effective throwers and dodgers.

CONGRATULATIONS to Callum this week for passing his next round in 99 club and WELL DONE to Amelia and Lowen for being noticed for showing our school values this week.

That's all from us in Talland this week. We hope you have a great weekend and can't wait to see everyone next week.

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.

Christmas play practice is in full swing. Please make sure you are learning your lines at home! Details about costumes will be shared next week.

Landaviddy have enjoyed beginning our new enquiry this week, 'What's new about the Stone Age?'. We started this unit by looking at timelines, putting the Stone Age into perspective. We were amazed to learn that prehistory extended for such a long period of time. In Art, we experimented with line drawing, sketching different British animals. We then looked at recreating some if the shapes and pictures from examples of cave art. In Computing, we created our own flipbooks to create our own simple animation. This was rather challenging as we couldn't get our books to flip smoothly. During PE, we have been enjoying Netball lessons with Mrs Hillman and practicing our attacking and defending skills. 

In Maths, we have been working hard on the column method when adding across 10 and 100's boundaries. This has required a lot of focus, and everyone has worked so hard on this. Next week, we will be moving on to subtraction and how we subtract across place value columns. 

In English, we have been writing our Stone Age narratives. We have been amazed by the language and determination all the children have demonstrated when writing. We hope to finish these off next week. 

Please find below the Homework Grid for Autumn 2. If you complete any of the activities, feel free to bring in your work to share with us. 

Congratulations to Sonny for being chosen as Landaviddy's Person of the Week. 

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

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

Pupils in Chaipel Class visited St Ives yesterday, participating in a chocolate-making workshop linked to their Mayan Enquiry. They also explored the Tate Gallery and the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden to enrich their art learning. We are very grateful to FOPS (Friends of Polperro School) for organising the fundraising that helps to subsidise these valuable educational experiences. Our quiz last week raised nearly £500, which will allow us to purchase trikes for our younger pupils. We will also be buying styluses for iPads, using funds already raised, to support learning across all of our classes.

A huge congratulations to Zoe Maycox, one of our wonderful grandparents, who has raised an incredible £750 for our school by completing her very own triathlon! We are so grateful for her amazing effort and generosity. We have exciting plans to put this money towards something very special for our school so watch this space!

Swimming Success Over the past two Friday assemblies, we have enjoyed celebrating the swimming achievements of Maeve, Hector and April who have each earned certificates and medals outside of school for their swimming distances. If your child has an achievement or interest they would like to share and celebrate with our school community, please let us know, and we will be delighted to include it in a future Friday assembly.

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop Please see attached a poster for a Christmas Wreath Making Workshop on Wednesday 10th December at 6:30pm in the Village Hall. This is kindly being hosted by Megan Fletcher on behalf of FOPS (Friends of Polperro School) with all profits going to School.

Book Fair Thank you for supporting our book fair so generously last week. It raised over £200, and we are delighted to have this much-needed extra funding to spend on new books for our pupils.

MHST SPACE Programme Please see attached a poster advertising the Mental Health in Schools Team (MHST) SPACE programme for parents/carers starting in January 2026. This programme is designed for parents/carers and will help with understanding and managing emotions, it will offer practical approaches to support children and cover some coping strategies.

Have a great weekend

Anthea Hillman

This week at nursery we have been learning about dinosaurs and answering our enquiry question "Are dinosaurs real?"
The children have been busy making their own dinosaur masks and have made dinosaurs using different shapes to create the body parts.

On Thursday we enjoyed making savoury dinosaur biscuits and the children practiced their mixing and rolling skills to create them.

At story time we have enjoyed the books "Crunch Munch Dinosaur Lunch" and the children have been using resources in the tuft tray to support their play.
We have also been learning different dinosaur names in our non fiction collection of books and read "Silly Dizzy Dinosaur".

In phonics the children have been clapping the number of beats in different words, beginning to identify simple rhyming words and they took part in an "instrument party" where they identified and played different musical instrumnerts and moved their bodies as they played them.

In maths we have been exploring repeating patterns and the children have been encouraged to create thier own. We have also been naming and ordering numbers.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Julie and Sarah

It's been a busy week in school, filled with meaningful activities and plenty of colour! Thank you for sending your children in for a cosy day today in their PJs, spots, or bright colours. We are delighted to share that we raised £150 for Children in Need. As part of Anti-Bullying Week, pupils took part in thoughtful discussions in both assemblies and classrooms about what bullying means to us and how we can use our "Power for Good" to stand up against bullying, whether face-to-face or online. We were also very proud of the respect the children showed during the two-minute silence on Tuesday at 11am, as well as the interest and maturity they demonstrated during Rev Richard's Remembrance assembly in the afternoon.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who met with their child's teacher this week. It was a valuable opportunity to hear about the progress pupils are making, the learning they are enjoying, and the ways you can support them at home.

We are entering a very busy time of year and here are the dates of upcoming events for your diary. Further details will follow. Dates are also on our online events diary on this website.
• Christmas Gift MUFTI day - Wednesday 3rd December (see details below under Christmas Gift Room)
• Christmas Fair - Friday 5th December FOPS are currently busy organising our Christmas Fair which will be on Friday 5th December starting at 2.00 pm. We would be grateful for donations of raffle prizes, good condition toys to sell and teddies for the teddy tombola.
• Polperro Lights Switch On - Saturday 6th December The children will be making willow lanterns in school, kindly funded by the Polperro Christmas Lights Committee, for the Lantern Parade from the Village Hall (more details to follow).
• CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES (in the school hall)
Penhallow Class Nativity Play - Tuesday 9th December at 11am and 2.00 pm.
Landaviddy Class Christmas Play - Thursday 11th December at 2.00 pm and 6.00 pm.
Talland Class and Chaipel Class Christmas Play (joint performance) - Monday 15th December at 2.00 pm and 6.00 pm.
• Christmas Jumper Day Thursday 11th December We are holding our Christmas Jumper Day in aid of the charity 'Save The Children' on Thursday 11th December. We ask for a £1.00 donation for this non-uniform day. We will provide opportunities for children to add some sparkle to a plain jumper if they do not already have a Christmas top to wear.
•  Christmas Gift Room On, Wednesday 17th December, during the school morning, Santa's Workshop will be opening its doors for the children to choose a special gift or two for someone they love. Each gift will cost £2 (maximum of 2 gifts per child). Santa's helpful elves will be on hand to wrap the presents, ready to bring home at the end of the day, perfect to pop under your Christmas tree! To help make this possible, we'll be holding a Christmas Mufti Day on Wednesday 3rd December. Children can come to school in their favourite festive clothes in exchange for a donation of new or unused items (2 items if possible). Gift ideas include chocolates, toiletries, socks, notebooks or any small items you'd be happy to receive yourself. (Please no alcohol, thank you!). All profits will go to the school.
• Christmas Lunch Wednesday 17th December The Christmas lunch will be held on Wednesday 17th December this year. The menu will be on Parent Pay shortly, we will advise you when.

Have a lovely weekend. 

Hello Everyone,

This week we have been getting creative in our art lessons, looking at patterns and colours in our Tinga Tinga art and creating our own animals. 

In Geography we have been continuing to learn about the continents of the world and have focussed this week on Europe.

In English, we have finished our unit of work on Little Red Riding Hood, and have created our own innovated versions of the story.

Thank you to those who attended our parent/teacher consultations. It was lovely to find out more about your children, and to share their learning with you.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

from The Penhallow Team.

Another busy week in Chaipel! Christmas play preparations are underway and the children have been given their scripts and song words to begin practising. We are going to perform a Polperro Primary favourite: SANTA'S ON STRIKE! Please could you support your child in learning their lines as the performance will definitely be one to remember!!

In Maths this week, Chaipel began the week with learning how to calculate using the long division method - challenging at first, but by Thursday, we were pretty good at it! We ended the week with Shape and are now beginning to confidently use a protractor. This will continue next week, along with probelm-solving using all four operations. 

In English, we have completed our non-fiction, double-page spread on the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon and have moved onto immersing ourselves in our next unit - writing a Mayan narrative (with a twist) based on the Maya folktale, THE HERO TWINS! 

In our Wider Curriculum, we have investigated the qualities for a saviour in RE, tinkered with creating a soundtrack in Computing, developed our target skills in Dodgeball and begun to learn about why we need energy in Science.

As part of Anti Bullying Week, Chaipel looked into the importance of using our 'powers for good'; we wore Odd Socks on Monday to celebrate our recognition that everyone is different and unique but equally important.

POLITE REMINDER
Next Thursday is our highly-anticipated school trip to I CAN COCOA in St Ives. We will be leaving school at 8:30am so please could you make sure that children are in school by 8:15am. We will leave St Ives at about 3pm and return to school by approximately 4:30pm. 

Congratulations to Isaac and Tristan for being our People of the Week, demonstrating our school value of 'being curious' when it comes to their learning.

I have attached this half term's homework grid as well as the KIRFs and the Curriculum Spellings that need to be learnt. 

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.

This week has flown by in Landaviddy class. Christmas play preparations have begun! All the children were given their parts and scripts on Thursday, and we practised our first rehearsal today. Please make sure you are practising your lines at home as we will be spending time rehearsing over the coming weeks. In PE, we have been enjoying building upon our ball skills in Netball with Mrs Hillman. Finally, during PSHE we have been considering responsible and irresponsible choices, particularly regarding friendships.

During English this week, we designed and described our own Stone Age character ready for our own narratives. We have started to plan our stories and can't wait to start writing these next week. In Maths this week, we have been working hard on column addition and subtraction. All the children have demonstrated excellent determination and all grown in confidence when applying this written method. Next week, we will build on this by learning how to use the method when exchanging.

Please find attached below this half term's Knowledge Web and KIRFS (this will be sent home next week).

Congratulations to Finn and Jemima for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week.

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

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton