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Coding Masterclass

Year 6 were lucky enough to have a computing lesson with an expert who showed us all of the capabilities of computers and explained all of the different jobs that are available within the world of computing.

After that, we had the opportunity to use sophisticated code to control Microbits to resemble disco lights.

Thank you very much Tech Cornwall for an informative and engaging afternoon!

Diwali and Remembrance Day 

We have had a brilliant week of learning in Foundation / Year 1.

On Monday, we learnt all about Remembrance Day and what it means. We talked about the importance of the poppy and how it is an important symbol to remember those that have fought for us. We made our own poppies in different ways and made a poppy wreath to display in our classroom.

We also had a day focused on Diwali this week. We discussed how it is ‘the festival of lights’ and different ways it is celebrated. We explored Diwali through making Mendhi patterns, recreating Rangoli patterns with coloured rice and making Diva lamps. The children worked really hard on creating beautiful artwork.

Year 1 have started their Science unit all about animals. We have been exploring this through grouping animals into fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. We are learning a song to help us remember the animal classifications!

Next week, we will also start rehearsals for our Christmas Play! There will be more information about this soon but we will start learning the songs in class. Foundation have already began practising their songs for their Christmas performance. I have no doubt the children will be amazing.

Parent Partnership meetings are taking place next week. These will be on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you haven’t made an appointment yet the booking are available on the window at drop off.

Thank you!

Foundation / Year 1 Team

This month we have been learning more about materials and been testing their properties. We loved seeing what would float and sink and which materials would soak up liquids.
In art we completed our final drawing of our 'Wild Things' after trying out lots of ideas in our sketch books.
We completed our learning for our Big Question of 'Where on Earth are we?' We found our school and our homes on an aerial photograph and traced the flow of the local river. On World Mental Health Day we dressed in yellow and took part in activities that can support keeping our minds healthy such as yoga.
We finished the half term with a lovely Forest School session where the children lit fires and had some yummy hot chocolate.

Please find below some pictures from our Year 6 Residential to Beam House.  Please be sensitive about who you share these images with.

We've had a fantastic start to Autumn Term 2 starting our new topics with lots of enthusiasm!

Science -
Year 3/4A have started to investigate the three states of matter (Liquids, Solids and Gases), making jelly last week to show how states can change through heating and cooling.

Geography -
We've started our journey to Europe discussing the continents of the world and how countries (or states) make up continents. We've started to bring in photographs from our European holidays to add to our working wall, sharing our memories and discussing the climate and geographical features that we can see and how these are similar/different to England.

English -
Myths, legends and traditional tales have captured our imagination this week; discussing the impact that high quality vocabulary has on the reader.
A great start! Please find this term's KIRFS and Mind Map below.



Dates for your diaries:
Class Assembly - Friday 29th November @9am

All things Christmas - Saturday 7th December, St Cleer Church.

Both Year 3/4 classes have been asked to decorate a Christmas tree as part of the celebrations. We'll be taking it up to the church on Friday 6th December.

Dear all

I hope that you have had a lovely half term week and have enjoyed some fireworks!!

We have been incredibly busy in school for this last week!  Last week, we had an amazing re-enactment of the Crimean War battle and the children had lots of fun!  Firstly, they went onto the playground and did the battle and then the amazing nurses helped the injured into the hall where they were treated for all of their injuries!  The children learned many things from this experience and talked about it endlessly!

This week is Anti-Bullying week and also on Wednesday is world kindness day.  The children will be completing some activities during our PSHE lessons to understand how important these two areas are!

In maths, we are still on addition and subtraction.  There are many assignments on Mathletics for the children to complete so please feel free to do this at home.  Also, there are not many entries in children's Reading logs at the moment so please make sure you write in them to enable your child's book to be changed weekly.  If there is no evidence of reading at home then unfortunately the book will not be changed!  Also, your child needs to read the phonics minibooks weekly too - please do not forget to return them.

 The children are learning about continents in geography at the moment and are producing some amazing work!  They will show off their work at the parents consultations in a few weeks time.

 








At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month - we will remember them.

WEEKLY STARS
Eagles - Drake
Jays - Benjamin
Little Foresters - Sienna
Lunchtime - Seb V

Attendance this week: 91.9%

Anti-bullying week - odd sock day
Next week is anti-bullying week, on Tuesday 12 November we are inviting pupils to wear odd socks for the day to recognise the differences we all have.

Children in Need
Friday 15 November is Children in Need day. To raise money for them the school pupil council have chosen to invite pupils to wear non-school uniform on this day. There is also a baking competition taking place..., please bake cakes and bring them to school on the morning of Friday 15 November 204, School Council will judge the cakes and name a winner, cakes will then be sold throughout the school day. Please donate as much as you can to Children in Need via this link: https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=16821 (Please DO NOT bring cash into school).

PTA Bingo
Please see attached poster about a Bingo event being organised by Lanlivery PTA for Friday 15 November for anyone who might be interested in attending.

PTA Christmas Disco
The PTA have organised a Disco for pupils on Wednesday 4 December 2024. Please see attached poster for more details.

Cauliflower Cards
All children are creating Christmas artwork which will be sent home next week on a form for Cauliflower cards where you can order various products with your child's artwork on including cups, cards, wrapping paper and more. If you wish to make an order online for your child's artwork please ensure you complete the forms and return the form and original artwork back to school no later than Friday 15 November 2024.

Absence honesty
We have become aware that there may be some families who not being honest about their reasons for absence. As part of our curriculum, we teach children about telling truth and promote honesty in school. All reasons for absence are recorded whether they are authorised or unauthorised. Every term we must meet with Cornwall County Council and discuss the attendance of our pupils including the reasons. They will look at patterns and trends including absence of siblings at the same time, absence immediately before or after a school holiday and periods of illness that are more than a few days and challenge these. Authorised and unauthorised reasons count towards your child’s overall attendance and where a pupil's absence falls, we may have start requesting evidence for any absence. There has been a series of communications about attendance this term please look back at these to be clear on our policy.

St Nectan’s Glen
We have been asked to share the attached poster regarding local passes on offer.

NSPCC
Just prior to October half term the School Pupil Council held a non-school uniform and cake raffle day, we raised £57 which has now been donated to the NSPCC. Thank you for your support.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tues 12 Nov - Anti Bullying Odd Sock day
Wed 13 Nov - Vision screening (Reception)
Fri 15 Nov - Children in Need day
Wed 20 Nov - 'What the Dickens?' Workshop (Eagles)
Fri 29 Nov - Library Service Storytime (Little Foresters)
Wed 4 Dec - PTA Christmas Disco
Thurs 12 Dec - After school clubs finish until new year
Mon 16 to Thurs 19 - Police Cadets (Year 5&6)
Wed 18 Dec - Christmas Performance 6pm
Thurs 19 Dec - Caterlink Pupils Christmas Lunch
Fri 20 Dec - Special Visitor
Fri 20 Dec - Pupil class party
Fri 20 Dec - LAST DAY OF AUTUMN TERM 1.15pm finish
Mon 23 Dec to Mon 6 Jan inc. - Christmas holidays
Tues 7 Jan 2025 - BACK TO SCHOOL

WEEKLY STARS
Eagles - Corinna
Jays - River
Little Foresters - Toby
Lunchtime -David

Attendance this week: 98.24%

SATs Club
Miss Howell is planning to run a SATs club after school each Monday starting next week on Monday 14 October 2024 until SATs take place in May 2025 for year 6 pupils only. Please email Mrs Couchman if you would like your child to attend so we can add them to the register, if they already attend a club please confirm if they would like to move to SATs club as it would help free up spaces.

New Menu
Please see attached our new school dinner menu which will run from when we return to school after October half term on Monday 4 November until the Easter holidays in April 2025.

Parent consultations
Don’t forget to log onto Arbor and book an appointment for parent evening on Thursday 17 October 2024. Any problems accessing Arbor or booking an appointment please contact Mrs Couchman secretary@lanliveryprimary.co.uk, 01208 872662


Missing Uniform
We have had a few queries recently re missing uniform items. Please make sure all uniform is named. While we endeavour to find missing items, it is sometimes impossible to find missing uniform when it is unnamed. We are endeavouring to find all current missing items. If uniform has been bought home mistakenly, could you please return it to school.

Forest/Field
The ash trees have been removed and we are now able to use the forest again. However, due to concerns regarding safety of the ground around the new play equipment in the field, the parish have taken the decision to lock access to the field until further notice, so school will continue to use only the front playground gate for drop off and pickups.

PTA Meeting
The PTA are holding a meeting on the 11 October at 7.30pm at The Crown. It is an informal meeting to discuss the year ahead. Anyone is welcome. The commitment is low but threy are seeking new members as the committee is aging with many parents currently involved have their last children in year 6. Please come along and see what you think!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Wed 16 Oct - Family Worker Drop in (8.45am-10.00am)
Fri 25 Oct - INSET DAY (closed to pupils)
Mon 28 to Fri 1 Nov - HALF TERM HOLIDAY
Mon 4 Nov - BACK TO SCHOOL
Tues 5 Nov - Nasal Flu immunisations (Recp-Yr6)
Wed 13 Nov - Vision screening (Reception)
Fri 15 Nov - Children in Need day (details TBC)

WEEKLY STARS
Eagles - Eloise
Jays - Emblyn
Little Foresters - Delphi
Lunchtime -Kacey

Attendance this week: 95.7%

Reading
One of the most beneficial activities you can do at home to support your child's learning is reading. Reading can take many forms: Hearing your child read the book they bring home Reading them a story Reading a story together Reading magazines/ comics Reading non fiction Listening to audio books. Developing children's reading skills and love for reading gives them creator access to other subjects at school. We expect children to engage in reading regularly at home as we set very little other work for home. Please ensure it is recorded in their reading diaries. Every week, children's diaries will be check to see if they are reading at home. If there are not at least 3 records of reading you will receive an email reminder. For older key stage 2 children who are now independently reading, we ask parents to sign the diary to say they read alone.

Uniform
Children returned to school looking incredibly smart last week and we would love this to continue. A couple of reminders: PE kit is only worn on PE days including the school hoody, it is not uniform so should only be worn on PE days. Children should be wearing black shoes and no patterned tights with uniform please.

Punctuality
Children should be in school by 8:45 (before the playground gates are locked). If you arrive and the gates have been locked you should enter through the main entrance. Late marks on the register can contribute to the number of unauthorised absences, therefore please ensure you are here on time. 

Crying the Neck Trip
On Thursday 19 Sept we will be taking part in the tradition of ‘Crying the Neck’ at Gunwen Chapel. We sent an email out last week regarding a trip for Year 2 and Year 3 pupils, if you didn’t receive it please contact Mrs Couchman. Please ensure you provide consent via parentpay for your child to attend if you haven’t already.

Home/School Agreement
We sent out emails last week asking parents to log on to Arbor and consent the home/school agreement, update consents for trips, photos etc and check contact/personal details. If you have not already done so please log on to Arbor asap. Paper copies can be sent on request.

Santas on the run
Please see attached poster about ‘Santas on the run’ at Eden on 1 December 2024. We have been asked to share it with parents for anyone who may be interested in signing up.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Thurs 19 Sept - Year 1 hearing screening
Thurs 19 Sept - Crying the Neck @ Gunwen Chapel (Years 2&3)
Tues 24 Sept - Brannel open evening 5pm (Year 6)
Thurs 26 Sept - Junior Life Skills @ Bodmin Fire Station (Years5&6)
Thurs 26 Sept - Penrice open evening 4.30pm (Year 6)
Fri 27 Sept - Tempest Photo's (Individuals)
Thurs 3 Oct - Census Day Thurs 3 Oct - Poltair open evening 5pm (Year 6)
Thurs 10 Oct - Bodmin College open evening - time TBC (Year 6)
Wed 16 Oct - Family Worker drop in session (8.45am-10.00am)
Fri 18 to Thurs 24 Oct - Bikeability (Year 5 & 6)
Fri 25 Oct - INSET DAY (closed to pupils)
Mon 28 Oct to Fri 1 Nov - HALF TERM HOLIDAYS
Mon 4 Nov - BACK TO SCHOOL

  While making Poppy paintings for Remembrance Day, the Children can begin to explore British Values. As and Early years settings we are required to promote British Values actively to ensure our young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. British Values are embedded into everyday practice. Remembrance Day will help children make links between their lives, their freedoms, and the values in England. Democracy, Mutual Respect, Tolerance, Rule of Law, and Individual Liberty are the values that settings are expected to incorporate into their practice. They are learning about these values when:

* They make choices and decisions and know that their decisions and choices can make a difference.

* They begin to understand that everyone is entitled to have different opinions or feelings that may be different from someone else, but learning that this is ok.

* They begin to learn about the importance of being kind and respectful of similar and different people.

* When they learn about cause and effect and that actions have consequences

* When thinking about the freedoms that they have in the things that they enjoy doing every day. 

It's the first week back and already Chaipel class have been busy. Our new enquiry is HOW DOES MY BODY WORK? and we will be learning about how important our heart is and its role in our Circulatory System. We will then write an explanation text about the process, writing range range of complex sentences using subordinate clauses to show cause and effect. Thank you to Harry and Elsie who have already created detailed diagrams of the system to help in our learning.

In Maths, Y5s have been learning about prime, square and cube numbers - which they were amazing at -  before moving onto multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 next week.

In Art, we are going to be making our voice heard by learning a range of techniques such as symbolic imagery, chiaroscuro, street art and tonal drawings. We have already been exploring how the Maya expressed themselves through art and everyone has done an amazing job so far! 

We have completed our best copy write-up for our timeslip to Pompeii narrative; I look forward to reading them all. In PE, Chaipel are developing their skills in Fitness and Basketball and we will be learning how to program Micro:bits in ICT, starting next week.

All in all, a very successful first week back. Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!

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

 Our first week back after half term has been packed with some lovely activities and fun exploring and playing in our farm role play areas.   

Beliefs in Benin

We have really enjoyed learning about the Kingdom of Benin.  At the start of our learning journey hardly any of us had even heard of the Kingdom of Benin, but we have enjoyed finding out all about life in Benin and why it is important for us in the UK to learn about the Benin Kingdom.

As a celebration of our learning, we finished our adventure by investigating what beliefs were common in the Kingdom of Benin.  We learned that the people worshipped many different Gods (making links to Hinduism) and also that they would offer sacrifices to try and please the Gods.  We learned that sometimes humans were sacrificed!  We also found out that people in Benin were Animists - who believed that animals had special powers.  Leopards were very important because they represented power, and crocodiles were thought to be guardians of the water.  We know this from artefacts found in Benin.

We created our own clay tiles to represent animals which might have been worshipped in the Kingdom of Benin.  Needless to say it was dirty - but fun!

Creating Automata toys

We had great fun in our DT project this half term - which focused on using cams.  Our design brief was to create a themed window display which used cams to make the display interactive.

First of all, we investigated different Automata toys and mechanisms.  We watched videos to understand how different automata work and also how cams of different shapes would impact the follower.

Then we started to create our frame.  We measured, cut and assembled the pieces of wood for our frame, and then measured and cut pieces of card to encase our frames.

Once our frames were completed, we considered the designs for our displays and also created the cams to place in the rod which went through the frame.  The final piece was the trickiest bit - 
fitting the cam rod so that the follower pieces were positioned correctly.

We were very proud of our finished designs!

Our first week back has zoomed by! In celebration of Black History month, we shared our chosen person with the whole school, Ibtihaj Muhammad, who wrote the book 'The Proudest Blue' and was the first Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab while competing at the Olympics. How amazing! 

In Maths, we have picked up where we left off before half term, focussing on addition and subtraction. Year 2 have been exchanging 1s for a 10 when adding two 2-digit numbers. Year 3 have continued with column subtraction and carrying across place value columns when borrowing. 

We started a new unit in English this week, where we have been looking at Pie Corbett's version of Little Red Riding Hood. We made some excellent predictions and came up with lots of questions based on illustrations. Then, we started working on learning the story map, assigning actions. Today we used drama to explore different settings and recorded vocabulary to describe what we imagined we experienced.

Congratulations to Sonny, Amelia and Benjamin for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week! And a big well done to those who achieved their 99 club this week!

If you haven't done so already, be sure to hand in your permission slip for our trip to the Royal Cornwall Museum on Tuesday 26th November. 

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

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton