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Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Week ending 25.10.24


Posted 25/10/2024
by Helen King

A Special Visitor

The children across KS1 had a very special visitor this week to help with their learning about the Great Fire of London.  Samuel Pepys came into class and helped them create timelines of the events, he taught them a game and they wrote using quills (which they got to take home!). 








Now it's time for a break...

The children have all worked so hard over the last few weeks, it's not time to have a break and come break fresh and ready to learn!

 


Copper valley Junior Academy   October 2024


Posted 25/10/2024
by Louise Owen

October

We've been very busy.  Learning about Noah in RE, what responsibility is, what collage is and looks like in art, how scientists create and conduct fair tests.
We've been finding out about the Bronze and Iron Age and how Stonehenge was created.






 


Copper valley Junior Academy  


Posted 25/10/2024
by Caroline Hambly

October 2024

This term, Year 5 have finished their learning about WWII. We looked at passages from Anne Frank's diary and discussed what we could learn about WWII from these. Then, we thought about the reliability of the primary sources that exist from WWII, including Anne Frank's diary and propaganda. We discussed at length, the actions of Hitler and how peoples' opinions of him wouldn't necessarily match our own.
In PE this term, we have been learning to play Tag Rugby and thinking about the best ways to attack and defend 
On the 10th October, it was World Mental Health Day. All pupils came to school dressed in yellow and Year 5 made 'Chatterboxes' to help them ask questions and reflect on maintaining their positive mental wellbeing.
Finally, a massive well done to Merry whose art won 1st prize at the Honey Fair!

 


Polperro Primary Academy  


Posted 25/10/2024
by Emily Randle


What a lovely last week of the first half term we have had! 

English
We have completed and edited our Back to Pompeii timeslip story and are in the process of writing up our best copy as part of our handwriting lessons. Everyone has worked extremely hard and have produced writing with language which creates mood, atmosphere and tension. I look forward to reading them!

Maths 
Y6s have been learing a range of strategies to solve division problems (including short division and factor division) whilst the Y5s have been learning about multiples and factors. They all have a focus times table which they will need to practise their fluency and recall of.

Wider Curriculum
We wrapped up our enquiry into Ancient Rome and its influence on Britain by having a Roman Day on Thursday. We had such fun baking honey biscuits, engaging in gladiator battles, eating typical Roman foods for that era and making shields and jewellery. We completed our day by testing out our aquaducts and we invited Penhallow class to watch our 'destruction of Pompeii', re-enacting the fateful events of 24th August AD79.

Chaipel staff have thoroughly enjoyed our first half term of the year and we wish you all a lovely break. 

Thanks for your support and see you all back at school on Monday 4th October.

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

 


Polperro Primary Academy   24:10:24


Posted 24/10/2024
by Anthea Hillman


It was great to see so many parents and carers at the foodbank assembly on Tuesday after school. They have welcomed the kind donations you have made. As they said, if you are aware of anyone who is struggling, please point them in the direction of the foodbank or indeed, if you would like support, please contact school. We recognise it is a challenging time for everyone. Attached is a rural pop up poster to look out for which will contain details of the local pop-up where they will be giving free help for those in need of food, energy support, benefit checks and much more.

House Points School Council has added up the house points for this half term. House Points are given to the children when they demonstrate our school values: Curious, Creative, Excellent, Responsible, Determined and Enthusiastic. We have been focusing on ‘Responsible’ this half term: Congratulations to Oak who are in the lead with 112 points followed by Ash with 79 points, Willow with 74 points and Chestnut with 56 points.

Communications Class blogs and the Heads’ blog on this website are updated weekly so that we can share with you what the children are learning. We will also post information messages on our resurrected Polperro Primary Academy Facebook page – please follow us. This is in addition to the weekly Friday update which will contain all of the messages and information you need about school in one place.

Parent Consultations – week of 4th November. Thank you all for signing up for parent consultations. These are straight after half term. There will be no clubs the week of the 4th November however wraparound care will continue as usual.

Clubs will restart on the week commencing 11th November. Monday: After School Football Club (Mr Langley) for years 3,4,5 % 6 Tuesday: Lunchtime ECO Club (Miss Randle) for years 3 to 6, some places by invitation
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. 

Half Term Activities Please find attached information about a children’s book launch in Polperro on Saturday; Halloween Activities in Looe next week; Cornwall Cricket Holiday Camps and Half Term Football Roadshows with Plymouth Argyle Community Trust. 

Flu Nasal Vaccination YR – Y6 This will take place on Wednesday 6th November. Here is the information you need in order to sign up: Flu Link (all years): https://www.kernowimmunisations.co.uk/Forms/Flu
School Code: EE142953 Deadline to submit: Monday 4th November, noon If you have already submitted a consent form, then you do not need to do another one. If you are unsure or have any problems, please call the School Immunisation Team on 01872 221105

Attendance I would like to remind you that we do not authorise holidays within term time unless circumstances are exceptional. Unfortunately, attendance across the school for this half term has been below the national average and under the new statutory guidance, we have had to consider fining for some families. If you require your child to be out of school for an exceptional reason a form MUST be submitted at least 15 days before the proposed absence.

Coming up next half term…
• Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will be taking place from Monday 11th-Friday 15th November and has the theme ‘Choose Respect’. The week will kick off with Odd Socks Day on Monday 11th November, where adults and children wear odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique. Odd Socks are all about fun and laughter, but more importantly they deliver a message of individuality, acceptance and tolerance. We will be joining in with Odd Socks Day. All the children need to do is wear odd socks on Monday 11th please.
• Children in Need, MUFTI Day Friday 15th November For our Children in Need MUFTI fundraiser day on Friday 15th November, please send your child in wearing spotty clothes, pyjamas or anything colourful on the day. A donation of £2 or more to Children in Need will be collected in class. We also have a supply of “Pudsey Ears” for the School Council to sell after half term. These cost £2.50 with all profits going to Children in Need.

Tomorrow, 25th October, is an INSET day. We wish you all a lovely half term break and look forward to seeing everyone back in school from 8:30 am on Monday, 4th November.

Thank you for your support this half term.

Mrs Hillman

 


Blisland Primary Academy   Snack time around the fire.


Posted 24/10/2024
by Julie Pearce

 


Blisland Primary Academy   Pumpkin Soup


Posted 24/10/2024
by Julie Pearce

Storytellers made pumpkin soup, which they enjoyed in the winter sunshine around the campfire, where they warmed their bread and watched the fire crackle and smoke. The children enjoyed scooping the pumpkin and pulling out the slippery seeds. Everyone explored the textures and smells as they prepared the soup and excitedly took the leftover peel outside for the squirrels to enjoy! This was some of the younger children’s first experience sitting around the fire and learning about our rules to keep everyone safe. They were fantastic at listening, and everyone enjoyed tucking into their soup before spending time playing with the mud kitchen

 


Polruan Primary Academy  


Posted 24/10/2024
by Jane Wills

Last week of Autumn 1

We have come to the end of our enquiry “Changes to Children’s Lives through times”. This week, we captured the knowledge gained from different subjects so the children can see how their learning as historians, scientists and artists have progressed. I have included some photos of the final pieces of art the children have produced at the end of our drawing unit, they have also been uploaded to their SeeSaw journals so you can admire them from home.

On Tuesday, we joined the Primary Futures team for another round of Guess My Job. The children asked some brilliant questions to try and gauge which jobs the visitor have within the Aviation Industry. This time, despite some great interrogating questions, we did not manage to guess the Air Traffic Controller and Pilot trainer, however this did not dampen any spirits. The children remembered our trip to Bodmin Airfield last year and the visit to the control tower so had some experiences to link the jobs to. As always, these meetings inspire and aspire, and we have had some god conversations around how education pathways can lead to jobs and how gender no longer act as a barrier for dream jobs.

After half term, we are moving the time table around so PE will be Mondays and Thursdays. We hope to have outdoor PE on Mondays so please wear joggers and jumpers, for Thursday’s sessions we will be in the village hall so shorts under joggers might be a good option.

I hope you have a lovely break next week. Look forward to seeing everyone back Monday 4ht November.
Mr Twaite and Mrs W

 


St Cleer Primary Academy   Harvest 2024


Posted 24/10/2024
by Michele Spencer

Thank you to everyone who came to join us to celebrate Harvest Festival this afternoon. There was a generous donation from the community to the Liskeard Food Bank who also attended in support. Have a lovely half term and see you on the 4th November. 

 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   What a half term it has been!


Posted 24/10/2024
by Darren Woolner

As we wrap up the first half term, I want to take a moment to thank you for your incredible support. Your involvement and encouragement have made a significant difference in our children's experiences and achievements. Wishing you and your families a safe and happy half term! We look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 4th November refreshed and ready for the next exciting term. Please find attached Issue 9 of The Brunel Bulletin for your reading. 

 


Wadebridge Primary Academy   Thursday 24th October 2024


Posted 24/10/2024
by Chris Wathern


 
























FOWPA Quiz
What an amazing Quiz Night last Friday! With support from parents/carers, WPA staff, local businesses and the FOWPA team, £1500 was raised to fund improvements to the school. A special thank you to Robin Moorcroft and his team, as Quizmasters!


FOWPA Bake Off and Cake Sale
Wow, what a turn out for the Great WPA Bake-off! We had fantastic entries from the children and all of their bakes sold out within 30 minutes at the afternoon sale, raising £180! So sorry if anyone didn’t get to choose a bake, but thank you for all of the support received. It was wonderful to see the children supporting each other’s creations.

The bakes were judged by the Mr Wathern and the Year 6 House Captains and they must have had a tough job! In Thursday’s assembly, the following winners were presented with a certificate and special tea towel:

Nursery – Noah
Reception – Summer
Year 1 – Olivia
Year 2 – Bertie
Year 3 – Evie
Year 4 – Edrick
Year 5 – Salvador
Year 6 – Seth

If you would like to consider helping FOWPA with future fundraising, we are looking for new recruits. We’re a small team of busy adults who want to help our school thrive, so any amount of time helps. Please contact FOWPA or the office if you’d like to get involved. Your support means so much to our school.
Thank you!
FOWPA

PE Days after Half Term
Please note your child’s PE day lessons after half term and when they need to wear their PE kit.

Monday

Reception
Year 2
Year 4 with Pro 20

Tuesday
Nursery
Year 6 with DT Coaching

Wednesday
Reception
Year 5 with DT Coaching

Thursday
Year 1 with DT Coaching

Friday
Year 3

Children in Need & Wild Planet Trust Charity Non-Uniform Day – Friday 15th November
Friday 15th November is Children in Need Day. As we have recently voted to support the Wild Planet Trust as our chosen charity this year, we have decided to hold an animal themed non-uniform day to raise money for both of these worthwhile charities. We invite the children to come to school on this day dressed up as the animal of their choice (they may choose to combine this with the 'Spotacular' Children in Need theme)! If you would like to contribute to this fund-raising event, please send your child to school with a voluntary donation in cash which will be collected by the teachers in class. Money raised will be split equally between Children in Need and Wild Planet Trust for conservation.

NSPCC Workshops
On Wednesday, we had two visitors from the NSCPP to run some workshops with our Year 2, 5 and 6 pupils. In an age appropriate way, the children were helped to understand: abuse and how to recognise the signs of abuse; that abuse is never a child’s fault and they have the right to be safe; where to get help and the sources of help available to them, including the Childline service.
"Buddy (a cuddly toy) helped us to understand that if we speak out, we can stay safe. So if someone is being mean to us, we can speak to a parent or a teacher. They gave us a toolkit and now I know who my safe person is."
Milo, Year 2

Extra-Curricular Activities (ECAs)
A reminder that after half term, all after school ECAs start again. The teacher-led ECAs will finish on Friday 6th December. External providers (Pro20, DT Sports and Dance) finish as per sign up.

Pro20 and DT Sports
Please see the posters emailed out today to sign up your child to Pro20 and DT Sports for after half term. Early booking is advised! We thoroughly benefit from their coaching support during our PE lessons in school and highly recommend them for after school activities if your child is interested.

ParentPay

Just a polite reminder to check your ParentPay account to ensure it is not in arrears, thank you.

Head bump Bands
If your child has a bump to the head, as we do now, we will try and contact you by phone as well as sending home the first aid slip. From now on, in addition, your child will be given a yellow head bump band to wear around their wrist to indicate to any member of staff at school (including after school ECAs & Bridge Kids) and anyone collecting your child, that they have had a bump to their head.

Woodwind Lessons
This week we said farewell to Janet Elston who has been teaching woodwind lessons to our children for many years. It was very kind of the children to bring in leaving gifts and cards and we know Janet will be missed. This week the children were introduced to their new teacher, Amanda Rice who will be teaching woodwind after half term. If you are interested in your child taking up external music lessons (keyboard, guitar, brass, woodwind or percussion), please get in touch with the office.

Lunchtime Supervisor Vacancies
We are looking to recruit two Lunchtime Supervisors to join our team; Mon-Fri 11:30-13:00.

We are looking for someone who:

-Enjoys working with children
-Has high expectations of behaviour and positive strategies to support children
-Will support the school values across lunchtime For more information, please check our Vacancies page on the website.

Poppy Appeal
After half term, our House Captains will be going around the school to sell poppies and other items to support the Poppy Appeal. Please send your child in with some coins if they want to buy something.

Dates coming up
Friday 25th October
School Closed – INSET Day

26th October – 3rd November
Half term break

Monday 4th November
Back to school
Extra-Curricular Activities (ECAs) re-start
(pm) Year 6 Secondary Transition PE Session

Wednesday 6th November
ESFA Girls’ Football Qualifier

Friday 8th November
08:30 Coffee Morning & Phonics Workshop with Mrs Yates & Mrs Clarke
18:00 Year 3 Sleepover

Saturday 9th November
09:00 Year 3 Sleepover Collection

Monday 11th November
(pm) Year 6 Secondary Transition PE Session

Thursday 14th November
Reception Soft Play sessions at Wadebridge Leisure Centre

Friday 15th November
Children in Need & Wild Planet Trust Charity Non-Uniform Day

Monday 18th November
(pm) Year 6 Secondary Transition PE Session

Tuesday 19th November
09:00-11:30 Grandparents’ Stay and Learn (see separate email invite sent out on 23rd October)
(am) Year 1 Hearing re-tests

Thursday 21st November
09:00 Year 6 Assembly
13:30-14:30 Reception intake 2025 Stay and Play

Friday 22nd November
08:45 Coffee Morning & Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Workshop with Mrs Marsha May

Monday 25th November
14:00-15:00 KS2 Cross Country

Thursday 28th November
10:00-11:00 Reception intake 2025 Stay and Play
Year 6 Coding Workshops

Friday 29th November
08:45-09:45 Year 3 Stay and Learn


It’s been a fantastic and full half term! I’m sure everyone is looking forward to a well-deserved rest. On behalf of everyone at school, thank you for all your support and have a wonderful half term break. We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday 4th November.

Best wishes,
Chris Wathern

 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Amazing Art


Posted 24/10/2024
by Katie Grinsted

Alma Thomas

We've had a fabulous day for the last day of the half term celebrating our grand finale of Black History Month. Tregantle Class learnt all about the artist Alma Thomas. We learnt about the sad times Alma had as a child where she wasn’t allowed in art galleries because of the colour of her skin. We also learnt that she was the first black American woman to have her own art exhibit in a gallery. The children completed their own art work in the style of Alma Thomas using bright colours and circular shapes - they look amazing!

 


Polruan Primary Academy  


Posted 24/10/2024
by Jane Wills

Thursday 24th October


We have reached the end of a busy Autumn 1 with lots of fantastic learning taking place across the school. One of the benefits of a small school with mixed classes is how well teachers know the pupils which makes the return after the long summer break much easier to tailor accurately to each child. We have seen the impact of this with children able to talk about last year’s learning to build on new learning.

After School and Lunch time Clubs

Thanks to our lovely and dedicated staff, we have some brilliant clubs running again after half term, starting the second week back so from Monday 11th November.

Monday 3:15-4pm: Games Club with Mrs Fernie and Miss Talbot. This is open to Year 1-Year 6
Wednesday 3:15-4pm: Cooking Club with Mrs Andrew. This is open to Year 3 – Year 6
Thursday 3:15 – 4pm: Art and Crafts Club with Mrs Phillips. This is open to Year 1- Year 6.
Friday lunch time: STEM Club with Mr Twaite. Building, engineering and teamwork. This is open to all.  

In addition, Mrs Wills is running Hot Chocolate SATs club for Year 6 Tuesday and Thursday afternoons between 3:15-4pm.  

We will send out signing up sheets after half term and remind everyone that signing up to clubs is a commitment, so we expect you to attend very week.

INSET
Reminder that tomorrow, Friday 25th October is an INSET day and pupils will not be in school.

Achievement Assembly

Reader of the Week:
Robbie for always joining in with our guided reading sessions talking about his reading.
Nya for trying hard with her sounds in phonics to help her reading in school and her reading at home.

Star of the Week:
Tegan, Joyce, Ailla and Toby for being brilliantly resilient and curious about learning this week.
Mya for always showing kindness and friendship towards her peers in class.

Have a lovely half term break. We look forward to seeing all the children back on Monday 4th November,

On behalf of all the staff,
Jane Wills

 


Pelynt Primary Academy   Outdoor Learning Day


Posted 24/10/2024
by David Hannah


Pelynt is blessed with an amazing outdoor learning area and this week the school had a collapsed curriculum day where the children spent the whole day building dens, toasting marshmallows and taking part in a range of art and design based activities. The weather really was kind to us and the children had a spectacular day!

 


St Cleer Primary Academy   Week beginning 21st October 2024


Posted 24/10/2024
by Carmel Alberts

A huge well done to R/1 for having such a fantastic first half term!!

Here is an overview of some of the things we have been doing this week.

English

In English this week the children have been designing their own Billy Goat and then using adjectives to describe it.

Maths

In Maths we have been continuing to learn number bonds to 10.

PSHE and DT

In PSHE we reviewed our classroom charter and came up with good learning behaviours, these included listening and helping others.

In DT the children reviewed their smoothies by deciding what was good about them and what they could improve, they suggested adding milk to make it smoother.





 


Duloe C of E Primary Academy  


Posted 24/10/2024
by Laura Cole



This half term Class 1’s enquiry question has been ‘How has Duloe changed since it’s stone circle was created?’

The children have been busy learning about what life was like in the Bronze age and as part of their art have created beautiful sketches of Duloe Stone Circle which will be on display in St Cuby church over half term.

 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Last Week Before Half term


Posted 24/10/2024
by Joanne Pentreath

We have been learning about the fascinating and wonderful Floella Benjamin today as part of our Black History month. The children have learnt about her life, difficulties and how she used courage and determination to overcome these. We shared what we learnt in assembly and listened to the other classes as they talked about who they had learnt about too.


Sustrans Workshop


 We enjoyed our Sustrans workshop on Wednesday where we learnt about the impact that transport is having on the environment and thought about other ways we could get to school.

It has been a wonderful half term and the class have all worked so hard and deserve a well earned break!

Thank you for all of your support over the last half term. 

 


St Cleer Primary Academy   Autumn 1 Week 8


Posted 24/10/2024
by Jacob Lewis

 


Looe Primary Academy  


Posted 24/10/2024
by Rebecca Hughes











Thursday 24th October -Half Term!

WOW! It is the end of our first half term! It has been a very long half term, being eight weeks and we can see that the children are all very tired! However, they have been AMAZING and their first half term at full time school has been wonderful.

The children have all progressed in their own way so much and we are beyond proud of their achievements!

This week the children have been assessed in phonics as we reached the end of level 2. The children are progressing well. Each year we revisit level 2 so that we can ensure writing progression and application as well as reading.

The children have been working towards a ‘pumpkin day’ this week and have been making wonderful choices and working hard. They have been using their phonics to write characters and items they remember from our poems. They have been recognizing, matching and making numbers to 10. The children have been working with Mr.  Liddement this week to create obstacle courses and construction walls. The problem solving has been amazing!

In outdoor learning the children were set a challenge with Mrs Gregory. Mrs Gregroy made two areas with rope, she then showed the children a stick, their first job was to find a bigger stick and put it in one of the areas roped out. My goodness did the children find big sticks we even had a log! Then the children had to compare Mrs Gregory’s stick and find smaller ones. The outdoor learning session is a great session where the children learn so many skills in the natural environment.

The children have also been making autumnal pictures, cutting, sticking, painting and drawing. They have been practicing their name writing and so much more!

We wish you all a wonderful half term break and we look forward to seeing all the children on Monday 4th November

Foundation team 

 


Polperro Primary Academy   Thursday 24th October 2024


Posted 23/10/2024
by Alice Wilkie

Happy Half Term!

We made it to half term! This week, we have been focussing our efforts on finishing off our non-chronological reports on owls. I have been super impressed with everyone's writing - well done! 

In Maths, Year 2 have been continuing to explore addition and subtraction, and using base 10 to support their understanding. Year 3 have been practising their column addition, when crossing over 10s and 100s. We have had to work hard to remember when to exchange, but everyone has done fantastically well! 

During Wider Curriculum, we have been discovering what an input is in Computing and designed our own robots, labelling what different components do. In Art, we finished our abstract flower paintings, where we produced an A3 version of our chosen flower section. We then used watercolour paints to add a wash of colour. We were amazed by what was produced! We also had another lovely Music lesson with Mrs Butlin, using the ukulele's. 

Congratulations to Tommy and Anya for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week! 

Please continue to read daily, practise your curriculum spellings and KIRFS over half term. 

Class Trip
A letter has been sent via email regarding a class trip we will be going on next half term, to the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro. Children will be given the paper copy of the letter on the first day back after half term. 

We hope you have a wonderful half term break and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 4th November

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton


 


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