Lorem Well done to all of the girls who took part in the May Day dancing - you performed beautifully and made us all very proud! A big thank you as well to Talan's grandad and uncle for helping to stabilise the pole and supporting us on the day; we are very grateful for your help. In English, we have been exploring our text based on Dickens' Oliver Twist, thinking carefully about how speech can reveal a character's feelings and personality. In music, we enjoyed a ukulele taster session and were thrilled to be able to strum along to a song together. In Maths, Year 5 have been working hard on understanding thousandths, while Year 6 have been developing their skills by calculating the mean from sets of data-well done everyone for your fantastic effort this week!

A Week Full of Creativity!

 What a wonderfully busy and creative week we have had in Tregantle Class!

In our crafting sessions, the children used a fantastic range of junk modelling materials to design and build their own vehicles. There were some incredibly imaginative ideas, and everyone worked so hard to create unique models using boxes, tubes, bottle tops and more!

During PE, we focused on developing our throwing and catching skills. The children practised carefully controlling their movements and worked brilliantly with partners and teams to improve their coordination and confidence.

We also enjoyed a fantastic music lesson with our specialist music teacher, Mrs Clavier. The children explored how to keep to the rhythm of a song using instruments and body movement. It was lovely to see everyone joining in enthusiastically and developing their sense of timing and beat.

Our gardening activities kept us very busy too! The children have been planting and caring for flowers around the school grounds, helping to make our outdoor spaces bright, colourful and welcoming. We are looking forward to watching everything grow over the coming weeks.

Finally, we celebrated David Attenborough's 100th birthday by taking part in a whole-school creative project. Together, we created a wonderful scene featuring animals from across the world, inspired by the amazing wildlife he has spent his life sharing with us. What a busy, exciting and creative week it has been in Tregantle Class - well done everyone!

We've been learning about honey bees and why they're important. We've also found out how and why they make honey. As we found out that they need flowers we decided to plant some sunflowers. We also did lots of bee activities including making bee models, bee puppets and painting pictures of bees and flowers. We then used our phonic skills to write sentences about bees.

A few months ago we had a visit from some residents who live in a local care home and they kindly invited us to their home. We went and sang them some songs and nursery rhymes. They children and residents really enjoyed the visit. It was lovely to see some of the residents joining in with the singing. 

Turning paper into feathers

In art this week, Class 1 were inspired by the work of Andrea Butler to create feather like textures on paper.

They used oil pastel to add feather like markings and then created a wash with Brusho to paint over them.
Next week, we will be turning this paper into 3D feathers to stick onto our model birds. 

Please don't forget to come and see all of this wonderful artwork during our art exhibition directly after school on Wednesday 17th June!

This week, we have been enjoying finding out about different explorers, including Sir Frances Drake. We looked at ships from history, traced Drake's journey on a map and learned about why he is remembered. We also thought about what it might feel like to be an explorer, taking risks and going to 'unknown' places. The children have drawn some fantastic pictures of the Golden Hind, as well as Sir Frances Drake himself, dressed in the fashions of that time.

In music this week, we have enjoyed singing sea shanties, and reception have enjoyed using a range of percussion instruments to accompany songs about the sea.

Our art lessons this week, have focussed again, on Henri Rousseau. This week, we studied several paintings by this artist and focussed on the colours and shapes of the different jungle leaves. We have recreated some of the leaves and foliage that we have observed in the paintings, using both watercolours and oil pastels.

Our English unit based on 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea'  have come to an end this week, and we have produced some fantastic stories. The children have been able to innovate their own stories by changing the characters or the animal in the story, and/or writing an alternative ending.

Reception have been busy learning the story of superworm by Julia Donaldson, and writing character descriptions. They have also been making lists and comparing different characters in the story.

From The Penhallow Team

April has been a shorter month in school because of the Easter holidays, but we have still made a fantastic start to our new learning!

In our topic work, we began exploring the life of Sir Francis Drake. We thought carefully about what we would like to learn and created our own questions. We then watched videos and discovered lots of interesting facts about his life. Using this information, we wrote our own fact files and created timelines to show the key events in his life.

In art, we have started learning about the artist Vincent van Gogh. We looked closely at a range of his paintings and shared our ideas about them. Everyone chose their favourite piece to sketch, and we are now beginning to create our own versions of his famous sunflower painting, ready for our upcoming art exhibition.

In science, we are learning about plants. We started by exploring the difference between seeds and bulbs. We carefully chopped up a bulb and dissected a seed, then used microscopes to observe them closely. We learned new vocabulary to describe what we saw and created detailed labelled drawings.

In literacy, we have been enjoying the poem The Magic Box by Kit Wright. We used it as inspiration to write our own imaginative poems filled with creative ideas.

In maths, we have been learning about fractions. We can now recognise halves and quarters of shapes and are beginning to find halves and quarters of different quantities.

It has been a busy and exciting start to the term, and we are looking forward to continuing our learning next month!

We have enjoyed such a productive and busy week in pre-school with a variety of fun activities.

The children started the week helping us to clear our tyre flower beds of weeds in readiness to plant some plants. We have enjoyed learning about how to plant and care for seeds and next week we will begin planting our own variety, from sunflowers to peas and wildflowers.

On Monday the whole school were very lucky to receive a special visit from Georgie's mum who bought along their family pony, Millie, for the whole school to meet and ask questions about how they look after their ponies and what it takes to become a showjumper!

The visit was enjoyed by all of the children, it was a very different but inspiring assembly.

Alongside this excitement, the children have been investigating seeds from different fruits and vegetables, and we also enjoy lots of art focused on flowers.  The children were asked to paint their own flowers after watching a demonstration, they remembered to include the stem, the bud, petals and leaves.  They will make a wonderful display in our garden center role play area.

We hope everyone enjoyed their bank holiday weekend,

The Pre-School Team.

Landaviddy 

In maths this week, we have been continuing our learning on fractions. We have been adding and subtracting fractions, as well as learning how to partition a whole into equal parts. We have been working hard to understand how fractions represent parts of a whole and how they can be combined or separated.

In English this week, we have been researching our inspirational person. We had a go at constructing our own interview questions to help us gather information for a biography. We also took part in role-play activities, where we interviewed each other, taking on the roles of both the interviewer and the interviewee. This helped us to think more deeply about our chosen person and how to present their life and achievements in an interesting way.

In PSHE this week, we have been focusing on friendships and how to resolve conflicts with our peers. We explored different scenarios and discussed how we might respond in each situation. Using our friendship charter, we worked together to find positive and respectful ways to solve problems. This helped us to think carefully about our actions, understand others' feelings, and make good choices when working and playing together.

In Geography this week, we have been learning about lines of latitude and how they help us understand locations around the world. We located Antarctica on the globe and discussed its position in relation to the Equator and other lines of latitude. We also practised using an atlas to find different countries, developing our map-reading skills and learning how to locate places more accurately. Everyone has been working hard to build their confidence in using geographical tools.

In computing this week, we have chosen a book that we are planning to create a video trailer for. We discussed and planned the key elements we need to include to make our trailers engaging and persuasive. We thought carefully about how to entice viewers and encourage them to want to read the book, including which scenes, characters, and moments to highlight. We are excited to begin creating our trailers next week!
A huge congratulations to Iylah and Brody for being awarded pupil of the week. Iylah, for always being on task, completing her work to the best of her ability and always willing to help others in the classroom including the teachers. Brody, for being able to manage distractions and immediately get back to work and focus on what he should be doing. Brody works hard in every lesson and really tries to complete all tasks and helps others on his table if they are stuck. 

Miss Bolton & Miss Colton

Thank you for sending your children in with sun hats and sun cream this week. They have been enjoying lots of time outdoors on the field; however, as there is limited shade, hats remain essential.

We're pleased to let you know that the pool has now been tested and is up and running. Please ensure your child brings their swimming kit each week, as lessons will take place whenever the weather is suitable.

Health and Well Being - new initiatives As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting pupils' health and wellbeing, we are introducing some exciting whole-school initiatives to encourage active lifestyles and healthy habits. We have shared these with the children as follows:
• Marathon Monday which invites families to walk, jog, or run to school, with pupils building distance on our playground track together. We will be tracking to see if we can run the distance of a marathon by the end of the summer term.
• Wheely Wednesday which encourages travelling by bike or scooter, promoting fitness and eco-friendly habits (please ensure safety measures are followed).

In addition to Marathon Monday and Wheely Wednesday, children are encouraged to bring a water bottle daily containing water and enjoy healthy snacks at breaktime such as fruit, vegetables or yogurt. These fun, inclusive activities will be celebrated in school, and we appreciate your support in helping children develop healthy habits. Further details can be found on the attached document. Please contact the school if you have any questions.

Have a lovely bank holiday weekend.

We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 5th May.

Anthea Hillman

This week, we have been busy with a range of exciting learning activities across the curriculum. In PE, we have been developing our orienteering skills. The children followed clues and used simple maps to navigate around different locations, building their teamwork, problem-solving, and directional skills.

In History, we focused on the events of the Great Fire of London. The children worked hard to sequence the key events and began to understand how and why the fire spread so quickly. They also discussed the impact it had on the city and its people.

In French, we continued to build our vocabulary by revising colours and learning some interesting facts about France, including aspects of its culture and landmarks. The children enjoyed practicing their pronunciation and recalling words from memory.

In English, we explored the use of adjectives by describing a penguin in detail. The children thought carefully about word choices to make their descriptions more engaging and also considered the penguin's emotions, helping to develop their empathy and creative writing skills.

In Maths, we have been learning about fractions, with a focus on halves and quarters. The children practiced recognising, finding, and understanding these fractions using a variety of practical and visual activities to support their learning.

In Science, we learned about living and non-living things. The children discussed the characteristics of living things and explored how to identify whether something is alive, dead, or has never been alive.

Reception have also had a wonderful week, learning about Earth and exploring space. They created some beautiful space-themed artwork, showing great creativity and enthusiasm.

This week in Class 2, it has been mostly about houses, homes and habitats.

In Maths, we have continued to dig deeper into Fractions. This week, we have learned to find a quarter and a third of not just shapes, but also amounts. We ended the week by using our knowledge of fractions to help us find a whole. In Literacy, we have continued to edit and polish the details of our setting description by adding adverbials of manner and expanded noun phrases.

In Science, we looked at different micro-habitats and where we might find them. Then we went on a glorious bug hunt in our forest school area. We wrapped up our learning with a very interesting discussion around why some of our mini bests prefer their micro-habitats. In History, we learned the details of the coronation ceremony in the UK. In RE, we learned about the Christian's view of forgiveness through stories from the Bible. We have also completed our block coding and this week, in our Computing lessons, we have all downloaded our codes into our micro:bits.

Finally, we ended the week with a really colourful Art lesson where we explored the art and architecture of Hundertwasser, the Austrian visual artist and architect. After learning about some of his fabulous buildings, we responded to some of his works in our sketchbooks. Please find below a selection of some of our sketchbook responses.

Finally, a very well done to:
> Ella for getting the Ready Award for coming back into the classroom with such a cheerful and ready to learn attitude.
> Finley for getting the Respectful Award for always remembering our class rules.
> William for getting nominated by the Positive Potato Police for the Safe Award for letting other people join in his game during lunch break.

Have a lovely May Bank Holiday weekend Class 2 families and see you all again bright and ready to learn on Tuesday 5 May 2026.

TALLAND'S BLOG 1.5.26

Hoping everyone has had an excellent week and is looking forward to the Bank Holiday Weekend! The children in Talland class have been their usual bubbly, fun and curious selves.

Here's a snapshot of what we've been learning:

Maths:
Year 5 have completed their second unit on FRACTIONS and have now begun VOLUME. Today we investigated Cubic Centimeters.
Year 4 have also completed their unit on DECIMALS and PERCENTAGES - they have worked really hard! They will be moving on to MONET next week.


English:
During our persuasive writing, Talland have come up with their three reasons why we need to protect our oceans and beaches, explained their points and given examples to justify their point of view.

PE:
In PE, with Mrs. Hillman, Talland were on the field, reading a map and using their map to find objects during orienteering - a great little treasure hunt!
In badminton, we continued to practice serves and underarm shots - we got the hall this time - it was much more successful!

Geography:
This week, we delved further into the ocean and how we can help protect it - why not ask your child their thoughts on how we can protect it... 

Celebrations:
Congratulations to Kayla and Amber for progressing to the next round of the 99 Club - well done! A big well done as well to Kayla (AGAIN) for demonstrating our school values. It is clear how hard she is working and the benefits are showing!

That's all from Talland Class this week. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to seeing everyone next week.

Signing off, Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.

Friday 1st May

In English this week the children started by using adjectives to describe food items from our story. They thought of the most amazing adjectives, we were all very impressed. Next the children wrote lists of what the hungry caterpillar ate. The children used their phonics and wrote some amazing words.

In maths this week we have been exploring missing numbers to 20 and ordering numbers to 20. The adults gave some children, and Miss Ginn some teen numbers but missed some numbers out and we had to figure out what numbers were missing!

The children have been collaging food items from our story this week, classifying minibeasts and finding lots of minibeasts in our outside area using magnifying glasses. They have loved looking through the magnifying glasses and seeing the minibeast close up.

We have also made potions in the water tray, sandcastles and mazes in the sandbox, coloured caterpillar sheets, made minibeasts from Lego, and so much more!

Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend

The Foundation Team 

Year Group Newsletters
To see what learning has been happening in classes, and what's coming up over the next fortnight, please take a look at the Year Group Newsletters emailed home today. Copies can also be found on the class pages of our website.

Thank You, Farewell and Congratulations to Trina Head
Last Friday, we said a fond farewell to Trina Head. Trina has worked at the school as part of the catering team for 17 years! This week, Trina started her new position at a local Nursery. We wish her all the very best as she begins her new role.

Mrs Graham's Maternity Leave Begins
In assembly today, we wished Mrs Graham all the very best as she begins her maternity leave. We will miss Mrs Graham but we couldn't be happier for her as she starts this wonderful new chapter. As Year 4 parents are already aware, Miss Clift will be teaching Class 4W for the remainder of the academic year.

Hockey Success!
Congratulations to Joseph in Year 6 on his selection to play for the U12 County Hockey Development Squad. What a fantastic achievement - well done, Joseph.

Year 2 Assembly - Thursday 7th May
We look forward to seeing family members of Year 2 at their Assembly next Thursday 7th May. Doors open after morning drop off, with a start time of 9:00am. To help the morning drop-off routine, any Year 2 families driving are asked to try parking in the staff car park first (double parking is fine).

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check Meeting - Friday 8th May 2:45pm
A reminder that Year 1 parents are invited into school next Friday to hear about the upcoming Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. The session should take no longer than 20 minutes and you will be able to collect your children straight after.

Ten Tors 2026 - Good Luck!
Good luck to our members of staff taking part in the Bodmin Lions' Ten Tors Challenge this Sunday, raising money for charity. The challenge takes walkers over ten hills and tors of Bodmin Moor, starting and finishing at St Breward Football Club. We hope to share some photos of them in action next week.

Miss Blue is Running for 'Bowelbabe'
Miss Blue, one of our Teaching Assistants, is jogging a mile a day in May (31 miles in total) for the cancer research charity, Bowelbabe, set up in memory of Dame Deborah James. If you are able to support Miss Blue in reaching her target of £150 for this charity, please follow the link, thank you: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/natashas-giving-page-4871

House Points
Congratulations to this week's winners, Choughs. Overall, Choughs maintain the lead:
Choughs - 10,346
Puffins - 9652
Swans - 9230
Cormorants - 8265

Wishing you a very relaxing Bank Holiday weekend - see you next Tuesday!

Best wishes,
Chris Wathern