Posted 26/03/2025
by Jasmine Bolger
We have had a great week in Foundation / Year 1.
Our activities have been all about spring this week. We have decorated easter eggs in different ways such as with pastels, collaging and colouring. We have used our funky fingers to pinch pom poms and add paint to a cherry blossom tree and lots of other lovely activities. We have also talked about the signs that Spring is here and my favourite was that ‘daffodils are popping up everywhere!’ Foundation also did some outdoor learning where they collected daisies and added it to their ‘vase of flowers.’ They looked beautiful!
In English, Foundation have continued their learning on Jack and the Beanstalk. This week, they have been drawing their own picture from the story and used their phonics to label the picture. Year 1 have been writing their own Acrostic poems about space. We have been coming up with some brilliant adjectives to describe space and have included them in our poems.
In the Wider Curriculum this week, we have been learning about materials in Science. We discussed the best materials for a piece of furniture and then designed this in our books.
Just a polite reminder that Friday is our Easter Crafternoon. Please feel free to pop up from 2:15 and you are welcome to take your child home at 3pm. Please do not worry if you can’t make it, they will still be able to do the lovely activities.
Thank you!
Foundation / Year 1 Team
Posted 26/03/2025
by David Hannah
Bishop David has recently been announced by Downing Street as our next Bishop of Truro. The diocese are now preparing for his official welcome and they wished for children and young people to play a special part in his welcome service. A display will be made at Truro Cathedral and schools were invited to submit art work which welcomes Bishop David and shows why our school is special. Two of our very talented artists used their collage skills to create a masterpiece to send for the display. It includes our school vision, values and our school parable 'The Parable of the Lost Sheep'.
The service takes place at Truro Cathedral on Saturday 17 May.
Posted 25/03/2025
by Rebecca Marshall
We are very excited that our fundraising has been successful and that this week the installation of our play equipment has begun. By the end of this week, our Key Stage One children will have their new play ship and then it will not be very long before everything else can be fitted.
At the end of April, we will have the remaining climbing frames fitted for both Key Stage One and Key Stage Two. The children in our lovely nursery will also have some exciting new equipment to enjoy. What an amazing start to the summer term for the children at Looe Primary Academy.
Posted 25/03/2025
by David Hannah
Class 1 have been looking at Bible stories from
Holy Week and Easter. As part of their learning, they made hot cross buns which
they learnt was symbolic of the significant day in Christian faith when Jesus
was crucified.
Posted 24/03/2025
by Michele Spencer
Posted 24/03/2025
by Michele Spencer
Amazingly well done to all of the children who took part in the Landrake Run 2025 but especially our St Cleer super star runners!
You ran with enthusiasm and determination! Well done to you all. Nothing can quite prepare you for the energy and excitement of the East Cornwall cross country series but as the season comes to an end well done to all of our children who turned up to running club and who entered any of the races. It really is a great achievement and we are very proud of you all.
Posted 22/03/2025
by Joanna Rickard
This week our pre-school room has had the delicious aroma of gingerbread baking.
The children have all shown the joy and excitement that baking seems to bring when we get the opportunity to do it. They have carefully rolled and cut out their gingerbread. Then once cooled, added their currant eyes and gumdrop buttons to their delicious baked gingerbread people to bring home.
The story of The Gingerbread Man has not only inspired our baking this week, but also lots of lovely imaginative role play and language opportunities in our Fairy tale Bakery.
The children have been serving up lots of delicious, sweet treats and taking orders from their friends.
Outside has seen us enjoying some water play, mark making with sand and plenty of gross motor skill development on the climbing frame. Some of our younger children are becoming much more confident moving around the equipment.
September session request letters have gone out to parents of children who will be at pre-school for the 2025/2026 year. Please ensure these are handed back in as soon as possible.
As we have had some absences due to sickness and diarrhoea, a reminder that our policy is for it to be 48hours after the last bout of illness before your child returns to pre-school. This is to minimise the spread to other children and the staff. Thank you.
We regularly support and show the children how to wash their hands thoroughly and why it is so important.
There are lots of seasonal colds going around, so please encourage the children to learn how to blow/wipe their noses and then wash their hands at home also.
We hope everyone has a lovely and healthy weekend,
The Pre-School Team.
Posted 22/03/2025
by Alice Wilkie
We have continued our enquiry 'Can you always see things grow?', by making observations of our beans for this week and learning about the parts of flowering plants. We then planted our beans in pots of soil, with the hope that these will give our beans the nutrients they need to grow and stay healthy. In History, we became detectives, using photographic evidence to determine how technology has changed in the last 60 years. Next week, we will look at how changes in technology has influenced how we write. We discovered what a network is, as part of Computing, and identified the different components that make up our school network. In French, we have been learning Little Red Riding Hood, which has been so much fun!
Landaviddy have been working hard this week on their English writing. We have continued to write up our stories, ensuring we are punctuating speech accurately and using exciting adjectives. Next week, we will finish editing and write up our final neat copies.
In Maths, Year 2 have concluded their unit on Multiplication & Division and are now eager to begin exploring Length & Height. Year 3 have continued working hard on Fractions, exploring how to order and compare unit fractions, as well as using fractions to measure scales.
Congratulations to Oliver for being chosen as Landaviddy's Person of the Week and a big well done to Esme for achieving her 22 Club!
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton
Posted 22/03/2025
by Ayutila Charlesworth
In Literacy, we have finally written up the neat copies of our instruction texts and we cannot wait to move on to the next unit of work. In Maths, we ended our unit on Mass and Volume with a splishy-splashy-gooey potions masterclass. We all got rather wet as we measures, poured and mixed some awesome ingredients to make our potions.
In ICT, we have been discussing the multitude of technology that is around us and have been exploring how we control them. To round up our understanding, we spent time this week designing our own robots. We have had robots that alerts adults when a child is hurt to one that makes pizzas on demand. We have had robots controlled with a colour-coded remote controller to one controlled using a smartphone. We even had one that was voice-controlled using a special build-in Alexa!
Geography lesson with Mr Hunt was a very practical and active lesson where we explored how we can measure different daily weather patterns. We now have a thermometer and rain gauge set up outside to help us monitor daily weather at school.
In Science, we looked at how different objects sink or float depending on the materials they were made of. We worked in groups as we made predictions (just like a scientist) and set up our controlled experiment (just like a scientist) and tested our predictions (just like a SCIENTIST!). We had some very interesting results - Finley was completely flummoxed by the fact that a big heavy wooden Jenga block floated no matter what he did to it!
In DT, we have finally designed our finger puppets and we are ready to transfer our designs on to felt and begin assembling them next week.
Posted 22/03/2025
by David Parry
The highlight of the children's learning this week has been the exciting expedition to Dartmoor Zoo. The visit included seeing the animals at feeding time, from otters to lions; hearing the lion's proud roar; watching the tiger confidently patrolling his environment; a nighttime visit around the zoo and participating in workshops and discussing how we can protect and improve the natural environment for all living things. The children's confidence oozed and the questions asked by the children were well thought through: for example, how could these animals be returned to their natural environment? Despite the long day of walking and viewing the animals, the children were a credit not only to Talland Class but to their parents/guardians and Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy School. The excitement, fresh air and the abundance of activities helped them to sleep soundly ready for a Friday morning stroll around the Zoo and team building games.
Best wishes, Mrs Swabey, Mr Parry and Mrs Walters.
Posted 21/03/2025
by Lynn Cox
Posted 21/03/2025
by Sally Elliott
Posted 21/03/2025
by Jane Wills
Canute class have been cooking every week and Tregeagle class have had the offer of attending after school cooking club. To support the delivery of this, we applied for funding from Cornish Pasty Association and we are delighted to have received funding. Funds raised during Cornish Pasty Week 2025 will provide schools across Cornwall and Scilly with the resources they need to offer children regular cooking activities and buy equipment and ingredients to run cooking clubs or other fun food initiatives. This funding will allow us to continue offering cooking to all the children every week for the remainder of this school year.
This week we trialled a new way to award the Star of the week with the children voting for the person they felt had shown our values and kindness to others. It was lovely to read the positive comments the children listed as reasons for their choice; recognising the kind gestures and actions of their peers. This week they chose:
Betsy-Mae for being kind, brave and already making new friends in her first week atour school.
Irina for looking out for her peers, being helpful and showing kindness.
Some very apt choices in a week, where we learnt that the one of the contributing factors to happiness is social cohesion and belonging.
We have a full week coming up with lots of activities and events:
Monday: Canute trip to Nancarrow farm
Wednesday: Mother’s Day service at St Saviour’s at 2:30pm
Thursday: Tregeagle science and geography field trip Holywell Bay
Friday: Tregeagle concert at St Neot pm
Have a lovely weekend,
Jane Wills
Posted 21/03/2025
by Emily Randle
Another week has flown by and so has the learning.
Most of us have completed our Anne Boleyn diary entries, using colloquial language and the subjunctive verb form. The diaries are amazing and I very much look forward to reading them.
MATHS
Y5s have begun to understand percentages, finding their fraction equivalences and their relationship with tenths and hundredths. They will progress to decimals next week. Y6s have been immersing themselves in algebraic formulas, function machines and expressions.
In DT, our sewing skills have progressed to sewing buttons, mastering the back stitch and using the stitch to create our initials. Next week, we will begin to design our coin purses. Our skills in rounders progressed to fielding techniques and we enjoyed another art session with Sean - drawing butterflies - and using shading to give the picture an 'antique-effect'.
Our greenhouse is all prepped ready for the Summer. We have been up there today getting the seeds ready for germinating. We have beans, chives, carrots, strawberries, peas, lettuce, cucumber just to name but a few! Thanks to FOPS, we will be ordering a fruit cage to help us grow raspberries and gooseberries in the next few weeks. Very exciting times!
Below, I have the KIRFS for this half term and the homework grid. Please feel free to work on anything over the Easter half term - I know that it is late attaching these.
Anyway, that's all from us so have a lovely weekend.
Miss Randle, Mrs Clary, Mrs Hodge and Miss Colton.
Posted 21/03/2025
by Ben Heasman-Langley
We hope you have all had a great week. It's been another busy one for us! Some brilliant art pieces have been created, where the children have been adding to an artist scrap book. They have found different methods to create a butterfly and then make it look old by screwing up the corners and adding different tones... they look amazing!
Maths:
Year 4 have completed their unit on fractions and will begin the unit of statistics next week (looking at graphs and charts).
Year 5 are ploughing their way through decimals where they are now becoming confident at recognising tenths, hundredths and thousandths. They can also order them in either ascending or descending order.
English
Talland have written their Diary Entries up in best copy. They're sounding amazing. They have used so much emotive vocabulary to really make you feel like you were a soldier during the Battles of 1066. Next week, we will stain them with tea bags to give them the ancient, mediaeval feel.
PE
Children have been practicing their gymnastic skills in the hall and learning how to bowl in rounders on the field. They're becoming efficient at throwing and catching in a range of styles.
RE
We continued looking at the Holy Week. We now know why there is Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We also enjoyed a little sing and a dance which is always good fun!
CONGRATULATIONS to Callum for being recognised by adults this week. His writing has improved so much this year. He should be very proud of himself.
GOOD LUCK to our cross country runners today. We hope you enjoy yourselves!
That's is it from Talland this week. We hope you have a marvelous weekend and we can't wait to see you on Monday.
Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.
Posted 21/03/2025
by Helen King
Another busy time in Lantic class this week!
We have been learning in English the story of the Little Red Hen - ready for out trip next week, discovering why Christian's believe 'Good Friday' is good, we learnt that the weather is different in different parts of the UK in Geography.
We made pledges in Science about what we can do to solve the plastic pollution and during PE we followed a yoga program based on Minecraft! The year 2's have been multiplying and dividing in their math's lessons...
On Friday we dressing in red for Red Nose Day - I think we looked good!
Posted 21/03/2025
by Rebecca Whitty
We have places available for September 2025.
Is you child born between September 2021 and August 2022? Then we have a space for them!
We take children the year before they start school. 15 and 30 hour funding available.
"I like Preschool as we make pizzas for snack time"-A
"I love Pre school you make it fun!" - K
"Pre school is fun. I Iike playing outside"- L
"We dress up, we have fun, we also go on the adventure play ground!"
Please phone the school to arrange a walk around or email us @ preschool@stcleerprimary.co.uk
Miss Whitty and Miss Ronald.
Posted 21/03/2025
by Rebecca Whitty
Hello, everyone! What an exciting week we've had here at preschool! Last week, we had a special visit from PCOS Bex and Chloe, who taught us all about the important job that police officers do. We learned about how they keep us safe, and we even got to ask lots of questions! One of the things we discussed was how important it is to know where we live and our parents' names, just in case we ever need help. PCOS Bex and Chloe were so friendly, and taught us the police want to keep us happy and safe. We loved seeing their uniforms and seeing their car, we even got to hear the sirens and lights!
This week, we switched gears and learned all about vets and how they take care of our furry friends. We talked about how vets help animals when they're sick, and how they make sure our pets stay healthy and happy.
In phonics we’ve been working hard on learning sound D. We’ve been practicing saying words like "dog," "duck," and "dinosaur." The children loved making the D sound and finding things in the room that start with D. It’s amazing to see how quickly everyone is picking up new sounds!
Next Friday we have our open afternoon, if your child is in session please feel free to come along and share a fun afternoon with us.
Come back next week to see what we get up to in Pre school.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Whitty, Miss Ronald and Mrs Evans.
Posted 21/03/2025
by Rebecca Hughes
Some of this week’s learning adventures!
In English this week the children have been showing Miss
Hughes their hand strength, pencil grip and letter formation by drawing
pictures of their favourite parts of Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have
then been writing small sentences to go with the picture they have drawn using
their phonic knowledge.
In maths this week we have exploring doubles to ten and also
odd and even numbers within ten! The children have been working so hard with
their maths knowledge.
In outdoor learning we wanted to make our own footprints! We
tried to set the activity up outside and oh my goodness the wind!!! So our
outdoor learning became squelchy, squidgy indoor fun instead! We all took our
shoes and socks off and stood in a tray of paint! We then walked down a long
piece of paper to make our class footprints! This was so much fun and the
vocabulary the children used to describe the feeling of the paint on their feet
was spectacular!
In phonics this week we have finished learning all the level
3 phonemes. This week they were /ure/ and /er/ . The children have been
progressing so well with their reading skills. For the next two weeks we review
all of level 3 sounds before we assess the children’s knowledge and
understanding. After Easter we begin level 4, where we explore adjacent consonants
and polysyllabic words containing all of the level 2 and level 3 phonemes!
Another amazing week in Foundation class!
Have a wonderful weekend
The Foundation Team
Posted 21/03/2025
by Anthea Hillman
Thank you for sending your children in today in MUFTI. We raised over
£130.00 for Comic Relief from your generous donations. We’re so sorry that we didn’t have enough
Red Noses for everyone who wanted one this year. We know some children were disappointed, and
we completely understand. To make sure this doesn’t happen again, next year we’ll be asking
families to pre-order their noses so we can get the right amount. Each box costs the school £60, and
we have to be careful not to over-order, but we also want to make sure every child who wants a
nose can get one.
FOPS Easter Discos
Reminder that Easter Discos for the children on Thursday, 3rd April. We will be holding Easter school
discos on Thursday 3rd April. Tickets are on sale in the office and cost £3. The disco for Reception,
Year 1 and year 2 will be from 3:15-4:15pm. Pupils should bring a change of clothes and will be able
to change after school. KS2 (years 3-6) children should go home at the usual time of 3:15pm and then
return to school for their disco which will be from 4:30-6:00pm. Please find attached a poster for this
event.
For the Cross-Country runners attending the awards ceremony at St Mellion, there is time for
children to attend the disco beforehand as the event does not start until 7pm.
Time 2 Move
The Time2Move Holiday Programme for Easter 2025 is now live.
The programme offers fun physical activities, games and wider activities plus a funded meal for every
child. All children are welcome to attend, and it is completely funded for children that are eligible for
benefits-related Free School Meals.
As a parent or guardian of a child eligible for benefits related free school meals you will need your
child’s unique code in order to access the activities for free. You can access your child’s code quickly
and easily at:
www.cornwall.gov.uk/time2move
Once you have this code you can search and book on activities here:
www.activecornwall.org/T2MHolidayProgramme
End of Term Reminder that on the last day of term is on Friday 4th April and school will finish at 1:30pm. On the Friday morning we
will have a visit from the Easter Bunny.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs Hillman
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