History Timeline This morning we officially unveiled our new outdoor history timeline, made possible by a generous grant from the Polperro Legion Social Club. The timeline will help pupils develop a clear understanding of the chronological order of historical periods and make connections across thousands of years of history. To celebrate, two members of the Club visited the school as our guests of honour while pupils from every class dressed as historical figures and shared their favourite periods in history, from the dinosaurs to Neil Armstrong, via a stone age man, an Egyptian mummy, Ann Boleyn, Amelia Earhart and a WW2 soldier.

Books If your child has any school reading books at home, please send them back in next week. Your child will be bringing their schoolbooks home at the end of Monday 20th July. Please provide them with a carrier bag to help carry everything home.

Clubs have finished for the year. Because of school trips and activities taking place until the end of term, there will be no extra-curricular clubs now except for wraparound (breakfast and after school club).

 End of term is fast approaching. Here are the important dates for your diary:
• Monday 13th July - Talland Class Polperro Museum visit
• Tuesday 14th July - Chaipel Class visit to Bodmin Jail
• Wednesday 15th July - Landaviddy Class visit to the Maritime Museum, Falmouth
• Thursday 16th July at 2:45pm - Guitar, Piano and Keyboard Concert, for parents and carers of children who receive lessons with Mr Grint
• Friday 17th July at 2pm FOPS Summer Fair
• Monday 20th July Y6 Leavers' Assembly and Party. 2:30 for parents and carers of pupils in Y6
  Monday 20th July books go home (carrier bag needed)
• Tuesday 21st July Swimming Gala for all year groups
• Wednesday 22nd July - End of term 1:30 finish

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Hillman-

What an amazing day our Storytellers Nursery children have had exploring the incredible marine life at Newquay Aquarium!

 The children loved getting hands-on with some of the fascinating creatures that live around our beautiful coastline, discovering more about the amazing wildlife found right here in Cornwall. They were full of excitement as they explored the aquarium, carefully searching for fish hiding amongst the rocks and seaweed, and there were lots of gasps of amazement as the huge turtle gracefully swam above their heads!

Despite the very warm weather, the children coped incredibly well throughout the day. We made sure to keep cool with plenty of drinks, enjoyed a well-deserved ice cream break, and finished with a lovely lunch together.

 It was a fantastic day full of curiosity, learning, laughter and unforgettable memories. We are so proud of how well all of the children behaved and embraced every new experience.

H1 HeaLandaviddy

This week in Maths, we have been collecting our own data and drawing bar charts. We have been making sure to label the axes correctly and thinking carefully about presentation by using a ruler to draw each bar neatly.

This week in English, we have been creating our own mythical creatures and writing detailed descriptions using exciting vocabulary. We have really focused on helping our readers imagine the creature by including vivid details that bring our descriptions to life.

We have been making the most of the sunshine by taking lots of dips in the pool! We have been working on our pushing and gliding skills, as well as improving our front crawl breathing techniques.

This week in Science, we have been learning about how animals are similar to humans and how they can be different. We explored the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates, learned about skeletons and exoskeletons, and classified animals into these groups.
This week in Art, we have been exploring how to use everyday objects to create repeating patterns. The children chose their own objects and used them to create wonderful pieces of artwork. Every picture was different, showcasing their creativity and individuality.

A huge congratulations to Sonny for being awarded Pupil of the Week! Sonny has worked incredibly hard in all of his lessons this week, making sure he completes every task, which is something he has sometimes found challenging. He has been particularly impressive in English with his fantastic descriptions of mythical creatures. You used exciting vocabulary and showed great imagination-keep up the brilliant work!

A big congratulations to Sonny and Lowen who has achieved their 99 badge this week!

Well done, everyone!

Miss Bolton & Miss Colton

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Hello Everyone,

It's been a busy week in Penhallow.

On Monday, Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their transition morning in Landaviddy, while Reception enjoyed getting to know some old and new friends in Penhallow. Reception learnt a new song, made birthday cards to give out throughout the course of next year, and helped next year's Reception children to find their way around, whilst having fun playing in the different areas.

On Tuesday we all enjoyed a trip to The Heritage museum, where we learnt about how Looe has changed over the years. We found out about how flooding has affected Looe, how the bridge has changed, and we built an arched bridge in teams. We also learnt about the different fish that is caught in the area, and about the different items that Looe has sent to different places over the years.

As well as our usual routines of reading, phonics, maths and writing, we have enjoyed several swims throughout the week, where we have been able to practice for our swimming gala. 

In science this week, we continued to learn about the human body, and how human skeletons work. We linked our learning to the 'Funnybones' stories and enjoyed moving our paper skeletons that we had made, with magnets which were attracted to the split pins that we had used.

We hope you enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

From The Penhallow Team

It had been another hot week this week. The children have been staying cool with breaks in the Wild Tribe area and lots of water! Sports day was a great success on Wednesday with the children giving their best, supporting each other and having fun. The staff even got involved with an inflatable costume race! Thank-you to the PTFA for refreshments and tombola. It is a real community event that makes everyone smile. We have noticed that after school, some people have been climbing in the skip that is in the car park and removed items that have been placed in there. These have been taken to the school field, damaged and the broken parts left. Can we please ask you to have a conversation with children about the risks involved in this. Whilst we do not know who is responsible, we need to make sure that the field is safe and able to be used. We only have one full week of the school year left! The final day for children is the 22nd July where they can be collected at 1.30. There is a lot still to come before then with the Year 6 BBQ and water fight next Thursday, reports to parents next Friday and the leaver's assembly on the 21st! This week was the final week of clubs (including the Monday sports club) and we will send out clubs for the new academic year when we return from the break. Thank-you for your support of the school as we enter the final few days.

Tincombe Trip

What a fantastic week we've had in Tregantle Class!

We were so excited to visit Tincombe Park for a day of exploring, discovering and enjoying the great outdoors together. Our adventure began with a bug hunt, and the children were amazed by all of the fascinating creatures they found. We spotted dragonflies, spiders, beetles and even grasshoppers! Everyone carefully observed the mini beasts and talked about where they live and why they are important to our environment.

Next, we took part in a brass rubbing treasure hunt, searching for wildlife-themed plaques hidden around the park. The children worked brilliantly together to find each one and enjoyed creating their own brass rubbings to remember the animals they discovered. Along the way, we also learnt about how we can all help to care for our local environment by looking after wildlife and keeping our parks clean and tidy.

After a busy morning of exploring, we all sat together to enjoy a delicious picnic lunch in the sunshine. It was lovely to relax, chat with our friends and take in the beautiful surroundings. We were incredibly proud of all the children throughout the day.

Their behaviour was absolutely wonderful, they listened carefully, showed kindness and respect to one another, and represented our school brilliantly. They should all be very proud of themselves. Well done, Tregantle Class-we had a truly memorable day at Tincombe Park!

Tregantle Class Blog - A Wonderful Day at Tincombe Park!

What a fantastic week we've had in Tregantle Class!

We were so excited to visit Tincombe Park for a day of exploring, discovering and enjoying the great outdoors together. Our adventure began with a bug hunt, and the children were amazed by all of the fascinating creatures they found. We spotted dragonflies, spiders, beetles and even grasshoppers! Everyone carefully observed the mini beasts and talked about where they live and why they are important to our environment.

Next, we took part in a brass rubbing treasure hunt, searching for wildlife-themed plaques hidden around the park. The children worked brilliantly together to find each one and enjoyed creating their own brass rubbings to remember the animals they discovered. Along the way, we also learnt about how we can all help to care for our local environment by looking after wildlife and keeping our parks clean and tidy.

After a busy morning of exploring, we all sat together to enjoy a delicious picnic lunch in the sunshine. It was lovely to relax, chat with our friends and take in the beautiful surroundings.

We were incredibly proud of all the children throughout the day. Their behaviour was absolutely wonderful, they listened carefully, showed kindness and respect to one another, and represented our school brilliantly. They should all be very proud of themselves. Well done, Tregantle Class-we had a truly memorable day at Tincombe Park!

We have continued to explore "Under the Sea" this week and the children have enjoyed an under the water themed tuft tray where they have been naming different sea creatures and counting how many shells.

They have made lots of different arts and crafts including tissue paper fish and have finished their crabs and paper plate under the sea scenes.

Outside we have enjoyed playing on the grassy area, getting out nice and early to avoid the hot sun. The children have loved lots of water play and playing in the shady areas and on the hill.

At story time we have enjoyed reading "Commotion in the Ocean" and "Titch the Tiddler" and in phonics this week we have had a noisy week of playing instruments- loud/quiet/fast slow and have enjoyed some listening walks, listening to the different sounds indoors and out.

In maths we have been exploring patterns, following and creating our own. The children have been putting blocks in a sequence.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

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Another sunny and warm week in pre-school has seen the children enjoy lots of play in our garden area under the much-needed shade of our trees. 

We have used all this sunny weather to have lots of talks about sun safety and how we keep feeling well in the heat.  We have talked about using sun hats, sunglasses, wearing cool clothes, drinking plenty of water, and most importantly putting on sun cream to protect our skin from burning.

Can we also use this as reminder to parents that it is important you send your child in every day with a sun hat, sun cream and a refillable water bottle.  We want to keep your child safe in this heat but still enjoy our outside areas as much as possible.

Next week is our graduation ceremony for our pre-school leavers.  Please note we will start this at 11.45 (not 11.30 as previously stated), we will then have our Teddy Bears picnic outside in our garden area.  Please bring a blanket and picnic to share with your child.  If your child has school dinners, we can still collect this from the school and bring it out if that is what you'd prefer.

We will be sending home the children's scrap books, certificates and art work on this day also, so it may be a good idea to bring an additional bag to carry these things.

For those children returning in September, parents should of received an email to discuss any changes to hours for when we return in Autumn term.  If there is any changes you have not requested, then please do email Mrs Rickard on preschool@pelyntprimary.co.uk  by the end of next week.

We hope everyone is enjoying the glorious weather.

The Pre-School Team.

Impressive performance!

Year 6 have been learning how to play the keyboards, glockenspiels, djembe drums, ukuleles, claves and various other percussion and tuned instruments over the past term.

Mr Jane has taught the children how to play an accompaniment to Bon Jovi's Livin' on a prayer as well as teaching them some African songs.

The pieces were Silo, Tooeh and Ahooma ma ma. They all took part, with excellent results. These tunes were played in different ways using syncopated rhythms and contrasting beats along with singing the African words in two different parts.

The culmination of this was a concert which our families were invited to attend. The children were amazing, performing with focus and flair and the finale of Livin' on a prayer practically lifted the roof!

Cricket Chris

Sports week was a mixed bag due to the rather soggy weather!

The gun run and Sports Day had to be postponed until the following Monday but Year 6 were still able to lead their own carousel of activities for Years 3, 4 and 5 on the Tuesday and take part in the sports stations with their fellow team members up at the Infant base on the Wednesday.

On the Friday, Year 6 were lucky enough to be coached by Cricket Chris. 

One Team, One Amazing Adventure!

What can I say? I could not be more proud of these amazing individuals. We have had an amazing Residential - at The Ultimate Adventure Centre - and have made many memories for life.

For me, it was the unwaivering sense of love, camaraderie and kinship that these Y6s have towards each other. We've had many highs and some lows as we faced our worst fears; yet, through it all, there was always a friend ready to support and help us through it. The instructors were overwhelmed at how everyone worked together and bounced of each others' energy and as their teacher, it has been a pleasure to witness.

Here is just some of the highlights: there will be a montage of photos from the trip at the Leavers' Assembly on Monday 20th July.

"WELL DONE, TEAM CHAIPEL, WE NAILED IT!!!"

Good luck with your transition days on Monday and Tuesday, and Mrs Clary and I will be waiting to welcome you back on Wednesday.

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

Hello Everyone,

On Thursday we were treated to a visiting artist, who helped us to make our own clay fish. These lovely creations will become part of a large art project in which pupils from Polperro and surrounding primary and secondary schools will all have their individual fish displayed together.

In our class art lesson this week, we continued with our John Dyer artwork, where we added details to our painted backgrounds and also used a paint program on the iPads, to recreate aspects of his paintings. We were so proud of the results.

During our music lesson this week, we used percussion instruments to create sound effects for different animals to accompany a new song. We improved our listening skills by copying rhythm patterns that increased in length. 

In PE this week, we completed the bridge schools games challenges. We completed 5 different challenges, all with a World Cup football theme. Each of the schools in the bridge academy trust will submit their results of the challenge. We look forward to finding out the results soon.

Enjoy your weekend!

From The Penhallow Team

It has been a quieter and slightly different week at school, with our Year 6 pupils away on their residential visit to the Ultimate Adventure Centre in Devon. On Monday, we were delighted to welcome the children who will be joining us in Reception this September for a transition session in Penhallow Class. It was wonderful to see them exploring their new environment and beginning to get to know their teachers and classmates. This week Penhallow Class has enjoyed developing their creativity and artistic skills creating ceramic fish as part of the United by the Sea project, set up by Creative Looe CIC. Meanwhile, Years 4 and 5 spent Wednesday afternoon honing their orienteering skills around the school grounds, while Year 3 took their science learning outdoors to investigate how the body works.

Transition Day Monday 6th July We are looking forward to our Transition Morning on Monday, when the children will spend the morning in their new class for next year.

FOPS Summer Fair - Friday 17th July at 2pm If you are able to help at our Summer Fair, we would love to hear from you. Whether you can spare some time on the day or make a donation, your support is greatly appreciated. We would be grateful for donations of:
• Soft toys for the Teddy Tombola
• Good-quality books and toys for our book and toy stalls
• Homemade or shop-bought cakes (please ensure all homemade cakes are clearly labelled with a list of ingredients).

Reminder that Thursday 9th July will be a MUFTI day where we will be asking for donations of an item matching your child's house team colour to create hampers for raffle prizes. Children can wear their own clothes and this could include wearing their house colour.

The Summer Reading Challenge You will be able to sign up your child/children for the Summer Reading Challenge at the school fair on Friday 17th July.

Guitar, Piano and Keyboard Concert Reminder that on Thursday 16th July at 2:45 pm, pupils who have music lessons with Mr Grint will be performing in an end-of-year concert. Parents and carers of children who receive lessons with Mr Grint are warmly invited to attend and enjoy the performance. If you would like to come, please email the school in advance so that we can make the necessary arrangements. We look forward to seeing you there.

Clubs Please note that the week commencing 13th July will be the last week of clubs for this school year. Wraparound care will continue as usual.

Supporting Your Child Online The Headstart Kernow Online Resilience Toolkit Support on Digital Issues : Headstart Kernow offers practical advice to help parents understand their child's online activities and recognise when they may need extra support. The toolkit includes easy-to-use guides, resources and podcasts designed to build parents' confidence in talking about topics such as gaming, social media and online safety. It helps families understand online challenges, consider what is age-appropriate, and start positive conversations with their children about staying safe online.

Have a great weekend.

Anthea Hillman