Welcome to Little Bridges Nursery

We are delighted to welcome everyone to another exciting year in Nursery! It has been wonderful to see so many happy faces settling into our learning environment.

This term, we are excited to welcome some new children and families to our Nursery community. We look forward to getting to know each child, supporting them as they settle in,
and helping them build confidence, friendships, and a love of learning.

It has also been lovely to welcome back familiar faces. The children we have met before have returned full of enthusiasm and are already helping to make our Nursery a warm and
friendly place. We are enjoying seeing how much they have grown and developed since we last saw them.

Over the coming weeks, we will be focusing on getting to know one another, establishing routines, making new friends, and exploring our exciting learning environment both
indoors and outdoors. We can't wait to share all of our adventures, achievements, and special moments with you through our Nursery blog.

Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to a fun-filled year of learning, discovery, and growth together! 

The Nursery Team 

September

Welcome back and a very warm welcome to the new members of Year 5! The children have come back so positively and they are showing a great attitude to their learning! New routines and expectations have been established and already the children have been busy designing and strengthening bridges, enjoying Friday keyboard lessons and carrying out Science investigations into air resistance using parachutes!

Our History topic for this half term is the Vikings, where we are trying to decide whether the Vikings were raiders, traders or something else. In English, we are busy writing non-chronological reports about dragons and in Maths we are strengthening our understanding of number and place value. In Computing, we are learning all about search engines In RE, we are exploring what it means when Christians say that God is 'Holy and Loving' and in DT, we are designing, testing and strengthening bridges. In French, we are learning how to talk about ourselves and in PE, we are learning how to perform dragon rhythmic parkour.

We are very proud of how this class have come back from the Summer holidays (which already seem a dim distant memory!) - they are definitely ready for Year 5!

Thank you so much to Oli Adams for sharing a morning here with us all at St Cleer. Children from Reception up to Year 6 completed a work out with Oli and then we came together to here a little more about Oli's journey to becoming a world leading surfer. Oli found his love for surfing at the age of 6 and inspite of challenges he faced from a diagnosis of Crohn's disease has continued to pursue this passion to the highest level. Oli inspired us all to pursue what we are passionate about and don't let fear stand in our way. It has been an inspiring morning here which hopefully we can take with us as we travel through our year together.

Pre-school have had a wonderful start to the new term settling into their sessions again with lots of play and explore time. 

We have started our ‘All about me’ activities as we get to know the children, our names, our families and all our favourite things.  We will be sharing stories, songs, activities and lots of play to develop their curiosity and engagement with each other, with the support of our team to build those communication skills.

Mrs Hicks has been a wonderful addition to the team and is building great relationships with all the children already.

We have started our Pelynt Little Explorers parent and Toddler group on Monday mornings 9-11am.  This session is a relaxed and friendly stay and play invitation for any families or carers of the local area looking to meet other parents/carers and have the opportunity to bring their young person to a pre-school environment.

On Monday 28^th September a nurse will be visiting from Old Bridge Surgery to administer the sniffy flu vaccine.  Please bring back your child’s consent form if you wish your child to receive it.

It’s been lovely to see our pre-school families again, and we will be welcoming some new families over the next few weeks as other children join.

As always, please do speak to a member of the team if you have queries or concerns.

Our email address is preschool @pelyntprimary.co.uk or you can ring us on 01503 220262 and select the pre-school option.

Mrs Rickard, Mrs Rowe and Mrs Hicks.

New Netball Skills…

This week we kicked off our new term with a spot of netball. The children were tasked with practising their passing and marking skills. It took a great amount of concentration, team work and energy! A lovely lesson out in the Autumn sun.

In Maths, we have begun our place value unit: becoming familiar with numbers up to 10 million.

Our first English unit is linked to our history topic of WW2: we have been reading the story ‘Letters from the lighthouse’ and will be producing our own consequence story inspired by the novel. It is an exciting story filled with twists and suspense, and is based upon a girl who becomes evacuated to Devon. We are loving the story and can’t wait to see what happens in the end!

In Year 1 & 2 we have been busy designing, making and testing bridges!

We explored different bridge designs and worked together to build our own using a variety of materials such as wooden lollipop sticks, card, paper, string and masking tape. We then tested our bridges to see how many weights they could hold before collapsing. We discussed what the strongest bridges had in common and discovered that bridges made with lots of lollipop sticks and plenty of masking tape were the strongest. We had lots of fun being engineers, testing our ideas and learning from our results!

What a fantastic start to the new school year we have had in Year 1 and Year 2!

Our Year 1 children have settled into their new classes and routines so well, showing enthusiasm, confidence and excitement as they begin their next chapter of learning. Our Year 2 children have been wonderful role models, demonstrating a fantastic level of maturity, independence and responsibility as they embrace their new challenges.

We have also been loving our brand-new Curiosity Club! The children have been busy working hard to uncover clues and discover the identities of our mysterious club leaders, Detective Deb and Explorer Errol. Each day, they leave us exciting challenges to solve and complete, encouraging us to think creatively, work together and use our problem-solving skills.

The children were thrilled to receive their very own Curiosity Club certificate once they had shown they were ready to become official members. We can't wait to see what adventures, discoveries and challenges lie ahead!

We are so proud of how brilliantly everyone has started the year and are looking forward to all the wonderful learning and fun still to come!

In Year 1 & 2 we have been busy designing, making and testing bridges!

We explored different bridge designs and worked together to build our own using a variety of materials such as wooden lollipop sticks, card, paper, string and masking tape. We then tested our bridges to see how many weights they could hold before collapsing. We discussed what the strongest bridges had in common and discovered that bridges made with lots of lollipop sticks and plenty of masking tape were the strongest. We had lots of fun being engineers, testing our ideas and learning from our results!

What a fantastic start to the new school year we have had in Year 1 and Year 2! Our Year 1 children have settled into their new classes and routines so well, showing enthusiasm, confidence and excitement as they begin their next chapter of learning. Our Year 2 children have been wonderful role models, demonstrating a fantastic level of maturity, independence and responsibility as they embrace their new challenges.

We have also been loving our brand-new Curiosity Club! The children have been busy working hard to uncover clues and discover the identities of our mysterious club leaders, Detective Deb and Explorer Errol. Each day, they leave us exciting challenges to solve and complete, encouraging us to think creatively, work together and use our problem-solving skills.

The children were thrilled to receive their very own Curiosity Club certificate once they had shown they were ready to become official members. We can't wait to see what adventures, discoveries and challenges lie ahead!

We are so proud of how brilliantly everyone has started the year and are looking forward to all the wonderful learning and fun still to come!

We have loved seeing your baby photos coming in and they are now displayed so we can all guess who is who!


We would also like to share with you our rhyme of the term and the songs and rhymes that we do everyday.

Do you know them all?

Can your child sing them for you to join in?

Hello Everyone!

A fantastic first full week in school for our reception children. 

This week we have enjoyed plenty of collaborative and imaginative play both outside and inside. We have been practicing the letters that we have learnt in phonics using natural materials, chalk and sand. We have also been practicing writing our names in a variety of fun ways, including using magnets or play dough. Our muscles and fine motor skills have been developing through activities that have involved cutting pouring, mixing and sticking. All of these activities help to prepare the children to become fantastic writers. 

This week we have launched our class enquiry question; ‘What makes me, me?’ We have looked at and compared different self portraits by different artists and followed instructions for how to draw a face. 

In maths this week, year 1 have been working hard on their understanding of place value. We have been using tens frames to represent numbers, and have been counting on from different numbers. Year 1 have particularly enjoying using our new counting packs, which consist of a range of different objects to count, and are a stimulus to use a range of mathematical language.

Have a lovely weekend,

From The Penhallow Team

At a special assembly this week we thanked last year’s house captains and vice captains for doing a wonderful job and announced our new Captains and Vice-Captains for this year who have been chosen because they consistently demonstrate our values. Congratulations to Renley and Lowen H (Willow); Nevaeh and Oliver (Oak); Zack and Heidi (Ash) and Amelia and Arnie (Chestnut). House Points are given to the children when they demonstrate our school values: Curious, Creative, Excellent, Responsible, Determined and Enthusiastic and pupils can see how many points their house has by looking at our House Point Tracker in the corridor by the library. Our value for this half term is ’I am responsible’ and houses met yesterday to consider what this means.

Meet the Teacher: 2:45pm, Tuesday 29th September It is extremely important for us to work together to ensure that every child makes as much progress as possible each year. Each year we hold a Meet the Teacher session at which you will find out about your child’s classroom, the adults working alongside your child, classroom routines and timetable, and most importantly, how you can help your child at home. It is also an opportunity to find out about all of the exciting learning and activities the teachers have planned. Of course, the teachers will also answer any questions and try to eliminate and worries or concerns you may have. We understand if you are unable to make the meeting because of work commitments and will find a mutually convenient time to chat to you about your child’s new school year if this is the case. If you have children in more than one class, please attend one session and we will find another time for you to meet your other child/children’s teacher/s. Our ‘Meet the Teacher’ session will be on Tuesday 29th September starting at 2:45pm. Please come in through the main gate from 2:40 and access your child’s classroom by the external door. We look forward to seeing you then.

Achievement Assemblies We will resume our special Wednesday assemblies the week starting 21st September. In these assemblies we celebrate the children’s achievements in Reading, Writing or Maths. If your child is to be awarded a certificate, their class teacher will ring or email to invite you to attend the assembly which will be held at 2:45pm (please arrive at 2:40pm). We look forward to sharing the children’s successes with you.

Clubs Just a reminder that all clubs (apart from girls’ football) will begin next week. Unless you have heard directly from us please assume your child has places in all requested clubs.

Wishing you a lovely weekend.

Anthea Hillman

TALLAND'S BLOG 18.9.26

Another Brilliant Week in TALLAND Class!

We hope everyone has had an excellent week and is looking forward to a well-deserved weekend! The children Talland Class have been absolutely brilliant this week – hardworking, enthusiastic and, as always, full of energy and excitement for their learning. We’re incredibly proud of them!

Here’s a little snapshot of what we’ve been learning this week:

Maths:
Year 4 have continued their Place Value unit and have worked their way up to 10,000! They have been exploring the value of digits within larger numbers and developing their confidence when working with them.
Year 5 have also continued their work on Place Value, with a particular focus on partitioning numbers in different ways. It has been fantastic to see them finding different ways to represent and explain numbers.

English:
In English, we have been learning how to write single-clause sentences, focusing on identifying and using subjects and verbs correctly. The children have really been getting to grips with this skill, and their understanding of sentence structure is developing beautifully. We’re hoping this will give them a fantastic foundation when we begin writing our stories!

PE:
The children were fantastic in PE this week! During Yoga, they worked hard on balancing and transitioning smoothly through their yoga flows. They even began creating some of their own yoga balances, which was great fun! In Tag Rugby, the children have been developing their attacking and defending skills. There were some fantastic examples of quick tag-grabbing, determined defending and, of course, some brilliant tries!

Science:
Our Science enquiry, “Why do we age?”, has taken us inside the womb this week! We learnt about how a foetus develops and grows throughout pregnancy, how long the gestation period lasts and how much development takes place during those 40 weeks. The children were particularly fascinated when comparing the human gestation period of around nine months with that of different animals. There were certainly some surprising comparisons!

Celebrations:
A huge congratulations Harper for successfully completing her next level in 99 Club – what a fantastic achievement! We’d also like to give a special mention to Neveah for her wonderful effort this week. She was noticed for taking real responsibility for her learning and for being an all-round superstar in Talland Class.

That’s all from us! And that’s a wrap on another busy and brilliant week Talland Class! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get plenty of time to relax and enjoy yourselves.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone back in school next week, ready for another exciting week of learning!

Signing off, Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.