Fun, Friendship and Learning

What a fantastic week we have had in Tregantle Class!

The children have been getting to grips with recognising their name cards and practicing writing their names using the correct letter formation. It has been wonderful to see their confidence growing each day. We are also well underway with our phonics lessons and have already learnt five new sounds - amazing progress! A big well done to the children for practicing these at home to help remember them. The children also loved spending time with their reading buddies this week, sharing books and stories together.

In maths, we have been practicing careful counting by lining up objects and touching them one by one as we count. Everyone is working so hard to become accurate counters.

This week also saw our first PE lesson in the hall, where the children had great fun moving around in different ways, even pretending to be animals! We also practiced stopping quickly and starting again, which made for lots of laughter!

Our outside learning area has been full of excitement, with the large construction equipment being put to excellent use. We've seen an aeroplane and even a mansion created this week - fantastic teamwork and imagination!

Finally, we have started a new routine of cleaning our teeth each day after lunch. The children have really embraced this, helping us all to keep our teeth clean and healthy.

Well done, Tregantle Class - what a brilliant week of fun, friendship and learning! We are so proud of all your hard work and enthusiasm.

Year Group Newsletters
To see what has been happening in classes these last two weeks, 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.

Term 1 Curriculum Maps
Yesterday you should have received the Term 1 Curriculum Maps (Y1-6)/Knowledge Mats (Reception) by email. Copies are also available on the class pages of our website.

School Photos
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, Tempest Photography will be in school taking individual and sibling photos over the two days. Please ensure your child is looking super smart in their full uniform (as always) and if wanted, provide them with a comb/brush for their hair. If your child has PE next Tuesday or Wednesday, they will need to wear school uniform and bring their PE kit to change into on this occasion.

FOWPA - Back to School Uniform Sale
FOWPA will be holding a back to school uniform sale after school next Thursday 25th and Friday 26th September, outside the main reception (inside if wet) from 3:00 - 3:45pm. Suggested donation for all items is £1. FOWPA would also welcome donations of clean jumpers, ties and sports tops - please leave in the basket in the reception area at any time, thank you.

Macmillan Coffee Morning - Friday 26th September
Year 6 look forward to hosting you at their Macmillan Coffee Morning next Friday 26th September from 08:45 in the Hall. Everyone is welcome to help raise money for this charity.

Foodbank Collection for Harvest
For Harvest this year, we will once again be collecting for Wadebridge Foodbank. Please send your child in with any donations between Monday 29th September and Friday 3rd October. Donations such as tins and jars of food, rice, pasta, general toiletries and long life juice are most welcomed. Thank you for your support.

Year 4, 5 & 6 Open Evening at Wadebridge School - Tuesday 30th September 4:00-6:00pm
Wadebridge School extends a warm welcome to parents and carers of children currently in Year 4, 5 and 6 to their open evening on Tuesday 30th September.

Fire Evacuation
This week we held our first fire evacuation of the year. The children were calm and very sensible throughout. Later in the term we will be doing our annual lockdown process as in previous years. We will be in touch beforehand with further details.

House Captains
Mrs Orme had the pleasure meeting many of our Year 6 children as part of the House Captain 'interviews' this week. The standard of applications was so high; they should all be so proud of themselves. Mrs Orme had the very difficult job to choose between them. During an assembly on Wednesday, the outcomes were shared:

Choughs - Aisling & Oscar
Cormorants - JJ & Hanna
Puffins - Rohan & Mia
Swans - Daisy & Eva

Congratulations to our new House Captains and thank you to all the children who put themselves forward.

House Points
Congratulations to this week's winners, Choughs. Overall, Choughs maintain the lead:

Choughs - 668
Swans - 507
Puffins - 462
Cormorants - 451

Best wishes,
Chris Wathern

Dates coming up
Monday 22nd September
Teacher-led Term 1 Extra Curricular Activities (ECAs) begin

Tuesday 23rd September
School Photos (Tempest)
14:30 Early Reading Workshop with Sarah Jayne Hill

Wednesday 24th September
School Photos (Tempest)

Thursday 25th September
(pm) Year 5 Junior Life Skills Trip (Bodmin)
FOWPA Uniform Sale

Friday 26th September
08:45-10:00 Macmillan Coffee Morning hosted by Year 6 (Hall) - Everyone welcome
FOWPA Uniform Sale

Monday 29th September
(pm) Year 6 PE Secondary Transition Session

Monday 29th Sept - Friday 3rd October
Harvest Donations gratefully received for the local Foodbank

It has been yet another busy week here at Team Brunel. The week saw our very first Wheeley Wednesday and our Little Locomotives commenced again. In addition, the children have been engaging well with their new enquiry questions across the curriculum. Please enjoy catching up with all our latest news and events in this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin.

This week ended with a high note this afternoon with a very active and creative Art lesson. Class 2 went put on our artist heads and opened our artist eyes and went exploring into the wild that is the Forest School area. We found some amazing natural things which we brought back into the classroom to create our own works of art. We then used Showbie to take photos of our works. I can't wait to share some of the amazing creations with you!

In Maths we have continued learning about numbers by exploring number lines. In Literacy, we have finished planning our reports and are looking forward to using all the skills we have learned so far to write our draft reports. In Science, we continued our explorations of what living things need to survive by talking about the differences between the needs of humans vs other animals.

In RE, we worked with Miss Walker to try and understand what Muslims think about god. We also had a really good Decider Skills session with Hannah on Thursday, where we learned how to STOP-PAUSE-BREATHE when we begin to feel FIZZY. In History, this week we made a list of questions we have about the history of our school. To help answer some of these questions, we have decided to invite some people who used to come to school here in the past. We cant wait to meet them and have our questions answered!

Besides our Tuesday PE sessions, we are so lucky to have the team from Pro20 with us on a Thursday to teach us key PE skills. This Thursday, we had our first session (with the Year 1s). We thoroughly enjoy ourselves playing Aliens and Planets, and other team games.

A very well done to:

• Freya for getting the Ready Award for her efforts during Maths lessons and finishing her Greater Depth questions.
• Finely for getting the Respectful Award for looking after his books and his impeccable presentation.
• Emily for getting the Safe Award for helping her friends get ready for home time. 

Year 2 and 3 Class Blog - Weekly Learning Update

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had a busy and exciting week in Year 2 and 3, and the children have been working incredibly hard across all areas of the curriculum. Here's a snapshot of what we've been learning:

English
In English, we have been focusing on using ambitious vocabulary to make our writing more vivid and powerful. The children have been challenged to expand their sentences with descriptive phrases and to group their ideas into clear paragraphs. It has been wonderful to see them becoming more confident writers who enjoy experimenting with language.

Maths
Our maths lessons have continued to focus on place value. The children have been practising how to partition numbers, compare them using greater than and less than symbols, and explain their reasoning when solving problems. This strong foundation will support their confidence as we move into more complex calculations.

History
In History, our topic on Ancient Egypt has led us to explore the importance of the River Nile. The children have discovered how it provided water, fertile land, and a means of transport, making it essential for farming, trade, and daily life. They have particularly enjoyed discussing how different their own lives would be without such a resource.

RE
Our Religious Education lessons have focused on what makes people feel a sense of belonging. We have been learning about Christians and Muslims, and how their communities, traditions, and practices help them feel connected to their faith. The children have shown great curiosity and respect as they ask thoughtful questions.

PE
In PE, we have been developing our netball skills. The class has been practising passing, moving into space, and teamwork. It has been fantastic to see how their confidence and cooperation have grown during these sessions.

And much more!
From creative sewing activities to problem-solving in science, the children have had many opportunities to explore, question, and develop new skills this week.

Finally, thank you so much for your continued support with reading at home. It truly makes such a difference to the children's progress and helps them to become more fluent, confident, and enthusiastic readers.

Here is an example of some excellent maths work from Belle who has been rounding to the nearest 10,000. 


We've had a wonderfully busy week in class, diving into a range of exciting learning activities! In science, we've been exploring how light is reflected and designing our own experiments to investigate this fascinating topic. In English, we've been crafting stories that include a moral and using personification to bring our characters and settings to life. Meanwhile, in maths, we've been sharpening our number skills by rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, and 1,000. The class has shown fantastic focus and enthusiasm, working hard across all these areas-well done, everyone!

The spellings for this week are words with the suffixes ing/er/est: lightening, lighter, lightest, hunted, hunter,  prouder, proudest, yawned, yawning, sprinted

Here are the KIRFs questions for this week to work on:

Monday 15th September 

We have settled really well into our new class and everyone has been working hard! It has been fantastic to see such a positive start to the year.

In History, we are learning all about World War II. We have also been linking this to our Dance lessons, where we are creating our own motifs inspired by this topic.

In Maths, we have been focusing on place value, including reading and writing numbers up to one million and working with Roman numerals.

In English, we have begun planning our own poems inspired by The Emotional Menagerie. We are experimenting with different writing techniques such as similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, and using powerful noun phrases to bring our ideas to life.

A big thank you to those who have been practising regularly on Times Tables Rock Stars and reading at least three times a week, remembering to record this in your reading record books - keep it up!

We've also been creative outdoors in the woodlands, where we designed and made our own creatures from clay. These imaginative creations link beautifully with our poetry work and show just how creative Year 5 and 6 can be.

Well done Year 5 and 6 - what a brilliant start to the year!

L

Duckpool Class have been enjoying an active and exciting week of learning in our new classroom. We enjoyed learning about 'Place Value' in maths and have been excited to demonstrate how we can show numbers in different ways using the fantastic new Maths Resource Boxes.

In English, we have been learning how to use fronted adverbials and relative pronouns, ready to be creative with grammar next week when we write our own stories! It was also special for the children to receive lessons in how to play a violin, read music and play in unison.

In Geography this term, we are learning all about rivers and we have been discussing how lucky we are to be so close to a significant river and all the knowledge we have about the River Tamar, using our oracy strategies. We have set up an experiment to demonstrate the water cycle and our class novel is Journey to the River Sea. Watch this space to see what else we learn next week!

We have been absolutely thrilled with how the children have come back. They are settled and ready to learn.

We have welcomed our 8 new early years children to Trenode and they have already become part of the family. They have been busy learning the new school routines and have loved playing with all the different resources.

Looe Shedders surprised the children with a brand new play house for outside on the school decking. They have spent the last 2 years refurbishing it and the transformation was incredible. It was a hit with the children who immediately began their imaginary play. 

Forest school Friday has got up and running already with Kelly and we've definitely needed the waterproofs!

Calendars dates:

• Wednesday 1st October- Kilminorth class' teddy bears picnic at 2pm
• Wednesday 8th October- Harvest festival at St Wenna's church

A busy start to this year's art lessons

Over the past few weeks, we have enjoyed the first few lessons of our 'Inspired by Flora and Fauna' unit. 

Our Year 1's started by enjoying the work of Henri Rousseau, Jan van Kessel and the late local writer and illustrator, David McKee. We responded with our own drawings (ink on watercolour) and then added colour using pastels. 

Our new reception children loved joining in too, with a few stray wild animals and Lilo (no Stitch).

What a creative start to the school year!

Welcome to Year 3!!

Summer seems so long ago now and the children have settled well into our Year 3 class!  This term, we have many exciting things to learn and do!  The topic being one of my favourite subjects - Ancient Egyptians!

In maths we are beginning with a Place Value unit.  The children will be learning numbers upto 1000 and understanding 100's, 10's and 1's.  There are always assignments set on mathletics relating to the unit so please take a look!  The logins have been stuck into the front of your child's reading record.  Do note though that the Mathletics and Reading Eggs logins are the same now as they have merged companies :)

In English, the children are learning the "Egyptian Cinderella" story.  So far, they have learned the story and will be writing a character description at the end of the week.

In Science, the topic is "Animals Including Humans" and will be learning about diet and nutrition.  They will be looking at food labels and deciding deciding whether the foods are a healthy choice or best as a treat!  If you are out shopping, the children could watch out for those green labels!!

In History, we have begun learning about the Egyptians and how they lived.  They all understand how long ago Ancient Egypt existed and completed a fun timeline to show their knowledge!  Next, we will be learning about "mummification" which they are already excited about!!

Just a note to remember your child's reading record every day please!  They will be completing guided reading activities and whole class reading lessons so having them in school every day really helps to keep a good record and gives an opportunity for the children to continue with the karate band initiative.

I have attached the curriculum map for you to see the whole term.  Any questions, as always do let me know!

Mrs Brewer, Mrs Miller and Mr Liddement

Landaviddy have had an enjoyable week, settling into our  new routines as Year 3. In Science, we learnt about the 7 processes that all living things do, by learning the acronym MRS GREN. As Geographers, we consolidated our location knowledge of the 7 continents and 5 oceans, creating some fantastic world maps. Mrs Lister launched an excellent RE lesson with us on Showbie, which got us thinking about the Creation story. Our highlight of the week was exploring programming in Computing, by exploring a coding game. We had lots of fun recognising how to debug a sequence and constructing algorithms. 

In Maths, we have been working through our first unit on Place Value; counting on a number to 100 and exploring hundreds. We have enjoyed lessons this week and building upon our prior knowledge. 

In English, we have explored the actions and feelings of the main character, Sunny, from our focus text 'Meerkat Mail'. We practised the story using an oracy approach and designed our own story maps. We finished off the week writing the start of a character description, which we will finish next week. 

Congratulations to Theo and Hector for being chosen as Landaviddy's people of the week. 

Attached below is this the Knowledge Web for Autumn 1. This includes the learning your child will cover this half term. 

Homework
Please find attached the Homework grid for this half term, along with the KIRFS for Autumn 1 for you to practise at home. In addition to this, please continue to read daily and practise your Y3 Statutory Word Spellings (attached below). I have also uploaded some spelling challenge cards which may help you when practising these. Children can also access TT Rockstars to practise their times table facts. Anything you can do at home can make a big difference to your learning! 

Reading Books
Everyone was sent home with their new reading record and colour banded book. We ask that children read their book twice at home before getting it changed, however longer reads can be changed after being read once. Please ensure you are reading as often as you can at home. We ask that this book is brought into school daily, so the children can access them during the school day. They also have a library book which is chosen as a reading for pleasure book. Opportunities to change library books will be weekly. 

Hello Everyone,

Despite the weather, we have managed to enjoy plenty of outside, as well as inside learning this week.

Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their first outside PE session this year, where they were able to take part in some team games, as well as balancing with bats and balls. Reception took part in their very first PE lesson, looking fantastic in their new PE kits. They followed instructions brilliantly and were able to balance and move in different ways. 

In art, reception have produced some lovely self portraits and have also made some collages of their names, using a range of materials. Year 1 and 2 have continued with their study of the artist Clementine Hunter. They asked and answered questions about some of her paintings, and made some sketches of parts of her artwork. The results were excellent. Well done children.

Phonics lessons have been a big hit for reception this week, as after the first lesson, I received a cheer and round of applause, because they enjoyed it so much! After learning some initial letter sounds and practicing blending them to read, they have all been given their first reading book, so that they can practice reading some of the sounds that they have learned. Year 2 have been enjoying their phonics lessons with Mrs Wilkie in Landaviddy this week, and this will continue for at least the rest of the half term.

In science this week, Year 1 and 2 have started to learn about animals and their habitats. We began by learning about why some animals have their habitats on land or in water. We sorted pictures of animals in different ways, and Year 2 were able to use a venn diagram in order to sort animals.

In order to help the reception children to settle into a morning routine, we are encouraging them to come onto the main playground, after they have arrived through the main gate. However, we fully understand that some reception children may prefer to go through the wooden Penhallow gate, where they can be in their own classroom,  instead of going onto the playground.  At this early stage of their first year, please decide what you think is best for your child, and we will fully support you.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

From The Penhallow Team

Chaipel have had a busy first full week of the year! We have been investigating our Solar System - as our enquiry is 'WHAT MAKES EARTH THE PERFECT PLANET TO LIVE ON?' -  and have come up with some funny rhymes to remember the order of the planets by. 

HOUSE CAPTAINS:
Polperro's new captains and vice captains have been elected.
OAK: Thomas (C) 
ASH: Nuala (C) Lily (VC)
CHESTNUT: Joey (C) Isaac (VC)
WILLOW: Aria (C) Henry (VC)
Congratulations to you all - I am sure that you will do your team proud!

MATHS:
It's all about Place Value at the moment and we have been investigating numbers up to 10,000,000! Next week, we will be ordering, comparing and rounding numbers up to 8-digits.

ENGLISH
Our focus is on descriptive writing and Chaipel have been learning how to grow sentences using vivid sensory detail (touch, sight, movement, light/dark and cold/warm) and figurative language (personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia and hyperbole). We will be creating our own undiscovered planet and then writing a atmospheric setting description over the next couple of weeks.

WIDER CURRICULUM:
We have been lucky to have Kim come in from Barnado's this week to talk about healthy relationships as part of our PSHE this term. 
In RE, we have been revisiting the Creation story and will move onto comparing religion with science (learning about the BIG BANG) and debating whether science and religion compliment or conflict with each other.

IMPORTANT INFO:
I have attached the Knowledge Web, KIRFS and Homework grid for this half term. As always, keep on reading daily and practising those timestables that you are a bit rusty on.

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary