Hi everyone,
I hope you have all had a great
weekend; we’ve had another busy week in Class 4.
At the beginning of the week, we
enjoyed our music lesson where we have been learning the
different elements to a keyboard. We are all thoroughly looking forward to our
next lesson with Mrs Butlin.
During our English lessons this
week, we have been continuing our learning about instructions; we learnt to
improve our writing by adding description, improving our sentence structure, adding advanced punctuation and by using interesting
word choices. The children then wrote their instructions using their best
presentation- these are looking great and the finished pieces will be placed
out in forest school for the younger children in school to read and maybe
follow to make their own outdoor structure.
In our maths lessons, the children
have been continuing their learning about measurement. Some children focused on
metric mass measures; others focused converting measures from imperial to
metric and vice versa. Later in the week, all children focused on capacity and they made their
own ‘Beetle Juice’ drinks using measuring jugs to measure out different amounts of liquid; they then tried to convert
millilitres to litres and to fluid ounces too. The children also started to learn
about scaling.
In our D.T lesson, the children
tried to apply their understanding of scaling to make 3, scaled models. They
enjoyed making models of their own choice out of clay, but found recreating the
detail on all 3 models, whilst trying to keep the measurements accurate, very
challenging.
We also tried to apply our scaling
understanding in our outdoor session, where we tried to make a scaled model
using sticks. During this session, we also continued our focus on outdoor and adventurous
activities where we have been learning to take part in competitive games whilst
having positive sporting attitudes towards each other.
Our forest school session this week, will be on Tuesday afternoon. If children
would like to, they can come into school on Tuesday wearing their forest school
clothes instead of uniform.
Don’t forget to bring your decorated egg in on Wednesday 31st March if you
want to enter the competition. Miss Edwards spoke about this in our assembly on
Friday, she also sent a letter via email which provides more information.
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
Things to remember for next week:
*Wear Forest school clothes into school on Tuesday.
*Bring in decorated egg for competition on
Wednesday.
*Last day of term is Thursday 1st April. We
return to school on Monday 19th April.
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Hello everyone
Thank you for your donations for Comic Relief on Friday; there was a fantastic array of outfits that the children came dressed in- from footballers with tutus
on to horse riders and wizards.
As it is census day on Sunday 21st March, we learnt all about the
census on Friday. Some of us made tally charts, which we then turned into bar
charts of our class data, whilst others of us made a scatter graph of class
data. We also compared Pelynt’s population between 2001 and 2011 and made
predictions for this year’s census along with justifying our thoughts.
We all thoroughly enjoyed our music lesson on Monday, where we were
taking part in some musical activities and warm ups before we start our weekly keyboard
skills lessons every Monday starting from tomorrow. The children were all
really excited about starting these lessons.
This week we learnt about scarab beetles and their significance in
ancient Egyptian times. We designed our own scarab beetle, which we later made
out of clay; we learnt about Barbra Hepworth and Henry Moore, famous sculptors
to inspire our creations. Next week, we will learn about different finishes on
sculptures when we add the finishing touches to our own creations.
In maths, we were learning about measurement. The children identified as
many different types of measurement as they could and their units. They all
took part in practical activities where they had to firstly estimate lengths
and distances, then measure accurately and convert between mm, cm, m and km. Some
children also started to learn about converting between imperial measures too.
In our English lessons
this week, we have been focusing on instruction writing. On Monday, at first,
the children helped improve basic instructions as they were getting
misinterpreted- with jam getting spread everywhere and a complete mess being
made. The children then wrote their own instructions in pairs and followed them
literally. Later in the week, the children made their own outdoor shelters,
which they will be writing instructions for this week.
Currently, we do
not have a set Forest School time so could I please ask that children bring in
wellies or suitable outdoor shoes that they can wear for our outdoor
learning, they can be left in school on their peg or on our class shoe rack. We aim to be outside as much
as possible- last week we took part in physical activities like outdoor relays, which we hope to do again during the week ahead, so please could trainers be on hand throughout the week too. If children would like to, they can come into school on Tuesday
this week wearing their forest school clothes instead of uniform.
This week, keep a
look out for Mathletics and Spelling Shed logins which your child will come
home with. We have started to use these learning tools in school to support our
learning and in time, they will be used for setting homework tasks
alongside TT Rockstars. When you receive them, there is currently no
expectation that anything needs to be completed but should they wish
to, they can logon and explore. If you have any questions about this please
feel free to ask.
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
Reminders for this week:
*Tuesday option to wear forest school clothes into school, instead of uniform.
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It was marvellous seeing the children return to school on Monday; it was
clear that they had missed that face-to-face interaction with their friends who
they were all so thrilled to see. We enjoyed catching up throughout the week
and taking part in an Egyptian themed teamwork challenge (spaghetti pyramid
pictures) on their first day back.
At the beginning of the week, the children also worked collaboratively
to create four ‘bees’ for our classroom. These bees will form our four main
class rules to follow; we currently have ‘Bee Kind’ and ‘Bee Honest’ with lots
of debate about the remaining two rules which we will finalise this week. Top current
contenders are, ‘Bee Aspirational’, ‘Bee Independent’, ‘Bee resourceful’, ‘Bee
Respectful’ and ‘Bee Yourself’.
In maths this week, the children have been trying to determine which
areas of maths they feel they need more focus on. They have been creating their
own math jotters where they can put useful workings and times table facts in
for their use during math lessons.
During our English lessons, the children planned and wrote their own
diary entries based on a film clip called Treasure. The film followed a
homeless woman, who found little items that had been thrown out by others and
she turned them into her own treasure.
During our art lesson, we learnt how colours in paintings can create a
certain mood; we focused on David Hockney and the vibrant colours he has used
within iconic paintings. We tried to create our own ‘positive’ watercolour
paintings selecting appropriate colours. These pictures linked with our PSHE home
learning, based on ‘Healthy Me’ where the children were thinking about what
they enjoy and makes them happy.
I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and that your households are
getting back to some sort of normality after the last couple of months of home
learning. The children have shown amazing resilience and adaptability to
change; in many cases, it feels like they haven’t been away for long at all! If
you have any concerns regarding the transition back, please don’t hesitate to
contact me.
Currently, we do not have a set
Forest School time so could I ask that children bring in wellies or suitable
waterproof outdoor shoes that they can wear for our outdoor learning, they can
be left in school on their peg or on our new welly rack. We aim to be outside
as much as possible and I have planned some outdoor activities for this week
coming. If children would like to, they can come into school on Tuesday this
week wearing their forest school clothes instead of uniform.
Take care,
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
Reminders for this
week:
*Tuesday- option
to wear forest school clothes into school, instead of uniform.
*Friday-
Comic Relief- as explained on Miss Edwards' newsletter, the theme
this year is 'Share a Smile'. Children can come into school in their
own choice of clothes. This can be something to make others smile or something
that makes them happy. They can bring a donation of £1 which we will then send
to comic relief.
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Friday 5th March 2021
WELL DONE! I am super proud of all of you and your epic efforts with
home learning! I want to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you for your
fabulous engagement with the home learning. You have been so committed with our
online TEAMS sessions and with the learning challenges. I also want to say a special
thank you to all parents for your continued support and feedback throughout our
lockdown journey together! We made it : )
Happy St Piran's Day and welcome to our last day of home learning - there is a
grid of learning activities attached which you can choose from. I would suggest
watching the PowerPoint about Cornwall and the story of St Piran before you get
started with your activities.
Please select activities which you will enjoy with other members of your
family; this grid is for all classes across the whole school. Don't forget to
send us some pictures please!
I hope you thoroughly enjoy your last day of home learning and have a great
weekend before coming back to school on Monday; Mrs McLaren and I are looking forward
to seeing you all in person once again.
You will have received an information letter from Miss Edwards - if you do have
any queries, please do not hesitate to email me.
Myttin da, Class 4 (that means Good Morning, Class 4 in the Cornish language!)
Ms Porter
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Thursday 4th March 2021
Happy World Book Day!
Hello everyone,
Welcome to your last day of TEAMS sessions before we are all back learning
together next week :)
Please find the home learning tasks in the uploads for today. Remember to look
at the overview sheet first which explains the learning tasks for the day.
Miss Edwards will be sharing a story with you to celebrate World Book Day at 2:30pm.
Find somewhere comfortable to sit (maybe in your 'Share a story corner') and
snuggle up with your teddy ready for a story.
Our TEAMS sessions today will be at the following times:
Whole Class (Whole Class) 11:00-11:20am
Whole Class with Miss Edwards (Whole Class 4) 2:30pm
Our whole class session will be based on reading so please have your reading recommendations to hand : )
Don't forget that the chat option through TEAMS is available during school hours
so if you have any questions about the learning please feel free to send me a
message and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
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Wednesday 3rd March
Hi everyone,
Please find the home learning tasks in the uploads for today. Remember to look at the overview sheet first which explains the learning tasks for the day.
*Please note those year 6 children who have their work printed out- apologies but I haven't printed you out today's work in the pack- today's algebra focus is solving one step problems- if you would like a copy I can print it for you and leave it in reception.
Our TEAMS sessions today will be at:
Year 5 (Y5) 10:00-10:20am
Year 6 (Y6) 11:00-11:20am
Both the Year 5 and Year 6 sessions today will mainly focus on today's English learning.
Please note: make sure an adult oversees the science investigation today
Don't forget the chat option through TEAMS is available during school hours so if you have any questions about the learning please feel free to send me a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
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Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Hello everyone,
Please find the home learning tasks uploaded for today. Don't forget to look at
the overview sheet first which explains the learning for the day.
I have scheduled a 'Break Time' slot at 1.15pm until roughly 1.30pm for those
children that would like some time to socialise with their friends. It will be
live during in the 'Break Time' channel.
Our TEAMS sessions today will be at our usual times:
Y5 (channel y5) 10:00-10:20am
+
Y6 (channel y6) ***12:00-12:15
drop in session today
Break time (channel Break Time) 1:15-1:30pm
I will mainly be focusing on the English lesson today in our lives
session.
Don't forget the chat option through TEAMS is available during school hours and
you can stay on the Teams session after your year group time slot, if you have
any questions about the learning. Please feel free to send me a message and I
will get back to you as soon as possible.
Keep up the great efforts with your home learning.
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
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Monday 1st March 2021
Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a superb weekend and managed to be outside as much as
possible.
Welcome to your last week of home learning! I am really looking forward
to seeing you all back next Monday! You have all done amazingly well with your home learning efforts; each day I get even more proud of you! 5 more days! You’ve
got this : )
This week we have World Book Day on Thursday 4th March when Miss Edwards has
some things planned for you (don’t forget about the book corner she suggested
for this!) and on Friday our whole school home learning will be all about
Cornwall and St Piran's Day. There will be no online lessons on that day, just
one learning grid for everyone to choose learning activities from. You can then
complete these tasks together with members of your family and we would love you
to share what you have done with us.
Please see the daily overview where today’s learning challenges are explained.
Our TEAMS sessions today will be at our usual
times:
Y5 (channel y5) 10:00-10:20am +
Y6 (channel y6) 11:00-11:20am +
Today's live sessions will be based on maths.
Don't forget the chat and call options via TEAMS are both available during
school hours and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
I hope you all had a great weekend.
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
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Friday 26th
February 2021
*** I have uploaded the DT/science PowerPoint in 'Whole Class 4' channel in the files section as some people were having difficulties accessing it ***
Hello everyone
Well done for all of your great efforts with your home learning this week. I especially
loved your Pablo Picasso inspired portraits and I enjoyed finding out about your science
investigations!
Today Miss Edwards is going to do an assembly at
9am. I will then stay 'live' for anyone that has any questions or needs further support with today's learning.
Remember to look at the overview for today which explains your learning tasks.
Don't forget the chat and video call options on TEAMS are available throughout
school hours and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
See you at 9:00am on TEAMS for Miss Edwards’ assembly!
I hope you all have a lovely weekend : )
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
*Message from Mrs Petermann: "I hope you all had a good half term and were
able to enjoy the odd dry day. Wild Club's half term challenges were about
noticing spring. One person even found one of my favourite spring flowers which
is the purple Crocus so an extra special thank you for that. Please click on
the Wild Club pdf in the uploads to discover this week’s challenge".
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Thursday 25th
February 2021
Hello everyone,
Please find the home learning tasks uploaded for today. Don't forget to look at
the overview sheet first which explains the learning for the day.
Today, I have scheduled a 'Break Time' slot at 1.15pm until roughly 1.30pm for
those children that would like some time to socialise with their friends. It
will be in the channel called 'Break Time Class 4'.
Our TEAMS sessions today will be at our usual times:
Y5 (channel y5) 10:00-10:20am +
Y6 (channel y6) 11:00-11:20am +
Break time (channel Break Time) 1:15-1:30pm
Our live focus will mainly be based on the maths lessons today.
Don't forget the chat option through TEAMS is available during school hours and
you can stay on the Teams session after your year group time slot, if you have
any questions about the learning. Please feel free to send me a message and I
will get back to you as soon as possible.
Keep up the great efforts with your home
learning.
Ms Porter
sporter@pelyntprimary.co.uk
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