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PreSchool   Week Ending Friday 26th January 2024


Posted 27/01/2024
by Joanna Rickard

 

What a fully packed week of fun and learning in Pre-School! 

This week has been our ‘Whole School Maths Enrichment’ week and we have enjoyed a variety of activities to show those curious young minds how exciting maths can be.  

We have explored 2D shapes by talking about everyday objects and their shape, baking shape biscuits and shape hunting around Pre-School with our special spying glasses.  

We also completed some concentric circles art that every child in school will have completed some variation of, and they will all form a display over in the main school. 

Our maths story ‘One is Snail, 10 is Crab’ inspired us to use some clay to create our own animals and insects, we used mini sticks for legs and counted themWe had lots of Spiders! 

As well as all our maths fun, we have also enjoyed this week’s book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.  A popular story some of the children know very wellThey have re-told the story using the puppets and tuff tray scene without any prompting from adultsWe have also enjoyed some Cosmic Yoga, and many performances of them following along with Michael Rosen and his actions. 

A very busy week of learning for everyone! 

Next week we are looking forward to our story ‘The Train Ride’, which fits in perfectly with our planned train trip on Friday morning.  

Please do bring back any consent forms by Tuesday to let us know if you are joining us. Remember all are welcome.

Any questions regarding the trip please email us at preschool@pelyntprimary.co.uk or speak to us at the door.  

Pre-School will be open on Friday as soon as the adults return from the train station (Approx. 10.25). 

Remember we are meeting at 8.55am at Looe Train Station for the train's departure at 9.05am.  
Original letter will be linked below.


We hope everyone has a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you all next week.
 

The Pre-School Team. 

 

 


Class 3  


Posted 26/01/2024
by Alexander Knight

Class 3 experience Problem Aliens.






This week saw Class 3 focus on maths.  We investigated a tricky maths problem all abut how many legs a groups a of aliens have.  Sum of started with a 'blunt force' approach of trial and error to find the answer.  eventually we realised that the problem actually involved multiples of 3 & 7 and once we had listed all the multiples, we soon spotted a pattern and found an answer.

Class 4 created a Treasure Hunt of Maths shapes around the school and we also helped create a school display of Kadinsky style circle in the school colours.

 


Head's Blog   Spring Term 1 Week 4


Posted 26/01/2024
by Abigail Oliver

Maths Enrichment Week
For many adults, if they think of what they disliked most at school, maths is often at the top of the list. Maths lessons may have even led to a lifelong fear of getting the wrong answer, or not getting it fast enough. One of the biggest barriers to a child developing in maths is for them to hear adults say that they were not good at maths at school, or they are not a ‘maths person’. There is a widespread belief in society that maths is hard, uninteresting, and accessible only to ‘clever’ people.  Often males and even particular racial groups are seen to be naturally better at maths. Scientific research has shown, however, the incredible potential of the brain to grow and adapt.

We feel passionately about showing how exciting maths is, and want to dispel the myth of the maths brain. In our school we teach that everyone can learn maths, with variation in strategies and equipment used being accepted and encouraged, such as drawing, or using objects. Linked with our Bridge values, we teach that maths is a very creative subject and model/encourage curiosity. Mistakes are all part of the learning process. We add ‘yet’ to sentences when a child says that they can’t do something and teach that the feeling of something being hard is when changes are happening in our brains. This week we have been celebrating maths in an enrichment week of creative thinking linked to maths across the curriculum. This has included investigation work, maths art, stories with maths themes, a maths treasure hunt and an exploration of the beauty and power of maths all around us in our assemblies. We look forward to telling you all about our special week in our class assemblies.

Climate Change Roadshow
On Friday we were visited by the National Marine Aquarium Ocean Conservation Trust. Class 4 explored climate change through Virtual Reality headsets and exciting science investigations! The trust also led a very thought provoking assembly.

KS2 Cross Country Stars
Congratulations to Harrison, Elsa, George and Joseph, who attended a cross country event at Looe Community Academy secondary school. They all came in the top 8!

Bush Skills Outdoor Learning Days
Class 2 Monday 29th January; Class 3 Tuesday 30th January; Class 4 Thursday 1st February. Please make sure that your child has layers of warm clothing, including a waterproof coat, gloves and hat for these sessions.

We hope that you have a lovely weekend,
Abigail Oliver (Head of School)

 


Class 1   Week ending Friday 26th January 2024


Posted 25/01/2024
by Lauren Forbes

We have had a great week in Class 1, especially with it being Maths Enrichment week too! 

Let's tell you just some of what we've been up to! 

As we have already mentioned, it was Maths Enrichment week where we took part in and completed lots of different activities including a whole school piece of artwork based on Kandinsky's concentric circles. We explored a range of texts, including 'One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab' and 'The Greedy Triangle'. We used playdough and straws to create animals with different amounts of legs and then wrote a number sentence to represent them. We also made a triangle out of four smaller triangles and learnt about how many sides different shapes have. We would also like to thank Class 4 for putting on a brilliant shape themed treasure hunt, we had a great time working with the children in Class 4 and solving the clues together.

We also continued our White Rose maths learning where we were focusing on mass and capacity. We used balance scales to compare mass and find a balance. First of all we held two items and then made a prediction about which item we thought would be the heaviest. We then checked using the balance scales. We started to develop our understanding of comparative terms such as heavy, heavier than, heaviest, light, lighter than and lightest. Towards the end of the week we moved on to learning about capacity. We used rice, sand and water to explore the capacity of different containers. We then made direct comparisons by pouring from one container to another.

This week we have been learning all about the planets in our solar system. We learnt all their names and learnt about some of their properties including, which planet is the largest and smallest and which are the hottest and coldest. We then learnt the order of the planets, starting with which one is the closest to the sun and going all the way to the planet furthest from the sun. We each had our own planet and had to work together to stand in the correct order. We then practised our cutting skills when cutting out all the planets and sticking them in the correct order. 

In Art we had fun with shaving foam and food colouring! We used a pipette to drop food colouring onto some shaving foam before mixing it with a skewer. We then laid our piece of card on top and then scraped off the excess foam to create some beautiful patterns. We hope to turn them in to planets! We also experimented with food colouring and oil. We used a pipette to drop the food colouring/ oil mix into some water and then laid our card on top. When we picked the card up we had some interesting patterns. We look forward to seeing our artwork once they are completely dry. 

Next week there will be no Family Friday as we hope to see you for our Class assembly.

The Class 1 Team

Reminders
*Class 1 assembly - Friday 2nd February at 2:30pm. 
*Please ensure reading books and reading records come to school on Mondays so we can change books.

 


Class 3  


Posted 22/01/2024
by Alexander Knight

Class 3 stamp out spelling homework.

SION

We took advantage of the frost this week and used it to practice our spellings.  We got physical and stamped out our spellings on the grass.  Our ideas we'll explore as the weather allows will be water writing and stick spelling.

 


Class 4   Week ending Friday 19th January 2024


Posted 21/01/2024
by Suzanne Porter

Hello everyone!

This week, we delved deeper into this half term’s big question, ‘The amazing Americas: how does the UK compare?’ The children researched geographical information about North and South America so they can compare these to the UK at a later date. They also revisited the meaning of key geographical language including continent, country, county, state, region, city, town, village, hamlet.

During our English lessons this week, the children got creative and planned and wrote their own stories based on a selection of pictures from our new class read, The Explorer’. This was a great opportunity for them to continue to build writing stamina and to see what they had retained from our last narrative unit of work. This week, we also had a grammar focus on word classes.

In maths this week, yellow group learnt how to use a written method to divide whilst purple/red group continued to learn about ratio. Green group learnt to multiply using a formal written method.

During our science lesson this week, the children continued to explore scientific electrical symbols. They made circuits from symbol diagrams and then drew their own diagrams (using the scientific symbols) from circuits they had made themselves.

In PSHE this week, the children started to learn about jobs. They discussed the importance of various jobs in society and tried to determine the various salaries. We discussed what might impact salary and also looked at job satisfaction.

In our music lesson, we continued our learning with Mrs Butlin.

During our art lesson, we learnt about one-point perspective. The children were impressed with how they could make their own drawings look 3d. I was impressed with their efforts. 

In our French lesson, we started to learn about French speaking countries around the world.

During PE, on Monday the children enjoyed their session with Pro20. On Friday, some children left us to take part in their cross-country race. An amazing well done. What a great effort especially in the cold weather. The children that remained at school, continued their table tennis focus. They continued to develop their serve and their understanding of the rules of table tennis.


Points to remember:
- PE on Monday and Friday

- Our outdoor learning day is on Thursday 1st February.

- Please note the change in residential dates due to the new INSET day on Friday May 24th

 

 


Class 2   Week ending Friday 19th January


Posted 21/01/2024
by Helen Fitzsimmons

Hello everyone!

 I’m so proud of the children’s effort and enthusiasm in their English lessons this week. They have written some lovey stories, and I have really enjoyed reading their creative and original ideas.

In maths this week, Year 2 have finished their topic of 2D and 3D shape. They have been sorting shapes according to their properties. 
Year 1 have been finding near doubles by adding or subtracting 1.

During our science lesson this week, we have been testing materials to find out how flexible they are. 

We had a thought provoking RE lesson this week, when we explored the topic of forgiveness. The children were given scenarios, where they had to decide if they would or would not forgive someone. We had some interesting discussions around why we would/would not forgive someone.

Next week:
PE on Monday and Wednesday

Our outdoor learning day will be on Monday 29th January.

Have a lovely weekend!

From the class 2 team

 


PreSchool   Week ending Friday 19th January 2024


Posted 21/01/2024
by Rebecca Gravener

We've had another fun week here at Pre-School

We have been enjoying the dry, although very cold weather outside and exploring our new play equipment which has been super fun and popular with all of our friends.

Our book this weeks was Mr Gumpy's Motor Car - Mr Gumpy has decided to go for a ride in his motor car. It's a nice day and the sun is shining, so off he goes. But he only gets as far as the lane before the children, the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, the calf and the goat ask if they can come along too.

We have had lots of discussions about where we have been or could go in our cars, also looking at different cars and how many people they can carry. 

We have talked about where different transport travels, the children shared if they have ever travelled in a bus, boat, train or aeroplane!
We have also been listening to clues to see if we could identify different types of transport - the children were all amazing at this and using their super listening skills got them all correct.

We have also being playing I Spy in the car park as we can see lots of vehicles' come and go from our windows, plus we have also spotted a couple of aeroplanes and a helicopter in the sky above.

For Show and Share this week we would love to see any photos of your child when they may have enjoyed a trip in any form of transport – bus, car, boat, train or plane!
It’s always lovely for the children to share their own experiences with us at Pre-School. 

Please either send in a photo with your child or email them to us at preschool@pelyntprimary.co.uk and we will be happy to print them for you.

We hope you have a super weekend, and look forward to seeing you all next week.

Mrs G, Mrs Rickard, Mrs Rowe and Miss Carr.


 


Head's Blog   Spring Term 1 Week 3


Posted 19/01/2024
by Abigail Oliver

Reading Champions wanted!
“The most valuable gift you can give children is a love of reading. Reading makes learning anything possible and imagination grow with no boundaries.” Julia Jett Reedy
Can you spare an hour or two a week to listen to children read, or to read stories and non-fiction books to small groups of children? If so, please speak to Mrs Thompson in the school office about completing a DBS check.

INSET Day and Class 4 residential

All Bridge Schools will now have an extra INSET day for staff training this year, which will be on Friday 24th May. As this was one of the original dates booked for the Class 4 residential, this has now been rescheduled for 12th, 13th and 14th June.

End of Spring Term change of end of day From now on, the last day of term before the Christmas, Easter and summer holidays for all Bridge schools will finish at 1pm. School will end at the usual time for all half term holidays. This will mean some adjustments to planned church services when these fall in the afternoon. We are rearranging these with Reverend Allen and will let you know when we have new dates or times.

Outdoor Learning Days
Just a reminder that we have our bush skills outdoor learning days coming up the week after next:
Class 2 Monday 29th January
Class 3 Tuesday 30th January
Class 4 Thursday 1st February

Given the current very cold weather we are having, please make sure that your child has layers of warm clothing, including a waterproof coat, gloves and hat for these sessions.

Cross Country at Cothele today

Good luck to our KS2 cross country team this afternoon!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend,
Abigail Oliver (Head of School)

 


Class 2   Week ending Friday 12th January


Posted 14/01/2024
by Helen Fitzsimmons



Welcome back everyone!

This week began with a visit from the squash box theatre. Everyone of all ages were thoroughly entertained. The children also enjoyed their follow up workshop, which involved plenty of learning which linked to science and English.

Our English topic this week has resulted in some amazing writing of the story of Peter Rabbit. We will be finishing these stories next week.

In maths, Year 1 have been learning about numbers bonds to 10 and 20 and doubles, while Year 2 have been naming and describing 3D shapes. 

Our science lessons this week looked at different materials and their properties. We matched materials to their names and sorted objects in the classroom by the materials that they were made from.

Next Week:
PE will be on Monday
After school football club on Tuesday.


 


PreSchool   Week Ending Friday 12th January 2024


Posted 13/01/2024
by Joanna Rickard

This week we have enjoyed a dry but very chilly week in Pre-School, with lots of outside play and explore time.  We even had the thrill of brief snow shower. I'm not sure who was more excited to see the flurries, the children or the adults!      

To link in with this week's book, we had our own ‘Rosie’s Walkassault course set up for the children to navigate and build on their gross motor skills development. Using positional language, the children helped each other to go across the yard, around the pond, over the haystack, past the windmill, through the fence and under the bee hives.  
With lots of movement and running around, it certainly helped to keep us warm.
 

During our carpet time this week we have been looking at different modes of transport and what their differences are, from how many wheels they have and how many passengers they can carry.   The children were also very good at identifying the sounds of the different types of transport.   

Working together some of the children have shown great perseverance and team work to complete some transport themed jigsaw puzzles.  

The children have enjoyed painting with sponges to create some artwork for our Transport display.  We would love to see any photos of your child when they may have enjoyed a trip in any form of transport – bus, car, boat, train or plane! It’s always lovely for the children to share their own experiences with us at Pre-School.   

Please either send in a photo with your child or email them to us at preschool@pelyntprimary.co.uk and we will be happy to print them for you.

The cold weather looks to continue next week, please ensure your child comes into Pre-School with a warm coat, hat and gloves so that they can enjoy some outside time.   


We hope everyone has a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing the children next week. 

The Pre-School Team  

 


Class 4   Week ending Friday 12th January 2024


Posted 12/01/2024
by Suzanne Porter

Welcome back!

We thoroughly enjoyed watching the Squashbox theatre production and taking part in the session afterwards as you can see by the photos.  

During our English lessons, we had a poetry focus. We immersed ourselves in various poems and discussed our preferences. We learnt about word classes and punctuation marks and how these are included in certain poems for various effects.

In our maths learning, the children have been getting used to their new groupings and learning environments.  

In science this week, we finished our learning journey based on light and started our new one on electricity. We worked scientifically to investigate the effect of changing the voltage in a circuit on a bulb, buzzer and/or motor. Importantly, we also learnt about safety around electricity.  

During our PSHE lesson, we focused on our own hopes and dreams for the future. We learnt about various jobs and the steps needed to get there. We wrote a kenning to highlight a dream of ours in the future.

In our music lesson this week, we enjoyed our session with Mrs Butlin.

During our art lesson, we were intrigued at our new art learning journey on architectural drawings. The children drew a picture of the houses of parliament as a piece of artwork to reflect back at, at the end of the journey to see how far they have come.

This week, the children had their first Pro20 PE session and improved on Friday, they learnt the rules of table tennis and started to improve their service. 

Homework has been set on Mathletics and Spelling Shed. Class 4 are starting 'The 99 Club' so don't forget, you also have 'log on' details to TT Rockstars to help practise. 

Key details to remember 
-PE for Class 4 Monday and Fridays
-SATs club on Thursdays
-Residential replies in by the beginning of the week please 



 


Class 1   Week ending Friday 19th January 2024


Posted 12/01/2024
by Lauren Forbes

Happy weekend to you all! Here's a little overview of what we have been up to in Class 1 this week!

Ted the 'travelling bear' has chosen somebody from Class 1 this week who has been a brilliant role model, tried hard with their learning and has been a kind friend to others. Ted will spend the weekend with this person and return to school on Monday. On Tuesday, when Mrs Horn is in, we will ask this person to share what Ted has been up to with the rest of the class and they will then have the opportunity to answer questions from their friends. Ted has a book that travels with him which details further information for grown ups. 

In Maths we were consolidating our Alive in 5! module of learning where we recapped and continued our previous learning about subitising to 5, representing 0 to 5 and finding one more/less. We then looked at composition to 5 where we were exploring the different ways we could make 5. 

Our focus text this week has been 'Zoom, Rocket, Zoom' which is a story all about different space vehicles. We discussed and wrote different sounds that rockets make - our ideas included 'woosh, zoom and bang'. We also wrote a list of the items we thought an astronaut would need to take to the moon for a space mission.

We enjoyed learning about different space technology and vehicles including space shuttles, satellites, the Mars Rover and the International Space Station. We had lots of fun taking part in a balloon rocket science investigation. We used balloons for our rockets and they had a race; we discussed what was different about the rockets that travelled further. You can watch a video of one of our balloon rocket races on Seesaw. 

An image of a spacewalk was the focus during our "I see, I think, I wonder" session this week. The children enjoyed telling me what they could see and coming up with some questions. We used the iPads to research some of our questions and shared the answers with the rest of the class. 

Our outdoor learning focus over the past couple of weeks has been about habitats and birds. On Tuesday, we made some bird feeders. We used a pine cone and rubbed pieces of lard into the gaps before rolling the pine cone in bird seed. We also halved oranges, scooped out the flesh and then filled it with a mixture of lard and bird seed. We decided we would like to hang them in our outdoor area so that we could monitor them closely and notice any birds that decide to visit. 

Next week is our whole school Maths Enrichment Week. We 're looking forward to taking part in lots of fun maths activities.

Class 1 Team 



 


Head's Blog   Spring Term 1 Week 2


Posted 12/01/2024
by Abigail Oliver

Squashbox Theatre

This week, thanks to FOPS, we all enjoyed a wonderful performance by Squashbox Theatre. Children in KS2 also worked with Squashbox to make up their own mini plays. See the next page for some photos of the show. The children will now tell you all about it!

Squashbox set up a big forest scene in the hall and Craig, who is the actor, makes his own puppets. Some are hand-held, some you put your hand inside and some you put your face in! The show was about trees and the animals that live in forests. Our favourite puppets were the tree spirit and the squirrel. It was really funny. He sang songs and played an accordion and a Viking horn. In the workshop, we created our own stories with other puppets. The puppets were mystery puppets and you had to pick one and also a postcard of a place that was the setting for your story. There was a box with an object, like an eye, an apple, a shell and an egg. Those had to be in the story too. My story (Alfie) was about a monster that came out of the sea and went into the lighthouse to find some food and he found the shell, which he opened, and ate something from inside it and then he dropped it because he heard a voice… Our story (Alice) was about a person called Mr Bob Freckleface and he lived at Restormel Castle. He went to the moat and into a cave and saw an eye. He didn't know who it belonged to. The eye watched him wherever he went… Alice and Alfie B (Class 4)

I liked the squirrel best in the show, because he was cheeky. He kept popping up where Craig couldn’t see him, but we could! I loved the music that was in the show, because I hadn’t ever seen an instrument like that before! Lauren (Class 2)

The squirrel stole the chocolate bar from the man. It was so funny! The people in it made me laugh so much! Louis (Class 1).

I liked the wizard who had to buy the chocolate bars. I liked his voice! Thea (Class 1)

I liked the songs in the show, especially the one at the end. The songs were really funny. I also liked the workshop where we made our own stories by picking puppets and pictures of a person and a place. My puppet was a bit like a robot. We made up a funny story and we got to perform it at the end. Josh (Class 3)

Reception Places 2024
A final reminder for our Pre-School families to apply for your child’s Reception place by Monday 15th January.

We hope that you have a lovely weekend

Abigail Oliver (Head of School) 

 


Class 1   Week ending Friday 12th January 2024


Posted 12/01/2024
by Rebecca Horn

We have had a great second week back at school full of lots of different learning opportunities. 

In our expressive arts and design learning this week we were learning some of the different techniques we could use when using chalk pastels. Some of the techniques included blending, using strokes of different lengths and cross hatching. 

In our PE lessons we were working with apparatus. We helped to get the apparatus out safely and sensibly. We then explored different ways we could travel on the floor and apparatus. 

Our "I see, I think, I wonder" discussion this week was based around an image of a moon landing. Some really great discussions were had by the children and they came up with some questions we will find out the answers to in the coming weeks. 

Our maths learning this week was focused around subitising to five, representing 0 to 5 and finding one more and one less than a given number. We enjoyed listening to different stories linked to our maths learning such as 'The Ugly Five' by Julia Donaldson. 

In English we have been reading the story 'Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram. We have retold the story in our own words and sequenced parts of the story. We have been writing key words for characters and items from the story and we ended the week with writing our own postcards from the moon using adjectives to describe what we could see on the moon. 

We have been learning about moon landings and we watched a video of the first moon landing and the first steps an astronaut took on the moon. We discussed what we could see and what the moon looked like. This led us into taking part in a science investigation where we made our own craters on the moons surface by mixing corn flour and baby oil together and using rocks to create the craters. We were very interested to find out that on Monday morning the first moon mission since the final Apollo mission in 1972 launched from America. We were really excited to watch the rocket take off and hear the count down.   

We had a great afternoon at 'Family Friday' making rockets! Thank you to all who came, we hope you enjoyed it! 

 


Class 1   Week ending Friday 5th January 2024


Posted 07/01/2024
by Rebecca Horn

Happy New Year! 

It was a short week this week but it was lovely to be back at school after returning from my maternity leave and to be able to welcome the children back to school after their Christmas holiday. We shared news and heard about all of the exciting things each other got up to over Christmas. 

On Friday we were part of a special assembly with the rest of the school where we joined a Teams meeting with the other Bridge schools to celebrate 10 years of being part of Bridge Schools. It was quite a sight to see all 14 Bridge schools together! 

Our big question for this half term is "Will we ever live in space?" We explored the question together and thought about whether we could live in space, whether we would want to go to space and what it might be like in space. Some really interesting thoughts were shared and discussed and we are all looking forward to the coming weeks where we will be completing lots of different learning about space. 

In PE this week we were exploring how we could move a range of objects in different ways. First of all we explored how the objects moved, how we could move it in different ways around us and how we could get the objects from one place to another. 

In Maths we were developing our understanding of zero and finding amounts from 0 to 5. We used some familiar songs/ rhymes to help us with counting such as 'ten green bottles', 'five little men in a flying saucer' and '5 little ducks' . It would be brilliant if you could sing some of these songs with your children at home and also help them with recognising numbers 0 to 5 when they are not in ascending order. 

Our focus text this week was 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. We enjoyed reading about Baby Bear and his adventure to space! We then had images from the story and used our phonics knowledge to write some words to match. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend in the dry, sunny weather! 

Class 1 Team 



 


PreSchool   Happy New Year!


Posted 06/01/2024
by Rebecca Gravener

Welcome back, we hope that you have all had a lovely Christmas and wish you a very happy and healthy 2024!

A short week for us this week, but it was so lovely to see the children and welcome them back to Pre-School for our Spring Term.
 
We enjoyed listening to the children telling us about all the exciting things they got up to over the Christmas Holidays and was really good to see them all listening well to each others stories.

We have made a few New Year items this week including some cool 2024 glasses which the children really enjoyed colouring in and wearing.

We went over to "Big School" on Friday afternoon to join the whole school for an assembly, this was a special assembly with the whole school trust, all 14 schools joined up on a Teams meeting to celebrate 10 years of being part of Bridge Schools.

Next week we will start our Spring Term 1 topic of "Where can we go in England and how shall we get there?"

And will start off this topic with a lovely book called "Rosie's Walk" by Pat Hutchins, this book is all about a hen called Rosie. Rosie is going for a walk, but she'd better watch out - there's a very sneaky fox hot on her tail feathers!


Applications to start Reception in September 2024

The deadline to apply is Monday 15th January. If you need help doing this we would be very happy to assist.

Please apply via the Cornwall Council website https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/schools-and-education/schools-and-colleges/school-admissions/


Funding for children under 5 is changing From April 2024, eligible working parents of 2-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours of free childcare, spaces permitting.
From September 2024, this will be extended to eligible working parents of children from 9 months, although at present we plan to continue to only offer care from age 2.
From September 2025, eligible working parents of children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare a week. To allow us to plan additional staffing to accommodate needs, please contact Pre-School for more information, if this applies to your family.


The weather is looking dry for next week, but also might be very cold, please can you send your child in with suitable, warm clothes for outside play as it will be so good to spend some time outside after all the rain we have had over the last few weeks, plus we have some exciting new play equipment to try out!!


We hope you all had a super weekend and look forward to seeing you all next week.

Best wishes, Mrs G, Mrs Rickard, Mrs Rowe and Miss Carr.


 


Head's Blog   Spring Term 1 Week 1


Posted 05/01/2024
by Abigail Oliver

Welcome back, we hope that you have all had a lovely Christmas and wish you a very happy and healthy 2024!

Christmas Fair
Thank you so much to everyone who supported the Christmas Fair at the end of last term. We raised over £700!

PE lessons
Class 1: Tuesday and Thursday
Class 2: Monday and Wednesday
Class 3: Monday and Wednesday
Class 4: Monday and Friday

Class 1 Change to drop off point from Monday 8th January

We would like all children in Class 1 to be dropped off at the main entrance in the morning at 8.40am. I will be on the door as usual, and a member of Class 1 staff will also be available.

Arrival at 8.40am and attendance

We’ve really noticed an improvement in the number of children who are at school at 8.40am in recent weeks, which has meant that children can get straight into their learning, and planned intervention support from teachers and TAs can go ahead. As you can also see from the chart on the right, poor attendance can have a big impact on children’s learning success. There are of course times when children are not well enough to come to school, and if they are sick, or have an upset stomach, the 48 hours at home rule applies. It's fine to send your child to school (and Pre-School) with a minor cough or common cold if they are otherwise well and do not have a temperature.

Funding for children under 5 is changing
From April 2024, eligible working parents of 2-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours of free childcare, spaces permitting. From September 2024, this will be extended to eligible working parents of children from 9 months, although at present we plan to continue to only offer care from age 2. From September 2025, eligible working parents of children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare a week. To allow us to plan additional staffing to accommodate needs, please contact Pre-School for more information, if this applies to your family.

Bridge Trust 10th Anniversary Animation Event
Last term, children across all Bridge Trust schools prepared short animation films to celebrate 10 years of Bridge! This afternoon we will be watching a film combining all of these, which tells the story of our Bridge values (curious, determined, creative, excellent, enthusiastic and responsible).

Applications to start Reception in September 2024
The deadline to apply is Monday 15th January. If you need help doing this, Mrs Gravener and Mrs Rickard would be very happy to assist. Please apply via the Cornwall Council website https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/schools-and-education/schools-and-colleges/school-admissions/

Clubs start on Monday 8th January
Monday after school Pro20 Football (classes 2-4) See newsletter for booking flyer
Tuesday lunchtime Choir (all classes)
Tuesday after school Construction (classes 1 and 2)
Tuesday after school Art (classes 3 and 4)
Wednesday after school Dance (all classes)
Thursday after school Year 6 SATs Support
Friday lunchtime Cross Country (classes 3 and 4)

We hope you have a brilliant weekend! We’re all really looking forward to our visit from Squashbox Theatre on Tuesday next week.

Abigail Oliver (Head of School)

 


Class 4   Week ending 19th December 2023


Posted 19/12/2023
by Suzanne Porter

Merry Christmas!
Our class Christmas party was a hit this afternoon with lots of great dance moves!
We've enjoyed many festive learning opportunities over the past few days. Writing instructions on how to save/steal Christmas, baking, sewing and crafting to name just a few. 
Elfie also paid us another visit which we found highly amusing! 

We hope you all have a lovely Christmas break.
Class 4 team 

 


PreSchool  


Posted 17/12/2023
by Rebecca Gravener

Christmas has arrived in Pre-School!!

We have had an amazing week here at Pre-School.

The children have been very busy wrapping presents, writing labels and cards and making paper chains in Santa's workshop.
We have danced, played party games including pass the parcel, musical bumps and musical statues, we have baked and decorated gingerbread people and chocolate crispy Christmas puddings, enjoyed some winter sunshine and messy play in the mud kitchen and even had some delicious hot chocolate sat in our garden area..

We have also had a special 3rd birthday this week too, Happy 3rd  Birthday Sienna, Sienna even wore a beautiful dress in to Pre-School on her birthday.

We are coming to the end of our first term here at Pre-School and it has flown by so quickly.
This is always such a busy first term and starting off in warm, hopefully sunshine, then ending in cold, wet weather and even a touch of snow.

We finish on Tuesday, but want to thank you all for your support this term.  We have certainly fitted in a lot of learning and activities along they way.

Thank you to all of you that attended our school Christmas fair on Friday, we have raised just over £700 which is amazing, we would like to pass our thanks onto the FOP's for organising such a successful event for us all.

We will hopefully be having a special visitor arriving in school on Monday and then in the afternoon we have our whole school Christmas Singalong at St Nun's Church at 2,30pm, it would be lovely to see you there. Our last day is Tuesday which is Christmas fundraiser Jumper Day and maybe a few more party games!!

We return back to Pre-School on Thursday 4th January 2024 and are looking forward to seeing you all and hearing about your news over the festive period.

We would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

With best wishes from Mrs G, Mrs Rickard, Mrs Rowe and Miss Carr.
 

* Monday 18th December 2.30pm Christmas Singalong (St Nun Church, whole school) ·
* Tuesday 19th December Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser/Christmas parties (whole school)
   Last day of school for 2023.

* Thursday 4th January 2024 return to Pre-School.

 


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