As we reach the end of another wonderful year at Polperro School, I would like to thank you for your continued support. The children have worked incredibly hard and we are so proud of everything they have achieved. We hope you have enjoyed seeing their progress through the books sent home.

Before the summer break, we have some goodbyes to say. We wish our fantastic Year 6 pupils every success as they move on to secondary school. They have been such a valued part of our school community and we know they will do well. We are also saying goodbye to Mrs Lister who is moving to another school within the Trust and Miss Bowden who is leaving to begin her teacher training. We thank them both for their dedication and wish them every success.

Finally, Mrs Clary has recently decided to take up a new role that will allow her to spend more time with her grandchildren. While we will miss her greatly, we completely understand her decision and thank her for everything she has done for our school over the last four years. We wish her every happiness for the future.

From September, Miss Colton will provide TA support in Chaipel Class and Miss Beere will provide TA support in Landaviddy Class.

Swim Gala Thank you for coming to see the children in our first whole school swimming gala yesterday. From what I hear, it was a great success and I am sorry to have missed it. We will certainly do another one next year and meanwhile we will spend the generous £110 raised on the pool.

FOPS Funds The Summer Fair last Friday raised over £750. A huge thank you to everyone who helped out. The funds raised through FOPS for our school have been invaluable this year, allowing us to enhance our curriculum in many ways. We have spent the money on: subsidising trips for every class; gymnastic equipment; music lessons with Sally Butlin; House badges; 99 club badges; rewards eg prizes for World Book Day competition; Christmas plays; styluses for the iPads; an iPad trolley to store and charge the new iPads; gardening supplies; SATS revision books; Guided Reading books; class rug and outdoor resources for Penhallow Class; maths boards for all classes and KS2 maths.co.uk accounts; DT resources and Christmas craft materials for Christmas art day; Y6 leavers' party food. Next year we aim to raise money for providing some form of sun shelter for the field; gardening supplies; trips for each class. We will keep you posted about these and other future plans.

House Team winners Congratulations to Ash, this year's House Team winners with 502 house points. Runners up were Chestnut with 493 points; then with 470 points Willow and Oak in joint third.

Online Safety During the summer holidays, without the distraction of school, internet usage for many young people can increase all the way up to September. Please use this link https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/staying-safe-online-in-the-summer-holidays for more information about keeping children safe online children safe when using the internet, social media and playing online games.

INSET Thursday 3rd September and Friday 4th September are INSET days. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school at 8:30 on Monday, 7th September.

Thank you again for all of your support throughout the year. I will write again at the end of the summer break, meanwhile please see below for the main information you will need about the new term in September.

Wishing you all a wonderful summer break.


Anthea Hillman and the staff at Polperro Primary Academy

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

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

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

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

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Hillman-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have a great weekend.

Anthea Hillman

Well done Y6 for tackling the climbing wall and the assault course today!

Mrs Clary reports that year 6 all really enjoyed the campfire singing and games last night. Henry conquered his fear of heights and got to the top of the climbing wall this morning and they were all really good at archery. 

More photos later to include the Ultimate Assault Course!


Mrs Hillman

After a good night's sleep for everyone, Y6 have had a hearty breakfast and are getting ready for a morning of climbing and archery. 

Watch this space for photos of last night's campfire and today's activities.

Mrs Hillman

Well done year 6 for navigating the Nightline, with and without blindfolds, and enjoying dinner afterwards (keeping an eye on England with Mr Langley)!

More photos tomorrow.

Mrs Hillman

Year 6 have arrived safely at the Ultimate Adventure Centre, proudly wearing their new leavers' hoodies. After lunch they will be enjoying their first two activities: Nightline followed by Orienteering.  Pictures to follow later.

Mrs Hillman

The children have been amazing this week in the very hot weather.  Fortunately, they have been able to cool off in the pool every day.

Summer 2026 Bridge Schools Trust Parent and Carer Questionnaire Your feedback is really important to us as we work in partnership to achieve the best possible education for the children. Here is the link to the Bridge Schools Trust Parent and Carer Questionnaire which closes on Friday 10th July. Summer 2026 Bridge Schools Trust Parent and Carer Questionnaire We would really appreciate your views on the key strengths of Polperro School to celebrate, as well as areas we could develop even further for all our children. Your time in completing this questionnaire is valued and will help us continually improve, thank you!

Sports Day It was great to see so many of you at sports day this morning - thank you for coming. We were very proud of the way the children joined in, competed and supported each other (especially year 6 in their last races) and of the Year 6 leaders who ran the morning so well. 

Sports Day House Points We added up the house points from the sports day races and the final scores were Oak 62; Chestnut 74; Ash 80 and Willow 110. Congratulations Willow! This puts Willow in the lead overall for the year.

Landrake Fun Run Congratulations to our 12 pupils who represented Polperro at the Landrake Fun Run on 19 June. They all completed the race showing great determination and enthusiasm.

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

School Uniform We have a large selection of preloved school uniform available for a suggested donation of just £1 per item. While you might have seen a few things on the rail by the school office, there is actually much more available in a range of sizes - plenty of everything! It's a great way to save money, find what you need, and help reduce waste. Before heading to the shops, please consider taking a look. Just ask at the office for the size you need. Giving these clothes a second life helps keep perfectly good uniform out of landfill.

Have a good weekend

Anthea Hillman