On Monday Rev Richard came in for an assembly about friendship to start what has been a different week this week with year 6 out at their transition days on Tuesday and then away at their residential at the Ultimate Adventure Centre in Devon. It has been quiet without them, however the children made up for this yesterday in their weekly music lesson with Mrs Butlin where they enjoyed using the keyboards!

Summer Reading Challenge Please find attached 2 posters. One advertises the Summer Reading Challenge and where to sign up and the other, Looe Library’s Summer Reading Challenge Festival during the Summer Holiday.

FOPS Summer Fete (Friday 19th July at 2pm) MUFTI day 15th July Reminder that Monday 15th 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 raffles prizes. Children can wear their own clothes and this could include wearing their house colour. 

Clubs Next week will be the last week of clubs for this school year.

Uniform
If you are looking ahead to buying uniform, please remember that we have a good supply of nearly new uniform in school which is available for a donation (£1 minimum) to the school. Please ask at reception.

Transition Next Friday will be transition morning for all of our pupils when they will enjoy time in their new class (details to be sent out on Monday).

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Hillman

Well done year 6 for overcoming your fears on the high ropes and climbing wall.

After an enjoyable breakfast, Year six have tried their hand at archery and mountain boarding and done really well at both.

Year 6 have loved the den building as part of their Camp Craft activity.

Dinner next, then Night Line.

It was great to see so many of you at sports day on Tuesday – thank you for coming. We were very proud of the way the children joined in, competed and supported each other and of the leaders who ran the morning so well. 

Sports Day House Points We added up the house points from the sports day races and awarded others to pupils for exceptional effort, enthusiasm and determination (well done to Jack G, Bayley, Leo, Casey, Hamish, Rosie G, Callum, Thomas, Kai and Dom). The final scores were Chestnut 49; Ash 77; Oak 92 and Willow 102. Congratulations Willow.

Football Success After a busy sports day and swimming lessons in the afternoon, our football team traveled to Burraton School in Saltash where they played their best match of the season. They worked together as a team, attacking and defending as one. Player of the match was Jack C who was also Captain. Final score Polperro 4 - Burraton 1.

Bridge School Games To round off a very successful sporting week, we heard yesterday that we came 2nd overall in the Bridge School Games out of 15 schools. Well done Polperro, another great effort!

Squashbox Theatre Company Today we had a visit from the Squashbox Theatre Company who performed their hilarious and informative ‘The Sea Show’. The visit was kindly funded by the Polperro Arts Foundation.

Garden Update Everything is growing really well in the greenhouse thanks to hard work by our volunteers Mr and Mrs Peters and Gardening Club children with Miss Randle and Mrs Taylor. Our tomatoes were served as part of our school lunch today. You are invited to look round the garden during our school fete (see below).

FOPS Summer Fete – Friday 19th July at 2pm FOPS are busily organising this year’s Summer Fete. Monday 15th 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 raffles prizes. Children can wear their own clothes and this could include wearing their house colour. Please see attached posters for suggestions of what to send in for your child’s colour on the day.

TIME 2 MOVE Bookings are now online for Summer activities. Please see further details attached. This is a very busy half term with more exciting events coming up including Penhallow’s Beach Trip on Monday and the year 6 residential trip to the Ultimate Adventure Centre in North Devon next week. These and other important dates are on our events diary on this website.

Have a lovely weekend. 

Mrs Hillman

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the School’s festival day on Tuesday. We are extremely proud of the way the children performed and have been delighted with your kind feedback about the children’s performances and the day. Thank you.

We had even more excitement yesterday with an Olympic Day for years 2-6 which involved the children learning Olympic Sports such as Fencing and Archery. The children have enjoyed participating in the Bridge Schools Games all week. Photos of the Games, the festival, and the Olympic Day are on the class blogs.
 
Sports Day will be held next Tuesday 25th June, starting at 10:00 am and ending at 12:00.  Please ensure your child has their kit in school and a sun hat and sun cream and a water bottle. The forecast looks good and we are looking forward to seeing you there.

Football Open Sessions Please see poster attached outlining dates and locations for the Plymouth Argyle Academy open sessions for year 1 and 2 children.

Dance Classes Please see details attached for local dance classes available.

Bikeability summer sessions Please find attached a poster with details of Bikeability sessions over the summer holiday for pupils aged 9 and over.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Hillman

This has been a very busy and enjoyable week with rehearsals for the Polperro Festival.

Bridge School Games. Next week the children will all have the opportunity to participate in the Bridge School Games. This year there is a Parisian Olympic Theme to the 5 events that they will be trying their hand at. A Bridge Schools Olympic Torch has been relayed from school to school in the run up to the games and the children (and staff) have enjoyed creating a video of the torch being paraded round the school. Please ensure your child has their PE kit in all week.

Polperro Festival Parade. Children and families are invited to attend the opening parade tomorrow to celebrate the first day of the festival. Families are invited to meet outside Polperro Village Hall at MIDDAY in preparation for a 12:30pm start. Please come dressed in colourful clothes/outfits – as bright and cheery as possible.

Polperro Festival School’s Day Tuesday 18th June
We look forward to seeing you on Big Green on Tuesday. Please ensure that your child comes to school in their uniform with their packed lunch, a drink, sun hat and sun cream and a coat if the weather changes. Children participating in the taekwondo demonstration should bring their taekwondo kit and they will change at the festival.

The programme is as follows (timings are approximate):
11.00 – 11:20 – Welcome and singing
11.20 – 11:40 – Taekwondo Demonstration
11.40 – 12:00 – Young Musicians
12.00 – 13:00 – Lunch (12.15 – 13.00 Magician Performance for the children)
13:00 – 13:15 – Solo and Group Singers
13.15 – 13.30 – Penhallow Class performance
13.30 – 13.45 – Landaviddy Class performance
13.45 – 14.05 – Talland Class performance
14.05 – 14.25 – Chaipel Class performance 1
4.25 – 14.45 – Singing finale

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday at Big Green. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Hillman