One Team, One Amazing Adventure!

What can I say? I could not be more proud of these amazing individuals. We have had an amazing Residential - at The Ultimate Adventure Centre - and have made many memories for life.

For me, it was the unwaivering sense of love, camaraderie and kinship that these Y6s have towards each other. We've had many highs and some lows as we faced our worst fears; yet, through it all, there was always a friend ready to support and help us through it. The instructors were overwhelmed at how everyone worked together and bounced of each others' energy and as their teacher, it has been a pleasure to witness.

Here is just some of the highlights: there will be a montage of photos from the trip at the Leavers' Assembly on Monday 20th July.

"WELL DONE, TEAM CHAIPEL, WE NAILED IT!!!"

Good luck with your transition days on Monday and Tuesday, and Mrs Clary and I will be waiting to welcome you back on Wednesday.

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

We have had a full-on week, this week. We began with an art afternoon with Sean where we were ink printing abstract, bird's eye landscape views onto card. These will become part of an Art Exhibition which we will hold at the Summer Fayre on Friday 17th July.

In English, we have created our fictional outlaws and used Tinkercad to design their hideouts. We will be writing up our character profiles before the end of term as next week's Residential is top priority for us now! In History, we have learnt about the signing of the Magna Carta and how its abolishment led to some heinous punishments during the Tudor and Stuart periods. What a gruesome time to be alive! We are looking into Cornwall as a spiritual place in RE, linking local myths and legends with areas of interest to people of faith.

We were invited to Looe Community School on Wednesday afternoon as part of a wider community project. We created our own bespoke ceramic fish - alongside pupils from some of our cluster schools - which will eventually be mounted to make one impressive display in the heart of Looe for everyone to appreciate, hopefully, for many years to come. 

We had our Sports Day on Friday and it was a huge success. The Year 6 made us all extremely proud with how well they organised and help to run the events; however, it was the camaraderie in their 600m races at the end that made many adults shed a tear! What a lovely kind, caring bunch of Y6s we have!

Congratulations to our People of the Week, Frankie and Isaac for demonstrating our school values and being role models to others.

And finally...
Remember it's our Residential on Wednesday! Please make sure that children arrive in non-uniform ready for the off at 10am. Any last-minute queries, please email me!

That's all from us, so have a lovely weekend.
Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

What a week we have had! The Polperro Festival was a HUGE success and Chaipel absolutely nailed our performance. Everyone spoke clearly and confidently, with a hint of humour, and the audience responded extremely positively. All our hard word paid off and a good time was had by all.

In English, we are looking at character profiles, in line with our enquiry into Crime and Punishment, and have studied the profiles of some formidable characters: Sebastian Merriweather (alias The Jester's Shadow), Captain Elara Thorn (alias Thorn the Bold) and Jack Sheppard, the notorious London Thief. We will be creating our own outlaw, next week, and planning our non-fiction write-up.

In History, we had delved into Anglo-Saxon and Tudor crime and punishments, investigating the drawing up of the Magna Carta and the infamous Trials by Ordeal. We all agree that we are thankful that these punishments are no longer law and that idle gossiping is no longer a crime!

Congratulations to our People of The Week: Frankie, Skye, Kora and Everly. Their solo performances down at the Festival were fabulous and it took a lot of courage and determination to get up on stage and own it the way they did. 

That's all from us so have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.

Another week has flown by and we are in full rehearsal for our performance at the Festival on Tuesday. Everyone is giving their absolute best and it is going to be a great day! 

Our enquiry into Crime and Punishment is in full swing and we have looked at life in both Roman and Anglo Saxon times. We all agree that life was pretty gory back then and are glad that 'Trial by Ordeal' is something that belongs in the past.

In DT, we are designing and creating prototypes for a new school playground. We have designed our equipment, got into groups to share our ideas and create floor plans and then have taken notes on the equipment that we will need in order to bring our designs to life. Watch this space as our projects develop...

On Wednesday, our school was lucky enough to have been visited by a local politician (Tom) who talked to us about what politicians do and what the House of Lords and Commons are about. We were asked to put in a bill to be discussed and a unanimous vote for 'NO SCHOOL FRIDAYS' was put forward! 

It was WEAR YELLOW FOR CYSTIC FYBROSIS day on Friday and we all showed our support, wearing yellow and learning about the condition. 

Congratulations to our Person of the Week, Thomas, for demonstrating our school values and being a role model to their peers.

I have attached the Home Work Grid and Knowledge Web for our learning this half term.

That's all from us so enjoy the weekend and see you on Monday.

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.

Well, it's been a tough week but we can safely say that the SATS are over for us! Everyone has been amazing and we have really worked together as a team to support each other. It was Nuala's birthday on the Thursday, and we celebrated the end of the SATS by having cake and lots of fun! We tie-dyed our T-shirts in the afternoons and they have turned out AMAZING!! Next week, we will be sewing on appliques and really personalising them.

There is no much more to say except, "Have a well-deserved rest this weekend. Everyone has deserved it!"

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary. 

What an amazing bunch of people we are in Chaipel!

We have been brushing up on our reasoning skills, learning how to use ratio and proportion and why it is useful AND helping each other out on last-minute SATs queries. Everyone is totally ready for the papers, next week, and are already looking forward to the yummy breakfast on Monday morning!

We have been revisiting our first couple of pieces of work in English (that we did in September/October). It is amazing just how far we have come and recognising how mature our vocabulary and grammatical structures are now. We will now focus on characterising speech, where we will be re-writing a section of our class read 'Rumaysa - a fairytale'.

In other areas of the curriculum, we have been learning how to classify creatures into vertebrates/invertebrates and soft bodied/exoskeleton. We then went up into the field to do an animal observation. Henry and Isaac found a snail with an unusual-coloured shell which made it look like a green humbug!

In PE, Mrs Hillman developed our skills at orienteering, in PSHE Mrs Clary taught Chaipel about the stages of grief and discussed strategies on how to manage them, and we have completed our research into the seven life processes. Next week, we will be creating our tie-dye T-shirts in the afternoon and we are super excited to do that. 

Remember, Breakfast Club is at 8am; the bacon will be sizzling so see you all then!

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary. 

We have been whizzing through our practice SATs papers this week and all feel that we are in a really good place. It has been lovely to see everyone working together to support each other; helping to bridge any last-minute learning gaps and just be there for moral support. I feel blessed to be teaching such a lovely bunch.

It has been all about coordinates this week in Maths: translating, reflecting and problem solving. In English, our best copy write-up is complete and we have self-assessed and chosen our Summer 1 writing target. We are moving on to characterising speech, and are currently reading a diverse take on the classic fairytale Rapunzel, titled, Rumaysa: a fairytale. We are already gripped on the plot twists in the tale and I am excited for what the children will produce.

In PE, Chaipel have been orienteering with Mrs Hillman and refining their badminton skills with Mrs Lister. We have been investigating MRS GREN in Science (the seven life processes of all living things) and are building up to writing an explanation text about their importance for survival as well as focusing upon how to maintain positive mental health in PSHE.

Congratulations to our People of the Week - Leo, Frankie and Isaac -for demonstrating our school values and being role models to others.

REMEMBER that it is a 3-day weekend, so enjoy the weather and see you all on Tuesday!

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.