TALLAND'S BLOG 10.1.25

Happy New Year everyone! We hope you had the most magical time during the Christmas holidays.

It's been a great start to 2025 and the children of Talland have brought with it their fabulous energy and creativity! Creativity is the value Polperro will be focusing on this term. Therefore, I can't wait to see the spectacular things the children come up with! The homework grid will be coming out on next weeks blog - I will try my best to think of some fun and creative ideas for you and your child to get your teeth stuck into!

Maths:
Year 4 have been continuing to multiply and divide. Mostly focusing on division skills. They will be completing this unit next week.
Year 5 have also been focusing on division problems, including using remainders. We've found the bus stop method to be helpful when solving these problems.
It would be fantastic to have a try of some division questions with your children to continue to build their confidence. Why not try out these and similar questions:
488 divided by 4 =
629 divided by 4 =  

English:
We have planned our persuasive letter and are ready to independently write our letter next week. Can they convince a Greek citizen to fight for either the Spartans or the Athenians?

Science:
We've experimented with sound this week and helped Justin Bieber out with a tweet he made. He thinks that having a larger pinnae (ear) will mean that you can hear more clearly. We put this to the test. Why not ask your child about the results...

PE:
This term, Talland will be performing dance and playing tennis (perhaps not the Wimbledon weather you would hope for but good fun all the same). 

That's all from Talland this week. We hope you have a brilliant weekend and can't wait to see you all on Monday.

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton. 

TALLAND'S BLOG 13.12.24

What an incredible week! The Christmas performance was incredible and our trip to Eden today was fantastic. Talland class represented themselves and the school brilliantly and we all had so much fun! We might have a few budding ice skaters in our ranks now!

That's about all the talking I'm going to do... I think you would prefer a photo off load...

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 22.11.24

We hope everyone has had a lovely week this week - Talland certainly have!

Maths:
Both year groups have come to the end of their first unit of Multiplication and Division and are starting the next unit of Multiplication and Division next week.

English: 
Talland class have put their handwriting to good use and have written up their top copies of their adventure stories... they're looking and sounding GREAT!

History:
We have looked at time lines and artefacts from Ancient Greece. We've spoken about BCE (Before Christ Era) and CE (Current Era). We then thought about what would archeologists find first on a dig: an item from the the BCE or the CE?

Art:
Talland used a range of mark making tools (different leads of pencil, oil pastels and charcoal) to draw, colour and shade a still life image. They look fantastic!

Well done to Everly for being noticed for being an amazing member of Talland class this week. Also, congratulations to Everly (again), Callum and Skye for passing their next stage of the 99 club.

That's all from Talland this week. We hope you have a brilliant weekend and can't wait to see you on Monday.

Signing off,

Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.

TALLAND'S CLASS BLOG 15.11.24

Hello and goodbye Autumn Term two, week two! Blink and you miss it!

There's been loads going on this week: Anti bullying week, check; book fair, check; Mufti, check; cross country, check; loads of learning, check!

Maths:
Both year groups are coming to the end of their first unit of Multiplication and Division.

English:
Talland have completed their own adventure story. Next week, they will be assessing their writing success and then moving on to our next piece of writing (PERSUASION). Just in time for those letters to Santa.

Science: 
The children are experimenting with sound this term and today went on a sound hunt to find out which materials vibrate to produce sound waves.

Talland were excited to find out our new Enquiry Question: What did the Greeks do for us? We've dived straight into researching the Greek Gods and Goddesses - SO MUCH FUN! This turned out to be similar with our RE question, where we looked into Hindu deities. 

The class trip was also revealed - DRUM ROLL PLEASE - we are heading to The Eden Project where we will be known as the 'Greek Edenauts' and we must defend our village (the Mediterranean  Biome) against those menacingly ferocious Spartans. And as it's Christmas, we have also managed to get a spot of Ice Skating in there too... YAY! 

The date of the trip: Friday 13th December... more details to come shortly...

WELL DONE to Chilali, Grace and Lily for being noticed as our children of the week. Also, CONGRADULATIONS to Grace for passing her 44 club and Jamie for passing his 88 club.

Polite notice: 
Could all children please make sure they are coming to school with their complete PE kit including safe and suitable footwear. Thank you.

That's all from Talland this week. We hope you all have a spectacular weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.

TALLAND'S BLOG 8.11.24

What a great first week of Autumn Term 2! Absolute magnificent to see so many smiley and happy children back in Talland Class!

This week we have focused lots on Black History Month and we studied an incredible lady, who goes by the name of Maya Angelou. You might of heard of her. She was an incredible poet and writer, a civil rights activist and she was involved with many of the arts (acting, dancing, film making ect...) An extraordinary person really.

Talland did an amazing assembly about her and I was blown away when they read out and performed the poem 'Still I Rise'. It's got me looking forward to the Christmas production, which isn't too far off. AUDITIONS COMING SOON!


Maths: 
Year 4 have been looking at the 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
Year 5 have been finding out about multiples and factors. 
Why not quiz your children to find out what they have learnt...

Writing: 
Talland Class have immersed ourselves into drama this week and as mentioned above, showed off their fantastic efforts during our Black History assembly.

PE:
This term we are throwing ourselves into fitness, where we are looking at the key elements (strength, speed, agility, stamina, balance and coordination). We are also getting our Michael Jordan sneakers and on shooting some hoops (basketball). We will see how Talland are at working as a team, finding space, learning the rules and invading an opponents territory. 

Talland will find out on Monday what our learning focus will be for this half term. I can't wait to tell them. There are lots of fun and exciting lessons planned including a trip... stay tuned to find out what they are learning and where we are going!

That's all from us this week. We hope you have a spectacular weekend.

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton. 

TALLAND CLASS BLOG 25.10.24

HAPPY HALF TERM EVERYONE!

What a fabulous Autumn term 1 it's been. It's been so lovely getting to know Talland as a class and I have to say - what an exceptional group of children we have! They've all worked so hard, helped each other to learn along the way and have had a load of fun doing so! I'm so proud of each and every one of them - keep up the great work Talland!

Maths: Children have worked their way through PLACE VALUE, ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION and the year 5s even learnt VOLUME!

Writing: We've made fantastic instructions for travelling through the digestive system and have been writing an adventure narrative based on saving the Micro Monster, who was kidnapped by Acidro (the evil gastric acid beast), whilst following our instructions to travel through the digestive system. What a cheeky little acid monster Acidro is!

Art: Talland created an amazing mixed media collage by making a mood board of school based objects, choosing which collage they preferred, experimenting (over  a course of lessons) how to tint, shade and create different textures with paint and produce fantastic final piece.

Science: WE delved into the digestive system, looked at teeth and food chains. This was so much fun!

Geography: Talland looked at erosion, defenses for erosion and the impact erosion has on communities that live near the coast. We also explored different physical features of coasts - some children took some amazing photos of these different features with their parents - a huge WELL DONE there!

Well, that was a brief break down of just some of the learning that took place over the last 7 weeks. I have had a great time and I hope your children have too!

That's all from Talland - we hope you have a magnificent half term and look forward to seeing you all soon!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.

TALLAND'S BLOG 11.10.24

The eggs-perts have been in along with the results and it's safe to say we should all brush our teeth twice a day AND avoid drinking too many sugary drinks. Water wins the day!

Maths:
Both year groups have continued with subtraction and addition - now would be a great time to quiz them on what they have learnt so far - why not ask them to solve some addition problems?

English:
We have just started looking writing a narrative. We've been pulling apart some of the features this week to help us understand what a great piece of narrative writing requires.

Art:
This, as always, was great fun! Talland were exploring different techniques and textures to apply to a page in order to create some amazing ideas for our mixed media piece we will soon create!

A huge well done to all of the children who were noticed this week for being responsible and BRILLIANT (Chilali, Thomas and Lily)!  

That all from us - we hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Signing off rom Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Miss. Colton.