What an amazing week of learning we have had! We began by investigating 3D shape properties in Maths, before moving onto addition and subtraction. Everybody worked so hard to line up their columns accurately and improve on their presentation.

Carrying on the theme of presentation, in English, we have had a real push in improving our handwriting this week. We experimented with a range of pens and have begun to write up the best copy of our planet descriptions. 

In the Wider Curriculum, we were exploring foreground in Art and have sketched possible designs using a range of sketching pencil grades, deciding on the exact pencil grades we will use for our overall piece which we will start next week. We have worked on our 'flow' in Yoga and finally conducted our shadow experiment in Science, identifying that we recorded 12:55pm as our midday Sun this week. 

On Friday evening, we hosted our Orwell Exhibition, showing the incredible work of last year's Y4/5 and 6. Many ex-Y6 pupils came back to see their work and a great evening was had by all.

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

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary 

This week at nursery we have started to answer our enquiry question "How do I know it is autumn?"
The children have enjoyed spending time in the school garden where we collected different materials such as leaves and acorns. They talked about what they saw and we explored different sounds that things made such as "crunchy" leaves.
We have started arts and crafts such as making paper plate owls and the children enjoyed some cooking this week, making crumpet pizzas.

Our book corner has changed to show the story of "Owl Babies". We have enjoyed reading this story along with others including "In the woods"

In phonics we have been on a listening walk, beginning to listen to sounds and identify which have the same one and the children have been listening for rhyming words in a game of rhyming pairs.

In maths, we continue to explore shape and have been constructing with shape bricks and blocks.
Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

Hello Everyone,

We enjoyed a lovely lesson outside in science this week. Reception were busy collecting objects for our Autumn display, while year 1 were finding living and non-living things. Year 2 were working together to categorise objects that were alive, used to be alive, and never been alive. They were excellent at giving reasons as to why they had chosen their particular categories.

In art this week, the children each created their own colour wheel, which used the 3 primary colours to mix purple, green and orange. They enjoyed adding more of certain primary colours, and watching the effects.

We have been particularly pleased with Year 1 this week, as they have really made an effort to become more independent in their writing. We have written some lovely descriptions of story settings and have innovated the Mr Benn stories by David McKee.

Well done to Reception this week, for working hard in maths to compare weight and to sort objects in different ways.

Have a lovely weekend.

From The Penhallow Team

Another busy week has flown by in Chaipel. We have had Sian - the charity's vice president - in from Plymouth and Devon Cancer Trust to collect the monies that we raised for them in July. She was amazed to collect a 'cheque' for £451.45! The children collectively ran/biked/scooted a marathon around the school grounds and thoroughly enjoyed raising the money for such a worthy charity.

In Maths, we have been learning about decimal place value and on our Friday Shape lesson, revisiting the properties of a 2D shape. For English, we are writing up our 'newly discovered planet' description, using some incredible vivid sensory detail and figurative language. Tristan has really done himself proud - especially with...
AS THE MOON'S DIVINE BEAM FLOODS THE MOUNTAIN, THE STARS RAPIDLY GET THEIR SPOTLIGHT - wow Tristan, very atmospheric!

In our Wider Curriculum, we have been creating space nubulas and star clusters in art, experimenting with creating background. Next week, we will move onto the foreground and then design and develop ideas for our final piece. It was National Fitness Day on Wednesday and we took part in a series of activities designed to improve our fitness. We have all written an activity pledge which will hopefully devlop our fitness levels further. In Computing, we have been on a web quest, identifying websites which offer reliable content and those which are not completely trustworthy!

We explored the origin of chocolate in PSHE, comparing our lives to the life of a Ghanaian child on a cocoa plantation. It was very insightful and shows just what we take for granted. In Science, we researched what makes Earth the perfect planet to live on. Ask us what the Goldilocks zone is within our solar system!

CONGRATULATIONS to Imogen and Skye for being our People of the Week, displaying our school values and being excellent role models to their peers. 

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

MISS RANDLE AND MRS CLARY

Hello Everyone!

It's been a very sporty week in Penhallow, with 2 PE lessons as well as National Fitness day on Wednesday. The children enjoyed challenging themselves to complete different fitness tasks that were demonstrated to them in an assembly by Mr Langley and some volunteers throughout the school. We worked together to time ourselves and count the number of exercises that we could complete in a minute. The class co-operated extremely well as a team to help each other with these tasks and showed determination to improve their scores.

As part of our enquiry question; 'What makes our families unique?' Our history lesson this week involved finding out about how homes have changed in the past, as a result of the invention of different objects. Year 2 enjoyed using the internet to research images of homes during past decades, as well as in Victorian times. They were amazed to discover that not only did tv's not have remotes in the past, but that there was time before the very invention of the tv. 

We have been so pleased with the children's efforts in reading during these past few weeks. Please can you make sure that children bring their reading books to school every day. Reading books will be changed, when children have read their book at least 3 times.

Have a lovely weekend!

From The Penhallow Team

TALLAND'S BLOG 26.9.25

It's been a sport-tastic week this week. Well done to all of the children for getting involved so enthusiastically with National Fitness Day. Muscles were being used that haven't been used before, energy filled the air and sportsmanship was at an all time high!

Apart from sport, let's have a little break down of our week:

Maths:
Year 4 have been ordering and comparing numbers to 10,000 and comparing angles.
Year 5 have been rounding to the nearest, 10/ 100/ 1,000/ 10,000/ 100,000 and estimating angles.


English:
Talland have continued to WOW me with some more spectacular descriptive writing based around a Rainforest. The language and writing techniques that are being used are brilliant!

PE:
With Mrs. Hillman in Yoga, the children have been practicing different yoga flows. When I came to watch, the balance, core strength and focus were great! In football, Talland have continued to think about spatial awareness, dribbling and passing with the side of their foot.

Geography:
We explored features of a  Brazilian Rainforest - quite different to features found in the United Kingdom!

RE: 
Talland thought about how Christians live their lives, who sets a good example for them and what Christians do to make their God proud.

Computing:
We got to tinker on a program called Scratch, where children wrote scripts for their sprites (characters) to follow. They changed their sprites, changed the background and made their characters rotate.

That's all from us in Talland. We hope you have a brilliant weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.
 

We have had a busy week with plenty to celebrate in our Friday celebration assembly today, not least our visit from Mrs Dennison of the Plymouth and Cornwall Cancer Fund who came to thank our year 5 and 6 children for thier amazing efforts in the summer term where they cycled, scooted and ran a marathon between them, raising over £450 for the charity.

George Orwell Polperro Project Exhibition Last year, Polperro Primary Academy was proud to receive the 2024/25 Orwell Society School Award. The award funded a nature-based project for last year's Y4-Y6 pupils, inspired by George Orwell's deep appreciation for the natural world - a passion he developed during childhood visits to Polperro. A special exhibition showcasing the work, is taking place at the school on Friday 3rd October at 7:00pm and parents/carers and pupils are invited to attend. The event will also be attended by members of the Orwell Society, including George Orwell's son, Richard Blair, who the children had the opportunity to meet during the project. The exhibition forms part of the Society's annual conference, which is being held in Polperro this year.

Polperro Arts Foundation Postcard Competition Last year, our pupils took part in an exciting competition to design a postcard inspired by Polperro. The competition was judged by the Polperro Arts Foundation, and we're delighted to announce that six of our talented pupils were selected as winners - congratulations to Leo, Flora, Callum, Arnie, Jemima and Imogen. A limited edition of just 50 copies of each winning design has now been professionally printed and is available to purchase at the Arts Foundation Gallery for £1 each. As recognition for their creativity, each winner has received a gift token funded through a share of the postcard sales. The remaining proceeds will contribute to the Foundation's annual donation to our school - a generous, much-needed and valued support that we deeply appreciate.

National Fitness Day Thank you for ensuring your child came to school in their sportswear on Wednesday for National Fitness Day. All the children enthusiastically took part in a variety of fitness challenges and engaged in thoughtful discussions about the importance of staying active. Each child also made a personal pledge on how they plan to keep fit moving forward.

Meet the Teacher It was a pleasure to welcome so many of you to our 'Meet the Teacher' sessions on Wednesday. If you were unable to attend but would like to speak with your child's teacher, please don't hesitate to contact the school office to arrange a convenient time. Parent consultations will also be taking place later this half term (dates to be confirmed).

Choir We're excited to announce that we have received funding from the Radford Trust to run a choir. Initially open to pupils in Years 2-6, the choir will begin next week and take place during Thursday lunchtimes. To encourage maximum participation, all eligible children will be invited to attend the first session. If your child chooses to join, we kindly ask for a regular weekly commitment going forward. The choir will be led by our music teacher, Mrs Butlin.

Looe Festival of Words Please find attached, information about this year's Looe Festival of Words which runs from 1st to 5th October. There are some exciting free events for children planned.

Have a good weekend.

Anthea Hillman

Hello,
We have had a busy week here at nursery. We have been finishing off our learning where the children have been talking about themselves, describing different features and talking about who lives with them. We have also been talking about different people that help us including firefighters, police and the ambulance service.
The children have been busy drawing and creating pictures of their family and who lives in their house in order to make a mobile.  They have made paper cup houses and played in the firefighter themed tuft tray. We have enjoyed using play dough to make different faces.

At story time we have enjoyed reading "We are all different" and " Charlie the firefighter".

During phonics, the children have been listening to sounds and then trying to remember them in a game of "What do you hear?". They have been making different voice sounds with their mouths and playing instruments to match different sounds heard.

In maths, we have been exploring shape by making arrangements with them, completing inset puzzles and building with shaped blocks.

Have a lovely weekend

Julie and Sarah 

Fab Fitness and Sock Puppet Designs

On Wednesday, we celebrated National Fitness Day by participating in a range of fitness activities throughout the day. We had so much fun doing this and enjoyed moving our bodies! 

During Wider Curriculum lessons this week, we have continued to explore 'Who Rules the Animal Kingdom?' in Science, by exploring world habitats. We explored a range of big habitats and then chose our own to research. In Music, we have been composing eight beat patterns using body percussion. In DT this half term, we will be making our very own animal sock puppets. Today we had a go at creating some designs. Over the next few weeks, we will explore joining materials and sewing, before creating our sock puppets. 

In English, we have spent the week working hard on writing our postcards inspired by Meerkat Mail. Today, we began writing up our neat copies, which we hope to finish early next week. 

In Maths, we have been working hard on Place Value, recognised hundreds, tens and ones and counting on a number line to 1,000. As we near the end of this unit, we will be moving on to Addition and Subtraction.

Congratulations to Ida and Tommy for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week, and a big well done to Sonny for achieving his 55 club badge this week. 

Some wonderful news, Jemima was chosen as one of the winners of the Polperro Arts Foundation Postcard Competition. She produced a wonderful postcard, which has been printed and can be purchased in the village. Well done Jemima! 

Reminder - We have our class trip on Wednesday 1st October to Dartmoor Zoo. 

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

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

This week, in Science we sketched habitat maps of our school and identified the microhabitats we could find. All of the children worked so hard on these and the results were fantastic! In Music, we have been working on repeating patterns and composing our own with the class. During Geography, we learnt the 8 compass points, along with the location of the North and South Poles. We conducted research about each pole to understand what they are like as places. We have been developing our Fundamental skills in PE with Mrs Lister, which has been lots of fun! 

In English, we have been working hard on our descriptive writing and exploring 2A sentences. Today, we planned for writing our own postcards inspired by Meerkat Mail. Next week, we are looking forward to writing these up and creating our final postcards. 

In Maths, we have continued working hard on Place Value, focusing on partitioning. Presentation in our books has been a big focus this week, which all the children have taken great pride in. 

Congratulations to Alfie for being chosen as Landaviddy's Person of the Week. 

Reminders
Meet the Teacher is being held on Wednesday 24th September at 2.45pm. I look forward to seeing you all then. 

Wednesday 24th September is also National Fitness Day. On this day, the children are encouraged to come to school wearing sports clothes or their PE kit. 

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

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Lister and Miss Colton

We have had a busy week voting for our School Council members and choosing our new Planet Protectors group.

Our School Council is a group of dedicated and passionate pupils who are committed to making our school a better place for everyone. School Council members are elected by their peers in our School Council elections which we hold every September. Well done to everyone who put themselves forward and to those who have been elected this year: Kora (Chair), Skye, Archie, Anya, Hector, Maeve, Hugh and Erin and to Jamie who has been chosen as School Council member for Pupil Voice for PE and Sport. Information about our School Council can be found on our website under the 'Our Children' tab.

The Planet Protectors are a passionate school group dedicated to helping stop climate change by promoting sustainability and environmental awareness within our school community. They meet half termly and will be helping us take action through projects like recycling, energy-saving campaigns and eco-friendly initiatives, aiming to reduce the school's carbon footprint. Well done to Lily P, Tristan, Frankie S, Chilali, Aria, Skye, Harley, Leo, April and Hugh who will be our Planet Protectors this year, reporting back to their classmates and leading by example to inspire pupils and staff to make greener choices and take part in protecting the planet for future generations.

Meet the Teacher: 2:45pm, next Wednesday, 24th September Reminder that our 'Meet the Teacher' session will be on Wednesday 24th September starting at 2:45pm. Please come in through the main gate from 2:40pm and access your child's classroom by the external door. We look forward to seeing you then. This is an opportunity to find out about all of the exciting learning and activities the teachers have planned. Of course, the teachers will also answer any questions and try to eliminate any worries or concerns you may have. We understand if you are unable to make the meeting because of work commitments and will find a mutually convenient time to chat to you about your child's new school year if this is the case.

National Fitness Day, Wednesday 24th September Next Wednesday, we will be taking part in National Fitness Day - a fantastic opportunity to celebrate physical health, encourage children to discover enjoyable ways to stay active and build positive attitudes toward exercise from an early age. Children should come to school wearing sports clothes or their PE kit. If their kit is already in school, they will have the chance to change into it in the morning. Throughout the day pupils will take part in a variety of fun fitness activities and reflect on what it means to be fit and how to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.

Wishing you a lovely weekend. 

Mrs Hillman

Hello Everyone!

Our week of learning in Penhallow has included an RE lesson, where we explored the idea of how the world began. We drew pictures of how we thought the world began, and then drew pictures and made models to explain Christian beliefs about how the world was created.

Our new English unit, based on the author; David McKee, began with learning the story of Elmer with actions. We worked on summarising the story and performing a summarised version with expression and intonation. 

Thankfully, we all managed an outside PE session this week, as well as plenty of outside learning for Reception, as shown in the pictures below. Please also see the attachments below, for some activities that you could complete at home, to help support your child's learning.

Meet the Teacher is being held on Wednesday 24th September at 2.45pm. I look forward to seeing you all then. 

Wednesday 24th September is also National Fitness Day. On this day, the children are encouraged to come to school wearing sports clothes or their PE kit. 


Have a lovely weekend.

From The Penhallow Team

Chaipel have really made progress in their writing this week, immersing themselves in how to write setting descriptions effectively using precise vocabulary, vivid sensory detail and figurative language. This afternoon, they have designed their 'newly discovered' planet with which they will combine their new learning to write a description which will evoke mood and create a sense of atmosphere.

In Maths, we have been comparing, ordering and rounding numbers. We will bring in decimals next week before moving onto addition and subtraction.

For our Wider Curriculum, we have been mixing colours to create tonal swatches, practising using a range of mediums to design the look and texture of their 'newly discovered planet. Next week, we will be looking at creating the background, producing nebulas and star clusters. In PE, Mrs Hillman has taught a range of yoga poses and I was lucky enough to see them put the poses together as a 'flow'. In PSHE, we have thinking about our hopes and dreams and what kind of world we want to live in and in French phonics, Chaipel have been learning the alphabet, how French primary school systems work and how different they are from English schools.

POLITE NOTICE
Don't forget it is National Fitness Day AND Meet The Teacher on Wednesday 24th. Children can come into school wearing warm PE clothes. Parents, the Meet The Teacher session begins at 2:45pm.

That's all from me so have a lovely weekend,

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

TALLAND'S BLOG 19.9.25

Happy weekend everyone! We hope you have had a lovely week and are all set for a breezy but fun weekend! 

We've had a great week in Talland... busy, active and creative! Here's a brief breakdown of the week:

Maths:
Year 4 have continued to look at Place Value, investigating numbers that are 10/ 100/ 1,000 times more than or less than a number. and putting numbers to 1,000 on to a number line. 
Year 5 have also continued their work with place value. They have been partitioning numbers to 1,000,000 and investigating different ways to partition these rather large numbers. 
On a Friday, both year groups are learning shape. We have been exploring the different types of angles...why not ask your child which angles they can remember...

English:
I have been WOWED by the creativity that Talland are showing when it comes to writing. They have been working hard to inspect sentences and come up with fun and descriptive ways to improve sentences... their sentences are fantastic!  

RE: 
We created posters about how wonderful our world is and what we can do to protect it. Why not ask your child how we can keep our world healthy...

PE:
Talland have been working on their core strength during yoga sessions with Mrs. Hillman, demonstrating a range of strong and agile balances. With me, we had lots of enjoyable mini football matches where children demonstrated their dribbling skills, spatial awareness, team spirit and good sportsmanship.

Geography:
Talland got to work with the atlases today, where we probed features of South-East and South- West England. We analysed keys, telling us where cities, towns, rivers and counties are. We also explored where the highest and lowest points of our country are... do you know which country in the United Kingdom has the highest point? 

CONGRATULATIONS to Anya and Archie for being nominated as our school councilors', a huge well done to Jamie for being chosen as our PE representative in the School Council and fantastic work from Lily this week for being noticed for a her excellent work ethic, learning behaviours and effort.

That's all from us in Talland. We hope you have a great weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.
 

Landaviddy have had an enjoyable week, settling into our  new routines as Year 3. In Science, we learnt about the 7 processes that all living things do, by learning the acronym MRS GREN. As Geographers, we consolidated our location knowledge of the 7 continents and 5 oceans, creating some fantastic world maps. Mrs Lister launched an excellent RE lesson with us on Showbie, which got us thinking about the Creation story. Our highlight of the week was exploring programming in Computing, by exploring a coding game. We had lots of fun recognising how to debug a sequence and constructing algorithms. 

In Maths, we have been working through our first unit on Place Value; counting on a number to 100 and exploring hundreds. We have enjoyed lessons this week and building upon our prior knowledge. 

In English, we have explored the actions and feelings of the main character, Sunny, from our focus text 'Meerkat Mail'. We practised the story using an oracy approach and designed our own story maps. We finished off the week writing the start of a character description, which we will finish next week. 

Congratulations to Theo and Hector for being chosen as Landaviddy's people of the week. 

Attached below is this the Knowledge Web for Autumn 1. This includes the learning your child will cover this half term. 

Homework
Please find attached the Homework grid for this half term, along with the KIRFS for Autumn 1 for you to practise at home. In addition to this, please continue to read daily and practise your Y3 Statutory Word Spellings (attached below). I have also uploaded some spelling challenge cards which may help you when practising these. Children can also access TT Rockstars to practise their times table facts. Anything you can do at home can make a big difference to your learning! 

Reading Books
Everyone was sent home with their new reading record and colour banded book. We ask that children read their book twice at home before getting it changed, however longer reads can be changed after being read once. Please ensure you are reading as often as you can at home. We ask that this book is brought into school daily, so the children can access them during the school day. They also have a library book which is chosen as a reading for pleasure book. Opportunities to change library books will be weekly. 

Hello Everyone,

Despite the weather, we have managed to enjoy plenty of outside, as well as inside learning this week.

Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their first outside PE session this year, where they were able to take part in some team games, as well as balancing with bats and balls. Reception took part in their very first PE lesson, looking fantastic in their new PE kits. They followed instructions brilliantly and were able to balance and move in different ways. 

In art, reception have produced some lovely self portraits and have also made some collages of their names, using a range of materials. Year 1 and 2 have continued with their study of the artist Clementine Hunter. They asked and answered questions about some of her paintings, and made some sketches of parts of her artwork. The results were excellent. Well done children.

Phonics lessons have been a big hit for reception this week, as after the first lesson, I received a cheer and round of applause, because they enjoyed it so much! After learning some initial letter sounds and practicing blending them to read, they have all been given their first reading book, so that they can practice reading some of the sounds that they have learned. Year 2 have been enjoying their phonics lessons with Mrs Wilkie in Landaviddy this week, and this will continue for at least the rest of the half term.

In science this week, Year 1 and 2 have started to learn about animals and their habitats. We began by learning about why some animals have their habitats on land or in water. We sorted pictures of animals in different ways, and Year 2 were able to use a venn diagram in order to sort animals.

In order to help the reception children to settle into a morning routine, we are encouraging them to come onto the main playground, after they have arrived through the main gate. However, we fully understand that some reception children may prefer to go through the wooden Penhallow gate, where they can be in their own classroom,  instead of going onto the playground.  At this early stage of their first year, please decide what you think is best for your child, and we will fully support you.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

From The Penhallow Team

Chaipel have had a busy first full week of the year! We have been investigating our Solar System - as our enquiry is 'WHAT MAKES EARTH THE PERFECT PLANET TO LIVE ON?' -  and have come up with some funny rhymes to remember the order of the planets by. 

HOUSE CAPTAINS:
Polperro's new captains and vice captains have been elected.
OAK: Thomas (C) 
ASH: Nuala (C) Lily (VC)
CHESTNUT: Joey (C) Isaac (VC)
WILLOW: Aria (C) Henry (VC)
Congratulations to you all - I am sure that you will do your team proud!

MATHS:
It's all about Place Value at the moment and we have been investigating numbers up to 10,000,000! Next week, we will be ordering, comparing and rounding numbers up to 8-digits.

ENGLISH
Our focus is on descriptive writing and Chaipel have been learning how to grow sentences using vivid sensory detail (touch, sight, movement, light/dark and cold/warm) and figurative language (personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia and hyperbole). We will be creating our own undiscovered planet and then writing a atmospheric setting description over the next couple of weeks.

WIDER CURRICULUM:
We have been lucky to have Kim come in from Barnado's this week to talk about healthy relationships as part of our PSHE this term. 
In RE, we have been revisiting the Creation story and will move onto comparing religion with science (learning about the BIG BANG) and debating whether science and religion compliment or conflict with each other.

IMPORTANT INFO:
I have attached the Knowledge Web, KIRFS and Homework grid for this half term. As always, keep on reading daily and practising those timestables that you are a bit rusty on.

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary 

TALLAND'S BLOG 12.9.25

WELCOME TO TALLAND EVERYBODY! What a lovely first full week we have had. It's been brilliant getting to know all of the children - they are a fantastic group! 

We've kick started off with our enquiry question for this term: The fall of the rainforest: Who cares? Here's a little break down of what our week has consisted of:

Maths:
Both year groups have delved into place value and are getting a good understanding of which digit represents the ones, tens, hundreds... all the way to 1,000,000 (for year 5). We also look at shape on a Friday and today we were exploring clockwise and anticlockwise turns. Why not quiz your child on how many 90 degree turns you can make in a full turn. 

English:
We have begun with a dilemma story involving a great Kapok tree in the rainforest. A man has been ordered to chop it down but the animals and creatures residing in this great tree try using persuasive devices to try and make the man change his mind. Which was your child's favourite animal in the story?

Geography:
Here, we looked at which different animals live in the rainforest, which animals are in danger of extinction and we looked at the different layers of the rainforest and which layer these animals lived.

RE:
We looked at the creation story. Talland had to retell the story of what God created on each day through a story map.

Art:
Today, we had lots of fun exploring different techniques to make a 2-D shape appear 3-D. Talland used chalks to help with this effect! Everyone then signed their name (like a true artist), followed up by transforming our classroom into an art gallery. We walked around the class looking and studying everyone's art work and spoke about which ones we liked and for which reasons.  

PE:
With Mrs. Hillman, Talland had a relaxing time stretching and bending during yoga and with me, we played football where we practiced our dribbling skills.
PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday so could PE kits be available for these days please.

A busy and fulfilling week!

CONGRATULATIONS last week to Kayla and Amelia for beginning their journey at Polperro School and in Talland class in such a positive way. They are a real atribute to our class! For this week, well done to Nevaeh and Heidi for being noticed as Talland's children of the week. They have begun their school year as real role models. They should be extremely proud of themselves. Keep up the great work!

That's all from us this week. We hope you have and amazing weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.

The children have been amazing in the way they have already thrown themselves into their new routines and learning this week. Our class enquiries have started. Questions this half term are: 'What Makes our Families Unique?' Penhallow Class; 'Who Rules the Animal Kingdom?' Landaviddy Class; 'The Fall of the Rainforest, Who Cares?' Talland Class and 'What Makes Earth the Perfect Planet to Live on?' Chaipel Class. Please look at the class blogs  to see how the children's learning is going.

House Captains At a special assembly this week we thanked last year's house captains and vice captains for doing a wonderful job and announced our new Captains and Vice-Captains for this year who have been chosen because they consistently demonstrate our values. Congratulations to Aria and Henry (Willow); Thomas and Flora (Oak); Nuala and Lily P (Ash) and Joey and Isaac (Chestnut). House Points are given to the children when they demonstrate our school values: Curious, Creative, Excellent, Responsible, Determined and Enthusiastic and pupils can see how many points their house has by looking at our House Point Tracker in the corridor by the library. Our value for this half term is 'I am responsible' and houses have met to consider what this means.

Meet the Teacher: 2:45pm, Wednesday 24th September It is extremely important for us to work together to ensure that every child makes as much progress as possible each year. Each year we hold a Meet the Teacher session at which you will find out about your child's classroom, the adults working alongside your child, classroom routines and timetable, and most importantly, how you can help your child at home. It is also an opportunity to find out about all of the exciting learning and activities the teachers have planned. Of course, the teachers will also answer any questions and try to eliminate any worries or concerns you may have. We understand if you are unable to make the meeting because of work commitments and will find a mutually convenient time to chat to you about your child's new school year if this is the case. If you have children in more than one class, please attend one session and we will find another time for you to meet your other child/children's teacher/s. Our 'Meet the Teacher' session will be on Wednesday 24th September starting at 2:45pm. Please come in through the main gate from 2:40pm and access your child's classroom by the external door. We look forward to seeing you then.

Water Bottles As a Heathy School and a Sugar Smart School we encourage children to drink water throughout their day at school, rather than juice or squash. We would prefer that your child's water bottle contains water only, to encourage healthy habits. This also helps us when there is a spill as water doesn't stain! If there is a reason why your child cannot drink water, please let you child's teacher know. Please note that this applies to their classroom drinks and not to their lunchtime drinks.

Clubs Reminder that clubs start week commencing 22nd September: Monday: After School Running Club (Mrs Turnbull and Miss Bowden) years 3-6. Tuesday: Lunchtime Construction Club (Mrs Lister) Reception, Y1, Y2. After School Alternative Sports Club (Miss Randle) years 2-4. Thursday: After School Football Club (Mr Langley) for years 3-6. After School Gardening Club (includes creative art element) (Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Fitzsimmons and Mrs Peters) for years 1-6. We will have to limit numbers in this very popular club on a first come first served basis in the first instance. All clubs will run from 3.15pm until 4.15pm after school and from 12:30pm until 1pm at lunchtime. Please contact the office to sign your child up.

WAM (We Are Music) Please find attached a flyer with information about "WeAreMusic" (WAM), a music group open to all from KS2 onwards. Led by Sally Butlin and Daniel Grint, sessions take place at Looe Community Academy. Sessions start again next Tuesday (September 16th) but new (and old!) players are welcome to join at any time. 

Wishing you a lovely weekend.

Mrs Hillman

This week we have been discussing "all about me".
The children have been identifying different features of their faces including nose, mouth, ears, eyes and hair. They have used paint to make self portraits and have enjoyed using the whiteboards to draw on, creating pictures of themselves and their families.
We have made colourful framed handprint pictures and the children have been using different materials on the tuft tray to create different hair styles.

At story time we have read the story of "The three little pigs" and have been reading stories about how we are all different such as "What Wesley wore".
In phonics we have identified objects with the same initial sounds in a game of "Silly socks",  we have been on a listening walk in the play ground to see what we could hear and have used our bodies to make sounds that make us happy.

In maths we have been finding numbers in our environment and sorting and grouping objects to see how many.

Have a lovely weekend

Julie and Sarah