Posted 02/04/2025
by Jasmine Bolger
This week, we have focused on activities all about Easter. We have designed and collaged our own Easter Eggs, we have been using our finger prints to create paintings and we have been enjoying lots of this sunshine outside. Long may it continue! Year 1 have also sat their termly reading and maths assessments, so a big well done to them. We have had the most brilliant term in Foundation / Year 1. I just wanted to say a huge well done to the children, their enthusiasm and love of learning has made this busy term just wonderful. I can't believe we're at this point in the year already, it really does fly by. I hope the children have a well deserved, restful break and I look forward to welcoming them back to school on Tuesday 22nd April.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Foundation / Year 1 Team
Posted 01/04/2025
by Cathrine Pittas
This week, we welcomes Open the Book again into school. It was great to see some of the children acting along with the story and, as usual, they made the Easter Story interactive for the audience.
Watch out for the Roman shields.... coming to a home near you this week!
The children have really enjoyed the history and geography topics this year. It has been so helpful to learn about history in a chronological order. After the holiday, we will be linking the end of the Roman era to the Anglo Saxons. Please feel free to do some research at home. We always celebrate and display these sorts of projects in class.
We return back to school on Tuesday 22nd April.
Have a lovely holiday!
Miss Pittas and the Year 3/4 team
Posted 01/04/2025
by David Hannah
Posted 31/03/2025
by Michele Spencer
Thank you to all who were able to come and join us in our curriculum sharing afternoon on Friday. After a week of parent consultations, it was great to share our Easter crafts, stop-motion animation, orienteering, maths, writing, art and many more aspects of our learning here together. I am looking forward to sharing our photos from the 'when I was young' photo booth soon too!
Posted 31/03/2025
by David Hannah
On Friday, 12 children from Duloe travelled to St Neot Primary School to see a performance by the Devon Youth Folk Music Group. They were taught about the different musical instruments and were treated to some songs and dances which celebrate Cornish and Devonian heritage
Posted 30/03/2025
by Zoe Thompson
The East Cornwall Harriers cross-country series of races has come to an end for another season. All the children photographed opposite have represented the school over this season and have done an excellent job. Well done Pelynt Lightning!
Posted 30/03/2025
by Zoe Thompson
Pelynt went 1-nil in the early minutes of the game at home against St Germans. They quickly levelled the score and went on to win 5-3. A change in line-up saw and change in goalkeeper and a display that the opposing coach described increasing 'getting better throughout the game'. Well done Pelynt.
Posted 30/03/2025
by Zoe Thompson
It was wonderful to see all the children dressed up as their favourite characters on World Book Day. All the classes had a great day focusing on ‘reading for pleasure’ and delving into the magical world of reading.
Posted 30/03/2025
by Zoe Thompson
This week, Lansallos Class have been enjoying their painting focus in their art lessons. They have been learning about tints, shades and skin tones. After experimenting with watercolours, poster paints and acrylic paints, they then chose which paint they preferred. They used this paint to paint a portrait of an individual who inspires them.
Posted 30/03/2025
by Zoe Thompson
Talland class have been investigating mass and capacity, trying to work out the mass of the Pepsi in a can. This was made a little trickier as some cans were stuck together, others had a sneaky weight added on top!
Posted 30/03/2025
by Alice Wilkie
What a busy week we have had in Landaviddy! Some our bean seeds have began to sprout small green shoots. This has been very exciting and we are all very eager to see how our plants change this week. Unfortunately, some of our seeds haven't shown signs of germination yet, which has got us wondering why. We are looking forward to bringing home our plants next week.
In Science, we have been discovering why roots are important and what their function is. Can you remember why plants need roots? In History, we have been exploring how technology has changed how we write; from typewriters to tablets. During Art this week, we created our own collage paper using different textures and patterns. Next week, we will be using these to create a flower collage. In Computing, we have continued learning about networks and created network maps to show how files move across a network.
Year 2 have started to measure in centimetres this week, recognising where they must start when using a ruler and developing their reasoning skills. Year 3 have continued to work hard on fractions, plotting these on number lines.
English this week, has primarily focussed on writing up our own Jack and the Beanstalk stories, using our best handwriting. Our hope is to compile all our stories into a book which we will pass on to Penhallow to read. We have really been taking our time and thinking carefully about how we can be the best writers. Well done everyone!
Congratulations to Reuben and Finn for being chosen as Landaviddy's People of the Week.
Next week is our last week before the Easter holidays, and will continue to be busy no doubt!
We hope you have a lovely weekend full of sunshine and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton
Posted 29/03/2025
by Helen Fitzsimmons
Hello Everyone!
Spring is in the air, and we have been busy drawing daffodils this week. We made careful observations of different varieties of daffodils and then used oil pastels to create the different colours and shapes that we observed.
This week, we also finished our English work on Quentin Blake’s ‘Mrs Armitage on Wheels.’ Everyone has made up a story of their own, based on the original story, and Year 1 have written some amazing story sequels. We have been very proud of our results.
Both year groups have been busy learning all about length and measure this week in maths. We made and compared different lengths using play dough, measured and compared objects around the classroom, and Year one began to use standard measures to carefully measure objects.
We had a lovely end to this week, on our trip to The Theatre Royal in Plymouth. The Little Red Hen performance did not disappoint, and had the children participated well throughout the show. The children’s happy faces, showed how much they enjoyed and benefitted from the whole experience, and we are extremely proud of how well they behaved throughout the whole day.
Posted 29/03/2025
by Joanna Rickard
This week we have had a focus on Springtime, with lots of learning about what our senses can see, hear, taste, smell and touch at this time of year.
The children were able to tell us that the weather feels warmer, there are spring flowers in the garden, that they know Easter is very soon, and they will enjoy hot cross buns and chocolate eggs delivered by a special bunny! Also, that they could smell the cut grass and touch cute baby lambs.
We took a walk around forest school looking out for some changes and spotted hundreds of baby tadpoles in the pond. We then talked about how these tadpoles will turn into frogs.
The children always enjoy a run and roll around on the school field, and this has been enjoyed this week too. It’s lovely that some of the older school children always come and say hello and want to talk to the pre-school children.
Some special cards have been made this week, and we hope that they have made it home to give to their special person on Sunday. We wish all our pre-school mums a very happy Mother’s Day – we hope you all have a lovely day.
We can’t quite believe that next week is our final week before Easter break, it really has snuck up so fast! The week will see us enjoy some Easter themed activities, and each child will take part in an easter picture hunt around pre-school to then receive a chocolate easter egg kindly donated by FOPS.
Next Friday there will be a short easter service at the church at 1pm followed by an early finish for pre-school and school. All children to be collected by 1.15pm - Thank you.
We hope everyone enjoys their weekend.
The Pre-School Team.
Posted 28/03/2025
by Darren Woolner
What a busy week it has been at Team Brunel. With the Storytelling Caravan and Space Odyssey Dome making a visit to our school as well as a theatre trip by train. It has yet again been quite a week at our wonderful school. Sit back, relax and enjoy this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin.
Posted 28/03/2025
by Jacob Lewis
Posted 28/03/2025
by Rebecca Whitty
This week at preschool, we had an amazing time learning and playing outside. There’s something special about being in the fresh air while discovering new things, and we made the most of it!
One of our favourite activities was playing with play dough – what a fun way to help our hands get stronger! Rolling, squishing, and moulding the dough helped our little fingers work hard and build fine motor skills.
We also had fun learning the sound of the letter T. We practiced saying "t t tower" and looking for things that start with the sound, like tiger, tree, tent and toy. We even made the letter T out of our play dough! It was a great way to connect our learning to the hands-on fun we were having.
We have also been working on writing our names helps us recognise letters and practice holding our pencils. We are getting better at writing the first sound of our names and some of us even wrote our full names by the end of the week! Next week you will all be getting a copy of the dotted names to have a go at over the Easter holidays
Learning outside is always a great way to stay engaged, have fun, and practice important skills in a new way.
We were also very lucky to have the easter bunnies come in today!! Thank you Miss Selby for teaching us all about how to look after a bunny and letting us stroke them.
Come back next week to see what we get up to.
**REMEMBER NEXT FRIDAY EARLY FINISH 1:30 PICK UP**
Posted 28/03/2025
by Anthea Hillman
This has been a busy week full of trips. On Wednesday, our Planet Protectors Club went to the recycling
plant in Bodmin to research what happens to all of our recycling and why it is important to recycle.
They will be sharing what they found out with the rest of the school in an assembly shortly. Year 5
visited Liskeard Fire Station to learn all about safety on the railways; online; on the roads; on the beach
and when using electricity. They also tried their hand at choking prevention and CPR. This morning
Penhallow and Landaviddy Classes had a really enjoyable trip to see ‘Little Red Hen’ at the Theatre
Royal in Plymouth.
More Cross-Country Success
The Polperro team yet again did brilliantly well in last week’s Landrake Inter Schools Cross Country
Race. Congratulations to the children who all completed their races, with or without shoes. Thank you
to Mrs Turnbull for her wonderful team support this season and for running alongside the children
too, and to parents and carers for transporting our runners to each race come rain or shine. An
amazing effort all round from Team Polperro. A huge well done too to Flora who came a magnificent
34th in the Cornwall Cross Country Finals on Tuesday.
Clubs
Please note that there are no clubs next week because of the football match, the disco and staff
training.
Drop off and pick up
Polite reminder when you are picking up and dropping off, please do not park or wait on the zigzag
lines outside school. This is likely to result in drivers receiving penalty notices (a £75 fine). Cars are
still blocking this area causing problems for children crossing the road.
FOPS Easter Discos
Reminder that Easter Discos for the children on Thursday, 3rd April. Tickets are on sale in the office
and cost £3. The disco for Reception, Year 1 and year 2 will be from 3:15-4:15pm. Pupils should bring
a change of clothes and will be able to change after school. KS2 (years 3-6) children should go home
at the usual time of 3:15pm and then return to school for their disco which will be from 4:30-6:00pm.
The last day of term is next Friday 4th April and school will finish at 1:30pm. On Friday morning we will
have a visit from the Easter Bunny. Monday 21st April is a bank holiday, therefore the first day of the
Spring term for the children will be Tuesday, 22nd April.
Have a good weekend
Mrs Hillman
Posted 28/03/2025
by Sara McKillop
Wow, these weeks are flying past, they're so jam packed! Let's see what's been going on this week!
It started off with the most AMAZING visit to the Space Dome - as we lay on our backs admiring the night sky, we were transported to space stations, moons, meteors and even back in time! A wonderful, memorable experience had by all!
English - we are planning our balanced arguments about digging up our school field for the Roman remains - will they turn out to be genuine or not? Will we lose our field?
On Monday, some children from each class visited the 'Story Caravan', a truly magical place full of awe and wonder! What a special treat!
History - we learned about Hadrian's wall and Vindolanda fort - some amazing artefacts from Roman times have been found there and we analysed some of these to see what we could learn about the Romans that lived there. Fascinating stuff!
In RE, we learned about the weird and wonderful Penzance festival of Golowen. We were all really taken by the Obby Oss! What a strange creature it is! It looks like a really exciting festival, too!
Science - we learned about how different surface textures affect the speed of objects moving down them - we used ramps and toy cars to experiment with the hypothesis that a rougher surface creates more friction and will therefore slow the car down. We were right!
Also on Friday, Year 4 were taken over to the library to take part in 'Biowatch' and do some arts and crafts about the world around us! Can they tell you all about it?
Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you all back on Monday for the final week of term!
Posted 28/03/2025
by Ruth Smith
We have been thoroughly enjoying the spring sunshine and being able to open the doors and venture outside without wellies and waterproofs!
For a change we got out all of the bikes, trikes, scooters and push along toys.
The children enjoyed a different type of play and were developing a different range of skills and muscle toning as they played.
Posted 28/03/2025
by Sara McKillop
Wow, these weeks are flying past, they're so jam packed! Let's see what's been going on this week!
It started off with the most AMAZING visit to the Space Dome - as we lay on our backs admiring the night sky, we were transported to space stations, moons, meteors and even back in time! A wonderful, memorable experience had by all!
English - we are planning our balanced arguments about digging up our school field for the Roman remains - will they turn out to be genuine or not? Will we lose our field?
On Monday, some children from each class visited the 'Story Caravan', a truly magical place full of awe and wonder! What a special treat!
History - we learned about Hadrian's wall and Vindolanda fort - some amazing artefacts from Roman times have been found there and we analysed some of these to see what we could learn about the Romans that lived there. Fascinating stuff!
In RE, we learned about the weird and wonderful Penzance festival of Golowen. We were all really taken by the Obby Oss! What a strange creature it is! It looks like a really exciting festival, too!
Science - we learned about how different surface textures affect the speed of objects moving down them - we used ramps and toy cars to experiment with the hypothesis that a rougher surface creates more friction and will therefore slow the car down. We were right!
Also on Friday, Year 4 were taken over to the library to take part in 'Biowatch' and do some arts and crafts about the world around us! Can they tell you all about it?
Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you all back on Monday for the final week of term!
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