Welcome one and all. Next week, we will be having 2 Harvest festival assemblies. EYFS and KS1 will take place at 9am whilst KS2 will take place from 2pm. Please feel free to come in and join us.
Contributions for the FOOD BANK will be gratefully received.

Year 3 News!

We have had a busy week in Year 3!  We have continued with our Egyptian topic where all children made a Cartouche of their name!  They really enjoyed this and we have displayed them on our Working Wall.  In art, the children are experimenting with different patterns and textures and will be creating their own Egyptian Scroll next week.

In science, the children are learning about nutrition and food labels.  They made a giant food plate outdoors which separated the various foods into food groups!  

In English, the children are beginning to write their own version of "The Egyptian Cinderella" story which by the end of next week, they will have published and shared with the other classes.

In PE, the children have been learning invasion and team building games.  All which involve lots of strategic thinking!  

In French, the children will be learning all of the names of fruits!

For guided reading, the children are continuing with our Roald Dahl unit - please ensure their reading log is in school every day so that you can see when your child has read in school :)

I hope that the weather stays nice for many more outdoor activities next week! 

Mrs Brewer, Mrs Miller and Mr Liddement

Friday 26th September

Some of this weeks wonderful exploration has included:

Learning phonemes g/o/c/k. The children have learnt these sounds and then have worked really hard to used these sounds and previously learnt ones to orally blend.

For instance K-i-t   kit. They are amazing the adults with how well they are all doing.

Please use the weekly phonics sheets sent home to allow your children to share their reading knowledge with you!

The children decorated our season tree in class this week by learning about deciduous trees and exploring the colour changes in the tress on our school grounds. The children then worked in teams to collect fallen leaves and use autumnal colours to complete leaf rubbings. Mrs. Phillips then cut them out and placed them on our season tree- it looks amazing!

We have started formal mats this week and the children have been exploring matching, sets , and sorting. For one of our activities we went outside, collected some natural materials and sorted them into groups that the children suggested. You may have seen this when walking into class.

In English this week have continued to explore the story We're Going on a Bear Hunt. The children have been individually using their oracy skills to retell the story and sequence the story in their books.

In our Forest school time with Kelly this week , we explored the forest area and loved the rope swing , the trees to climb, the woodland to explore and so much more!

The children have also, used their funky fingers to cut out items in a house and make their houses, explored the Harvest table, used shaving foam to mark make, and sooooo much more!

Next week we move away from our sub theme of All About Me and we start to explore Superheroes/ People Who Help us!  Eventually this will include a walk down to Looe Town to explore people that help us so please ensure your consents are complete on arbor! We are so excited!

What a great week!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team 

Making pinch pots and some orienteering!

We have had another great week in our class.

In Music, we have been learning about instruments. We practised using feathers to get the right amount of power to play a flute. We quickly realised if we blew too hard the feather would blow away. If we do the same with a flute it doesn't make a very nice sound! We have also started practising our Harvest songs for our Harvest assembly in a few weeks time.

In Art, we have been experimenting with clay. Last week we explored how we can shape clay and this week we used our skills to make pinch pots. We then learnt about slip and how to attach pieces of clay together.

We have also begun some outdoor learning this week! Looe primary have been very lucky to have an orienteering course set out on our playgrounds. We had a go at a 'five a day dash' course and practised our map reading. The children really enjoyed trying to find the right checkpoints and gather all the clues.

In Miss Bolger's Drawing and Craft club this week, we have been focusing on leaf rubbings. We gathered our leaves outside and then made beautiful collages using different colours! They look wonderful. If any children would like to join our club there is still space. Just pop me an email.

Well done Year 1 and 2, another great week.

Miss Bolger

A great first few weeks back! 

We have had a wonderful start in our new Year 1 / 2 class.

We have started our new question for this term which is "How am I making History?" We have begun exploring our personal histories using baby photos and photos of us now. We really enjoyed guessing which baby was who!

In English, we have started our story writing unit based around the book The Three Little Pigs. We have started by building our own houses out of different materials and learning the story through role play.

In Maths, we are looking at numbers up to 20. We have been finding one more and one less this week using cubes and ten frames. We have also started counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Some updates for our new class:

PE days are Tuesday and Friday.

Books will be changed on a Friday.

Please remember to order your child's lunches on a Thursday for the following week.

Please send your child in with a coat every day. The weather is very changeable at the minute but if we can get outside, we will!

Thank you all.

Miss Bolger - Year 1/2 class

A very busy week!

This week the nursery children have been very busy! 
 
We started our week with a visit to Hillcrest Residential Nursing Home where we did some art with the residents.  We used our hands and seasonal coloured paint, to create some wonderful handprints of various sizes. We will use the handprints to cover our Autumn section of the season tree on the classroom wall. 

 Midweek was our PE session with Ryan our coach. We have been learning some ball skills, using our hands and feet to control tennis and footballs. We have also been refining our balance by carrying beanbags on our heads and shoulders. PE is a real highlight for the children and there are always lots of giggles and smiles during our sessions. 

 Friday morning was our second outdoor learning session with Kelly Edwards. This week we were foraging for natures treasure! We had to collect natural resources that would be good for bedding and food for the woodland creatures. The children were very excited to be out in the wild! 

We are all very happy to be back into the swing of the new term and the children are all nicely settled and eager to enjoy all of the upcoming adventures we have lined up for our topic of "All About Me"

Friday 19th September

What another wonderful week in Foundation!

This week in phonics we have learnt the phonemes (sounds)  i/n/m/and d

The children are progressing so well with their oral blending and sound recognition.

We also made bears from our Story We're Going on a Bear Hunt, we had a class competition to see who could sequence the story, Miss Ginn and Mrs Phillips' team both tied!! The children have been using wonderful oracy skills to describe parts of the story when retelling.

In forest school with Kelly we learnt a new hide and seek game, Mrs Phillips tried to hide but the children found her very quickly! Kelly took the children on a treasure hunt too! The children also collected sticks and leaves to use as craft in class. They have made some wonderful magic sticks in class!

The children have been name writing, colouring, counting using numicon, drawing who is special to them, making family trees and so much more!

What a great week!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team 

Welcome to Year 3!!

Summer seems so long ago now and the children have settled well into our Year 3 class!  This term, we have many exciting things to learn and do!  The topic being one of my favourite subjects - Ancient Egyptians!

In maths we are beginning with a Place Value unit.  The children will be learning numbers upto 1000 and understanding 100's, 10's and 1's.  There are always assignments set on mathletics relating to the unit so please take a look!  The logins have been stuck into the front of your child's reading record.  Do note though that the Mathletics and Reading Eggs logins are the same now as they have merged companies :)

In English, the children are learning the "Egyptian Cinderella" story.  So far, they have learned the story and will be writing a character description at the end of the week.

In Science, the topic is "Animals Including Humans" and will be learning about diet and nutrition.  They will be looking at food labels and deciding deciding whether the foods are a healthy choice or best as a treat!  If you are out shopping, the children could watch out for those green labels!!

In History, we have begun learning about the Egyptians and how they lived.  They all understand how long ago Ancient Egypt existed and completed a fun timeline to show their knowledge!  Next, we will be learning about "mummification" which they are already excited about!!

Just a note to remember your child's reading record every day please!  They will be completing guided reading activities and whole class reading lessons so having them in school every day really helps to keep a good record and gives an opportunity for the children to continue with the karate band initiative.

I have attached the curriculum map for you to see the whole term.  Any questions, as always do let me know!

Mrs Brewer, Mrs Miller and Mr Liddement

Welcome back to a new year at school.  It has been lovely to see everyone settling into the new term in this, our first full week back at school.  Just a couple of reminders:

Reading Books
Please ensure all reading books are brought to school each day. We will collect them in on Mondays to check reading and count up the Karate Bands.

PE/Games Lessons
PE is on Thursday and Friday PMs with Friday being with a coach. Please make sure that your children come to school with the correct kit including footwear and jumpers as the weather gets colder/wetter.

Celebrations
If your child has won a certificate or award for achievements outside school, please feel free to let us know. We would love to celebrate with you in school.

If you have any questions/concerns please feel free to speak to the Year 3/4 Team (Miss Pittas, Mrs Hewitt and Mrs Gregory)

Friday 12th September

We have had  a great first full week in Foundation!

The children started their formal phonics learning this week. The sounds that we learnt were: s/a/t/p. We practiced actions to help us remember these sounds and we practiced holding our pencils and learning the correct letter formation to write these letters!

The children were amazing in phonics.

This half term our bog question is: What is a Superhero? As an introduction to this question, we have started this week with an 'all about me' theme.

The children have coloured handprints and said the things they love to do, and we have discussed how we are all joined in our class but all different and made jigsaw pieces to join together. This display can be seen in the foundation foyer.

The children have used their funky fingers to make themselves out of Lego, they have worked as a team to make marble runs, used the role play area to be doctors and care for each other and so much more!

The children have settled into Foundation class so well and we are so proud of them all!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team 

Happy Summer Holidays

What a pleasure it has been to teach the children in Foundation this year! 
It's a bittersweet day for the staff in class today...We are beyond proud of all the children for all they have achieved, all the skills they have learnt and the wonderful year 1 learners they have become HOWEVER it is a sad day also as we have to say goodbye and pass them onto the next teacher. Although we know they will continue to do so well in year 1, we will miss them so very much! 
Thank you for all of your support this year, we wish you the most amazing summer break. 
Warmest and kindest wishes 
Mrs. Phillis and the Foundation Team ! 

Friday 11th July

Look at the amazing butterflies we made during outdoor learning this week.

We worked together to find some leaves that represented butterfly wings. We then painted these leaves together. Once they were painted, we printed them on the paper around the butterfly's body!

We had great fun, but wow it was hot, so we stayed under the trees where it was a lot cooler!

We wish you a wonderful hot weekend and hope you have lots of fun in the sun!

We are looking forward to our last full week in Foundation!

The Foundation Team 

Friday 4th July

Some of this weeks learning:

The children have been exploring water safety this week. We have explored how we can stay safe in the water and also what the flags mean that we see at a lifeguarded beach!

In outdoor learning this week we had the best time searching for things of different colour. Mrs Lyden made us some amazing colour magnifying glasses.

In maths we have been exploring mapping with positional language. The children have been excelling in their maths and the mathematical sentences they have been using have made the adults in class so proud.

We have also made star fish using cheerios, which was so much fun, made ice creams , and so much more!

What a great sunny week!  

Wishing you a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team