What a wonderful week.

It has been a real pleasure getting to know your children more fully over the last week and I have named them my 'little Spitzbubs'. Through our class story - Fritz and Kurt - we have learnt that Spitzbub means rascal. 
During maths it has been wonderful to see the enthusiasm for learning that they all have. They have a wonderful 'can do' attitude and are not afraid to share their scores, admit they don't know or to ask for help. We are focusing on our times tables so please encourage them to use TTR for at least 20 minutes a day.
During English we are needing to focus on our handwriting but they have wonderful ideas and are excited to write their diary entries including the skills we have been working on.

Our afternoons have been focusing on our PSHE - being me in my world. The children are incredibly empathetic and aware of how good citizens behave in the country and within our school environment.
A reminder that PE is on a Wednesday and Friday. Please can I ask all parents to ensure they have done their consents on their arbor so that next week I am able to share some pictures of our learning. Many thanks, Sam

Welcome to Year 4|5

What will we be learning in the wider curriculum this term?

For the first time this year, we are able to share with you the curriculum map that we use to plan the wider curriculum content and learning for each half term. The wider curriculum includes all of the subjects except English and maths. We use the National Curriculum for our teaching decisions and this is based on the knowledge that we want children to gain. There is a question that guides the work and we make sure that they get a good share of all of the subjects across the year, so some boxes may have less in them for one term than other subjects. We hope that you find these maps helpful and when we start a new one, we will send it to you. It would be great if you could talk with your child about what they are learning from time to time now that you know. 

Emazdad - Road Safety Workshop

Wednesday 25th September

Today we have had a wonderful road safety talk from Emazdad. We learnt about keeping safe on the road and the assembly was amazing. The children were able to recall so many of the rules for keeping safe. See if they can recall some of those rules when they are at home.

STOP ... LOOK and LISTEN.
 

Take a look at our KIRFS (Key instant recall facts) for maths

What we will be learning in the Wider Curriculum this term

For the first time this year we are able to share with you the curriculum map that we use to plan the wider curriculum content and  learning for each half term.  The wider curriculum is all subjects except English and maths.  We use the National Curriculum for our teaching decisions and this is based on the knowledge that we want children to gain.  We hope that you find these maps helpful and when we start a new one, we will send it to you.  It would be great if you could talk to your child about what they are learning from time to time and now you know what they are learning.  There is a question that guides the work and we make sure that they get a good share of all subjects over the year, so some boxes may have less in them for one term or half term than other subjects.

Take a look at our KIRFS (Key instant recall facts) for maths

In maths we are also introducing some new language in maths called KIRFS.  This stands for  Key Instant Recall Facts.  These are being introduced to the children and Mrs Davies, our maths lead will email a letter home by the end of the week to explain a little more and to suggest how you can help at home. 

What we will be learning in the Wider Curriculum this term

For the first time this year we are able to share with you the curriculum map that we use to plan the wider curriculum content and learning for each half term. The wider curriculum is all subjects except English and maths. We use the National Curriculum for our teaching decisions and this is based on the knowledge that we want children to gain. We hope that you find these maps helpful and when we start a new one, we will send it to you. It would be great if you could talk to your child about what they are learning from time to time and now you know what they are learning. There is a question that guides the work and we make sure that they get a good share of all subjects over the year, so some boxes may have less in them for one term or half term than other subjects.

We will have two curriculum maps in Foundation / Year 1. Our first big question will be Who am I? For Autumn Term 1, and our second big question will be What can I play with today? These questions will guide our learning each half term. 

You will receive a class blog at least once per week now, so please help us by updating your permissions on Arbor so that we can blog pictures of your child and share their learning with you more. If you have any questions about the curriculum map, please let me know and I will help as much as possible.

KIRFS
In maths we are also introducing some new language in maths called KIRFS. This stands for Key Instant Recall Facts. These are being introduced to the children and Mrs Davies, our maths lead will email a letter home by the end of the week to explain a little more and to suggest how you can help at home.

What we will be learning in the Wider Curriculum this term

For the first time this year we are able to share with you the curriculum map that we use to plan the wider curriculum content and  learning for each half term.  The wider curriculum is all subjects except English and maths.  We use the National Curriculum for our teaching decisions and this is based on the knowledge that we want children to gain.  We hope that you find these maps helpful and when we start a new one, we will send it to you.  It would be great if you could talk to your child about what they are learning from time to time and now you know what they are learning.  There is a question that guides the work and we make sure that they get a good share of all subjects over the year, so some boxes may have less in them for one term or half term than other subjects.
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Take a look at our KIRFs (Key instant recall facts) for maths
In maths we are also introducing some new language called KIRFS. This stands for Key Instant Recall Facts. These are being introduced to the children and Mrs Davies, our maths lead will email a letter home by the end of the week to explain a little more and to suggest how you can help at home. Please see the file below for more information.

Welcome Back!

Welcome to Year 3/4.
We hope that you have had a good break over the summer and we welcome you warmly into this new school year.

The children have started back very well and are beginning to learn their new routines showing such maturity.  We are looking forward to all that we will be doing over the next term.

Our big question for the term has a history focus: Would you like to live as a stone age hunter? More details will follow over the next couple of days.

Important Note:
Please can you bring any school reading books back to school in the next couple of days.  We want to keep our stocks of these high quality books to be able to use with other children.

We will email in the next couple of days to clarify PE days and when to bring reading books into school for changing etc.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me: cpittas@looeprimary.co.uk 

Miss Pittas and the Year 4 Team

Welcome back to Year 5 2024-2025

What a lovely day! It was great to spend the day getting to know each other, getting new furniture and testing their times table knowledge after the 6 week holiday. Times tables does continue to be a big focus for us in Year 5 as we begin our long multiplication, division and lots of fractions learning - all of this is made easier with strong times tables knowledge.  We will be beginning our topic based upon the two world wars next week and a letter will be coming out shortly about a planned trip so keep an eye on your emails please.

PE - please ensure that PE kit follows are guidance on the website. No football shirts please. Our PE days are Wednesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor). As the weather becomes cooler the children can wear dark coloured jogging bottoms and a sweatshirt, or wear their school jumper for the Friday outdoor session.

Home learning - from next week your children will have their new Mathletics and Times Table Rockstars accounts up and running. Please ensure they are actively engaging. Mathletics is set each week based upon the topics covered that week in our maths lessons so is a great way to help us see the consolidation of their learning.

Walking home, or to the gate - please could you email/ come and see me to give permission for your child to walk independently. 

Have a great week,
Mrs Davies and Miss Cook

Welcome back everyone!

I has been so lovely to see all of the little faces today!  I really hope that you had a great summer and that the children are ready for a packed half term!

Just a few notifications to begin the school year.  Firstly, could I politely ask that everyone return any reading books from last year.  We are quite a number down unfortunately and need these to pass on to the children coming up.  PE days for this class are Tuesday's and Thursday's so please ensure that your child arrives into school dressed in the appropriate kit.

Coming home this week will be their class dojo logins and a new reading book and record.  Please can you ensure that their reading records are in school every day, as we will be reading regularly with the children and need to ensure that their reads are counted for the karate reading bands initiative.  

Information of what is being covered this term (our topic) will be uploaded by the end of this week.  Please take the time to read it so that you can talk to your child at home so that they can make positive connections between what we are learning in school and relating it to the outside world!

We have already enjoyed receiving the children today and am looking forward to a positive, fun academic year!

Any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to either talk to one of our team or alternatively, email me at rbrewer@looeprimary.co.uk.

Mrs Brewer, Miss Masters, and Mr Liddement

Welcome to Year 2 

What will we be learning in the Wider Curriculum this term?

We are very excited to welcome the children back to school this week. It will be a very fabulous half term and we are all particularly looking forward to celebrating the 40th Birthday of Looe Primary Academy on the 4th October. This week we will start sharing information about the learning that will be happening in Year 2 during the Autumn Term. Our topic this term is: 'What was it like to live in Victorian Times?'

For the first time this year we are able to share with you the curriculum map that we use to plan the wider curriculum content and learning for each half term. The wider curriculum is all subjects except English and maths. We use the National Curriculum for our teaching decisions and this is based on the knowledge that we want children to gain. We hope that you find these maps helpful and when we start a new one, we will send it to you. It would be great if you could talk to your child about what they are learning from time to time and now you know what they are learning. There is a question that guides the work and we make sure that they get a good share of all subjects over the year, so some boxes may have less in them for one term or half term than other subjects.

In maths we are also introducing some new language in maths called 'KIRFS'. This stands for Key Instant Recall Facts. These are being introduced to the children and Mrs Davies, our maths lead will email a letter home by the end of the week to explain a little more and to suggest how you can help at home. You will receive a class blog at least once per week now, so please help us by updating your permissions on Arbor so that we can blog pictures of your child and share their learning with you more. If you have any questions about the curriculum map, please let me know and I will help as much as possible.