Art
In Art this week we have learned about the Japanese printing technique 'Hapa-Zome'. We used India Flint's printing work as our inspiration; finding out about a new artist for all of the children.

Next week is the final week of school for this academic year.  We are in school Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, the children leave at 1.30pm.

Tuesday morning will be our class party and our whole class reward for the Summer Term.

Please do email if you have any questions.

The Year 4 Team
cpittas@looeprimary.co.uk 

Friday 12th July 

Some of this weeks amazing learning!

Year one children have been exploring features of a poster this week in English. They have been revisiting how important it is to stay safe on the beach and what important job the RNLI does. They have been identifying features and remembering how to use capital letters and full stops when writing their sentences. The children then used their knowledge to plan a poster that they wanted to write and today they created a wonderful poster including lots of information about water safety and the RNLI.

In maths the children have been exploring time, they started the week using words such as before, after, first and next. They then explored days of the week and months of the year. They used calendars to work out what date and days activities were taking place!

The Year 1 children have also been writing postcards from the point of view of Victorians this week and recalling all their knowledge about how visiting the beach was different in the Victorian times.

The foundation children have been using so many wonderful skills this week, they have made beautiful decoupage shells with Mrs Gregory, the children had to think carefully how to apply the glue to the shell, cut out their chosen picture and then paste it together, they have turned out beautiful. The children have also been making repeated patterns in maths, using their memory and recall skills in beach pairs, they have been labelling pictures for Miss Hughes and making wonderful beach scenes.

In phonics the children have continued to work really hard. Some children are on assessment weeks and some children continue to work hard to use their phonic knowledge to read tricky words and write amazing sentences.

The children continue to make us proud every day with their effort.

Next week will be our last full week of the academic year and we have lots of amazing and fun learning planned!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Foundation /year 1 team.

A fun week of learning! 

We have had another wonderful week in year 1. We finished off our maths unit of money this week with a fun, practical lesson. We had to buy ingredients to make biscuits! We used our understanding of coins and our addition skills to collect the right amounts to buy our ingredients from Miss Bolger and Miss Masters. We could then decorate our biscuits with what we had bought! They were very tasty! We loved gathering the correct money and using our problem-solving skills.


In English, we have been learning all about the RNLI to make an informative poster. We have watched videos, looked at books and used the information we found out at the lifeboat station to gather our facts together. We have also been learning how to stay safe at the beach and collected some top tips. We have really enjoyed learning more about the RNLI and we now have lots of facts to add to our poster!


I am looking forward to our final full week and all the activities we will be doing to celebrate the end of the year!


Miss Bolger 

Week 5 

This week has been a very busy week and a wonderful one too!

Some of year one’s learning:

The year one children have been using their new knowledge of recounts and writing a recount about their trip to Looe Beach last week! The children included some wonderful features in their writing. In maths the children have continued to explore money, they learnt about the value of each note and then worked hard to understand how many £1 and £2 coins make up each note. In History the children explored beaches in the Victorian times and sequenced pictures that explored the change in seaside areas across the years!

Foundation children have been making sea creatures from plasticine and exploring positional language in maths. They have worked hard at writing about items they may need to take to the beach, and they have also been writing post cards about their trip to the beach. They have also been so creative making wonderful crabs out of paper plates.

On Tuesday we had our transition day, and the children spent the day in their new classes. This was a lovely day, and the children were amazing!

Today we were so lucky to have Tom come into school, a local fisherman, and show us the fish he catches, how to filet them and also his life jacket that keeps him safe when he’s out to sea! This was amazing to show the children how our food gets to our plate, and we learnt so many wonderful facts!

What a wonderful week we have had!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Foundation /year 1 team.

We have been raising butterflies in our class over the last few weeks. We watched them grow as caterpillars, turn into chrysalis, and then hatch into butterflies! It gave us a hands on understanding of lifecycles.
We have compared the lifecycles of butterflies, ladybirds and ants, noticing differences and similarities.  
 We took the fully grown butterflies up to the field where there is a conservation meadow area, this was the perfect place to set them free!
 We watched as they fluttered away with an enormous sense of pride and joy!

The residential and day trip season has well and truly arrived at Looe Primary!  Our Year 6 pupils enjoyed 3 nights and 4 days at Hendra near Newquay last week, supported by Kernow Sports and Leisure, one of our sports providers.  As you can see, they got up to all sorts of activities, including segway, body boarding, adventure challenges and a day trip to Camel Creek.  Even the staff got in on the act at the silent disco with evidence of Mrs Higgins dancing away with the instructors!  The staff were very proud of the children and hopefully they will have some lovely memories of their last few weeks at Looe Primary School.

Our Year 5 children will enjoy their residential this week and the Year 4 children recently enjoyed a visit to Longleat for 2 nights and a trip to Cheddar Gorge on the way home.  For the other year groups it has been a season of some wonderful visits to local venues, including the beaches in and around Looe, Plymouth University, the Sardine Factory/Heritage Centre etc.

We are now all eagerly anticipating the Year 6 drama production in the next few weeks - before we know it, it will be the end of the school year.  Where did all that time go?

Week 4 

We certainly started this week with a wow moment of learning!

Our Looe beach trip and visit to the RNLI was absolutely amazing and the children were such a wonderful example of how wonderful Looe Primary Academy is! Members of the public approached staff to say how wonderful the children were!

The children were fantastic walking down to the beach from school. When we got there the children explored the area, played parachute games, football and built sandcastles. Al the children had the chance to visit the RNLI station and the wonderful Carol and Ian took us on a tour and told us so many wonderful facts about the crews uniform and the equipment they use. What a wonderful way to immerse ourselves in our learning!

The year 1 children have had assessment week this week and have been showing the adults how amazing they are and what knowledge they have in maths and reading.

The foundation and year 1 children have been making sea creatures from plasticine, counting sea creatures in rock pools, using their cutting skills to make rock pool pictures, writing sentences and so much more!

The children are becoming brilliant at tennis with coach Ryan in PE and it was lovely to see their progress in yesterdays PE lesson.

Another wonderful week of learning! Three weeks left!

Next week is our whole school transition day on the 2^nd where the children will spend the day in their next class with their new teachers! So exciting!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Foundation /year 1 team.

What we've been doing in year 1! 

It has been a brilliant couple of weeks in year 1, and we have been very busy! Last Friday was our sport’s day. We took part in activities such as long jump, football and throwing. We then did our running races at the end. We had an absolutely brilliant day and we showed our school value of determination, collecting as many points for our house team as we could. Year 1 also showed great sportsmanship and cheered on their friends on each activity. Safe to say we were pretty tired at the end of the day!

On Monday, we had our beach trip with the foundation/ year 1 class and nursery. We started our trip at the RNLI station, finding out information about the work they do. We found it really fascinating that they have only 90 seconds to get dressed and ready when the alarm is sounded. We all agreed that we can hardly put our shoes and socks on in that time! We enjoyed looking at all the boats they take out on the water, and learning what we have to do if we get into trouble at sea.

Just a few reminders for the upcoming weeks:
- Please remember to send your child in with a sun hat each day.
- PE days are Monday and Friday
- Whole school transition day is the 2nd July, where your child will meet and spend the day with their teacher for September

I am looking forward to all the activities we get up to as we move into the last few weeks of school before the holidays.

Any questions as always, just let me know.

Miss Bolger 

What a busy couple of days we are having!

Residential and trip to Plymouth University

I hope that, by now, you have heard all-of-the stories from the Year 4 residential. It is safe to say that fun was had by all. And, for those who went to Plymouth University, they report to us that they had ‘amazing fun’ with Mrs Marshall in Plymouth. Well done to all of the Year 4s who were a credit to us. Thank you to you all for all of the positive comments you wrote on our Facebook page.  If you have not already gone across to see the updates from the residential, please feel free to see what your children were up to!

Sports Day 2024

Sports Day was a triumph again this year.  The children moved around the chain of activities enthusiastically and showed both a healthy team spirit coupled with the drive to ‘win’ personal races. Well done to the ‘Green Team’ for their deserved win. And well done to everyone for giving it their very best.

Transition Day

Next Tuesday is our transition day.  Children will come into school as usual on Tuesday and will be escorted to their new classrooms.  They will return to their usual classroom at the end of the day for a normal pick up.

Quick Note

As it is hot, please do send your child into school with a sun hat and or sun cream if you feel they need these things.

PE

Please be advised that PE days are Tuesday and Friday. Children MUST come into school in their kits with a water bottle.  All children must be wearing trainers. Shoes really are not suitable for the athletics that we are completing on both of the days.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Miss Pittas and the Year 4 team

Week 3 

Some of Foundations exploring:

This week foundation have continued to write sentences linked to seaside pictures. They are improving day by day! The children have been using scissors lots in funky finger activities this week to ensure they can hold scissors with ease. In maths the children have been exploring repeated patterns, they have made seaside repeated patterns and have worked so hard, even with the tricky ones!

They have also , made sea bubble pictures using bubbly paint, designed sandcastles and lollies, made sea creatures from plasticine and so much more!

Some of Year 1’s learning this week:

This week the year ones have started to explore recounts in English, they have been learning what features make a great recount. They have also been revisiting conjunction ‘and’ and time conjunctions too and using these in their writing. They will be writing a recount of our beach trip next week!

In maths we have finished our place value to 100 unit and have begun exploring money. During Science this week the children tested the houses they have made and tested whether they could withstand the wind and whether they had made a waterproof roof! The children chose great materials, and the houses were very effective!

In PSHE all children continued to explore how we have changed over time. Some children brought in pictures of when they were babies and we played ‘guess the baby’ It was really tricky to guess as the children have changed so much!  

We have also been competing in the Bridge School Games this week and completed lots of different sports activities! Come on Looe!! 

Today was Sports afternoon and it was amazing! The children did so well and had so much fun, as did the adults. I think the children and adults will sleep well tonight!

Its been a wonderful week of learning!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Foundation /year 1 team.

This week we have started our teeth cleaning sessions. We have been supplied with toothbrushes and toothpaste so that we can collectively clean our teeth each day. This is a 3 minute activity that will promote oral health and wellbeing. The children are really enjoying this, we even have a special song to sing!

Week 2 

This week has been super busy, full of lovely learning!

Some of Foundations exploring:

Foundation children have been trying t write lots of short sentences independently this week. They have been given seaside pictures and they have been writing about what they see.

In phonics they have been reading words with adjacent consonants and completing letter formation practice to ensure their writing is ready for year 1.

The Foundation children have also been making ocean picture plates to celebrate world ocean day and have been talking about how we protect our oceans, they have been sharing objects into equal groups, exploring shells, using their funky fingers to complete seaside pictures and so much more!

Some of Year 1’s learning this week:

The Year 1 children have been exploring a list poem over the last two weeks and this week they have been imitating the known poem to make it their own, they then spent time writing the poem up ensuring they were using ambitious vocabulary and using capital letters and full stops in their wiring.

In maths this week the children have started to explore place value to 100! The children have been counting from 50-100, counting to 100 in tens and also learning how to partition numbers to 100.

In PSHE all children explored how we have changed since we were born and had lots of discussion about how our bodies have changed and what we can do now that we couldn’t do then!

In PE all the children have continued to explore tennis skills with Ryan, and they are progressing really well.

It’s been another wonderful week of learning.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Foundation /year 1 team.

Minibeasts!

Our topic for this half term is Are Minibeasts like us? We discovered a bee in the garden, sadly the bee had died, but this was still a fantastic learning opportunity for us. We took out our mini magnifying glasses and we had a good look at the bee close up. We were able to see where the bee's sting would be, we discovered that the bee is quite fluffy and furry. We took a look at the stripes and we counted it's legs too!

summer 2 - week 1 

What a great first week back we have had.

Our new big question this half term is: What’s it like to be beside the sea?

We have lots of wonderful learning planned this half term to explore this question.

This week the year ones have ben exploring a list poem, they have been reading and learning the poem Ten things found in a wizard’s pocket. The children have been writing sentences using adjectives and working hard to correct sentences with capital letters and full stops!

They have also been exploring fractions in maths this week and have tried so hard to recognise and find halves and quarters!

In History we explored seaside holidays then and now and we compared going to the beach in Victorian times to going to the beach now!

The foundation children have been impressing Miss Hughes with their phonic knowledge and have been writing sentences to match pictures about the seaside! The foundation children have been exploring sharing in maths and they have worked so hard.

In PE all the children have been learning running skills and the basics of tennis with coach Ryan!

The children have completed so much wonderful learning this week!

Please remember that tomorrow (Friday 7^th) is an INSET Day.

Have a wonderful weekend

Foundation /year 1 team.