Week 2 

The children have had a wonderful second week of amazing learning!

In English this week the children started to explore the story of Mr Gumpy’s Outing. WE read the story and went on a little outing around school to see what we could see. We practiced the story lots by using our story map and we made up actions to remember it . We then worked as team to sequence the story- Miss Hughes tried and got it all wrong! BUT luckily the children helped her to sequence the story correctly! The year 1’s then sequenced it in their books and thought of fantastic time conjunctions to write alongside the pictures. The Foundation children also sequenced the story and they wrote key words next to the pictures to show their understanding! The year 1 children have also been writing sentences from the story using conjunction ‘and’.

In maths the year 1 children have spent this week exploring mass and volume , they have used bucket scales and they have been using ambitious vocabulary such as  balance, mass, heavier, lighter. They have found out the mass of objects in cubes and also compared the mass of different objects.

The Foundation children have been exploring the composition of 10 , they have continued to use their number bond to 10 knowledge to help them explore the number 10 in detail.

In PE the children have continued to explore throwing with our coach Ryan and have enjoyed building skills to play quick cricket.

IN PSHE the children are all exploring relationships, this week we had lots of great discussion about what makes a caring friend. The children in this class are so thoughtful and kind and really contributed well with this lesson.

IN Geography the year 1’s have been exploring physical features of Looe! Yesterday they explored a map of Looe and worked well to identify physical features , they then looked at a picture of Looe and showed their knowledge by labeling all the physical features they could see!

The foundation children have been building Looe out of Lego, riding the balance bikes around a chalked Looe track, drawing their favourite things they like to do in Looe and so much more!

On Tuesday we celebrated St Georges day and all of our activities were based around St George . The children loved exploring the story and a great discussion happened about whether we think St George really killed a dragon or whether he was known for being  a great person that protected his village!

What a wonderful week

Have a lovely weekend

Foundation /year 1 team. 

This week Year 4 have been fulfilling the PE curriculum by taking swimming lessons. They have had an amazing time each afternoon.

They have shown great determination and resilience as they have all endeavoured to improve themselves. It has been fantastic to see so many children progress and everyone can be pleased and proud of themselves.

It was so good to see parents come to our sporting event last Friday.  Thank you so much for the continued support you have for the children.  So many of the children have said how much they appreciated doing sports they had never tried before. 

Have a well-earned rest over the weekend everyone.

Miss Pittas

Week 2 

Year 1 have been very busy in the last couple of weeks! Last Friday we had an alternative sports day at school. We took part in activities such as Segway, athletics, fencing, archery, football and more! The children absolutely loved it and it was brilliant to see them trying new things and giving it their all.

We have been designing our rockets in computing ready for when we make our own. We have been using sketchpad to do this and we have talked about the importance of saving our work. We also talked about why it is really important to save our work in the right place so that we can find it again. We are really looking forward to our designs coming to life in a few weeks time!
In English, we have started our new learning journey based around the book ‘Mr Gumpy’s Outing.’ To launch our English learning journey we went on our own outing around the school to see what we might find.
In maths, our unit is all about length and height. We investigated the question ' do taller people have bigger feet?' We really enjoyed measuring our feet and sharing our findings.

It has been a great week here in Year 1.

As always any questions do not hesitate to contact. 

Miss Bolger 

Welcome back!

We came back to school after our Easter break to some very windy weather, so we used our wind ribbons to build on our gross and fine muscle development. We had great fun swirling and waving them around our outside learning area! 

Our new topic for this half term is "What is above the clouds?" our children have come up with some great responses such as "astronauts" "space" "the moon" and "rockets". One of our older children even came up with " Mercury"! 
Some of our activities this week have been making junk model aliens, split pin astronauts, and we have used geometric shapes to build space rocket pictures. The children have been very creative with their designs. Art and craft activities help children to develop their fine motor and hand to eye coordination skills, this gives them the skills needed to manipulate tools such as scissors and pencils, and leads to early writing skills. 

Week 1 - Summer Term

What a fantastic first week back we have had! The children have come back to school with such enthusiasm, and it has been lovely to see! We have loved hearing all about their Easter activities at home too!

This week the children have worked so well. All children have been exploring a Kenning poem and have been exploring verbs ending -ing to make a noun verb phrase such as children eating, cars tooting. The children then imitated our Kenning poem into a poem about Looe and we were blown away with the suggestions the children came up with! The children have then been using their phonic knowledge to write the poem. They are amazing.

In maths the year ones have been exploring number bonds to 10 and have been working hard to add objects together to make 10, using part-whole models. The year one children have been exploring length and height, they have used key vocabulary and have measured objects using cubes and then learning about a ruler and measuring in centimetres.

Today we held our Alternative sports afternoon, and it was fantastic, the children had lots of fun joining in with all the activities and games. We will try and fit lots of these activities into our special sports in foundation/ year 1 over the last summer term.

The children have achieved so much this week and have explored so much learning.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Foundation /year 1 team. 

Welcome to Looe Nursery! 

Looe Primary welcomes children from 2 years of age into our nursery setting. 

Our staff have a wealth of experience and knowledge and work hard to create a safe and nurturing environment for the children in our care. We also recognise that parents are children’s most important teachers and therefore work closely with them.

Play is essential for children’s development, building their confidence as they learn to explore, relate to others, set their own goals, and solve problems. Children learn by leading their own play, and by taking part in play and learning that is guided by adults. We put early language at the heart of a broad curriculum, and spend time on quality interactions with children. 

The nursery have very close links with the Reception Class and have a comprehensive and effective transition every Summer term for those starting school in September. Our staff work closely with the school's EYFS Lead who regularly visits.

Please do contact the office for a visit if you wish to find out more.

Microbits and Coding

This week, we have started to learn how to use coding to control our resident set of BBC Microbits. These are small programmable devices that can be made to show light sequences, sounds and responses to inputs.

We used block code to provide a set of instructions for the Microbits to follow. Next week, we will be looking at developing our understanding of Microbits to develop our own projects.

The start of the Summer Term


It has been lovely to welcome the children back and hear what they've been up to in the holidays. It sounds like they have all had a lovely time off. 

We have a really exciting summer term planned with lots to look forward to.

We have started our science topic this week which is 'our bodies.' We have been learning about our eyes and how they help us to see. We did an investigation where we turned off and on the lights and saw what happened to our pupils. We then also acted as scientists and collected data. We made a tally chart of the eye colours in the class and discussed which was the most common. We loved collecting data and sharing our findings as a class! 

Our big question for this term is 'where do we live?' and I am looking forward to our Geography lessons where we will explore this question further. 

Just a reminder that our P.E days have stayed the same this half term and so children can wear their P.E kits in on a Monday and a Friday. 

The children have come back to school brilliantly and as always, I am always so impressed with their attitude to learning and look forward to our term together. 

The year 1 team. 

Happy Easter Holidays!

Happy Easter Holidays

Wow! We have completed yet another term!

The children have worked so hard, and all the children are progressing really well. We are so proud of their achievements.

We have had a really busy week, attached are some of the pictures of  some of the learning we have explored this week.

May we take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support this term and we wish you an amazing Easter break.

We look forward to seeing the children back at school on Monday 15^th April.

Foundation /year 1 team. 

Dear All!

We have come to the end of a very busy term!  The children have had a broad range of learning and opportunities this term and I can safely say that we are all tired and ready for the break!

The children have covered money, multiplication and some aspects of measure in maths this term.  Next term will focus on finishing all of the curriculum and then will be revisiting and practising methods and strategies in preparation for their SATs in May.

In English, the children have written a very important letter to the Prime Minister to persuade him to do more regarding climate change in this country.  Alongside this, they have covered many different habitats and how it all relates to one another!  Not to mention our trip to the Aquarium which was excellent and the children thoroughly enjoyed it!

We made moon buggies too!  The children loved learning about all of the different explorers past and present and particularly enjoyed the moon landings!

We have also had many other exciting things like our celebration on St Pirans day and also TT Rockstars and World Book days where the children had opportunities to dress up (and adults too!).

We have many more lovely things planned for Summer Term!

Enjoy your Easter everyone!

Mrs Brewer, Miss Ryan and Miss B

Art Project- Sneak Peek!

Year 6 had the opportunity to work with two local artists to contribute towards a collective project involving paint, collage and sketching. The theme of the project is identity and our understanding of ourselves. The creativity shown by the children throughout the sessions was superb and it was great to see their unique approaches to the brief. We will shared the finished results in due course but hopefully it will make for a fantastic piece of collaborative art.

Well done Year 6!