Harvest is one of our favourite times of the year in school.  It celebrates all of our values in so many ways.  We have been collecting food to donate to the Liskeard Food Bank which also serves Looe and we have worked hard to understand all of the reasons why we do this, From history, to music, to thinking about others, to showing kindness to those who may need help more than we do and learning to share with others when we have enough.

To celebrate this year, we invited parents to two assemblies, Key Stage 1 in the morning and Key stage 2 in the afternoon.  Each class had prepared songs, poems, prayers and art to share with their parents.  We were so pleased that so many parents were able to join us.
We were also thrilled with the donations of food that we received.  The photo is of the volunteers from the Liskeard Food Bank who came to take the food back to their storage facility.  As you can see, their van is rather full of produce!

Harvest is colourful, vibrant , thoughtful, kind and helpful with so many other wonderful qualities to share the positive things in life when we all work together and to give thanks for the food that we eat and the people who grow and make it for us.  Thank you to all those families who donated so generously.

Dear all!

Year 3 have been busy again!  In maths, we have moved onto addition and subtraction - please do not forget that your child has mathletics assignments assigned to them for homework!  We do allow time in school for them to access however, it is beneficial if they can practise at home too!

In English, the children have finished their own versions of the "Egyptian Cinderella" story. We will be sharing the stories on Friday with Miss Stricklands class :)  The next unit is to write an Information Text about the pharaoh "Rameses II (Rameses The Great) where the launch included a very special visitor who is over 3000 years old!!  The children questioned "Queen Nefertari" and found out lots of information in preparation for our Egyptian unit.

In science, the children are continuing their learning on human and animal skeletons.  Last week, they created a full sized human skeleton using sticks and this week, they drew various animal skeletons using chalk on the playground!!!

In art, the children will be making their own Egyptian scrolls so when they are finished, I will post them on our page!

That is all for now!  Please do not forget, Reading logs to be in school every day; book changes every Friday and Reading Eggspress/Mathletics assignments are set every week!!!! Thank you for your continued support!

Mrs Brewer, Mrs Miller and Mr Liddement

Primary School days are meant to be memorable. but I have a feeling that the residential visit to London for many of our Year 6 pupils last week was one of their most memorable experiences ever and hopefully one that will last forever.  With huge thanks to Mrs Davies for organising the experience and for all of the adults attending, including one of our governors, I think it is safe to say that they all had a wonderful time.  With over 29,000 walking steps on one day in particular, the visit was packed full of new things to enjoy and experience.  The main reason for the trip at this time of year was tickets to visit the Houses of Parliament and because it is the party conference season, the children were allowed to enter the Houses of Commons and Lords as there were no sessions on the day that they were there.  It meant that they could experience being in the chambers, rather than observing debates and questions from the viewing galleries.

They stayed very close to St.Paul's Cathedral and saw the outside art in the grounds, walked to the Tate Modern via the Millenium Bridge, went to the Tower of London and saw The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre as well as their visit to the Houses of Parliament.  They walked and experienced the London Underground and they saw many of the other London sights on foot, such as the Embankment, Tower Hill and Paddington Station.  I am sure you will agree that it was an action packed few days!  They were all exhausted when they returned, but all smiling and very excited to share their time away with their families.  All adults reported how well the children coped and they were hard to miss in their brightly coloured group hats.  I think we all wished that we had been with them!

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