w/e 13.2.26

A Busy and Brilliant Week in Perranporth class! 

In English, we continued our poetry unit. The children explored different poems, performed them, and wrote their own across the week. We were so impressed with their creativity and the ambitious language they used.

In Maths, we focused on multiplication and division, developing our number sense and building confidence with times tables.

Our wider curriculum was packed full of interesting learning:

• In Geography, we completed our learning about deserts and created a double-page spread to showcase everything we had discovered.
• In Science, we finished our electricity topic, again presenting our understanding in a detailed double-page spread.
• In French, we learned about habitats, while in Music we continued with Classroom Jazz.
• On Tuesday, we marked Safer Internet Day with special computing activities, including a live lesson.
• In PSHE, we recognised Children's Mental Health Awareness Week and continued our learning about relationships.

There was plenty happening beyond the classroom too! We played dodgeball for our team match in PE, explored fastenings in DT, celebrated achievements in Friday's assembly, and enjoyed meeting many of you at Parents' Evening.

It was a full, fun and focused week of learning - we were very proud of all our superstars!

This week in English, we started our new poetry unit. We are creating a sonnet about cats based on Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The children have spent this week exploring the sonnet, finding out about the structure, researching Shakespeare and using archaic language, such as: thus, thee and thou.
This afternoon, the children used their story maps to learn the poem by heart and practise their oracy skills . I was proud of each group because they had to learn to pronounce words they had never seen before. 

In maths, we have started a unit on ratio and proportion. Today we focused on scaling recipes up and down and they commented on what a useful life skill it was. 

In History, we have been finding out about the census and looking at old extracts. We then had a go at creating a class census by interviewing each other and collecting data. 

Please find the knowledge web for this half term below. 

Have a fantastic weekend, Miss Burton.

Planting for the future

Welcome back!

The first week of term is already underway. Building on last year's Orwell Project, our Year 5 and 6 pupils, together with our Planet Protector group, visited the temperate rainforest just ten minutes from school to take part in a special tree-planting session. They were the very first group of pupils to plant trees as part of this exciting initiative, which will see more than 20,000 trees planted to help restore and regenerate the temperate rainforest. A fantastic start to the term and a wonderful way for our pupils to make a real difference to their local environment.

Parent Consultations We will be holding parent consultations the week commencing 9th March for Penhallow, Talland and Chaipel Classes and the week commencing 16th March for Landaviddy Class. Please see separate letter attached for dates and details of how to sign up.

Clubs will resume next week as follows: Monday: After School Running Club (Miss Bowden and Miss Bolton) for years 3-6. Tuesday: Lunchtime Construction Club (Mrs Lister) Reception/Y1/Y2; After school Girls' Football (Y3-6); Thursday: Lunchtime Choir Mrs Butlin (Y2-6) After school Art Club (Mrs Fitzsimmons) Reception/Y1/Y2 ; After school Football Club Mr Langley (Y3-Y6). We had hoped to restart Gardening Club this half term; however, unfortunately the greenhouse did not withstand the recent storms and we are currently awaiting a replacement. We are now aiming to have this popular club up and running again after the Easter break.

If your child would like to join any of the clubs available for their year group and has not already signed up, please let us know by email or telephone. Please note that once children have signed up to a club, they are expected to attend every week unless they are absent from school or we have received written parental permission for them not to attend. This applies to both lunchtime and after-school clubs.  

World Book Day, Thursday 5th March 2026 Please find attached a £1 digital book token for your child to spend on a free book for World Book Day. Reminder that on World Book Day children should come in dressed as their favourite book character. We have already had some super entries for "decorate a paper plate" competition where the children are asked to decorate a paper plate following the theme or character of a book. Reminder that the deadline for entries is Monday 2nd March and winners will be announced on World Book Day (Thursday 5th March).

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Hillman

Welcome back to everyone after the half term break. As ever, it has been a busy week, with lots of fantastic learning taking place across the school.

Design Technology
Class 3 are learning about mechanisms through model vehicles This week, they learnt to make a prototype model car to roll down an inclined plane. Children had to work in pairs to achieve their learning outcomes in the lesson and then test their car.


Art Exhibition
We hope all those who were able to join us for the art exhibition on Wednesday enjoyed viewing the children's work. It was great to see the variety of approaches on display.



Year 3/4 Football Tournament
Despite losing both games from the first round of matches this week, I thought the players were terrific. Many of the children were playing their first ever game and were very unsure what to do at the beginning. However, by the end, they had improved significantly.

Swimming
Year 1 and 2 children started their swimming programme this afternoon. With half of them assessed as non-swimmers, it shows the value of these lessons.

I look forward to sharing more of the children's learning next week.

In PSHE as part of our 'Dreams & Goals' topic we have been learning about how to work well with a partner and we had to work in pairs to design a welly boot. We have also been setting ourselves goals and thinking about how we can achieve them. 

On Internet Safety day we read a story called 'Digiduck's Big Decision' all about being kind and making good choices on the internet. 

We joined an online assembly that talked about places where we feel safe for Children's Mental Health week. 

In PE we have been practising throwing and catching and learning how to find a space and communicate with our team in a game. 

We made lovely Valentine's Day cards and some sweet cake treats on our last day before the half term holiday. We also had a lot of fun at the school disco!

We've had a lovely first week back. We began with launching our long-awaited enquiry into the impact of WW2 on the people of Britain. We completed a pre-assessment Kahoot quiz and then have spent this week investigating the events leading up to the start of the war and the significance of the Battle of Britain, listening to primary oral sources from the veterans of the RAF. It was so inspiring to hear of their dedication and spirit - as they never referred to themselves as brave: they were just doing their duty to King and country.

We are linking English with our enquiry, writing a balanced argument about whether Britain actually 'won' the Battle of Britain. We have investigated the 'pros' and 'cons' of the battle and took part in a class debate, putting our points of view across and building on and challenging the opinions of others.

In Maths, we have been finishing off our fractions, decimals and percentages unit. We are really confident now and are looking forward to a week of algebra next week! 

We ended the week with a visit to Muchlarnick, where we were the first children to plant the first fifty trees which will make up the newly-formed temperate rainforest. This links in with the George Orwell project we were lucky to be part of a couple of years ago. We had 'press coverage' there and Aria, Nuala, Immy and Tristan spoke very eloquently when asked to give their account of their experience.

CONGRATULATIONS to our People of the Week: Lily, Chilali and Leo who demonstrated our school values and are true role models to their peers.

I have attached the Homework Grid and KIRFs for this half term. Carry on with the SATS books and remember the SATS clubs are Tuesday (pm), Wednesday (lunchtime) and Thursday (am).

That's all from us so have a lovely weekend,

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary.

This week we have kicked off our learning adventure by exploring cities. The children have been very enthusiastic, and this has linked beautifully to our Literacy work on non-chronological reports. We have been learning about the key features of this type of writing and gathering facts about Edinburgh to support our report writing.

In Maths, we have started our new topic on multiplication. We began by practising counting in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s to build a strong foundation.

In RE, we read the Easter story and discussed the events of Holy Week, labelling what happens on each day during Easter.

In Music, we sang a song about the days of the week and learned how to say the days in Spanish. We also enjoyed a fantastic singing assembly!

In Science, we have begun learning about everyday materials, exploring their properties and uses.

In Art, we started an exciting new unit focusing on a different artist called Niki de St Phalle.

Reception did a fantastic job this week in Drawing club, they watched the video for the birds and then wrote some brilliant descriptive sentences.

Well done to everyone for such a positive start to our new learning, we are looking forward to World Book Day next week!

TALLAND'S BLOG 27.2.26

WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.. we hope you had a lovely week! Talland have jumped straight back into action with a packed week full of learning.

Here's a breakdown of our week:

Maths:
Year 5 have begun their fractions unit where they have been finding equivalent fractions.

Year 4 have been dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and converting units of measure (meters - kilometers, and millimeters - centimeters).


English:
Talland have written their instructions up in top copy and they are looking fabulous! We've also started our new writing (newspaper report) where the children have had a go at writing their own newspaper report without any  teaching input - some interesting outcomes.

History:
"How have children's lives been changed?" is our new enquiry question for this half term, so we have been investigating the continuity and the changes in children's lives since 1066. It was quite captivating realising some of the differences and similarities between then and now.

PE:
We've got Gymnastics on a Tuesday and Cricket on a Wednesday this term and the children have already been showing off their skills.

CONGRATULATIONS to Tarran, Max and Renley this week for passing their next round in 99 club and well done to Emma and Reuben for being noticed this week for showing our school values through determination and creativity.

That's all from us in Talland this week. We hope you have a great weekend and can't wait to see everyone next week.

Signing off from Mr. Langley and Mr. Bishop.