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LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 27.9.19<br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL<br />
NEWSLETTER 27.9.19<br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER27.9.19<br />
Artwork courtesy of Y5
A word from the Principal...<br />
Welcome,<br />
Incredibly, we are already at the midpoint of the first half term!<br />
We have had a really strong start to the year, with a number of new and exciting events<br />
taking place. Last week was the first time we have taken a group of children to the Climate<br />
Change Strike in Penzance. It was a fantastic opportunity for children who have already been<br />
proactive in this area to contribute and feel like they are part of something much bigger than<br />
just a small group at school. The event was really well supported and the participation of the<br />
children was widely appreciated by fellow strikers and members of the community.<br />
We have also held elections and announced the new responsibilities for the upcoming year.<br />
These include, Head Boy and Girl and Deputies, School Parliament Members, Team Captains,<br />
Librarians and ICT monitors. Many of these roles, required children preparing speeches and<br />
delivering them to a large audience of children and/or adults. We are very proud of all the<br />
children who put themselves forward and demonstrated such determination and bravery.<br />
This week we also welcomed headteachers from across Leading Edge (St Hilary, Mounts Bay<br />
Academy and Fowey River Academy) and CEO, Sara Davey, to our school. They spent a morning<br />
visiting all of the classes and were really impressed with the learning environment and the<br />
provision offered. I will share the formal feedback from this visit in the next newsletter.<br />
Your children may have told you that the new play equipment is being installed this week and<br />
next. Once completed, it will really add an extra element to our outside space and provide<br />
more opportunities for physical and exploratory play. The FLS are also moving forward with<br />
their plans to develop the adjacent area to provide a quiet and sociable space for children to<br />
read, draw and relax.<br />
You will see that one page of this newsletter is entirely dedicated to dates. We have tried<br />
to provide you with as many of the major dates for the whole year as we can at this point.<br />
Please be aware that there will be more events added as we go through the year and some of<br />
the listed dates may change as circumstances do.<br />
Kind regards,<br />
Adam Anderson<br />
Principal
Meet A word our from Local the Principal... Academy Committee...<br />
We have a very strong Governing Body at Ludgvan School who do a lot of work behind<br />
the scenes to ensure that the schol runs as smoothly as it does. In order to ensure<br />
that you are aware of who our current governors are and their areas of expertise<br />
they have, please read on.<br />
Michael Payne<br />
Chair<br />
My family and I made the decison to move to Cornwall from Essex five years ago, after<br />
spending many happy family holidays here since childhood. I am Finance Director of a Pharmaceutical<br />
Recruitment Agency based in Kent. I have also had almost 30 years experience<br />
within the healthcare insurance market, now running a Trade Association that represents advisers<br />
and insurers in that sector. Both roles often take me up country during the week but its<br />
always a pleasure to come back to our home in Cornwall.<br />
I have two children at Mounts Bay Academy. When I am not running the “parent taxi<br />
service”, I enjoy live theatre, music, ancient history, reading, eating out, fine wines and walking<br />
our two dogs.<br />
In additon to Chair of Governors at Ludgvan, I am also a Parent Governor at Mounts<br />
Bay Academy and can often be seen at Ludgvan as a volunteer in one of the classrooms.<br />
Emily Kent<br />
Joint Vice-Chair<br />
In my professional capacity I am the Head of Economy, Skills and Culture for Cornwall Council<br />
leading policy, implementation and delivery of the economic growth and culture strategy for<br />
Cornwall. I lead a large multidisciplinary team ranging from economists and policy formers,<br />
skills and inclusion specialists to Cornish language and archivists at the Cornwall Record Office.<br />
I have a positive, forward thinking attitude and am driven to ensure that young people<br />
are offered the best possible chances in life. I was born and grew up in Penzance and have<br />
two children, Rowan in Year 4 and Laurel in YR.<br />
Caitilin Finch<br />
Joint Vice-Chair<br />
I have been a part of Ludgvan school for the past 14 years and having a caring nature and<br />
passion for children and their education, I became a parent Governor 6 years ago. All four of<br />
my children attend/ed Ludgvan and my youngest is now in year 5. I run a small artisan textiles<br />
business from my home in Marazion and in my spare time I love to spend time with my<br />
family, gardening, coast walking, the beach, arts and crafts and travel.<br />
I feel privileged to be part of such a welcoming, compassionate and inspiring team here at<br />
Ludgvan.
Meet the Local Academy Committee...<br />
Susan Ranson<br />
I spent my early years in Lagos, Nigeria, before my parents returned to the UK to settle<br />
in Ludgvan, where I grew up. Between degrees at University in Canterbury, I squeezed an<br />
amazing year travelling around the world. After qualifying as an Architect, I worked in the<br />
Cotswolds, where I won the SPAB 9-month travelling scholarship and met my husband. We<br />
built a house together and brought our two children (now Y8 and Y4) to Cornwall in 2011. My<br />
hobbies are less exciting nowadays, but badminton, gardening and family walks with our dog<br />
are current favourites. I feel my background, professional and team skills are beneficial to<br />
the Governing Body. My roles include being Link Governor for Achievement and Maths and a<br />
member of the Finance Committee.<br />
Lorna Trudgeon<br />
I am the Senior Manager of the Oasis Childcare Centre, which is situated on-site at Ludgvan<br />
Academy. I have worked at Oasis since 2001 and was previously the Manager of Ludgvan<br />
Community Centre. I have a wealth of experience with supporting children and their families<br />
across all age ranges. As a member of Ludgvan Parish Council and the Secretary of Ludgvan<br />
Cricket Club, I value and appreciate the importance of strong working partnerships within our<br />
local community. I enjoy spending quality time with my family, watching my son play a wide<br />
range of sports and walking our beautiful coastal paths.<br />
Gail Terry<br />
I have been involved with Ludgvan School for 18 yrs and part of the FLS for 12 yrs. You may<br />
have also seen me driving one of the school minibuses on one of the many great excursions<br />
they go on.<br />
I have four children which have all gone to Ludgvan, the youngest of which is in Yr 4.<br />
I became a Governor because I wanted to represent the views of the parents and support<br />
the staff.<br />
I live in the village so know a lot of the children who have gone through Ludgvan and are<br />
now heading off to Uni and College, and so I feel part of the community that Ludgvan School<br />
represents. Because of my time on the FLS I have a particular interest in the relationship between<br />
parents and the school and how important the community is to the school.
Meet the Local Academy Committee...<br />
Hayley Wherry<br />
My name is Hayley Wherry and I am currently the Year 2 teacher, a member of the school SLT<br />
and Key Stage 1 leader. I have worked at Ludgvan School since 2007. During my time at<br />
Ludgvan School I have taught in Years 2,3,4 and 6. My responsibilities throughout my time<br />
here have involved leading P.E, Swimming, PSHE, Humanities and Creativity, as well as running<br />
the School Parliament. Many of which I still currently lead. I became a Teacher Governor<br />
in 2011 and have really enjoyed working within the school in a different capacity and<br />
gaining a wider knowledge and experience of the finer workings of our fabulous school.<br />
I live locally within the village of Crowlas and my daughter has just started in our Reception<br />
class. I am currently expecting our second child, so I will be in school until October half term<br />
and will return before the end of the school year.<br />
I am friendly and approachable, so please feel free to say hello!<br />
Sue Winn<br />
I am a Higher Level Teaching Assistant based in Yr 4. My areas of interest in school are<br />
Health and Safety, PSHE and cookery/ healthy eating. Before I worked in school I worked as a<br />
chef for 20 years. I run the after school cookery club.<br />
Outside of school I help my husband run our building consultancy business. I enjoy reading,<br />
playing badminton, gardening, eating out and listening to live / loud music. I also love to<br />
bake and enjoy cooking for family and friends.<br />
I have two children, who used to attend Ludgvan School, one now studying at Falmouth University<br />
and the other at Penwith College.<br />
Adam Anderson<br />
I am Principal of the school and have been here since I was an NQT in 2006. In that time, I<br />
have taught from Y1 - Y6, led PE, Maths and Pupil Attainment and undertaken the roles of<br />
KS2 Lead, Senior Teacher and Vice Principal.<br />
Outside of school, I recently stopped gig rowing, which I did for over 20 years, winning 8<br />
World Titles. You will now find me spending time with my wife and two daughters or sweating<br />
it out at Jolly Sailor Crossfit.<br />
I feel privilged to be a Governor at such a fantastic school and will continue to give my all to<br />
drive further imprvoement.
Broad and balanced...<br />
EYFS<br />
The children have all settled in extremely<br />
well and are very confident<br />
within the school environment. This<br />
half term our topic is Getting to know<br />
me.... The children have had the opportunity<br />
to talk to the adults about<br />
their likes, dislikes and their families.<br />
We have introduced daily phonic sessions<br />
and the children love learning<br />
with Fred the Frog. They have produced<br />
some lovely art work and had<br />
fun making pizza faces!<br />
Y1<br />
The children in Class 1 have had lots<br />
of fun creating self-portraits using<br />
only things they could find outside. I<br />
have to say, I am very impressed with<br />
what they created!
Broad and balanced...<br />
Y2<br />
Last week Class 2 went on a trip to<br />
Marazion beach to do a beach clean.<br />
They found lots of plastic waste and fishing<br />
ropes, which they turned into plastic<br />
monsters on the beach, before most<br />
importantly binning it all! They sketched<br />
St Michaels and then created some fabulous<br />
pieces of artwork back in class.<br />
To continue our plastic pollution theme,<br />
this week the children have been busy<br />
learning about ‘ghost fishing’ through<br />
the story book Nelson’s Dangerous Dive.<br />
During English they got to practise their<br />
questioning skills and interviewed Nelson<br />
about his awful incident with fishing<br />
ropes!<br />
Y3<br />
Year 3 have been exploring qualities<br />
needed to be an effective team member<br />
and created some word collages<br />
on the iPads. We then applied these<br />
skills to work as a team to create 2D<br />
shapes with our bodies - this was a<br />
great problem solving exercise.
Broad and balanced...<br />
Y4<br />
This week, we started our D+T project<br />
where we will be designing and<br />
making beeswax wraps. First, we<br />
measured up how much material we<br />
needed. Maria and Mary lent us some<br />
bread to make sure our measurements<br />
were realistic!<br />
Y5<br />
Class 5 have been studying a variety<br />
of styles to create a picture of a sea<br />
creature. We were so impressed with<br />
the high level of artistic skills<br />
Class 5 also designed and built rafts to<br />
test in a river and the sea. They were<br />
investigating how to make a boat that<br />
was strong, fast, and able to cope with<br />
strong waves. Here are the results of<br />
each competition:<br />
Fastest river boat<br />
Joint 1st: Josh and Casey Lennon<br />
and Alex<br />
2nd:Sophia and Anya<br />
3rd Beau and Megan
Broad and balanced...<br />
Y6<br />
As a part of Year 6’s history unit on<br />
Benin, they looked at some African<br />
masks and the traditional patterns and<br />
materials used for these. They then<br />
had a go at painting self-portraits in<br />
the style of these African masks. They<br />
used so much detail whilst painting<br />
their self-portraits and they really<br />
reflected the style of the masks they<br />
looked at.<br />
Tennis<br />
On Thursday 26th September Harlyn, Isaac, Riley and Sophie represented<br />
Ludgvan School in a Tennis tournament at Penzance Tennis Club. The team<br />
just missed out on a podium finish coming 4th overall, but the competition was<br />
tough as some players were regional champions! Well done team, what a great<br />
start to our sporting season and thank you to Heather Sykes who led the team<br />
on the day.
What’s Congratulations...<br />
been going on...<br />
Responsibilities<br />
Over the last 2 weeks, we have celebrated various successes, including naming our<br />
Head Boy and Girl, Team Captains and Librarians.<br />
Our Y6s had to prepare and deliver speeches in front of over 100 of their peers to<br />
convince them of their qualities for each role. In the spirit of true democracy, each<br />
child then voted for who they thought would best represent them.<br />
Congratulations to:<br />
Head Boy – Isaac Hutchings<br />
Deputy Head Boy – Atti Evans<br />
Head Girl – Harlyn Sykes<br />
Deputy Head Girl – Frankie Wiezel<br />
School Parliament<br />
6 – Matthew and Holly<br />
5 – Liam and Anya<br />
4 – Emily and Rylan<br />
3 – Felix and Evie N<br />
2 – Jack and Megan<br />
1 – Quinn and Finley<br />
Team Captains<br />
Green. Captain – Alaya Vice Captain – Archie<br />
Red. Captain – Benjy, Vice Captain – Hector<br />
Blue. Captain – Layla O, Vice Captain – Sasha<br />
Yellow. Captain – Emily, Vice Captain – Tilly<br />
Librarians<br />
Izzy, Mati, Samuel, Gracie and Abbey<br />
ICT monitors<br />
Georgie and Nicole<br />
Junior Road Safety Officers<br />
Scarlett<br />
Matt<br />
Megan<br />
Beau<br />
Lewis<br />
Charlotte
What’s been going on...<br />
Other news...<br />
Curriculum Information Session<br />
On Wednesday 2nd October 2:30-3pm, we will be hosting a Curriculum information<br />
session for all parents and carers. Our curriculum is quite dramatically different this<br />
year and this is a great opportunity to share what we will be covering.<br />
Oasis Job Vacancy<br />
We are seeking: -<br />
An experienced Finance Administrator for a minimum of 20 hours per week. Excellent<br />
interpersonal and computer skills required.<br />
Please see our website www.oasischildcare.org.uk for further details and an application<br />
pack.<br />
Oasis is committed to equal opportunities in employment and to safeguarding and<br />
promoting the welfare of children. All successful applicants will require an enhanced<br />
DBS.<br />
Closing date: Monday 30th September 2019.<br />
Interviews: W/C 14th October 2019.<br />
FLS Dates<br />
9th October – Bags 2 School<br />
18th October – Monster’s Ball (Disco) EYFS-Y2 3-4. Y3-Y6 4:15-5:45.<br />
29th October – AGM<br />
15th November – Sending home paper bags for parents to fill with party treats (more<br />
details to follow)<br />
21st November – Pantomime (donations for Christmas Fayre, more details to follow)<br />
29th November – Christmas Fayre<br />
Message for Y4 parents<br />
This year Y4 pupils will be making lanterns for the Trengwainton Lantern Walk. Admission<br />
to the Lantern Walk nights and visits to Father Christmas (Friday 6 & Saturday<br />
7 December) is by pre-booked tickets only and these go on sale from 1 October. Last<br />
year they sold out in two weeks and this year it could be even quicker.<br />
From 1 October there’ll be a link on their website to purchase tickets https://www.<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk/trengwainton-garden/whats-on or you can call the box office on:<br />
0344 249 1895<br />
Admission is free for National Trust members but you will still need to reserve a free<br />
ticket to gain entry.<br />
Volunteers<br />
If you would be able to volunteer any of your time to hear children read in the mornings<br />
or afternoons, please let me know at a.anderson@ludgvan.cornwall.sch.uk
Dates What’s Congratulations... for been the going year... on...<br />
Term Date Event<br />
Autumn<br />
Term<br />
Spring<br />
Term<br />
15-17 Oct<br />
21 st -25 th October<br />
28 th October<br />
11 th Dec<br />
Tuesday 17 th December 6pm Ludgvan<br />
Church<br />
Thursday 19 th December 6pm Ludgvan<br />
Church<br />
Friday 20 th 1pm/1:15pm -<br />
Monday 6 th January<br />
17 th – 21 st February<br />
4 th March<br />
9 th March<br />
Parents Evenings<br />
Half term<br />
Inset Day<br />
Christmas Dinner<br />
Christingle KS1<br />
Christingle KS2<br />
Break up for Christmas<br />
Return to school<br />
Half Term<br />
Parent Consultation Day<br />
Inset Day<br />
18 th March EYFS High Tea<br />
Friday 27 th March<br />
Break up for Easter<br />
Summer<br />
Term<br />
Tuesday 14 th April<br />
Return to School<br />
1 st June<br />
Inset Day<br />
25 th – 29 th May<br />
Half Term<br />
30 th June<br />
Sports Day<br />
13 th July KS1 Summer Show<br />
14 th July<br />
Y3 and Y4 Summer<br />
Show<br />
15 th July<br />
Y5 and Y6 Summer<br />
Show<br />
Thursday 23rd July<br />
Break up for Summer