LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 17.12.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER 17.12.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 17.12.20
A word from the Principal...
Welcome back,
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas break and wish you a Happy New Year; it’s is hard to believe
that we have been back in school for two weeks already.
You may have seen on our Facebook page, that the Real School Guide has judged Ludgvan as the
6th best school in Cornwall. This is a fantastic achievement as there are well over 200 primary
schools in the County and this ranking is testament to the hard work of our staff and Governors;
the support from all of our families and the effort and commitment of our wonderful children.
If you would like to look at the rankings in more detail, they are available here: https://www.
cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/every-primary-school-ranked-cornwalls-3737685?fbclid=IwAR294ckYxhhPNfI2cwCN5H6DwxONOabELiT2KNsarh6FMr9_JbsCs-JxVXY
One of our wonderful children brought in a piece of writing this week that they had done at home.
Mati, who has family links with Australia, has written a wonderful poem about the horrific fires that
are currently sweeping through the country and I thought that this is the perfect platform from
which to share it, so please take time to read her poem, ‘When a Country Became The Sun’, on the
next page.
I think the language that Mati uses is so emotive and she really manages to pass on the feelings on
panic and loss to the reader; an amazing piece of writing.
We will be doing our bit to support the crisis on Monday 27th January (1 day after Australia Day) by
holding a non-uniform/ Australian dress up day and asking for donation. All donations will go to Red
Cross Australia https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-recovery-donate
Kind regards,
Adam Anderson
Principal
When a Country Became the Sun
It’s a disaster,
The biggest war ever fought,
Children’s screams dying into flames,
Smoke encases towns,
Cities,
Dreams,
A home,
Destroyed,
Obliterated,
Heat sinks into hearts,
Hearts sink into heads,
Memories are walls,
Indestructible,
Bricks of love,
Cement the days of the past,
Sun-kissed sand and sweet fresh air,
Seem centuries ago,
Death-traps,
No escape,
Mas’s most unforgiveable, unforgettable mistake,
I pray for the children, Mothers, Fathers,
The next generation,
The next Icarus,
The country that became the sun.
by Mati Devine-Gibson
Broad and balanced...
EYFS
This half term we are learning all
about woodland animals. Our focus
this week has been hedgehogs. We
started the week with the lovely story
of ‘Don’t hog the hedge’. The children
worked really hard sequencing the
story and writing a sentence about
Hatti the hedgehog and her friends.
We had lots of discussion about being
a good friend just like Hatti. They then
produced some amazing art work of
hedgehogs, using a variety of different
textured materials. The children have
learnt lots of interesting facts about
hedgehogs and new vocabulary such
as hibernation and nocturnal.
Y6
In History, Year 6 are learning all
about World War One. Last week, they
had a go at playing WW1 top trumps
and even created some of their own
game cards. They really enjoyed discussing
the weapons used during the
war and which were effective or ineffective
for each country.
Broad and balanced...
Y1
Class 1 have had a great start back.
In maths we have been learning all
about shape. We searched the school
and the grounds for 2D and 3 D
shapes.
Our PHSE is all about relationships.
We have enjoyed some guided reading
all about valuing difference and making
new friendships.
Year 2
Year 2 have started the new term with
lots of enthusiasm and are already
enjoying the new Refugee topic. We
have started by looking at World War
2. All of the children have already
learnt a lot and have been asking
some fantastic questions about life
during this period in History. Some
of the children have even brought in
some relatives artefacts to share with
the class. They are now beginning
to write their own information texts
about the war.
Broad and balanced...
Y3
Class 3’s first week back has been an immersive and creative experience related
to ‘The Stone Age’
We have learnt about the ways that hominids and homo sapiens communicated/
told stories with cave paintings, built different dwellings within each of the
3 periods of the stone age, hunted the food they ate and the development of
farming within the Neolithic period.
We had lots of fun creating our own cave paintings, prehistoric animal tooth
necklaces and made our very own stone age fruit stew. Many children also participated
in making their very own stone age box environment for homework
which were all fabulous.
This activity has been a great introduction to our Spring term topic “Refugees -
how does the life of a refugee compare to mine?” As we have already discussed
the difficulties that stone age people faced by being nomadic and having to
move from place to place as well as comparing and contrasting life within different
periods of time.
Broad and balanced...
Y5
Class 5 have already made an excellent start to the Spring Term by visiting the
Material Recycling Facility in Bodmin and Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre in
St Dennis to finish off their last term topic- Plastic Pollution. It was a very educational
trip for all of us as we learnt what happened to our rubbish and where
it all ended up. The children could not get over how incredible hard our local
recycling employees work; that sometimes they have to work harder because
we cannot be bothered to sort our own rubbish! It was a real eye opener. At
Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre the children got the opportunity to see how
any waste that could not be recycled is now being burnt to use for electricity.
This now means that we are no longer using landfills in Cornwall for our rubbish;
protecting the land we live on.
The staff and children wanted say thank you to all the staff from both the Material
Recycling Facility in Bodmin and Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre who
supported us on our fantastic trip. But we all wanted to send a special thank
you to Thurston Treloar (Logan Treloar’s Dad) and his staff as they rescued us
when our bus broke down, just as we left to return to school. His team very
kindly took us back to safety at the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre in St
Dennis where they played games with the children; gave them refreshments
and even offered us all a bed for the night if we could not get home.
After all of the adventure of last terms topic Class5 have now started our new
topic ‘Refugees’. The children have already learnt about some very concerning
situations that many different citizens encounter around the globe. In English
the children have role played many different scenarios that children or adults
find themselves in that make them flee their country such as becoming child
brides, child soldiers, natural disasters that destroy or threaten their home and
many other situations. They have started to write letters home to their families
as they pretend to be refugees that have escaped
Broad and balanced...
Glee Club
Glee club had their first session with Cheryl this week, learning songs from
Ocean World. They have 17 songs to learn by April and will then be taking part
in a performance at the Minack Theatre!
School Sport
Well done to our indoor athletics teams who represented the school brilliantly
this week. Our 2 football teams didn’t lose any of their 7 matches and both
won their groups, and our athletics teams were great, with our Y2 team finishing
2nd! Well done all.
What’s been going on...
Other news...
Parking in the Community
Please be considerate when parking in our local community at the start and end of the
day. We appreciate it gets very busy, which is why we have staggered ends of the day
for KS1 and KS2 and have built the community path. There have been several incidents
this year of driveways and garages being blocked and residents being verbally
abused. This is not acceptable behaviour and not what we want to model for our children.
Please use the Community Centre Car Park at busy times and make the short
walk to the school. Thank you for your support.
New Poly Tunnel
Thank you to the FLS for funding our new Poly
tunnel and to Oliver for erecting it. Gardening
club will begin utilising it immediately, with the
longer term plan for classes to begin growing
their own produce.
Arrival at School
Please be reminded that your children need to be in school in time for the register at
8:55am. This allows lessons to start at 9am and all classess to have a settled start to
their learning.
Tradespeople
Are you a plumber/electrician/handman/gardener/mechanic? If so, please contact us
if you would like to join our pool of tradespeople that we call on when we have works
that need to be done around the school.
Seesaw
If you haven’t already, you will be receving a letter home explaining how you can
create an account for ‘Seesaw’. This is an online portfolio that our children will use to
record and evidence lots of their work. The great
thing is that every piece of work the upload,
you will be able to view. Your children will be
able to upload photos, videos and documents
so that they have a long lasting record of their
outcomes and you can keep up to date with
what your children are learning in class.
Marazion Messy Church – Sunday 26th January 4-6pm in Marazion Community
Centre. We’ll be hearing the bible story of Sheep and Goats – a story about helping
others. We’ll then be staying with that theme while we make things, sing, pray and
eat together. Messy Church is for families who want a different sort of church. Find
us on Facebook and at www.mountsbayub.com
What’s Congratulations... been going on...
Stars of the week
EYFS: Jowan, Indie-Blue, Alex and Koben
Y1: Curtis, Lowen, Miaya and Archie
Y2: Isabella, Tommy, Megan and Summer
Y3: Connor, Evie, Holly, Ilani and Jowen
Y4: Rylan, Gracie, Esme and Jacob
Y5: Isabel, Jamie, Logan and Laurie
Y6: Matthew, Archie, Alaya and Agatha
Times Table Rockstarz
Musician of the Week
Thank you to Benjy for demonstrating his wonderful piano skills and
playing us into our Friday assembly this week.
Important Dates
What’s been going on...
Term Date Event
Spring
Term
Monday 6 th January
Monday 20 th Jan @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 21 st Jan @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 4 th February @ 2pm
Monday 10 th February @ 2:30pm
17 th – 21 st February
4 th March
9 th March
Return to school
London trip information
meeting
Eden trip information
meeting
School Parliament
Jumble Sale
Carnyorth trip
information meeting
Half Term
Parent Consultation Day
Inset Day
18 th March EYFS High Tea
Thursday 26 th March @ 9:30am
Friday 27 th March
Tuesday 14 th April
Easter Service at
Ludgvan Church
Break up for Easter
Return to School
Summer
Term
Friday 8 th May (not Monday 4 th )
Bank Holiday
1 st June
Inset Day
25 th – 29 th May
Half Term
30 th June
Sports Day
13 th July KS1 Summer Show
14 th July
Y3 and Y4 Summer
Show
15 th July
Y5 and Y6 Summer
Show
Thursday 23rd July
Break up for Summer
What’s Congratulations... been going on...
Y6 responsibilities, Stars of the week, Dojo winners and Pen License awards.
Over the last 2 weeks, we have celebrated various
successes, including name our Head Boy and Girl,
Team Captains and Librarians.
Congratulations to:
Head Girl: Jenna Morrall
Head Boy: Gabrield Tswei
Red team captains – Harry and Darcie
Green team captains – Kacey and Oliver N
Yellow Team captains – Evie and Max
Blue team captains -Tristan and Nina
Lirarians – Oliver M and Isabella
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