Newsletter 10 - 13.02.20

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14.02.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER14.02.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14.02.20

A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
Yesterday, we welcomed back our returning
Y4 children who have spent three incredibly
busy days exploring the sights and sounds of
London. They were all fantasically behaved and
represented the school superbly and we are
looking forward to hearing their stories from the trip.
After half term, we have a number of exciting events coming up. The first being our Global Empathy
Exhibition, which will be held at Ludgvan Community Centre on the 23rd March from 1:30. It
was due to be held on the 19th, but this has changed to another exciting opportunity, which I will
explain shortly. Our Global Empathy Exhibition will showcase all of the learning that our children in
Y1-Y6 have done this term through our whole school project on refugees. The children have already
engaged in a wide range of associated learning and this will be brought to life further with visits
from Dr Lynn Jones who has spent her life working in refugee camps across the world. It would be
wonderful to see as many of you as possible on the 23rd to provide a real life audience for our children
and give them the opportunity to show off, explain and talk about all of their learning.
The reason we have moved the date of our Global Empathy Exhibition is because we have the
opera coming to visit! The cast from Opera Holland Park https://operahollandpark.com/ are on tour
and have offered the opportunity to visit a select few Cornish Schools and we have been fortunate
enough to be selected. The cast members will be leading short workshops with two classes before
their hour long performance of The Pirates of Penzance in the school hall! There may be a chance
for parents to watch the performance as well, so watch this space! This is a unique opportunity for
our children as a first hand experience of opera in primary school is unheard of.
Kind regards,
Adam Anderson
Principal

Broad and balanced...
EYFS
In EYFS, the children have been learning
all about habitats in Science. They
have looked at the arctic, rainforest,
woodland, desert, ocean and farm
habitats. They have enjoyed making
lots of crafts, exploring inside and outside
and getting as hands on as possible,
such as looking at ice and feathers
from a parrot! The children have
all shared lots of interesting facts,
asked excellent questions and listened
to some lovely habitat focused stories.
Y2
Following our work on World War 2,
through English this week we have
been learning about the life of a refugee
from Afganistan. The children
have listened to a story about a boy
called Ali who became a refugee in
Europe with his Grandma during the
start of the war. They have been writing
diary entries for Ali’s journey and
have created artwork of Ali as a refugee
seeking a brighter and safer life in
Europe.

Broad and balanced...
Y1
Year 1 made a web of friendship. Each
child held the wool and chose another
member of the class to pass the
wool to, explaining why they found it
easy to be friends with that person.
We ended up with a complete web of
friendship and each and every member
of our class connected to it. There
was a lot of discussion around what
makes it easy to be friends and why
sometimes it is not always easy. We
then listened to a variety of Bible
stories where Jesus had not always
found it easy to be friends but positive
things happened when he did reach
out and make friends. (Luke 10 38 –
42, Luke 19 1 -9, and Luke 8 20 - 25.)
Year 1 took part in the RSPB Birdwatch
2020. We spent an afternoon
spotting as many different types of
birds as we could find. The numbers
and types of bird we spotted will be
entered into the RSPB bird count for
this season. I have never heard Year
1 so quiet! A few of the children told
me they love bird spotting with family
members so feel free to join the count
over the holidays.

Broad and balanced...
Y5
Every week Class 5 have been participating
in Cornish Life Skills lessons
with The Beach Rangers. So far
they have completed the following
sessions: beach safety, mindfulness
growth mindset, yoga for relaxation,
future careers and plastic pollution.
Mrs Peters has been teaching Class 5
French which they’re really enjoying.
They have been learning about family
names, body parts and conversations
Y6
As a part of our World War One topic,
Year 6 have been creating some silhouette
art. This involved building up
a background using paints and cutting
silhouettes out of black paper to create
a scene in front of it. The silhouettes
represent events during World War One.

Excellence and Ethical...
Badminton
On Thursday 6th February a team of 6 children from Year’s 3 and 4 went to
Mounts Bay Academy to take part in a badminton festival. The children worked
their way through 10 different stations using a variety of different equipment to
build up badminton skills. It was great to see the children working as a team
and enjoying a sport that was new to some of them. The children were keen
to promote badminton in school and hopefully we will be ordering some new
equipment soon. Well done to Rory, Seth, Poppy, Reenie, Felix and Delilah.
Also, thank you to Jacob Odetayo (an ex pupil) who was our Year 9 leader for
the day.
Ghost Fishing Assembly
On Monday 3rd February Ludgvan School welcomed a team from ghostfishing.org
into our assembly. This assembly linked to our whole school topic last
term of Plastic Pollution. During the assembly the team talked about the work
they do as volunteers to help clear our oceans of plastic pollution and lost fishing
nets. The children saw video clips of the team working under water to carry
out surveys of areas where debris had been found, as well as learning how
they clean areas. After the assembly children from Years 2, 4 and 6 worked
with the team in workshops to take a closer look at the things the team had
found, the equipment they wear and use and they had a go at surveying the
animals found in a net.
Thank you to ghostfishing.org and their team, it was great to have you visiting
us. Thank you to Katrina (Olivija and Sofija’s mum) for helping to organise
this.

What’s been going on...
Other news...
Expectations and Standards
Apologies for the nature of this page of reminders, but it is important to clarify the
expectations that remain in place so that we can retain high standards throughout.
• Large JoJo bows and other hair accessories are not appropriate headwear. Hair
should be tied back with simple hairbands.
• Blue hoodies with the school logo on are excellent for outside PE sessions or clubs,
but are not to be worn in place of a school jumper or cardigan as part of the uniform.
• School PE kit consists of a coloured Ludgvan PE T-shirt (the colour of their team)
and black shorts or leggings. Tracksuits or other warm clothing can be worn for
outside PE.
• PE kit should be in school every day. The classes have set days for PE each week,
but there may be changes to the schedule or the opportunity for extra sessions.
Children without PE kit will be unable to participate in PE lessons.
• The school register is taken ay 8:55am. Children not in their classrooms by this
time will be marked as late. A punctual start to the day is vital for your child to ensure
they are settled and prepared for their learning to begin.
• Clubs finish at 4:15 unless otherwise stated and it is important that children are
collected at this time. There have been a number of occasions where children have
been collected significantly later than this and this puts an unfair expectation on
staff who need to stay to ensure your children remain safe. We appreciate that
circumstances can sometimes be out of your control, but should this happen more
than once, a £5 fine per 15 minutes may be applied at the Principal’s discretion.
Children’s Society
Thank you all for you generosity at our Christingles at Ludgvan Church this year, as
combined with Oasis and Church donations, they raised a total of £431.08 to send to
the Children’s Society.
Sport Relief
To support sport relief this year, during the week beginning 9th March, each class will
take part in a sponsored sporting challenge, please see your children’s sponsor form
for a date and activity etc
This year, it links really strongly with our refugee topic as:
‘£2 could buy a warm blanket for a child living in a refugee camp’
‘£10 could buy a pair of warm winter shoes for a child living in a refugee camp in
Lesvos’

What’s Congratulations... been going on...
Stars of the week
EYFS: Freddie, Jack, Emily and Logan
Y1: Harry K, Hugo, Jake and Maison
Y2: Danny, Megan, Shay and Scarlett
Y3: Emily, Ellie, Harry and Delilah
Y4: Kyla, Sophie and the whole class!
Y5: Jayden, Lucas, Josh and Beau
Y6: Izzy, Nicole and Frankie
Times Table Rockstarz
Musician of the Week
Thank you again to Benjy for volunteering
again to play the piano as
the children entered assembly this
week.

Important Dates
What’s been going on...
Term Date Event
17 th – 21 st February
Half Term
4 th March
Parent Consultation Day
9 th March
Inset Day
Spring
Term
18 th March EYFS High Tea
19 th March
23 rd March 1:30-3 @ Ludgvan
Community Centre
Thursday 26 th March @ 9:30am
Friday 27 th March
Opera Holland Park
performance
Global Empathy
Exhibition
Easter Service at
Ludgvan Church
Break up for Easter
Tuesday 14 th April
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

MBFDC
What’s Congratulations... been
- HOLIDAY
going on...
CAMPS
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
February Half Term 2020
Red team captains – Harry and Darcie
Green team captains – Kacey and Oliver N
Yellow Team captains – Evie and Max Dates
Blue team Wednesday captains -Tristan 19th February and Nina - Multi Sports Camp (an array of fun sports available!)
Thursday 20th February - Football Camp
Friday 21st February - Football Camp
Lirarians – Oliver M and Isabella
Tots: 4-6yrs
10am - 12pm
£6 per day, £10 for two days or £13 for three days
Pros: 7-13yrs
10am - 3:30pm
£15 per day, £25 for two days or £35 for three days
Venue
Mounts Bay Academy Sports Centre, Penzance, TR18 3JT
All players welcome from any school or club
Come along and have some fun
All coaching staff are UEFA / FA qualiÞed and DBS checked
Pay & register online or just turn up on the day
For further info check out our website - www.mbfdc.co.uk
Contact
Kevin Lawrence - Head of Football Development
Mounts Bay Football Development Centre
01736 352323 ext-2
klawrence@mountsbay.org

What’s Congratulations... been going on...
SCOTT SPORTS FOOTY
FUN DAY!
On Wednesday 19 th February at
Ludgvan Lions, Penzance,
from 11am – 3pm
(registration from 10.30am)
Ages 5-14 year olds, only £10 per child.
Please bring football kit, boots, packed
lunch and drinks.
To book, ring or text Scott Goodchild with
your Child’s Name and Age to 07763171524.