Newsletter 19-22.05.20

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 22.05.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER22.05.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 22.05.20

A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
As we race towards the summer, it’s hard to believe that there is only half a term left of this academic
year. We are hoping that we will be able to begin returning to school on the 8th June, but
this will depend on the Government’s announcement on the 28th May. If their intention is to continue
with the opening, and we believe it is safe, we will send out a questionnaire to all EYFS, Y1 and
Y6 parents to ascertain the number of children we will be expecting in school so that we can plan
accordingly. At this time, we will share our plans for how our reopening will look and the procedures
we will have in place. We will continue to be open for children of key workers from the 1st June,
regardless of plans for further opening.
From the feedback we have received from parents and children, it was clear that more opportunity
for direct communication and collaboration was the main way we could enhance our provision.
As always, we try to act on feedback whenever we can and so your children should soon (if they
haven’t already) have the chance to be part of groups meetings via Zoom with their teachers and
peers. There are some exciting meetings that have been planned or have already taken place, including
quizzes, scavenger hunts and show and tell! Please ensure you look out for communication
from your class teacher about when these meetings will take place so that your child can be a part
of them.
Over half term, there is no expectation that your children continue working hard with their online
learning. It is important that you; your children and our staff have a break before a potentially very
busy final half term. However, your children will be set an optional activity or project that they can
complete during the half term break if they wish.
Thank you again for your support.
Stay safe,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal

Home Learning...
The children in Early Years have been learning all about spiders this week!
They have learnt how a spider makes its web and then they had a go at creating
their own spider webs using different resources from around their home.
The children looked for spider webs and lightly sprayed the webs so they could
see them more clearly. Some were even brave enough to gently pluck the web
to try and tempt the spider out.
They have made story maps from one of this week’s spider stories, labelled
parts of a spider, completed a spider poem, and painted spider webs.
Their extra challenge this week was to make a bird feeder for the garden. I
have enjoyed seeing their creative ideas.
They have also been looking after their sunflowers and have sent me some
amazing pictures of them.
Well done everyone for all your fantastic work!

Home learning...
It’s been another busy week in Year 1. This week in maths, the children have
been learning to double numbers; they’ve been using cubes, pictures and their
fingers to help them. Many of the children have even had a go at explaining
why their answers are right. In English, they have been learning all about the
story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They have enjoyed listening to the story
and then imagining what they might think or feel if they were the caterpillar
from the story. We have really loved receiving lots of diary entries and hearing
about what everyone has been doing. It’s also been lovely to see some of the
children using their maths skills when helping at home or their English skills
when writing about their own interests. Well done Year 1 for all of your hard
work this half term; enjoy a well-deserved break. Take care and stay safe!

Home learning...
Class 2 have had a great final week of this half term and they deserve a big
pat on the back for their continuous efforts with their fabulous work. This week
they have been using their class blog a lot more to share their work with one
another and share some messages of support for their peers. This week they
have taken a flight to India and have discovered how rice is grown and produced
for us to eat. They have created presentations about India; written descriptive
pieces of writing of an aerial view of India from inside a plane; created
their own rangoli pictures; made fruit and vegetable portraits and taken a virtual
tour of the Taj Mahal. It’s been a busy week! Year 2, you are superstars,
well done!

Home learning...
This week, Class 3 have been very creative in many subjects. We have created our
very own click faces from materials around the home and even made some yummy,
sweet clocks to help us tell the time.
In order to become active, we also made our own activities using a die to keep us fit
and associated lots of different movements and exercises to each number of the die.
Some of us have even had a go and designing and building our own den.
Finally, we also took some time to observe and appreciate the environment around us.
By using our powers of observation, we turned in to our senses and described what we
could see and hear before writing them down into descriptive sentences.
Super work Class 3.

Home Learning...
It’s been a busy week for Class 4 who have been putting in their best efforts
with tasks this week! They designed Roman villas, using Lego, junk and mine
craft. Some of their creations were truly spectacular! They also learnt about
what Romans did with their spare time and were amazed to find out about the
gladiators and how wild animals from around the world fought at the colosseum.
Using google earth the children also explored the amazing Roman architecture
which can be found all over the world. Some of the children showed off
their musical abilities whilst learning about Roman music and they all proved
themselves to be amazing artists, producing fantastic portraits of Julius Caesar,
pictures of the colosseum and drawings of Roman Soldiers. Great work team!

Home learning...
Every week Class 5 completes such high quality work across the curriculum.
It has been a pleasure to look at all of their work in their different styles. Over
the last couple of weeks in English, the children have learned about balanced
argument writing. As part of this study, they have completed research about
different issues and debated them with their family members. Next, they
weighed up all the arguments for and against and considered evidence to form
their conclusions for their questions. After their very detailed planning, the
children completed a draft copy, then edited and improved their writing. Finally,
the children wrote up their balanced arguments in their best handwriting. The
finished pieces were brilliant and extremely interesting to read.
Do humans treat
animals well?
For centuries humans have loved
having animals as pets across the globe.
However, we also have done terrible
things to them such as experiments,
hunting them for sport and destroying their habitats and there's
much more. So if you carry on reading you will see the for and
against arguments to the question DO HUMANS TREAT ANIMALS
WELL?
My first point is that 50% of the UK adults own a pet and there's a
population of 9.9 million dogs in the
UK, but that's not all, 9.9 million dogs
have homes in the UK - proof that we
love dogs. I have a dog called Coco -
she’s a Cockapoo. Here's a list of the
top ten pets in the UK 10.snakes;
9.domestic fowl; 8.lizards; 7.tortoises
and turtles; 6.hamsters; 5.guinea pigs;
4.indoor birds; 3.rabbits; 2.cats and
1.dogs. Guinea pigs are actually very
good with families. Only 0.4% of
people in the UK own a snake (which
For
includes my Aunty!).
In addition the UK has many pet
shops, including Pets at Home, where
I got my fish, but not my dog. There are 450 stores nationwide to
feed our pet habit. Even during lockdown, pet shops stayed open as
they are ‘essential’.

Home learning...
It has been another creative week in Year 6 full of baking, gardening, designing
and poetry. Over the past two weeks, we have been building up to writing our
own animal poems based on The Tyger by William Blake. The poems that the
children have written are so brilliant and use such sophisticated vocabulary. It
has also been lovely to see so many children being practical and baking their
own cakes. Miss Law also enjoyed a Zoom quiz with some of the class and had
a catch up about what we have all been up to. We are looking forward to our
next Zoom meeting after half term.

Home learning...
Science
It has been fantastic to see so many science learning opportunities happening
whilst you’re all at home. You have been engaging really well with the tasks set
and also finding your own science links all around you. Some of the topics have
included; animals including humans, sound, light, living things and their habitats,
and earth and space. The science has been very practical and it has been
lovely to see many of you choosing your own ways to present your work such
as through video, powerpoint presentation, documentary style video, photographs
and much more. Keep up the fantastic work everyone!

Science cont.
Home learning...

A word from the Principal...
Rory R.
1 st
Biggest Increase in Correct answers
over the last 7 days
Year 3, Year 4
21 / May / 2020

Numbots..
Rory R.
1 st
Biggest Increase in Correct answers
over the last 7 days
Year 3, Year 4
21 / May / 2020

A word from the Principal...
Alex C.
1 st
Biggest Increase in Correct answers
over the last 7 days
Year 5, Year 6
21 / May / 2020