LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 05.06.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER05.06.20
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 05.06.20
A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
I hope you all managed to make the most of the wonderful weather over half term.
As you will know, from Monday 8th June, we are following Government guidance and opening to
YR, Y1 and Y6. We are very fortunate to have such an enthusiastic and committed staff that have
made it possible for us to offer this additional provision in small groups with at least two adults per
group. We have a wide range of procedural changes to ensure everyone’s safety including staggered
starts, a one-way system and separate entrances. It will not be the same as before lockdown,
but we are determined to make it the best possible experience for your children.
You may have seen on Facebook that our outside area is continuing to be improved, with Mr Richards
ensuring our garden thrives and that all produce is offered to our community and our iPod
intervention space having a dramatic overhaul - before and after pictures below.
Finally, one story came to my attention this week and I had to share it. It is a story of empathy,
which is light of some of the race issues currently raging across the globe, is in my opinion, our
most important Value. Casey, in Y5 has an aviary in his garden with almost 30 birds, consisting of
Budgies and Cockatiels. One of the pairs of Cockatiels are very young and just had their first clutch
of 5 eggs. However due to not having any experience they abandoned their clutch, and of the 4
hatched eggs, 3 perished. The only way this final chick will survive is by now hand rearing him,
which consists of mixing a special formula, and syringe feeding him ever 2-4 hours. Whilst keeping
him on a hot water bottle wrapped in towels for warmth.
Casey has taken on much of the responsibility for this a
nd is doing a great job. Well done Casey, we are really
proud of you!
Stay safe,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal
Home Learning...
The Early Years children have been extremely busy this week starting our new
topic all about the sea. This week’s story was Tiddler, the story telling fish. The
children had to identify the rhyming words that were used within the story and
have a go at thinking of a few more.
The children were challenged with creating their own story about Tiddler riding
somewhere on a seahorse. They had the choice how to represent the story. I
have really enjoyed looking at their story maps and reading the adventures of
Tiddler. They have also been learning about the use of speech marks within a
story.
This week in maths we have been learning about capacity, estimation and
measuring. The children have completed lots of practical activities.
The class have enjoyed being creative and have produced some fantastic art
work. They have made underwater scenes, fish using different resources, designed
their own fish based on a character from a popular story and made an
underwater world in a bucket!
Home learning...
Year 1 had their first zoom meeting just before half term. We decided to hold
a show and tell session. 23 children turned up! I was so impressed with how
polite all the children were, each patiently waiting their turn and listening carefully
to each other. In fact, one parent later told me that she had been to adult
meetings where the adults struggled to be as polite and respectful as the children
in class 1.So well done Class 1! There will hopefully be more zoom meetings
over the weeks. As well as having fun on zoom, so many of you have been
completing some great maths work on doubling and sharing. English has been
linked to Sidney the Spider and we have loved seeing the great pieces of work
you are completing. Another amazing piece of news is that class 1 have read
over 888 books on Epic books!! This really is an Epic read and I am so proud of
you all and we have another certificate to collect from Epic Books! Below is the
email I received. Keep up the excellent work Class 1.
Home learning...
Year 2 have had a great start to the final part of the summer term. They have
been looking at the artist Barbara Hepworth and have been on a virtual tour
of her studio. They have then been looking at her sculptures and have been
sketching their favourites. They have been learning lots about Tally charts and
pictograms in maths and have already mastered these to a good level. For our
PSHE this week the children have been looking at rules and why these are important.
They have been playing board games to practise following rules and
instructions. They have been doing lots more besides this and are all so enthusiastic
about their learning. Well done Year 2.
Home learning...
Class 3 have started our geography unit about rainforests and begun to explore rainforests
around the world. We have identified the 4 layers of a rainforest, where they
are located and also looked at the inhabitants of each layer. Some children have designed
their own rainforest creature based on a mix of features from different animals.
We also looked at the countries around Europe and used the labelling tool on Seesaw
to name as many countries as we could from an online map.
Our maths this week is related to finding equivalent fractions. We are beginning to
acknowledge the terminology used when using fractions as well as understanding what
the numerator and denominator mean/ represent.
Home Learning...
Class 4 were introduced to their new topic ‘water’ this week. They began to
explore the oceans, researching each of them and learning about the difference
between and ocean and sea. They also used tutorials to complete some brilliant
‘under the sea’ art work. In English, the focus has been on creative writing
this week and there have been some outstanding stories as well as some brilliant
SPaG work. Well done class 4, I’m really excited to see what you can all
achieve this term.
Home learning...
Before half term Class 5 were asked to create their own lockdown poems. The children
were asked to write them in any style they wished. It was important to give the
children an opportunity to express their views or feelings on the current situation; to
be free to express themselves, which is the beauty of poetry. They were all fantastic
creations that hit my heart.
Coronavirus, Covid19
Caution everywhere
Over reaction or the right reaction?
Remembering to wash our hand, cough into a tissue
Obeying to ‘Stay home, stay safe and protect our NHSʼ
Nobody allowed to live their normal life
Alterations everywhere, at home, parents work,supermarkets and streets
Visual aids in place, to remind people of the two metre social distancing
Influx of worry and anxiety amongst people, children missing school and friends
Real people of all ages dying from this awful virus
Us against the world! so my Mum keeps telling me
Supporting my mum whoʼs a key worker, Sitting still, in hope that it all
disappears, like waking up from a bad dream.
This is corona, a dislike to many. So sad for some, but hereʼs how I remember it,
in its good ways.
Family = Love
Fighting with my sis then making up
A lot of laughter at home
Mum and dad together being happy,
Inside our house we had to make do
Learning to live and be happy with what we have
Yesterday is gone letʼs make the most of today!
Learning at home
Over reacting (mum) has kept us safe!
Very happy to spend this much time with dad
Everyday Iʼve been thankful to our NHS and my grandma whoʼs a nurse
By Lennon James Jeffrey
Age 10
Home learning...
Year 6 has continued to be very busy this week and lots have been taking to
their gardens. It has been great to see so many tomato plants thriving following
our experiment using old tomatoes. There have also been a variety of
art skills on display including 3D sketching and digital art, both using so much
detail. Some of Year 6 enjoyed another Zoom meeting where we shared important
things to us over lockdown - we even had a chicken join our meeting! This
was also a good opportunity to ask questions about the possibility of returning
A word from the Principal...
Jake N.
is awarded this certificate for achieving
1 st
HIGHEST NUMBER OF MINUTES
PLAYED
in the last 30 days
out of everyone in
Year 1, Year 2
04-06-2020
Numbots..
Ellis C.
1 st
Biggest Increase in Correct answers
over the last 7 days
Year 3, Year 4
04 / Jun / 2020
A word from the Principal...
Alex C.
1 st
Biggest Increase in Correct answers
over the last 7 days
Year 5, Year 6
04 / Jun / 2020
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