Newsletter 3- 15.10.21

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 15.10.21
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER15.10.21
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 15.10.21

A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
As we race towards the end of the first half term (half term 25-29 Oct), it seems only a minute ago
we were returning in September. Since then, all of our new children have settled in brilliantly and the
school has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels of normality, which is great.
This week has seen our first round of learning walks and work scrutiny across the school and the
standards of learning in the classrooms on show has been fantastic. We have a few tweaks to make
around ensuring all of our learning is presented and evidenced consistently, but the breadth and
quality of our curriculum provision is really shining through in children’s books and Seesaw portfolios.
You may have seen some children in their orange hi-vis jackets at the entrance to school in the
mornings and afternoons this week. These are our newly appointed JRSOs (Junior Road Safety Officers)
who have taken responsibility for ensuring the main gate is closed between 0830-0900 and
1500-1530 each day to keep our site safe. This is their first task and after half term we will heading
out towards the road to encourage safe parking and a greater adherence to the zig-zag and double
yellow lines so watch out!
This year has started at such a pace that this week was already time to hold our parent tours for
parents of children starting school in September 2022! The deadline for applications is 15th January
2022, so please encourage any eligible parents to get in touch if they have any questions or would
like to look around the school.
Kind regards,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal

Useful information...
Class Dojo
We will be using Class Dojo as our main means of communication this year. If you
have not set up your account and linked to your child’s class, please contact their
class teacher who will help you.
Important Dates
Christingles at Ludgvan Church
- 15th December @ 6pm EYFS and KS1
- 16th December @ 6pm KS2
Individual Photos
Wednesday 20th October
FLS Disco
21st October
KS1 3pm - 3:45pm
Y3/4 4pm - 5pm
Y5/6 5:15pm - 6:30pm
£3 including a drink and snack
Individual Photos
Wednesday 20th October
Individual Photographs
On Wednesday 20th October, our photographer will be coming into school
to take individual photographs of the children. They will also take photos
of siblings, who are in school, together. Unfortunately, they are unable
to arrange photos with siblings that do not attend Ludgvan School.
Term Dates 21-22
Autumn Term 6 Sep - 17 Dec (Half term 25-29 Oct)
Spring Term 4 Jan - 8 Apr (Half term 21-25 Feb)
Summer Term 25 April - 26 July (Half term 30 May - 3 June)
A Former Student is an Author!
Tal Macey, a former student has written his first book which is now available to buy
on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beacon-Farm-Tal-Macey/dp/B09GCWZ2P6/
ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tal+macey&qid=1632904418&sr=8-1

Useful information...
Child Health Programme
This year Public Health are trying to help reduce the impact we are having on climate
change. This means that this year we will be sending out digital booklets
which will include the opt out form.
Please take a look at the video below from Shelley Jamieson NCMP Lead who explains
the process for this year.
https://vimeo.com/606545830
Below are the official links to our new digital Health Information booklets for families.
These digital booklets will replace the paper version sent out in previous
years, and contains many useful links including how to ‘opt out’ of school health
screening.
• Reception Year - https://mailchi.mp/18026a07be64/child-health-programme-health-information-reception-year
• Year 6 - https://mailchi.mp/cc99221a9df0/child-health-programme-health-information-year6
Please get in touch if you have any questions regarding school health screening this
year.
Breakfast Club
Please see below for times and charges for breakfast club. Places at breakfast club
must be booked in advance via the schoolmoney portal.
0730 - 0845 £5
0800 - 0845 £3.50
All include breakfast and a drink.
Discounts available for siblings and those eligible for FSM.
Support our Reception Class
The Early Years Class are in need of some help and wondered if you may be able to
provide it.
We would really like to enhance our provision and role play areas but are lacking in
the following: First aid/doctors role play items (not clothes), Baby doll clothes, Toy
cars, Barbies, Small world people, Craft items, Halloween items
If you’re able to donate anything, please hand it in to a member of staff at the
Early Years classroom conservatory door. Thank you very much.

Learning Outdoors...
What a busy two weeks of forest school learning.
Early years have been exploring the story of the Bumblebear - creating log bees, bee
houses and even making our own version of honey.
Year 1 and 2 have been exploring the story Stanley’s Stick, finding all the creative
things we can do with a simple stick. It was great to see the imagination the children
had - beginning with a simple stick and ending with wands, fishing rods, boats and
much more!
Year 3 has explored the story of Owl Babies. The children created their own nests for
the baby owls and stick owls.
Year 4, 5 and 6 have been developing their tool skills, looking closely at whittling
skills, to creating a range of cool creations from butter knives to woodland animals.

Exciting and Engaging...
EYFS
In Early Years, we have continued to enjoy learning all about ourselves, our
families and where we live. We have had a visit from the tooth fairy and lots of
us made her special presents and cards. We couldn’t believe it when we saw a
video of her coming to get them! We have learnt about how to look after our
teeth and even had a special delivery of toothbrushes and toothpaste from the
fairy!
We have also been learning all about the numbers 2 and 3. We have started
to learn some addition sentences, such as 1 +1 =2. Fred has also been busy
teaching us the sounds s, d, t and i.
In our forest school session, we listened to the story of Stanley Stick and then
made our own special stick using lots of different materials. We then had a go
at using a hammer and nails!
The children in Early Years also had a surprise knock at the door this week
when an old lady appeared. She came in and showed us some very old coins
and an old teddy bear. We showed her some of our toys and she had never
seen them before. She told us that she played with wooden toys like a spinning
top and a rocking horse, and glass marbles. We learnt that our toys are mostly
plastic and that technology is a new thing. We asked lots of amazing questions
and Ethel enjoyed playing with some of our toys with us.
Please remember to look at our class photo in this week’s Cornishman!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y1
Year 1 have continued to work really hard learning all about British houses
through history. They discovered that one of the key features of a Georgian
house is that they are symmetrical. The children had a go at making their own
symmetrical houses and patterns.
In Science, we wanted to know if all metal was magnetic. The children loved
exploring all the different resources and had lots of fun.
Our focus for this week in PSHE has been team work. The children worked incredibly
hard trying to build the tallest tower using cups! They have also completed
lots of different activities where they had to work with a partner.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y2
Year 2 have had another fantastic week! They have continued their learning
about The Great Fire of London and have produced some amazing character
descriptions about their made up rats from London during 1666. Some children
also chose to write a diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys and
started creating leaflets giving information about famous landmarks in London.
They also had a new Mud Kitchen arrive this week and the whole class thoroughly
enjoyed measuring and mixing ingredients to make mud meals. There
was even a ‘Mud Cafe’ created with some children as customers, others taking
orders and some cooking. They have also enjoyed using the Bee-bots in Computing
this week, learning about ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’, they showed off some
amazing coding skills! Well done on such a positive couple of weeks Year 2!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y3
Year 3 are enjoying their African topic and have completed their animal fact files,
which look great. They have now moved on to story writing and have begun writing
their own stories based on a Kenyan story about the weather. The children are looking
forward to sharing these with another class once they are completed. The class
have also started a 10 week African drumming course and have been working hard
on a call and response rhythm. In Science the children have been learning about their
bones and last week they went on a scavenger hunt around the school playground to
collect ‘bones’ to create a skeleton. They then enjoyed learning the scientific names
for their bones through music and dance. The children have continued to enjoy playing
basketball during their PE lessons and have even been practising their skills during
their play times to be ready for their house intra sport competitions next week!
Well done Year 3.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y4
It has been all go in year 4 over the past two weeks. In our English, we have been
exploring the story of Odysseus. The children created a story map of the story and
are now in the process of writing their version of the story. There has been some
great writing so far! In Geography, we have been exploring the United Kingdom focusing
on the countries, cities, rivers and mountain ranges. The children have been
able to show great map skills. In Music, we have come to the end of our body percussion
and tuned percussion rainforest unit of learning where we have brought the small
compositions we have made each week for each layer of the rainforest into a final
group performance with all the layers merged together carefully using our knowledge
of tempo, texture and dynamics of music. Great work year 4!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y5
Class 5 have had a busy 2 weeks, taking part in basketball, hockey and bikeability!
The children have been learning some key skills for riding on the road in bikeability
and we have had some amazing feedback from the team about the manners and enthusiasm
demonstrated by the riders. In History, the children chose an event in space
history to research and present. They chose how they presented their learning, using
shoes boxes, powerpoints and posters. There were some fantastic creations!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y6
These past 2 weeks have been very busy. We have finished making speeches
for team captains, begun our letter writing from the trenches of Somme, and
also explored some very tricky multiplying using pictorial representations of
base-ten.
Year 6 have also finished our PSHE topic with a lesson about loss and grief, the
emotions we feel when we experience this and also read some examples of
scenarios of others’ experiences of this subject. We also watched an emotive
story and had opportunities to share our own experiences with our friends. It
was all quite emotional but certainly beneficial in understanding that we all experience
these difficult times, yet always find ways to help us heal.
Finally, as we enter the end of our computing unit for this half term about
Bletchley Park and their codes during WW1, we tinkered with some unplugged
activities using Bee-Bots and created a war map in order to navigate the device
around No-man’s-land. We developed our skills for using algorithms, decomposition
and debugging with a digital program before experimenting with the
physical resources. Having seen how many times the year 6’s managed to roll
over land mines, I wouldn’t trust many of them to drive a real tank during war!

Staff profiles...
If you are new to Ludgvan School, there will be many staff members that you do
not know and even if your child has been with us for a few years, there may still be
members of staff with whom you are not familiar. This week, Loki and Brandon have
produced two staff profiles so you can get to know Mrs Lyne and Miss Steiner a little
better - they thought of the questions, recorded the answers and took the photos.
Sarah Lyne
How old are you? 59
What is your favourite food and drink?
Steak with a gin and tonic!
What is your favourite subject? English
Why did you choose to work at Ludgvan?
It is a lovely school and it is a job I wanted
to do.
What is your role at this school? School
Business Manager
What is your favourite game? Hockey
What is your favourite vehicle? Mini
Cooper S
What do you do for fun when you are not
at work? Swimming, running, singing and
crochet
Jasmin Steiner
How old are you? 25
What is your favourite food and drink?
Pasta and water
What is your favourite subject? English
Why did you choose to work at Ludgvan?
I love working with children.
What is your role at this school? Trainee
Teacher.
What is your favourite game? Minecraft
What is your favourite vehicle? VW Beetle
What do you do for fun when you are not at
work? Walking

A word from the Principal...
MUSEUM OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
STEAM EXPLORERS
Saturday 16 October 2021
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?
Join us to explore how to hide a secret
message and find out why they are
important in our daily life.
10:30 - 12:00
In the Clore Learning Space, PK
STEAM Explorer workshops are FREE and designed for 7- 12 year olds
No need to book, just turn up!
To visit the museum please book tickets online – PKPorthcurno.com
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