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LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER <strong>15.10.21</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL<br />
NEWSLETTER<strong>15.10.21</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER <strong>15.10.21</strong>
A word from the Principal...<br />
Welcome,<br />
As we race towards the end of the first half term (half term 25-29 Oct), it seems only a minute ago<br />
we were returning in September. Since then, all of our new children have settled in brilliantly and the<br />
school has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels of normality, which is great.<br />
This week has seen our first round of learning walks and work scrutiny across the school and the<br />
standards of learning in the classrooms on show has been fantastic. We have a few tweaks to make<br />
around ensuring all of our learning is presented and evidenced consistently, but the breadth and<br />
quality of our curriculum provision is really shining through in children’s books and Seesaw portfolios.<br />
You may have seen some children in their orange hi-vis jackets at the entrance to school in the<br />
mornings and afternoons this week. These are our newly appointed JRSOs (Junior Road Safety Officers)<br />
who have taken responsibility for ensuring the main gate is closed between 0830-0900 and<br />
1500-1530 each day to keep our site safe. This is their first task and after half term we will heading<br />
out towards the road to encourage safe parking and a greater adherence to the zig-zag and double<br />
yellow lines so watch out!<br />
This year has started at such a pace that this week was already time to hold our parent tours for<br />
parents of children starting school in September 2022! The deadline for applications is 15th January<br />
2022, so please encourage any eligible parents to get in touch if they have any questions or would<br />
like to look around the school.<br />
Kind regards,<br />
Mr Adam Anderson<br />
Principal
Useful information...<br />
Class Dojo<br />
We will be using Class Dojo as our main means of communication this year. If you<br />
have not set up your account and linked to your child’s class, please contact their<br />
class teacher who will help you.<br />
Important Dates<br />
Christingles at Ludgvan Church<br />
- 15th December @ 6pm EYFS and KS1<br />
- 16th December @ 6pm KS2<br />
Individual Photos<br />
Wednesday 20th October<br />
FLS Disco<br />
21st October<br />
KS1 3pm - 3:45pm<br />
Y3/4 4pm - 5pm<br />
Y5/6 5:15pm - 6:30pm<br />
£3 including a drink and snack<br />
Individual Photos<br />
Wednesday 20th October<br />
Individual Photographs<br />
On Wednesday 20th October, our photographer will be coming into school<br />
to take individual photographs of the children. They will also take photos<br />
of siblings, who are in school, together. Unfortunately, they are unable<br />
to arrange photos with siblings that do not attend Ludgvan School.<br />
Term Dates 21-22<br />
Autumn Term 6 Sep - 17 Dec (Half term 25-29 Oct)<br />
Spring Term 4 Jan - 8 Apr (Half term 21-25 Feb)<br />
Summer Term 25 April - 26 July (Half term 30 May - 3 June)<br />
A Former Student is an Author!<br />
Tal Macey, a former student has written his first book which is now available to buy<br />
on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beacon-Farm-Tal-Macey/dp/B09GCWZ2P6/<br />
ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tal+macey&qid=1632904418&sr=8-1
Useful information...<br />
Child Health Programme<br />
This year Public Health are trying to help reduce the impact we are having on climate<br />
change. This means that this year we will be sending out digital booklets<br />
which will include the opt out form.<br />
Please take a look at the video below from Shelley Jamieson NCMP Lead who explains<br />
the process for this year.<br />
https://vimeo.com/606545830<br />
Below are the official links to our new digital Health Information booklets for families.<br />
These digital booklets will replace the paper version sent out in previous<br />
years, and contains many useful links including how to ‘opt out’ of school health<br />
screening.<br />
• Reception Year - https://mailchi.mp/18026a07be64/child-health-programme-health-information-reception-year<br />
• Year 6 - https://mailchi.mp/cc99221a9df0/child-health-programme-health-information-year6<br />
Please get in touch if you have any questions regarding school health screening this<br />
year.<br />
Breakfast Club<br />
Please see below for times and charges for breakfast club. Places at breakfast club<br />
must be booked in advance via the schoolmoney portal.<br />
0730 - 0845 £5<br />
0800 - 0845 £3.50<br />
All include breakfast and a drink.<br />
Discounts available for siblings and those eligible for FSM.<br />
Support our Reception Class<br />
The Early Years Class are in need of some help and wondered if you may be able to<br />
provide it.<br />
We would really like to enhance our provision and role play areas but are lacking in<br />
the following: First aid/doctors role play items (not clothes), Baby doll clothes, Toy<br />
cars, Barbies, Small world people, Craft items, Halloween items<br />
If you’re able to donate anything, please hand it in to a member of staff at the<br />
Early Years classroom conservatory door. Thank you very much.
Learning Outdoors...<br />
What a busy two weeks of forest school learning.<br />
Early years have been exploring the story of the Bumblebear - creating log bees, bee<br />
houses and even making our own version of honey.<br />
Year 1 and 2 have been exploring the story Stanley’s Stick, finding all the creative<br />
things we can do with a simple stick. It was great to see the imagination the children<br />
had - beginning with a simple stick and ending with wands, fishing rods, boats and<br />
much more!<br />
Year 3 has explored the story of Owl Babies. The children created their own nests for<br />
the baby owls and stick owls.<br />
Year 4, 5 and 6 have been developing their tool skills, looking closely at whittling<br />
skills, to creating a range of cool creations from butter knives to woodland animals.
Exciting and Engaging...<br />
EYFS<br />
In Early Years, we have continued to enjoy learning all about ourselves, our<br />
families and where we live. We have had a visit from the tooth fairy and lots of<br />
us made her special presents and cards. We couldn’t believe it when we saw a<br />
video of her coming to get them! We have learnt about how to look after our<br />
teeth and even had a special delivery of toothbrushes and toothpaste from the<br />
fairy!<br />
We have also been learning all about the numbers 2 and 3. We have started<br />
to learn some addition sentences, such as 1 +1 =2. Fred has also been busy<br />
teaching us the sounds s, d, t and i.<br />
In our forest school session, we listened to the story of Stanley Stick and then<br />
made our own special stick using lots of different materials. We then had a go<br />
at using a hammer and nails!<br />
The children in Early Years also had a surprise knock at the door this week<br />
when an old lady appeared. She came in and showed us some very old coins<br />
and an old teddy bear. We showed her some of our toys and she had never<br />
seen them before. She told us that she played with wooden toys like a spinning<br />
top and a rocking horse, and glass marbles. We learnt that our toys are mostly<br />
plastic and that technology is a new thing. We asked lots of amazing questions<br />
and Ethel enjoyed playing with some of our toys with us.<br />
Please remember to look at our class photo in this week’s Cornishman!
Exciting and Engaging...<br />
Y1<br />
Year 1 have continued to work really hard learning all about British houses<br />
through history. They discovered that one of the key features of a Georgian<br />
house is that they are symmetrical. The children had a go at making their own<br />
symmetrical houses and patterns.<br />
In Science, we wanted to know if all metal was magnetic. The children loved<br />
exploring all the different resources and had lots of fun.<br />
Our focus for this week in PSHE has been team work. The children worked incredibly<br />
hard trying to build the tallest tower using cups! They have also completed<br />
lots of different activities where they had to work with a partner.
Exciting and Engaging...<br />
Y2<br />
Year 2 have had another fantastic week! They have continued their learning<br />
about The Great Fire of London and have produced some amazing character<br />
descriptions about their made up rats from London during 1666. Some children<br />
also chose to write a diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys and<br />
started creating leaflets giving information about famous landmarks in London.<br />
They also had a new Mud Kitchen arrive this week and the whole class thoroughly<br />
enjoyed measuring and mixing ingredients to make mud meals. There<br />
was even a ‘Mud Cafe’ created with some children as customers, others taking<br />
orders and some cooking. They have also enjoyed using the Bee-bots in Computing<br />
this week, learning about ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’, they showed off some<br />
amazing coding skills! Well done on such a positive couple of weeks Year 2!
Exciting and Engaging...<br />
Y3<br />
Year 3 are enjoying their African topic and have completed their animal fact files,<br />
which look great. They have now moved on to story writing and have begun writing<br />
their own stories based on a Kenyan story about the weather. The children are looking<br />
forward to sharing these with another class once they are completed. The class<br />
have also started a 10 week African drumming course and have been working hard<br />
on a call and response rhythm. In Science the children have been learning about their<br />
bones and last week they went on a scavenger hunt around the school playground to<br />
collect ‘bones’ to create a skeleton. They then enjoyed learning the scientific names<br />
for their bones through music and dance. The children have continued to enjoy playing<br />
basketball during their PE lessons and have even been practising their skills during<br />
their play times to be ready for their house intra sport competitions next week!<br />
Well done Year 3.
Exciting and Engaging...<br />
Y4<br />
It has been all go in year 4 over the past two weeks. In our English, we have been<br />
exploring the story of Odysseus. The children created a story map of the story and<br />
are now in the process of writing their version of the story. There has been some<br />
great writing so far! In Geography, we have been exploring the United Kingdom focusing<br />
on the countries, cities, rivers and mountain ranges. The children have been<br />
able to show great map skills. In Music, we have come to the end of our body percussion<br />
and tuned percussion rainforest unit of learning where we have brought the small<br />
compositions we have made each week for each layer of the rainforest into a final<br />
group performance with all the layers merged together carefully using our knowledge<br />
of tempo, texture and dynamics of music. Great work year 4!
Exciting and Engaging...<br />
Y5<br />
Class 5 have had a busy 2 weeks, taking part in basketball, hockey and bikeability!<br />
The children have been learning some key skills for riding on the road in bikeability<br />
and we have had some amazing feedback from the team about the manners and enthusiasm<br />
demonstrated by the riders. In History, the children chose an event in space<br />
history to research and present. They chose how they presented their learning, using<br />
shoes boxes, powerpoints and posters. There were some fantastic creations!
Exciting and Engaging...<br />
Y6<br />
These past 2 weeks have been very busy. We have finished making speeches<br />
for team captains, begun our letter writing from the trenches of Somme, and<br />
also explored some very tricky multiplying using pictorial representations of<br />
base-ten.<br />
Year 6 have also finished our PSHE topic with a lesson about loss and grief, the<br />
emotions we feel when we experience this and also read some examples of<br />
scenarios of others’ experiences of this subject. We also watched an emotive<br />
story and had opportunities to share our own experiences with our friends. It<br />
was all quite emotional but certainly beneficial in understanding that we all experience<br />
these difficult times, yet always find ways to help us heal.<br />
Finally, as we enter the end of our computing unit for this half term about<br />
Bletchley Park and their codes during WW1, we tinkered with some unplugged<br />
activities using Bee-Bots and created a war map in order to navigate the device<br />
around No-man’s-land. We developed our skills for using algorithms, decomposition<br />
and debugging with a digital program before experimenting with the<br />
physical resources. Having seen how many times the year 6’s managed to roll<br />
over land mines, I wouldn’t trust many of them to drive a real tank during war!
Staff profiles...<br />
If you are new to Ludgvan School, there will be many staff members that you do<br />
not know and even if your child has been with us for a few years, there may still be<br />
members of staff with whom you are not familiar. This week, Loki and Brandon have<br />
produced two staff profiles so you can get to know Mrs Lyne and Miss Steiner a little<br />
better - they thought of the questions, recorded the answers and took the photos.<br />
Sarah Lyne<br />
How old are you? 59<br />
What is your favourite food and drink?<br />
Steak with a gin and tonic!<br />
What is your favourite subject? English<br />
Why did you choose to work at Ludgvan?<br />
It is a lovely school and it is a job I wanted<br />
to do.<br />
What is your role at this school? School<br />
Business Manager<br />
What is your favourite game? Hockey<br />
What is your favourite vehicle? Mini<br />
Cooper S<br />
What do you do for fun when you are not<br />
at work? Swimming, running, singing and<br />
crochet<br />
Jasmin Steiner<br />
How old are you? 25<br />
What is your favourite food and drink?<br />
Pasta and water<br />
What is your favourite subject? English<br />
Why did you choose to work at Ludgvan?<br />
I love working with children.<br />
What is your role at this school? Trainee<br />
Teacher.<br />
What is your favourite game? Minecraft<br />
What is your favourite vehicle? VW Beetle<br />
What do you do for fun when you are not at<br />
work? Walking
A word from the Principal...<br />
MUSEUM OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS<br />
STEAM EXPLORERS<br />
Saturday 16 October 2021<br />
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?<br />
Join us to explore how to hide a secret<br />
message and find out why they are<br />
important in our daily life.<br />
10:30 - 12:00<br />
In the Clore Learning Space, PK<br />
STEAM Explorer workshops are FREE and designed for 7- 12 year olds<br />
No need to book, just turn up!<br />
To visit the museum please book tickets online – PKPorthcurno.com<br />
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