Newsletter 4- 5.11.21

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 5.11.21
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER5.11.21
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 5.1.21

A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
And just like that, half term is over and we are back into school! This part of the school year is often
the busiest, in terms of additional experiences, events and visitors, so please keep up to date with
Class Dojo and we will do our very best to communicate any changes or upcoming activities with
as much notice as possible. On this note, I’d like to thank the FLS who recently ran the hugely successful
Halloween discos and will be organising our Christmas Fair towards the end of term. At their
recent AGM, they voted to provide funding to support a range of new initiatives including creating
a seonsory room, purchasing headphones to allow more effective Chromebook use and supporting
Forest School provision and many more! The support from the FLS is key to allowing us to offer such
broad provision and I’d urge you to you consider joining them to help ensure Ludgvan remains the
special place it is!
Following today’s assembly, your children should be able to talk to you about our new School Values
and ‘Reading Karate’. We have condensed our previous 6 Es into 3 values, which will form the cornerstones
of so much of our character and behavioural learning. The 3 values are Excellence, Equity
and Evolution and children will be striving to demonstrate these values throughout their time with
us to earn our much admired value tokens. Reading Karate is a reading incentive scheme designed
to promote daily reading at home. Children will need to record their reading in their reading records
and a running total will be kept in the classroom. Once children hit certain landmarks e.g. 35 reads,
50 reads etc, they are awarded Reading Karate Bands, progressing until they become a reading
master with the black band! Children were really excited about both of these areas in our assemblies
today, so please encourage them to be discussed further at home.
More details about our new school values and Reading Karate’ can be found on following pages.
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
FLS Christmas Fair
Friday 10th December @1430
Front Gate In The Morning
You will be aware that our front gate is closed in the morning between
0830-0900 for the safety of our pupils. During this time, please do not
queue in the driveway as, not only is it dangerous for those walking to
school, but it also creates a significant hazard in the case of emergency.
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

Learning Outdoors...
What a busy period of Autumn outdoor learning!
Early Years have been having fun on the fun spending time with our animals and
creating bird feeders to keep a supply of food for the wild birds that live around our
school site.
Year 1 and 2 have been exploring Autumn and Bonfire Night by creating our own Autumn
fireworks.
Year 3 has been exploring our school grounds to identify different trees that we have
and having a natural scavenger hunt.
Years 4 and 5 have been on a visit to Mr Richards’ allotment and have chosen a section
that will now be their class’ to grow things on for their remaining years at Ludgvan
School. We then headed to the woods to identify types of trees that live there.

Exciting and Engaging...
EYFS
This week, we have enjoyed welcoming the children back from half term and
hearing about all the things they have been doing in their week off. On Monday,
we had a surprise when we came in from break time, some fireworks had
exploded in the classroom and left behind lots of glitter, streamers and sparkly
sheets that we had lots of fun with. Since then, we have been learning all
about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night which ended in our own Bonfire display.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y1
This week in English our focus has been storytelling, the children had to retell
the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They made puppets and story maps
and were able to retell the story with lots of expression and detail. The children
were given the challenge to build a bridge. They worked really hard constructing
some amazing bridges.
We have been learning all about algorithms in ICT and the children enjoyed
creating their own. They also used Google Earth to find Ludgvan school and
their homes.
In art we explored using paint in different ways and looked at the artist Jackson
Pollock. It was a little messy but great fun flicking and splashing the paint!!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y2
What an exciting couple of weeks Year 2 have had! Just before half term, we
discovered a mysterious suitcase buried in one of the school’s flowerbeds. On
closer inspection, we realised that it contained some of Samuel Pepys’ belongings
and we were tasked to solve the crime and find the criminal by the police.
Since then, Year 2 have been learning all about how to write a newspaper
report and will be completing these next week. We have also uncovered Mr
Anderson as an eye witness and two suspects, Mr Richards and Mary. We are
looking forward to interviewing them all next week. In other news, we tested
out paper boats in science to see if they would float forever. We made predictions
and evaluated whether we were correct or not. Well done on being so
busy and productive Year 2!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y3
Year 3 have started this half term by learning about instructions. They have had fun
playing games to learn about imperative verbs (bossy verbs!) and have followed instructions
to make paper areoplanes. Those that followed the instructions well had a
successful flight! In PSHE the children have explored and discussed the differences
between people. They learnt how they were similar to each other and how they are
different to others. They then discussed how to be respectful of each others differences
and had some great conversations around this. The children also enjoyed a Cricket
session from Cornwall Cricket. They practised some bowling, catching, batting and
fielding skills.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y4
What a busy week for year 4! In music we have exploring the Romans and using this
to inspire our singing. We have learnt a song about how the Romans built roads and
were able to learn it all and perform it really well. In geography we have been learning
about lines of latitude and longitude on the world and using this to find coordinates
of UK landmarks. A complicated thing to learn about but year 4 did so well! In
science we have started our topic of electricity and have begun exploring electricity in
our homes and recognising the dangers that they carry. Great work Year 4!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y5
Class 5 have had a great first week back at school after a well-deserved break. Earlier
in the week, we walked to the allotment to choose our own vegetable patch, which we
will be working on throughout the year. The children are excited to start planning how
we are going to use the area and what we will grow. We also walked to the woods to
identify lots of different species of trees and were surprised to find such a variety!
During art, the children have been applying their skills of drawing 3D shapes to design
their Mars rovers. They have researched Mars and then used information about
the weather and terrain to decide what needs to be on their rovers and the best design
for them.
Class 5 have also enjoyed their first rugby session with the Cornish Pirates as well as
a cricket session with Cornwall Cricket. We were really impressed with the children’s
lovely manners towards the guest coaches and enthusiasm in trying new sports. In
science, we have been planning and conducting fair tests to investigate air and water
resistance.
Well done for a great week, Class 5!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y6
Year 6 have had an interesting week of bringing WW1 trenches to life. We have
explored the labelling of trenches from a cross-section image and also experienced
digging our own trenches. Unfortunately, the weather conditions were
not ideal for the job at hand, but they were a lot better than some of the conditions
that the Sappers had to endure. We managed to work as a team in order
to dig 2 parallel trenches, around 15ft in length. The earth around our feet became
very boggy and many of us got stuck in the mud and slipped over. However,
we persevered and got stuck-in (literally). Following our amazing efforts,
we celebrated with a trench warfare, where members of the Triple Entente had
to retrieve rations from no-man’s-land and successfully bring them back to the
trench. Unfortunately, they were bombarded with nerf gun darts from the Central
Powers that lay in wait.
We have also begun our PSHE unit based on our health and well-being. We
have started to look at qualities that we see in ourselves and also explored
goals that we would like to achieve.
Great work this week, year 6.

Staff profiles...
ART
CLUB

ART
A word from the Principal...
CLUB
THE STUDIO, NEWLYN ART GALLERY,
WEDNESDAYS 15:45-16:45
A weekly after school club, for key stages 1&2, giving kids
the opportunity to explore and express themselves through a
range of exciting, creative projects. Discovering new materials
and techniques, with the freedom to develop new skills in a
safe and nurturing environment.
Spaces are limited. Sessions are £5 each, paid in half term blocks.
This is a drop-off session, parents are welcome to wait in the Garden Café.
Enquiries to: newlynlittleartists@yahoo.com | Telephone: Annie 07891 862670
Tutor, Annie Vigar, has had 5 years’ experience running tailored art classes
for babies, pre-schoolers and KS1&2
Afterschool Art Club KS1&2 (Yr1-6 not reception)

A word from the Principal...
Clerk to Governors
St Buryan Local Academy Committee
St Buryan Academy is seeking a Clerk to the Governing Body.
We are looking for an experienced freelance clerk or company secretary to work closely with the Chair of the
Local Academy Committee (LAC). The clerk will contribute towards the efficient functioning of the committee
by:
• Providing advice and guidance to the LAC on governance, constitutional and procedural matters by
ensuring compliance with the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation, other relevant polices and structures.
• Proactive management of governance activity to ensure that the work of the Governing Body is efficient,
effective and compliant.
• Providing full administrative support at LAC meetings (usually 4 per annum). There will be a requirement
for additional ad hoc meetings. (Meetings will usually be in person at the Academy but may be held on
line).
• Facilitating effective and efficient meetings, advising and guiding on procedural matters relating to
compliance to ensure that the LAC works within the appropriate legal and regulatory framework.
• Managing information effectively in accordance with legal requirements observing confidentiality where
necessary.
• Working in a team with the Governance Professional and Academy Clerks to ensure consistently excellent
practice and communication between the Trust Board and the Local Academy Committees.
Our clerk:
• Highly organised, reliable, flexible and self-motivated
• A good communicator
• Impartial
All Leading Edge schools form a wider family with a vision of developing young people and adults who are
confident, curious, creative and collaborative; providing adventurous educational programmes that transform
teaching, learning and assessment; create happy students with a zest for life and learning.
Leading Edge is a community of forward-thinking educationalists and governors who believe that an
innovative curriculum and a philosophy of learning without limits offers the chance of the highest quality
teaching and learning experience to all learners in the Trust; a values-driven MAT where all decisions and
aspects of organisational life are driven by our three values or ‘Es’: Excellence, Evolution and Equity.
Leading Edge
Academies Partnership
is committed to
safeguarding and
promoting the welfare
of students and expects
all staff and volunteers
to share this
commitment
For further information, please contact:
Laura Sadler, Governance Professional
( 01736 352397 or email: lsadler@leadingedgeacademies.org
Closing date: noon, Monday 1 November 2021
Start: ASAP
Please register your interest with Laura Sadler at Leading Edge Academies
Partnership, Unit H Pattern Shop, Trevoarn, Hayle, TR27 4EZ.
Appointments will be subject to satisfactory reference checks and an enhanced DBS
disclosure check.