Newsletter 5- 18.11.21

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 19.11.21
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER19.11.21
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 19.1.21

A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
Having just walked around the school, it has been lovely to see so many smiling children engaged
with their learning all dressed in a range of spots, stripes and bright colours, it really does feel like
we are returning to normal school life.
This week, we have completed a survey on attendance at after school clubs (Y1-6). It has been wonderful
to return to a full range of clubs this term and this is clearly a feeling shared by our children as
over 80% attend at least one club a week and almost 50% attend more than one! These figures are
fantastic and show that children are really enjoying our extra-curricular provision. Research suggests
that children who attend extra-curricular provision also achieve better in school, so if your child
hasn’t signed up to a club yet, see if you can encourage them.
We will be holding Parents’ Evenings over the coming weeks so please look out for a letter coming
home with your child where you can state your preferences for days and times. We are running
these a little later this year, so we are able to provide you with a fuller picture of how your child has
settled in to their new year group and it will be a great opportunity for you to ask any questions
you may have. As last time, we are aware that for some families, remote appointments are more
convenient whilst others prefer face-to-face meetings so we are offering you the choice. The more
flexible you can be with your available times, the more likely we are to be able to meet everyone’s
preferences. As always, we will do what we can to ensure siblings’ appointments are close together
for your convenience.
Kind regards,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal

Useful information...
Important Dates
Christingles at Ludgvan Church
- 15th December @ 6pm EYFS and KS1
- 16th December @ 6pm KS2
FLS Christmas Fair
Friday 10th December @1430
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)
Inset Days: 4th January, 25th July, 26th July.
Replacement Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday: 6th June
Naming Uniform
We currently have lots of unnamed
uniform being handed in
on a daily basis. This site provide
cost effective and simple ways
of adding name tags to uniform:
https://www.easy2name.com/

Useful information...
FLS Non Uniform Day
On Friday 26th November, school will be having a non uniform day. This is
so we can collect donations to make up hampers for the Christmas fayre on
the 10th December. Each team colour has a different theme. We have given
you a few ideas to help but feel free to add anything else not on the list.
Red Team
Party
Party hats
Party poppers
Wine
Nibbles
Crisps
Cakes
Sparkly apple juice
Green Team
Savoury
Chutneys
Crackers
Mince pies
Popcorn
Tortilla chips
Christmas pudding
breadsticks
Blue Team
Chocolate & sweet treats
Truffles
Quality street
Bars of chocolate
Candy canes
Biscuits
Selection boxes
Gingerbread house
Yellow Team
Pamper / Spa nights
Champagne bubbles
Soaps
Bubble bath
Gift sets
Fluffy socks
Eye/face masks
Nail varnish

Learning Outdoors...
Last week outdoor learning was full on autumn mode! EYFS, years 1, 2 and 3 were
exploring the signs of autumn, with a particular focus on autumn leaves. We have
been using them to make lots of wonderful crafts, including leaf animals, leaf masks
and giant leaf letters! It’s been ‘leaftacular!’
To enable greater farm school provision for our children, we have decided that our
school raised beds will be used for EYFS-Year 3, with 4-6 having been given a section
of Mr Richard’s allotment. This allows our older children greater hands on experience
with gardening. Their plot stays with them from years 4-6 so they get a long time to
develop the space and are able to learn more about the cultivation of crops, including
aspects such as soil health and crop rotation etc… Last week year 4 and 5 headed up
to the allotment to decide which section they wanted to use. They then worked as a
class to plan where their vegetables would be and have covered them over ready to
get planting in the spring. They are looking forward to having lots of produce to share
later in the year.
Year 6 were continuing with their WW1 topic, this time creating a meal as the soldiers
would have. Their task was to cook a stew on the campfire. They spent the first part
of the morning preparing the vegetables ready to cook. We prepared two batches,
one being cooked on the campfire and another cooked in a slow cooker back in the
classroom to compare cooking methods. Unfortunately, just before went to get started
on the cooking, the stock cubes managed to disappear so we had to make do with
just the water and veg. We used this as a learning opportunity as the brave soldiers
of WW1 never had luxuries when it came to food and would have to settle with just
boiled veg at times. Despite our little mishap, the children were in high spirits. Interestingly,
for the comparison, the children much preferred the veg cooked on the
campfire over that cooked in the slow cooker.
This week all year groups have been using the skills they have learnt in forest school
over the past term to begin crafts to sell at the Christmas Fair. It’s been great to see
everyone applying themselves to the task at hand and exploring different ways to
create their final product.

Eco Committee...
Eco Warrior Goals
What are our goals?
We have been discussing over the past term about what we need to do to make this
school much better for the environment. We have recently conducted an ecological
review of the school and we have identified the the areas we need to work on. Our
main focuses to develop are litter, waste and energy.
To help our school be litter free we have been litter picking around the playgrounds
most weeks and making sure everyone uses bins which are provided in each playground.
For waste we have been separating the waste bins and paper bins so that
we can shred all the paper for the animals in our farm outside and collect them every
week from each class. Finally, for energy we have been turning off the lights in most
classes and turning off all chromebooks and devices when not in use.
We are thinking of lots of ideas so that we can advertise around the school to make
sure all the children are making an effort to help the environment.
Written by Ena (Chair of the Eco Warriors Committee)
Please take a look at the wonderful work our Eco Committee are doing through their
padlet which can be accessed here: https://padlet.com/trichards49/zswcv5i3kauvcwnh

Exciting and Engaging...
EYFS
This week we have been learning all about Diwali. We learnt what it is like to
celebrate Diwali. We loved seeing how some Hindus decorate their homes,
the food they eat, the songs they sing and how they celebrate at their temples.
We then had a go at making our own decorations and patterns using rice
and coloured sand. We have also been busy dressing up in traditional Hindu
clothes, making Rangoli patterns and acting out the story of Rama and Sita
with puppets.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y1
Year 1 have been very busy over the last two weeks. They are continuing to
learn all about different houses, our focus for this half term is homes around
the world. The children enjoyed finding out about the Inuit community that live
in Greenland. They explored how their houses have changed over time. They
were able to talk about the climate in the Arctic circle and had lots of fun exploring
the ice!
In art the class are exploring painting and using different tools to produce art
work. This week the children were really creative and produced some amazing
Aboriginal art using dots and earthy colours.
In science the children are learning all about the Seasons. They have been
looking at the changes that occur in Autumn. They created some beautiful Autumnal
pictures.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y2
Over the past two weeks, Year 2 have worked hard to solve the mystery of the
suspicious suitcase! They wrote very hard hitting questions and posed these
to the suspects and eye witness during an interview. As well as this, fingerprints
were taken of all of those who were interviewed. A few days later, they
watched some CCTV footage, which revealed that Mary was the criminal all
along. The class have been very shocked by this news and have since reported
on it, writing extremely thorough and detailed newspaper reports. All of these
will be sent to the police along with the evidence that we gathered. Well done
to Year 2 for solving such a difficult case and writing fantastic newspaper reports!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y3
Year 3 have had a busy few weeks with lots of learning through fun activities.
The children have been learning about the past and have focused on the Egyptians.
Last week they learnt about Tutanhkamun’s tomb of treasures and the children explored
a floor plan of the tomb and noted where his treasures were hidden. They then
used the beebots, in this case, also known as Howard Carter, to give clear instructions
to get the treasures out. The children then wrote instructions for ‘How to mummify a
Pharaoh’ and became embalmers themselves!
This then led them on to making Tutankhamun face masks, which are almost finished.
This week the children had a surprise ‘Ancient Egyptian’ visitor to answer questions
about what life was like back then. The children will now be writing diary recounts
over the next week using this information. The children have also done some fantastic
multiplication and division this week. Well done Year 3, you’ve been busy bees!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y4
Class 4 have been progressing well with their French lessons this week. We have been
in the hall playing lots of active games, matching the French words for various items
of clothing with their size and colour - while remembering of course, that the masculine
and feminine adjectives must also match! In geography, we have been exploring
global warming and COP26. We all made our leaf pledges and have created a tree in
the classroom to display them. There were some great suggestions from the children
and it sounds as if many of them are quite green fingered! We sadly said goodbye to
Caden, our class teaching assistant, and Saayah this week. We decided a trip to the
park with some delicious treats would be a perfect way to say goodbye and wish them
well in their next adventures.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y5
Class 5 have had a busy couple of weeks, taking part in cricket, rugby and beginning
their tennis lessons in P.E! For their Mars Rover projects they have been working really
hard to develop their 3D drawing skills and are now using Tinkercad to create 3D
designs on the Chromebooks. They have also been learning about their own health
and wellbeing in PSHE, discussing sleep, diet and tools we can use to help us stay
calm and relaxed. All the children enjoyed some Friday afternoon yoga!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y6
Last week, the year 6’s researched food that soldiers from WW1 would eat
during their time in the trenches. We particularly focused on stew and the root
vegetables that were found in fields. We brought in our own root vegetables,
peeled and cooked them in both a slow cooker and on an open fire. This allowed
us to contrast and compare both methods.
On Tuesday, year 6 visited Bodmin Keep to help consolidate our WWI topic
question - What are the benefits and disadvantages of war? After a long journey,
we arrived to be greeted by the friendly and welcoming staff and shown
around their museum of history. We saw weaponry, swords, uniforms, medals
and much more. Fortunately, we got to explore some artefacts that were authentic
war memorabilia and also got to try on some clothes/equipment. We
finished the morning by entering their recreation of a trench - it wasn’t quite as
good as our own, still not a bad attempt.
In maths, we are currently learning about fractions and how to find their simplest
form by finding their HCF. This is quite a challenging area of maths but all
of the children are doing great with this work.

Staff profiles...
MUSEUM OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
STEAM EXPLORERS
Build a Wildlife
Watcher Den
Bring your wellies and
waterproofs to
help us build a wildlife
watching den in the grounds at
PK. *
Take photos of the birds flying
over the woods across the
Valley.
Make some leaf bunting to
decorate the area outside our
café.
Visit our bunker to find out
what the wild animals around
PK get up to at night!
Saturday 20 November 2021
10:30 - 12:00
Meet at the Clore Learning Space, PK
Build a wildlife watching den!
STEAM Explorer workshops are FREE and designed for 7- 12 year olds
No need to book, just turn up!
(*Extreme wet weather alternative activity will be available indoors)
To visit the museum please book tickets online – PKPorthcurno.com
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