Newsletter 8 - 14.01.22

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14.01.22
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER14.01.22
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14.01.22

A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
Happy New Year and welcome back to the spring term!
It has been great seeing everyone returning to school - what a calm and purposeful start it’s already
been! It has been lovely to hear so many children eager to tell me about their Christmas and it
sounds like they have had a wonderful time.
We all remain optimistic here that the term (and rest of the year ahead) return to increasing familiarity.
It was great to have welcomed so many of you along to see our Christmas performances in
December and we hope that more and more of those things we’ve loved and missed return. That
said, we ask that you all remain vigilant with regards to covid especially around testing and symptoms.
We sincerely hope that it’s not needed but we continue to have a remote learning plan ready
to implement. In school, we are ensuring that the building is clean and well-ventilated and that we
exercise good hygiene habits including binning dirty tissues and washing hands. It feels like we’re
getting there… let’s keep going with fingers crossed!
You may have noticed that a new minibus has appeared in our car park this week! By the end of the
month, two more will join us and we will once again be able to take our learning into our community
as well as going swimming and attending sports fixtures without having to rely on borrowed minibuses,
hired coaches and volunteer drivers.
Kind regards,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal

Useful information...
Term Dates 21-22 and Important Events
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
World Book Day - 3 March
Pupil Progress Day* - 6 April
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Playground Celebration - 7 June
*Pupil Progress Day school is the chance for you and your child to meet
with their teacher and discuss their learning. Appointments are longer
than during during Parents’ Evenings to allow a really in depth discussion.
School will not run as usual so your child will only come to
school for their appointment. Appointments will be between 0800-1800.

Our Eco Committee...
Since returning from Christmas, the Eco Warriors have been busy working to achieve
their Eco-Schools target of reducing general waste and increasing recycling in school.
We have now sorted all of the bins in every classroom so that they each have a general
waste bin, a mixed recycling bin and a paper bin - the paper is then shredded to
be used for our animal bedding. We have also reassigned our multiple compartment
bin outside to include a mixed recycling and a food waste bin for break time and
lunchtime. All classes have been working hard to improve their recycling - we have
been checking regularly how each class is using their bins and we have noticed a big
improvement. Lots of children are regularly checking which bins to put things into to
make sure they are getting it right.
To keep up to date with the work of the Eco-Warriors committee, visit https://padlet.
com/trichards49/zswcv5i3kauvcwnh

Learning Outdoors...
EYFS and KS1 have been busy this week enjoying the wet and windy winter weather.
Their outdoor sessions have been based around the winter adventures of Percy the
Park Keeper. The children have enjoyed using the hammers and nails building creations
for Percy’s animal friends, den building using logs, nature exploration, playing in
the long grass and most importantly, having lots of fun sliding in the mud!
KS2 have been busy learning about navigation through an introduction to orienteering.
They have been practicing reading and using OS style maps to follow an
orienteering course set up around the school, which you may have see as we have

Exciting and Engaging...
EYFS
This week we had a very special visitor to the classroom - the gingerbread
man! He arrived unannounced on Monday morning and left us some clues as
to who he was. We then had to find all of the clues and piece together the evidence
to discover who it was that had left a floury mess in the classroom.
On Tuesday, we checked the CCTV from the classroom and it confirmed that it
was the gingerbread man who had been making a mess in the classroom! He
left us a floury trail of his footprints which led us to a copy of the story of ‘The
Gingerbread Man’. We read the story and then had fun trying to make traps to
catch him and his gingerbread friends.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y1
Our topic in Year 1 for this term is ‘How far can I travel?’ The children will be
learning about the 7 Continents and this week we focused on Antarctica. They
have really enjoyed finding out all about Antarctica. They discovered that Antarctica
is actually a dessert and that nobody lives there. They produced some
beautiful paintings of penguins and ice collages.
The children were very excited to explore and complete different challenges in
ICT this week using the Beebots. In PE they had great fun learning all about
hockey!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y2
Class 2 have had a busy couple of weeks back after Christmas. They have
been amazing us with their mathematical skills this week by becoming Column
Method experts. The children have really enjoyed the challenge of this new
learning and all of them have picked it up very quickly, even crossing tens. In
Art, they also tried something new - digital art! The children were not sure at
first but really enjoyed the different way of being creative. Each pair had a go
at recreating a picture using an online app. It was so impressive how quickly
they picked up using the program and the detail that they added to their virtual
pieces of art.
Year 2 have also been busy starting their new topic. They have begun to learn
about the Victorians and Queen Victoria. This week, they made their own rules
and laws, declaring these to the class as kings and queens. Finally, Year 2 have
learnt about a healthy, balanced diet in Science. They had a go at categorising
foods from Miss Law’s cupboard into the different food groups. Well done Year
2, you have been working so hard!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y3
Year 3 had a great start to their new topic about the Stone age with a visit to Truro
museum this week. Whilst at the museum the children explored a variety of artefacts
from the Stone age to the Iron age. This included rocks, bowls, spears and bow and
arrows. The children sketched the items and learnt lots of new facts. They then made
some of their own Stone age bowls using clay. Back in the classroom, the children
have used their new knowledge to create Diamante poems about the Stone age.
A fantastic start to our new topic Year 3, well done.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y4
Class 4 have had lots of fun this week. We have been exploring liquids and solids and
deciding how to classify these. We thought we had it sussed until we squirted shaving
foam. It was definitely wet but it didn’t take the shape of the container and it didn’t
end up with a flat surface.
We have also been learning map skills and how to accurately read a compass. To put
these skills into practice, we asked Mr Richards to set up an orienteering course. Class
4 were so good at completing this, that Mr Richards had threatened to drop us off in
the middle of nowhere armed with just a map and a compass! Let’s hope the weather
is slightly warmer by then! Well done class 4 on yet another lovely week of learning.

Exciting and Engaging...
Y5
Class 5 have started to design their moving toys in DT, using their knowledge of cam
mechanisms to make them move. They also had a great time tinkering and using algorithms
to input sequences of instructions into Microbit devices (pocket sized, codeable
computers).
To launch our Conwall topic, we went to Geevor Tin Mine, to learn about the history
of tin mining and the incredible jobs the miners did. The children worked hard at
hand-drilling the rocks, panning, identifying tin, and even ventured through a mine!
We were really proud of the children’s manners towards the adults working with us,
and some of the thoughtful questions they asked an ex-miner.
This week, we learned that our creative class has won the Penzance Christmas Window
Display Competition! Well done Class 5!

Exciting and Engaging...
Y6
Last week, year 6 began spring term with 2 days of science activities relating
to the circulatory system. We located, listened to and explored parts of our
heart, its function and, quite literally, delved inside sections of a lambs heart.
It was fascinating to see, at first-hand, the Chambers (atrium and ventricular
chambers) as well as the valves that work to allow oxygenated blood through
each part.
One group explored exercise and which exercises work our hearts the most.
Each child discussed fair testing, variables and factors that we were not able to
control.
Great work Year 6!

Staff profiles...

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