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LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER <strong>14.10.22</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL<br />
NEWSLETTER<strong>14.10.22</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14.10.09
A word from the Principal...<br />
Dear families,<br />
Thank you so much to those who attended our recent Groundforce Day. Our outside area is a really<br />
important part of our provision and is now looking really great. Mr Richards spends a huge amount<br />
of hours improving our outdoor provision and is hoping that we can run more regular Groundforce<br />
Days in the future.<br />
I would like to congratulate our new Head Pupils who were awarded their positions this week. The<br />
role will include showing visitors around the school, contributing to the newsletter, being the public<br />
face of Ludgvan and setting a great example to our other pupils. Sophie and Bella are our Head<br />
Pupils and they will be ably support by our Deputy Head Pupils, Harry and Ilani.<br />
We had our first visit from our Education Welfare Officer this week who works with us on attendance.<br />
I am delighted that our attendance so far this term is 95.5%, which is above the current<br />
national average, but still just short of our pre-pandemic levels of 96%-97%. Thank you for working<br />
hard so hard with your children to ensure good attendance and be reminded that I am unable<br />
to authorise any holidays in term time. We do have a few children who are not arriving before 0900<br />
which not only means they miss the beginning of their learning, but also provides a really unsettled<br />
start to their school day.<br />
Kind regards,<br />
Mr Adam Anderson<br />
Principal
What’s Useful information...<br />
been going on...<br />
Term Dates 22/23<br />
7th Sep – 16th Dec (HT 24-28 Oct)<br />
4th Jan – 31 March (HT 13-17 Feb)<br />
17 April – 21 July (HT 29 May-2 Jun)<br />
Inset Days<br />
5th September<br />
6th September<br />
3rd Jan<br />
24th July<br />
25th July<br />
Other dates<br />
FLS Neon Disco - 21st October<br />
Individual Photos - 7th November<br />
FLS Christmas Fayre - 2nd December<br />
End of Term - 16th December at 1300/1310/1320<br />
Reporting Illness and Absence<br />
If your child is absent, please ensure you phone the office before 0900 to let us<br />
know. A Dojo message to class teachers is also helpful, but informing the office is a<br />
priority as it ensures we know where all children are. Thank you.<br />
Oracy Challenge!<br />
If I ruled the world...<br />
One player begins by saying “If I ruled the world, I would... because...” and describe what<br />
they’d do any why. The next person must respond by saying “I couldn’t disagree more because...”<br />
(even if they don’t disagree!). They must follow this by stating what they would do<br />
if they ruled the world
Outdoor Learning...<br />
Outdoor Learning has followed a slightly different approach over the past two<br />
weeks. As a school we have been working to make our outside spaces as great<br />
as we can. In addition to our successful first Groundforce Day, our Outdoor<br />
Learning sessions have allowed the children to be involved in a wide variety of<br />
tasks to have a positive and purposeful impact on our grounds. Our sessions in<br />
Year 2 and up have worked on a rotational basis where all children have been<br />
able to take part in fire skills, land management/ landscaping and animal care.<br />
This allows children to not only continue with skills they enjoy, but also have<br />
the opportunity to learn new skills and have new experiences in smaller focused<br />
groups. It’s been great to see how keen all the children have been to get<br />
stuck into all tasks presented to them as well as showing resilience and determination<br />
when faced with more challenging tasks. We are lucky to now be able<br />
to utilise our new farm field to host our Outdoor Learning sessions - the increased<br />
space allows for a wider range of activities but it also allows other ares<br />
of the school to be rested for a more sustainable practice.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
EYFS<br />
Early Years have had lots of fun this week exploring our topic of ‘Pirates and<br />
Mermaids’. On Thursday, we dressed up and looked for the lost treasure… lots<br />
of the children were wondering whether a pirate had snuck in and stolen it!<br />
We found gold coins and gems hidden all over the classroom outdoor area.<br />
We have also been working really hard on our new sounds and have enjoyed<br />
spending time with Fred the Frog
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y1<br />
Year 1 have been working extremely hard and have produced some amazing<br />
work! Last week our focus was on the story of the Three Little Pigs. We explored<br />
different kinds of materials and had a go at making our own houses for<br />
the Three Little pigs. This week our story was the Three Billy Goats Gruff and<br />
the children had to make bridges. They also wrote some fantastic sentences<br />
describing the Troll.<br />
In RE we have been learning all about Christian weddings and comparing them<br />
to a Muslim wedding service.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y2<br />
Year 2 have had another busy couple of weeks continuing their learning about<br />
the Great Fire of London. In music, we have started to learn a song about the<br />
events of 1666 whilst in our small world area, we have been enjoying designing<br />
and making our own bridges to go over the River Thames. We have had a focus<br />
on oracy too where we have had to record ourselves talking for 2 minutes<br />
about The Great Fire of London. We had to include high level vocabulary to<br />
score points and lost points for hesitation. It was great fun but hard to do!<br />
In maths, we have been partitioning numbers and locating them on number<br />
lines.<br />
Whilst all of this has been happening, we have also enjoyed harvesting potatoes,<br />
preparing the ground for our bulbs, taking care of the animals and making<br />
fires.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y3<br />
Year 3 have been learning about Cornwall and on Monday they visited St Michael’s<br />
Mount. The children walked across the causeway and headed up towards<br />
the castle. Along the way they saw the Giant’s Well and felt the beating<br />
heart of the giant! They had a beautiful view from the top and enjoyed a good<br />
tour around the castle. Back on Marazion beach they made their own 3D sand<br />
sculptures of St Michael’s Mount, before ending our trip with a play in the park.<br />
Since then, the children have started writing their own Cornish legends and<br />
have used Google maps to go on a virtual tour of Mont St Michel in France to<br />
compare and contrast the two mounts. Good work Year 3.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y4<br />
Class 4 has been busy with all their amazing learning. In English they’ve now<br />
finished typing up their non-chronological reports which they’re all so proud<br />
of. They really enjoyed seeing the end result of their hard work. The children<br />
have been very excited as all of their work will be put together into a non-fiction<br />
book about sea creatures and shared with the younger children. In art, the<br />
children have been drawing sea creatures which demonstrate detail, scale and<br />
proportion. They are really true artists. The children have loved learning about<br />
volcanoes, I was so impressed with their ability to use Google Earth to map all<br />
the world famous volcanoes. Well done Class 4.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y5<br />
Class 5 have had a fantastic two weeks completing their Bikeability course.<br />
They began session 1, learning cycling safety skills in the playground, before<br />
completing the course with two road sessions and all the children who took<br />
part, passed the course! Well done Class 5!<br />
In Science, we have continued our learning about plant reproduction. We took<br />
spider plant cuttings and began a ‘propagation investigation’, observing how<br />
the roots of the cuttings developed and grew in water in just a few days. We<br />
then repotted them into compost. We look forward to observing their growth<br />
over the next term.<br />
In Geography, we have been using atlases and maps to locate South America.<br />
We have spent time learning about map keys and other features of the atlas,<br />
including the different types of maps within it. We have also enjoyed learning<br />
about biomes and biodiversity.<br />
Class 5 have had a great time creating a polling programme using Micro:bits in<br />
Computing. The children have really impressed us with their ability to recognise<br />
coding structures and create programmes using code.<br />
In English, Class 5 have created fantastic non-chronological reports about<br />
South American landmarks. It has been so wonderful to see the children taking<br />
such care in their work and producing work that they are really proud of. Well<br />
done, Class 5.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y6<br />
Year 6 have been writing amazing letters this week, as if they were soldiers<br />
from the trenches. After exploring the thoughts, sights, sounds and emotions<br />
of Tommies during WW1, we developed an emotive letter to a friend or relative.<br />
Last week, in art, our focus was to create human form by using charcoal<br />
shades and tone. I think you’ll agree, that these examples that have been<br />
placed onto the class’ WOW board would rival that of any professional artist
Sports Day...
Sports Day...<br />
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO<br />
SUPER THINGS<br />
FOR THE children AT ludgvan school<br />
support THE fls!<br />
1.<br />
SUPPORT<br />
-COME ALONG TO OUR EVENTS<br />
-PLAY THE SCHOOL LOTTERY<br />
-USE AMAZON SMILE AND EASYFUNDRAISING FOR<br />
YOUR EVERY DAY PURCHASES<br />
VOLUNTEER<br />
COULD YOU HELP AT AN EVENT? PROMOTE IT,<br />
HELP SET UP, RUN A STALL, DONATE A PRIZE?<br />
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET INVOLVED - ANY AMOUNT<br />
OF TIME YOU CAN GIVE MAKES A DIFFERENCE<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
join the fls<br />
WITH MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, WE CAN<br />
DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS<br />
FOR THE SCHOOL!<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE<br />
LUDGVAN PARENTS FACEBOOK PAGE OR EMAIL<br />
LUDGVANFLS@GMAIL.COM
Sports Day...<br />
To start supporting, visit:<br />
YourSchoolLottery.co.uk/play<br />
and search for: Ludgvan<br />
Supporters must be 16 years of age or older.
Sports Day...<br />
SCOTT SPORTS FOOTBALL<br />
FUN DAYS!<br />
TUESDAY 25th AND THURSDAY 27th OCTOBER<br />
St. Uny School, from 10am till 2pm<br />
(registration from 9.30am)<br />
Only £10 per child, ages 5 – 14 year olds<br />
Boys and girls, all abilities welcome!<br />
Bring football kit, coat, packed lunch and drinks.<br />
To book, please call or text Scott Goodchild on<br />
07763171524
Sports Day...
Sports Day...