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LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER <strong>27.1.23</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL<br />
NEWSLETTER<strong>27.1.23</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER <strong>27.1.23</strong>
A word from the Principal...<br />
Dear families,<br />
As we move into next week, I am aware that the strike action being taken by some trade unions<br />
will cause disruption.<br />
However, it is unfortunately a necessary step and the only one available to staff who are working<br />
tirelessly for all of our children in an underfunded system. All school staff have faced pay freezes<br />
over the past decade and for certain roles, the real terms pay cut equates to almost 25% over the<br />
past 10 years. This is coupled with the increasing challenge of delivering the exciting and challenging<br />
provision we strive for despite rising inflation and increasing financial challenges. This is felt<br />
particularly acutely at Ludgvan, where we constantly endeavour to go ‘above and beyond’ across<br />
the curriculum with additional resources allocated to our minibuses to facilitate taking our learning<br />
into the community; our Outdoor Learning provision; 1:1 Chromebooks in KS2 and residential trips<br />
for Y2 upwards to name but a few.<br />
Essentially, what I am saying is that staff have not taken this decision lightly and the ambition is to<br />
ensure that we can continue to offer our ambitious and exciting curriculum long into the future.<br />
I know you will all join me in supporting our staff in their decision to stand up for our profession<br />
and our children’s interests.<br />
Kind regards,<br />
Mr Adam Anderson<br />
Principal
What’s Useful information...<br />
been going on...<br />
Term Dates 22/23<br />
4th Jan – 31 March (HT 13-17 Feb)<br />
17 April – 21 July (HT 29 May-2 Jun)<br />
Inset Days<br />
24th July<br />
25th July<br />
Medicine in School<br />
If your child is returning from illness or just a little under the weather, please feel free to<br />
drop some Calpol or similar into the office and we can administer as needed to ensure your<br />
child feels well through the school day.<br />
Important dates from the FLS<br />
Please keep an eye out for further information about the events below.<br />
08Feb - Bags2School<br />
10Feb - End of term disco. Theme TBA<br />
Month of Feb - Loose Change or Smarties challenge.<br />
3rd March - St Pirans day cake sale<br />
15th-17th Mar - Mothers Day shop<br />
24th Mar - Break the Rules day!<br />
31st Mar - Easter event TBA<br />
Oracy Challenge<br />
I’m thinking of…:<br />
Start this game with a single object in mind and the phrase, “I am thinking of something ….,”<br />
and then name a feature or attribute of the object or thing. So it might begin, “I am thinking<br />
of something that is blue.” The other player(s) are welcome to make a guess or ask for<br />
another clue. Go back and forth between clues and guesses until they work out the correct<br />
answer.
Outdoor Learning...<br />
The past two weeks have been a busy time for our pupils during Outdoor<br />
Learning sessions. The children have been busy getting back to nature, making<br />
the most of the wonderful winter sun that we have been experiencing. Animals<br />
have been a big focus across our sessions, both through having the independence<br />
and responsibility of tending our school animals and looking out for the<br />
wild birds by making bird feeders. We’ve also been developing various skills<br />
across the year groups including using tools, making shelters and building fires.<br />
Year 6 worked hard in teams to build effective campfires that could be sustained<br />
for a longer period of time.<br />
If you haven’t already done so, check out our new Ludgvan School Farm Facebook<br />
page to stay up to date with our farming activities.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
EYFS<br />
Early Years have had a fantastic couple of weeks learning about Lunar New<br />
Year. We read a story called ‘The Great Race’ about the zodiac animals and<br />
then explored maps and the globe to find Asia. We talked about different ways<br />
the New Year is celebrated and were very lucky to have Lucus’s Mum come and<br />
visit us. Alice helped us to make the zodiac calendar and even left us some<br />
yummy treats! Outside, we have been investigating how to stop water flowing,<br />
measuring using different objects and building lots of dens and houses!
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y1<br />
Year 1 have had an extremely busy two weeks! Our geography last week was<br />
to locate Asia on a world map and explore the features and characteristics of<br />
China. The children learnt about the Great Wall of China and the Terracotta<br />
Army. We discovered that dragons are an important part of many celebrations<br />
in China. The children made beautiful Chinese dragons and painted wonderful<br />
pictures of animals that live in China.<br />
This week we have been learning about our class continent Australia and the<br />
children all dressed up as something linked to Australia. They all looked amazing!<br />
We looked at famous landmarks and the interesting animals that live<br />
there. Keep up the amazing work.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y2<br />
Year 2 have been really engaged and eager to learn more about our topic of<br />
space. We have looked back at the history of space and put the events in order<br />
such as the first man and woman in space, the first man on the moon, the<br />
first rocket launch, the space race and even the first animals in space. We have<br />
incorporated this in to our guided reading where we have enjoyed a range of<br />
space themed fiction and non-fiction texts.<br />
We have also enjoyed using pastels to create our own drawings of the solar<br />
system which has also helped us to learn the order of the planets.<br />
Our class continent is Asia. Last week, we loved coming to school dressed up<br />
and really enjoyed our Asian themed lunch, which linked in nicely to Chinese<br />
New Year last weekend. We ‘flew’ on our aeroplane to Asia and then did a tour<br />
of the continent where we learnt more about specific countries, animals in Asia,<br />
foods, climate and much more. We looked for Asian plants outside in outdoor<br />
learning with Mr Richards and made a range of Asian items such as Chinese<br />
lanterns and tiger origami.<br />
In our Science, we have been learning about food chains. We learnt about our<br />
school farm animals and their places in the food chain. We then created our<br />
own chalk food chains on the playground.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y3<br />
Year 3 have been busy in the classroom over the past two weeks. They have<br />
been doing some great writing and have all made noticeable progress within<br />
this area. They have really enjoyed using the thesaurus to find out lots of new<br />
words. We have planned a story of our own and we are now ready to write it<br />
next week. I am really looking forward to reading their stories. The children<br />
have continued to focus on the Stone Age and they have looked at Skara Brea<br />
in Scotland. They looked at the ancient village and then designed their own<br />
Stone Age village, which they will be making in the coming weeks. In art the<br />
children have enjoyed learning about the primary and secondary colours and<br />
created a colour wheel to share their learning. Since the start of term the children<br />
have had the opportunity to visit Penzance Gymnastics club. The children<br />
have really enjoyed visiting the club and using the equipment. They are really<br />
looking forward to their final session in the foam pit!
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y4<br />
The children have been learning lots about Ancient Greece in English and history.<br />
They are really enjoying the topic ‘What does it take to be a mythological<br />
hero?’ In English, they have been writing diaries based around Greek gods and<br />
goddesses, the writing has been excellent with the children using their knowledge<br />
and personalities throughout their entries. This focus has continued in<br />
history where they’ve been learning about Alexander the Great, ancient Greek<br />
sports and pottery. They’ve also discussed the differences between primary and<br />
secondary sources . The children visited Mounts Bay Academy last week, they<br />
learnt and practiced their new dance for their performance in the Summer.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y5<br />
Over the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have got stuck straight into their space<br />
topic. We have been exploring everything space related in Science from the<br />
phases of the moon to the different types of planets around us to the history of<br />
our understanding of the solar system over time. We were also incredibly lucky<br />
to have Fran from the Royal Navy visit us this week and explain the importance<br />
of space and its influence on our weather!<br />
We have also been looking at land use over time in the UK and Year 5 created<br />
fantastic presentations about three different parts of the UK. Year 5 have<br />
created some beautiful persuasive letters in English, focusing on persuading<br />
Mr Anderson to let Year 5 go on a school trip to space. Will Year 5 successfully<br />
persuade him?
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y6<br />
Year 6 have had an interesting and varied 2 weeks of learning.<br />
Our PSHE unit based on Health and Wellbeing has allowed us to explore aspects<br />
of our emotions, what causes them to become heightened and how we<br />
can attempt to control the negatives ones in an appropriate way. This has led<br />
us to try some Cosmic yoga - that was an interesting day!<br />
We have also been taking part in some rugby training for our PE this half<br />
term. We have learnt about some basic rules and how to pass the ball during<br />
tag-rugby.<br />
Now that we have finished our diary writing in English, Year 6 are very excited<br />
to begin learning how to create eerie stories. We have begun gathering ideas<br />
of what is good about spooky stories. We’ve discussed the power of figurative<br />
language, pathetic fallacy and focused character description, as opposed to generic<br />
description. We now have some fantastic ideas and will begin to create a<br />
story map next week. Watch this space!
Sports Day...
Sports Day...
Sports Day...
Sports Day...
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.
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