Newsletter 11 - 03.03.23

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 03.03.23
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER03.03.23
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 03.03.23

A word from the Principal...
Dear families,
We have crossed the half-way point in the year and are racing towards a fun-filled summer
term and warmer and dryer weather (hopefully!).
Firstly, I would like to congratulate Maria and her kitchen team of Louise and Ronan. This
week, they were visited by the Food Hygiene Inspector and were awarded a 5-star rating!
This is testament to the hard work that goes in to, not only running a clean and hygienic
kitchen, but sourcing local produce and creating a menu that responds to the seasons and
children’s views. It is quite unusual for primary schools to run their own kitchen rather than
using a large company, but I think you’ll agree that we are reaping the benefits.
Mrs Wherry has recently analysed club attendance across the school. We are incredibly
fortunate that our staff give up their time to run so many clubs – almost 30 clubs in a school
the size of ours is unheard of! Research also suggests that children that opt into extracurricular
provision demonstrate a greater enthusiasm for engaging with all aspects of school
life and, as a result, perform better. I am delighted to say that 85% (179) of our children
attend at least one club a week, which is fantastic!
To ensure that clubs are as positive as possible, can we please ensure we follow the
guidelines below:
• After-school clubs are not free childcare. Please only send your child to a club if it is genuinely
something that they are interested in. That way, all children approach the club with a
positive attitude and are fully engaged.
• Once signed up for a club, it is expected that your child will attend regularly. Dipping in
and out of a club on a weekly basis means that the club cannot have its full impact and
dynamics within the group can be disturbed.
If you have any ideas of clubs that could be run in the summer term or would like to
volunteer to support or run a club after Easter, please let me know,
Kind regards,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal

What’s Useful information...
been going on...
Term Dates 22/23
4th Jan – 31 March (HT 13-17 Feb)
17 April – 21 July (HT 29 May-2 Jun)
Inset Days
24th July
25th July
Medicine in School
If your child is returning from illness or just a little under the weather, please feel free to
drop some Calpol or similar into the office and complete a consent form so that we can
administer as needed to ensure your child feels well through the school day.
Important dates from the FLS
Please keep an eye out for further information about the events below.
3rd March - St Pirans day cake sale
10th March - FLS Disco (volunteer support welcome)
16th, 17th, 19th March - Mothers Day shop
31st March - Break the Rules day & Easter Egg Surprise!
School Parliament News
Our School Parliament met last week and we had a great meeting discussing lots of really
important things.
The children are keen to do a fundraising event this month to raise money for more outdoor
equipment for playtimes. Therefore they have decided to do a ‘Big, Book, Bake Sale’ on 22nd
March at 2pm. The event will be held in the school hall and children will be invited to bring in
some money to buy a book and a cake and have a cosy read with friends. Books will be sold
from 20p - £1 and cakes will be sold from 20p - 75p.
In order to do this, we really need your help!
Please can you send in some good condition unwanted children’s books that we can sell.
These can be dropped to the office and the School parliament will collect them from there.
If you would like to donate some cakes, tray bakes etc for the event, please can these be
dropped on the day or the day before also to the office.
The children have some great ideas to improve our school, so they would really appreciate
your help. Thank you in advance!
Mrs Wherry and the School parliament

Outdoor Learning...
In Outdoor Learning we have been focusing on navigation and map skills. Years 2-6 have had
the opportunity to participate in a complex orienteering course around the school.
It’s amazing to see how far everyone’s navigation skills have developed since we began
delivering Outdoor Learning sessions. Fuelled with a little rivalry, the children worked so well
in their teams to complete the course using their map knowledge but also demonstrating
fantastic communication and effective team work. It’s becoming difficult to add greater
challenge to our orienteering courses to keep up with the children!
Years 4-6 have also been exploring wider map work by using Digimaps to explore different
styles of maps, with OS maps in particular. We have used this to begin planning and plotting
routes to take on upcoming navigation expeditions.
EYFS and Year 1 have been busy spending time on the farm with our animals, getting to know
their dietary requirements by supporting with feeding time and getting involved with
providing the care they need.

Sporting activities...
Athletics
Well done to the Year 5 & 6 athletics teams who took part in an athletics event on Monday,
including activities such as speed bounce, javelin, standing long jump, vertigo high jump,
speed catch and chest push.
After giving 100% effort in those categories, they went on to
participate in running races and obstacle courses, winning six out of the seven races!
We were so proud of their sportsmanship, support for each other and cheering all the teams.
Well done Ludgvan!
Cross Country
On Monday, our Cross Country team took part in the final race of the league
at Cape Cornwall Secondary School.
The conditions were perfect for running and the team all gave their best efforts for the end of
the season race and we were very proud of them all.
Well done Freddie, Winnie, Maison, Scarlet, Hannah, Savannah, Evie W and Finey C for
racing with determination and achieving some great positions.
Harry K deserves a special mention for coming second in his race and winning a silver medal!
Football
Well done to both our teams for competing so brilliantly in the inaugural Leading Edge Cup!
Our girls played with determination throughout, conceding only 1 goal in three matches,
finishing third overall.
Our boys played some fantastic football, scoring 8 goals and finishing second overall,
narrowly missing one of the fantastic trophies - maybe next year!

Broad and Balanced...
EYFS
Early Years have been exploring our question ‘How far can we travel?’ Last week, they
couldn’t believe it when they got to school and there were pants everywhere! They soon
discovered that pesky aliens had been into our classroom and left them. We read ‘Aliens love
underpants’ and then learnt lots about space.
This week, the children read ‘Bob-Man on the moon’. Outside, the children created the surface
of the moon using sand and flour and then dropped rocks to make craters. Lots of obstacle
courses have also been made, the children have been designing their own and challenging
each other to complete them!

Broad and Balanced...
Year 1
The children have been looking at our last continent, Europe and they learnt all about France
and some of the famous landmarks. The children were very creative when they made their
own Eiffel tower; they also learnt to say hello and goodbye in French.
As part of our RE we learnt about the Jewish celebration Sukkot and the children had a go
at making their own Sukkah. This is a temporary dwelling which has three walls and a roof
made from plants.
In computing the children had to design and write a list of the things they would need to build
a rocket. They are looking forward to building their rockets next week!!

Broad and Balanced...
Year 2
Year 2 have continued working really hard on their space topic. They have researched and
found out more about each of the individual planets to work towards answering our topic
question, ‘Will humans ever live on another planet?’
They were amazed to discover that Venus is actually the hottest planet, despite Mercury
being closest to the sun. They couldn’t believe how cold it was on Mars because they had
assumed it would be hot due to its red colour. They worked hard to create mini fact booklets
that they are going to share and read with Early Years next week.
We have also used the chromebooks to draw our own solar system pictures. We had to think
carefully about the colours on each planet and their sizes in relation to one another.
In PE, we concluded our gymnastics topic by enjoying a great session in the hall using the
beams and demonstrating our best balancing and movements.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 3
Year 3 have been working hard over the past fortnight. They have been writing shape poems
linking to the Stone Age and have enjoyed playing with different types of words.
They have also been learning to follow and write a set of instructions. They have followed
instructions to make paper aeroplanes and used the Beebots to give clear instructions. We
linked instructional writing to our Stone Age topic. The children have learnt how to wash a
woolly mammoth and have written their own instructions for how to feed a woolly mammoth!
In Maths the children have been learning about data. They have enjoyed making pictograms
and they have collected data across KS2 about the type of summer clubs the children might
like. They then created pictograms and bar charts to share what they had found out. They
have also had a great time during outdoor learning with orienteering and making Stone Age
stew around the campfire. They have crammed in a lot so far. Well done Year 3!

Broad and Balanced...
Year 4
Class 4’s new topic is learning about ancient Rome. In the first history lesson, the children
heard the story of how Romans thought Rome was founded and built. The children all loved
listening to the story of the brothers Romulus and Remus; they all then created story maps
retelling the event.
In Maths, the children have started learning about converting between units of measure. They
now understand what kilometres, metres, centimetres and millimetres units of measurement
stand for and how to convert them.
On Monday, we had a whole day of art, when the children were able to try a variety of
printing techniques. Starting next week, every Thursday we will have a specialist artist from
Newlyn Art Gallery working with them until half term. The children will be learning screen
printing.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 5
Year 5 have returned to school ready for their history module on Windrush, the pupils
explored the events through photographs and first hand accounts to understand how the
Windrush generation were treated in the UK.
Alongside this, Year 5 have been practising hard for their part in the St Piran’s day parade,
which took place on the 3rd of March and we are so proud of how quickly they picked up the
dance. We were very lucky that Helen (who created the original dance) was able to join us
and teach it to the pupils firsthand.
In Art, we have created mood boards using collage- we were so impressed with the children’s
creativity and how they expressed their individuality through their artwork.
In English, we have started writing biographies about Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan
and Mary Jackson, who were mathematicians working at NASA. The children were really
mature and we had fantastic discussions about the racial and gender discrimination, which
these three women experienced.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 6
Year 6 have been exploring aspects of black history within our history lessons, and creating a
play script within English related to the life-changing event of Rosa Parks’ bus boycott. It has
been a very active and enjoyable facet of our recent history to teach, as well as for the
children to learn about one inspirational decision to stand up against discriminating
behaviours.
We have created animations, using Cloud Stop Motion, which enabled us to explore changing
frames per second and smooth transitions, whilst telling an emotive story. We then focused
on Martin Luther King Jr and his involvement in the story of Rosa Parks. After listening to his
inspirational speech, we analysed some of the content in order to understand the complexity
of the inequality and oppression that was evident during the early-mid 1900’s. We finished
our learning with a little drama to recreate the events of Rosa refusing to leave her seat on
an already crowded bus.

Sports Day...

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