Newsletter 01.12

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 01.12.23
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER01.12.23
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 01.12.23

A word from the Principal...
Dear families,
We are officially entering the festive season! At this time, school becomes especially busy, so I would like to
apologise in advance for the amount of dates and times that you are expected to remember. Firstly, we have
our fantastic Christmas events to look forward to over the next few weeks and we hope that you can join us
when your children are involved:
Reception Nativity - 3.30pm on 12th December at Ludgvan School
KS2 Christingle - 6pm on 12th December at Ludgvan Church
KS1 Christingle - 3.30pm on 14th December at Ludgvan Church
The FLS also have grand plans:
FLS Christmas Shop (for children to buys presents for family) - 6th-8th December
Santas Grotto – 13th December
Christmas Fair at the Community Centre – 15th December
As always, these events are great and the more they can be supported, the better it is for everyone, so
hopefully we will see a lot of you all over the next 3 weeks.
After Christmas, we will be making a slight change to our school dinners. We will be using a firm called
Educatering who will work with us to create fantastic menus and the provide restaurant standard
ingredients. Maria and her team will remain in the kitchen, cooking the fantastic food and the best part is,
they would like to invite you all in to a free food tasting!
Educatering Free Food Tasting: Thursday 7th December at 3pm in the school hall.
Finally, it was lovely to see so many of you at our recent Parent Consultations. The children have made a
fantastic start to the academic year and it’s always great to share this information with you.
Kind regards,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal

What’s Useful information...
been going on...
Term Dates 23/24
19 December - end of Autumn Term
EYFS & KS1 collection at 1pm
Y3 & Y4 collection at 1.10pm
Y5 & Y6 collection at 1.20pm
4 January 2024 start of Spring Term
12-16 February 2024 - Spring Half Term
28 March 2024 end of Spring Term
Diary Dates
6-8 December - FLS Christmas Gift Shop
7 December - FREE Educatering food tasting at 3pm in school hall
12 December - EYFS Nativity at 3.30pm in school hall
12 December - KS2 Christingle at 6pm in Ludgvan Church
13 December - Christmas lunch (wear a Christmas jumper)
13 December - Santa’s Grotto at Ludgvan School
14 December - KS1 Christingle at 3.30pm in Ludgvan Church
15 December - FLS Christmas Fair at Ludgvan Community Centre
11-13 June - Moana Performance evenings
17 June 2024 - Inset Day
Parking
Please remember to park safely and considerately at the start and end of the school
day. We appreciate that parking is limited, but the Community Centre spaces provide
a safe walk to and from the school grounds along the
community path without negatively impacting our neighbours and other road users.
Thank you for continued support.
Dinners
Please ensure you book your child’s dinner option online every day, including packed
lunch. This can be done in advance for the whole term, but the
daily deadline is midnight the night before. You will be asked to provide a packed
lunch if your child’s dinner has not been
pre-booked online. Thank you.

Sports and Bikeability...
FOOTBALL
On Wednesday our girls’ football team went to Mounts Bay Academy to play in
a friendly 7-aside tournament. This was our girls’ team’s first time competing
and we were really proud of their sportsmanship and support of each other.
On Monday the girls will have another chance to show off their skills at a cup
game at Bodriggy school. We’re all really looking forward to it. Well done girls!
BIKEABILITY
Year 5 are continuing to expand their learning with their road safety training
under the Bikeability programme. Even Mr Goodchild joined in for a refresher!

Farm news...
Emotions on the farm have been up and down lately. Sadly, we have now lost all of our
turkeys to a predator. We initially lost two, then several weeks later the remaining two were
taken. We believe the predator to be a stoat or similar. Unfortunately predators are one of the
challenges when keeping animals, particularly poultry.
On a positive note, we have welcomed a new addition to our sheep flock, a ram named
Cracker Jack who is on loan to us from Paula at the Ewephoric Ryelands Flock. He has settled
in well with our ewes and has been straight to work. It’s been a great opportunity for our
children to learn more about the life cycles of animals, with sheep in particular. Cracker Jack
has been able to help us learn more about the biology of sheep, especially how rams can
identify when a ewe is in season and ‘ready’. We’ve been monitoring which ewes could be
pregnant and working out when lambs could be due to arrive by spotting when Cracker Jack’s
chalk marks appear on the backs of the ewes.
Now we’ve reached the colder months our egg numbers have dwindled but we will still be
putting eggs out on the stall on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons when we have them. They
remain at £1.50 per half dozen. Cash can be paid directly into the honesty box on the stall, or
we also have the QR code there too which can enable card payments.
Do look out for our stall at the Christmas Fair on Friday 15th December. We hope to have
some of our farm produce including eggs, potatoes and even some whole duck. We will also
have the Outdoor Learning Christmas crafts for sale made by each class in the school.

Outdoor Learning...
Outdoor Learning at Ludgvan has been in full swing! We have had a wide variation of
activities and sessions taking place across all year groups, including Farm School, Forest
School and sessions outdoors linked to class topics.
On the farm children have been getting stuck in with the animals, learning how to care for
them and handle them. We’ve been learning about the diets different animal species have and
how we can ensure that they get the right amount of nutrients they need. We’ve also been
looking at life cycles with the arrival of our new ram.
Forest School has seen a flurry of crafts and toolwork taking place. We’ve had everything
from stick people based on the ‘Stickman’ story, stone age tools, shelters and even wooden
reindeers and Christmas trees! Christmas has had to start a little earlier to enable us to get
our Christmas crafts finished in time for the Christmas Fair.
As Outdoor Learning has become a big part of our curriculum here at Ludgvan, we would like
to be able to share what we get up to a little more frequently. This will be done using Seesaw.
There will be an Outdoor Learning post added for each class that covers the half term which I
will aim to add to each week with photos and a very short write up of what we’ve been up to.
This can be a prompt for your child to share with you all the things we get up to in each
session. I’m just catching up with the previous weeks on there and will share with everyone
once ready. Next term will be more efficient in sharing!

Broad and Balanced...
EYFS
EYFS have been busy learning about and exploring different celebrations this half
term. The children have learnt about Diwali, creating rangoli patterns, pots and
exploring the different ways it is celebrated. They have also created Bonfire Night art
and were proud of their creations. During Outdoor Learning the children also began to
learn about Remembrance Day, making poppies and talking about the significance of
the day.
During Drawing Club, the children entered lots of magical (and very silly) worlds and
we have seen some fabulous drawings and writing. Our favourite book so far this
term has been ‘Would you rather’ which led to some very funny and creative pieces
of work! The children have been making great progress with their mark making and
letter formation. They are now challenged to write their names as they come in each
day and we have been blown away by how fantastic they have been!
Over the last few weeks, during ‘Think Equal’, we have been reading books about
embracing our unique characteristics and things that make us special. The children
all came up with different things that make them unique and shared them with their
peers. It was lovely to hear the children celebrating their differences.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 1
Year 1 have been working hard with their art this half term. We have been focusing on
painting and the different styles that artists use within their work. The children made their
own pictures in the style of the abstract artist, Jackson Pollock, by pouring and flicking the
paint onto paper. It was great fun!! They then re-created the Starry Night by Vincent Van
Gogh and produced some lovely work.
Within science we have been looking at the season Autumn and the changes that occur. They
created some beautiful Autumnal pictures and experimented mixing Autumn colours. They
discovered that lots of different animals hibernate during this time.
This half term within PE we have been learning all about gymnastics. The children started
with floor work then they moved onto the beams.
The children have been learning and retelling the story of The Little Red Hen. Their writing
has been amazing, and they should be very proud of their work. We have had a busy few
weeks working on number bonds to ten, addition and subtraction. They have completed lots
of challenges to support their learning.
Well done Year 1. You have all been superstars!

Broad and Balanced...
Year 2
It’s been a very busy few weeks in Year 2. We have been learning all about our new rules:
Be safe. Be respectful. Be your best.
The children have been trying really hard to make sure they show these rules all of the time.
We’ve been lucky to have Nathan, a mental health practitioner, visit us to talk about mental
health. He spoke to the children about what mental health is and how we can look after our
own mental health. The children asked some amazing questions and had such great ideas;
they showed how mature and sensible they are.
On Wednesday afternoon, we visited the fire station as part of our topic about the Great Fire
of London. The children loved learning about the fire station and what happens there. They
were lucky enough to use the hoses to try and hit a target - there are definitely some
budding future firefighters among us!
We have been really proud of the children this half term. They have really settled into Y2 and
are so enthusiastic about their learning. We have been particularly impressed by their
kindness, love of reading and spelling and ‘can-do’ attitude to everything. We are really
looking forward to the next few weeks and enjoying all things Christmassy.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 3
This half term Year 3 have been learning about the Stone Age to the Iron Age. The children
have really enjoyed this unit of work and have produced some great pieces of writing and clay
models to show what they have learnt. They have learnt how the Stone Age people lived and
have made some replica tools and weapons during outdoor learning to show how the people
of this time hunted for food. They have learnt about cave paintings and created some lovely
charcoal cave paintings of their own to show how the Stone Age people hunted and gathered
their food and told stories. They have also learnt about the Beaker people and made some
great pots of their own. This week they have been making Round houses from natural resources
they could find on the playground. These are looking great too!
In English they have written stories based on a story called the Stone Age Boy and once their
stories were published the children read their stories to Class 2. Finally they have written
non fiction texts to share all of their knowledge about this period in history and these will be
shared with Year 5 very soon.
In Science the children have been learning about Rocks and have enjoyed investigating the
different properties of rocks by investigating permeability and durability. They have all really
enjoyed art this term and have worked very hard with mixing colours with paint and exploring
how to add textures to paint.
You’ve all worked very hard Year 3, well done.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 4
Last week Class 4 completed the first term assessment in arithmetic, problem solving and
reading tests. Their attitude to their tests was exemplary with the children giving their best
effort. They should be really proud of themselves as their outcomes were great with every
child showing amazing progress. It showed how focused they all are on achieving their best.
In art, the children have been extremely creative with creating a multitude of different 3D
artwork which they’ve really enjoyed. They loved constructing origami models; the final
products were brilliant and the children keep getting better and better at making them. Their
creativity didn’t stop there. The children designed their own 3D clay models based on our
topic ‘What lies beneath?’ There was a huge variety of models, which they loved decorating.
The children also made and decorated Diwali candles in RE. The clay lamp called diyas
symbolises the human body. The light represents the soul. Hindus believe that light, or
goodness, chases away bad feelings, during Diwali.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 5
Year 5 have been exploring fractions in Maths; spotting equivalent fractions, learning to
convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and order fractions based on their size - even
when they have different denominators. Very advanced!
In English, the children have been writing diary entries from the point of view of a character
from their guided reading book, Kensuki’s Kingdom, describing the events, feelings and
emotions experienced by the characters. Their writing showed how deeply they’ve been
immersed in the story and how well they can write in the 1st person with expression and
detail. Well done!
After a unit of tennis, the class have swapped balls for shuttlecocks as we begin learning the
skills and rules of badminton. Starting with the basics, everyone has grasped how to serve to
a partner and keep the shuttlecock in the air for some nail-biting rallies. Smashing! Groups
of Year 5’s have also been venturing out for bikeability tuition. Instructors have taken each
group for one playground-based session and two road-based sessions, helping the children to
become proficient and safe at starting, stopping and turning into and out of junctions on the
road. Highly valuable knowledge indeed - well done to all the participants.
Taking responsibility for our actions has been the theme for PSHE. The children explored how
different decisions lead to different outcomes in life, and created ‘Choose Your Destiny’
presentations, highlighting how considerate behaviour leads to better consequences for
everyone.
In History, the class have been reading about Nelson Mandela and researching his life story.
Everyone learned about the racial divisions which used to prevail in South Africa, and how
Nelson Mandela’s bravery and determination to fight for what’s right helped bring an end to
the apartheid and unite his country in peace.
For Music, Class 5 have been having weekly ukulele tuition with Mr. Fletcher. They’ve been
learning how to make 3-note chords that sound in harmony, how to pluck & strum the strings
and how to transition their fingers from one position to another in order to play the chords for
a simple song.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 6
This month has been an extraordinary time for our learning about The Great War. We have
begun to organise our presentation to parents, which involves some rapping, singing,
presentation of factual information, some drama and even some poetry. We have also
immersed ourselves in the real experiences of soldiers during trench warfare - including
making our very own trench stew, cooked on a firepit and digging our own trenches.
Year 6 also had a chance to visit Bodmin Keep museum in order to see real artifacts, wear
authentic clothes, and experience the routine of a soldier within the trenches. The highlight
for many children was seeing the weaponry up close and personal.
In science, we have been creating our own circuits to see the impact of multiple components
on a battery or cell. We have discussed Benjamin Franklin and his experiment with a kite, as
well as talked about the benefits and dangers of electricity around us in our homes.
Fractions have been at the forefront of learning this term within maths, but most of the
children are really getting their heads around this difficult concept.
Within English, we have just begun the finishing touches to our non-chronological reports,
which we will share in the next newsletter.

Broad and Balanced...
Ludgvan School
PRODUCTION OF
Music and Lyrics by
Lin-Manuel Mirands, Opetaia Foa‘i & Mark Mancina
Book Adapted by
Susan Soon He Stanton
Music and Orchestrations Adapted and Arranged by
Ian Weinberger
Based on the 12016 Disney film Moana
Tuesday 11 th June – 6:00 PM
Wednesday 12 th June – 6:00 PM
Thursday 13 th June – 6:00 PM
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Sports Day...

Sports Day...

Sports Day...

Sports Day...
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