Newsletter 08.03

LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 08.03.24
LUDGVAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER08.03.24
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 08.03.24

A word from the Principal...
Dear Familieis,
It has been a busy few weeks since returning our last newsletter and we have been battling the
constant wind and rain to ensure that our learning is not constrained to the classroom. Even as we
speak, the children are racing their boats down the river, competing for the crown of Ludgvan Boat
Race Champion 2024! A big thank you to our Y5 children who braved the raging torrents to retrieve
boats that completed the course and in return, had some very cold and wet feet!
Thank you to those of you who have signed up to a consultation meeting with your child’s teacher.
These mid-year meetings are a great opportunity to talk about your child’s progress so far and what
will help them achieve their best by the end of the year.
Our Y5 children recently headed to London for their residential trip. They were incredibly busy and
some individuals accumulated 60,000 steps over the 3 days! Well done to all of the children who
represented our school so brilliantly and thank you to the staff and Governors who gave up their
time to make this wonderful trip possible.
Finally, you will have no doubt seen the huge importance that the Government are returning children’s
attendance to pre-pandemic levels. Below is a good graphic to show how attendance relates
to the number of days missed and the impact that lateness can have.
Kind regards,
Adam Anderson
principal

What’s Useful information...
been going on...
Term Dates 23/24
28 March - end of Spring Term
EYFS & KS1 collection at 1pm
Y3 & Y4 collection at 1.10pm
Y5 & Y6 collection at 1.20pm
15 April - start of Summer Term
Diary Dates
13 March - Class Photos
15 March - Comic Relief, NSPCC Bake Sale & Games
22 March - FLS Easter Raffle
11-13 June - Moana Performance evenings
17 June 2024 - Inset Day
26 June - Sports Day
29 June - Mazey Day
19 July - end of Summer Term
Parking
Please remember to park safely and considerately at both ends of the school day and
use the Community Centre path whenever possible. Thank you for continued support.
School Lunches
Please ensure your child’s lunch option is booked online every day, including packed
lunches. This can be done in advance for the whole term if preferred, but the
daily deadline for bookings and amendments is midnight the night before.

Sports...
HOCKEY
The primary hockey league concluded at the end of February, with three late
afternoon matches on the astro pitch in Penzance. The first game against
St Buryan was an end-to-end nail-biter, ending as a 0-0 draw. Ludgvan took on
St. Ives for their second encounter, and fought hard against their very strong and
experienced team. Both sides demonstrated fantastic speed and skill throughout the
match with St. Ives clinching a vital goal just before the final whistle to narrowly beat
Ludgvan 1-0.
The Ludgvan players didn’t let this defeat disrupt their concentration or composure
for the final match against Trythall. After being so successful all season, everyone was
committed to finishing with a victory, and defended well whilst playing some excellent
passing-hockey. Ludgvan applied the pressure and took many shots on goal,
finishing the day with an impressive 5-0 win - much to the delight of the watching
Ludgvan supporters! The team demonstrated outstanding teamwork, respect and
sportsmanship towards their opponents, and have made the school sporting
community proud.

Sports...
CROSS COUNTRY
Last week our cross country team ventured to Cape Cornwall Secondary School for
the last round of the league. The conditions were ‘traditional’ for a cross country
event! They were cold, wet and foggy. However, this did not stop our very determined
team and they all ran amazingly well. We are now awaiting the email that informs us
who has qualified for the county cross country event in a few weeks. This has been
a goal for many of the team and what has driven them to do so well throughout the
season.
A huge well done to Sennen who came 2nd in his last Primary school cross country
event and to Harry C who also came second in his race. Both have had a very
successful season.
Well done to Siena, Walter, Freddie, Milo, Ivy, Harry K, Kai, Maison, Alfie K, Elmer and
Alex S . The whole team have made me really proud this year and have all achieved
some personal goals, as well as developing their fitness and their positive attitudes
towards sport.
GIRLS’ FOOTBALL
On the 25 January the Year 3/4 girls’ football team went to Mounts Bay Academy to
compete in a 5-aside tournament. We won our first two games 2-1 and 2-0! Winnie
and Evie Wh. both scored some fantastic goals between them to win the games.
Unfortunately, we lost the next two matches, both by 2-0. However, the girls were
determined to end on a win and succeeded in winning their last game 1-0!
All girls played fantastically as a team and showed amazing sportsmanship, cheering
and shaking hands with the opposition at the end of each game, as well as supporting
each other whenever a goal was conceded. We are so proud of how they represented
the school and the courage they showed going into their first tournament as a team.
Well done girls!

Outdoor Learning...
Despite the challenges posed by the wet weather, Outdoor Learning has remained
productive and varied this month. Embracing the conditions, we’ve
utilized our sessions to equip ourselves for the upcoming spring and summer
seasons. Our efforts have included tending to our growing spaces, digging over
the vegetable beds, and enthusiastically planting potatoes as well as sowing
seeds within the shelter of our polytunnel.
Some of our classes have utilized the rain to learn how to construct effective
tripod shelters that can be erected in any outdoor setting. We’ve looked at the
importance of log selection and how using the right logs can allow us to build
a shelter that is completely free standing without any man made resources. In
addition to this, we have also explored lashing techniques with ropes to add
that extra level of stability and safety to our shelters.
We’ve also delved into the safe and creative use of our playground construction
wood, mastering techniques for its safe handling and discovering a range of
team-building games and activities.

Broad and Balanced...
EYFS
WOW! What a crazy couple of weeks we have had in Rainbow class, we have moved into our
new classroom, the children have settled in really well and have enjoyed exploring their new
surroundings.
This half term we are looking at ‘Where we live - Cornwall my home, spring and Easter’. We
have been working hard in phonics to learn all our special friends (two letters that make
one sound) and spell some tricky words. This week in drawing club we have been looking at
‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, the children had the opportunity to draw their interpretation of
the bear from the story. In Maths we have been looking at ‘one more, one less’ the children
have been practising their number sequences and writing, they are starting to look at how
we can represent numbers in different ways. We have been starting to think about spring and
the different animals and weather changes we will see as the sun starts to come out more!
The children have been expanding their physical development using the scooter Miss Kennedy
kindly donated to us.
Well done Rainbow class I can’t wait to see what the rest of the half term holds

Broad and Balanced...
Year 1
What an incredibly busy few weeks we have had in Year 1. The children have been
continuing to learn all about the continents. We made African patterns and beaded necklaces.
They learnt an African ‘call and response’ song called ‘Che Che Kule’. Within Europe we
focused on France and looked at some of the famous landmarks. The children had a go at
making the Eiffel tower, they also learnt to say hello and goodbye in French, and they
particularly enjoyed eating the croissants!!
They found out that football is the most popular sport in Brazil and that there are lots of very
interesting animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest. The children made beautiful carnival
masks and flags. Our last continent this week has been Australia and the class had fun
dressing up as something linked to Australia. They all looked amazing and learnt so much!
This term in RE we are learning about Jewish celebrations and traditions. We learnt about the
Shema prayer and the celebration of Hanukkah. The children made Menorah candlesticks and
Hanukkah cards. Our art focus for this half term is 3 D art and the children learnt about the
artist Henry Moore and his sculptures. They then used clay to make their own 3 D sculpture,
they produced some amazing pieces of work.
Well done Year 1 you should be incredibly proud of yourselves!

Broad and Balanced...
Year 2
Year 2 has been busy this term with lots of new subject topics!
In Science, Y2 has dived deep into exploring humans and other animals. They have been
exploring the big questions such as ‘Do bananas make us run faster?’, ‘How far can germs
spread?’ and ‘What exercise makes our hearts beat the fastest?’. In particular, we enjoyed
using the glitter to represent germs around the classroom.
In Music, the class has been learning all about call and response. They have been exploring a
traditional song from Ghana called ‘Che Che Kule’ and have all taken on individual roles such
as leader, singer and playing one of the various instruments in the song. We can’t wait to
share this with you in the future!
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In Computing, we have begun a new topic looking at Scratch. They have taken an instant
love to this form of animation and we have been so impressed with how quickly they have
developed their skills. We will be using this to design, create and animate our own
knock knock jokes!
Our topic has been all about Cornwall. We have enjoyed learning Cornish songs; all about Sir
Humphry Davy; and tin mining. Next week, we are looking forward to visiting Geevor and
seeing a real mine.
Yesterday, we had so much fun celebrating World Book Day. We loved dressing up as a
character from a book and sharing our favourite books with our friends. We then finished the
day with Mousehole Male Voice Choir coming to sing us some songs. We were able to join in
with some of them; we loved that they sang our favourite song (you will have to wait until
our presentation to you to find out what it is!).

Broad and Balanced...
Year 3
Year 3 have been working very hard in Science this half term.
They have been learning all about plants. They have discovered that plants have a season for
growing. They recently set up an investigation to find out what a plant needs to grow well.
They planted seeds and placed them around the school. Some went in the cupboard with
minimal light, some went in the fridge, some on the windowsill and some outside.
After two weeks of looking after their plants, the children looked carefully at what had
happened. Some didn’t grow at all, some flooded, some grew but were yellow in colour and
some grew really well. We discussed what had happened to each plant and why. The children
quickly noted which conditions were best and why. From this, we discussed the role of the
stem in feeding the whole plant. The children then set up another investigation to prove their
theory. They could all explain why the stem is important and how it works.
You were great scientists Year 3, well done.
We also went on a class trip to Cornwall museum in Truro last Wednesday. This was to
support our Egyptian topic. The children had a great time exploring the museum and its
artifacts, but their best bit was learning how the mummification process worked!
Great learning Year 3. Keep up the good work.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 4
Since half term, Class 4 have been having lots of fun. They have spent time with the EYFS
pupils; they were put in buddy pairs with an EYFS children completing several activities such
as reading to them, collaborative collage, creating their own comic strip, PE and PSHE
activities. It was amazing to see how all the pupils’ confidence, nurturing skills, sharing and
so many other areas improved.
In maths, the children have finished learning about how to find perimeters of shape; they
have now moved on to fractions. They have been looking at mixed number and will be
continuing with more fraction work over the next few weeks.
The pupils have really enjoyed their new non-fiction area in English where they have been
looking into how to write instructions and the skills that are needed to complete their best
outcome. They came up with great ideas for writing instructions.
In geography, they have been learning how to locate Europe on a world map. In addition to
this they have studied the feature of Europe such as capital cities, mountain ranges, rivers,
oceans and seas. In PSHE, the children having been learning the consequences of
tobacco consumption and creating presentations on Google docs and slides to put people off
smoking. They have also been promoting teeth hygiene.
They are all super stars with such a great attitude to their learning.

Broad and Balanced...
Year 5
Year 5 has had a busy return to school after a well-deserved rest following our London trip.
This has been one of the highlights of our time in Year 5 so far. Each and every one of the
children represented Ludgvan School beautifully in London. They all gave everything 100%,
supported one another and did more walking than they thought possible!
The class continued to astound us with their dedication to learning the St Piran’s Day dance
and mastering their singing. We were lucky enough to have EYFS join us for an afternoon to
learn the dance.
In class, we have started exploring recounts in English. Most will be focusing on their London
trip and retelling the experience from their perspective.
In Art, we explored collage and how we can represent ourselves through this medium. We
can’t wait to share these with you at a later date. We’ve also been getting creative in French,
conducting our own Eurovision Song Contest and performing our own songs surrounding
ourselves with all things French and musical.
We have also taken part in an RE and Worldviews workshop with Five Islands school. Over
the four sessions the children have explored their views towards the teaching of RE, how the
learning could be enhanced and how we can express our own worldviews A few children will
be traveling to St Buryan school in a few weeks to meet the other schools that have been
involved.
A big well done Year 5, you are absolutely brilliant!

Broad and Balanced...
Year 6
Year 6 have had a very busy half term so far. In English, we are currently writing our eerie
stories and learning how to create a contrasting atmosphere to display a sense of
foreshadowing of eerie events. Our stories are looking amazing and we will publish some
examples in the next newsletter.
Maths has seen us navigate our way through some tricky units, including: Fractions, Decimals
and Percentages, BODMAS, and Algebra.
Outdoor learning focus has consisted of creating birdhouses out of wood, and learning how to
use hammers and nails safely, whilst piecing together a structure.
In Art, Year 6 have been learning about POP art, and how Andy Warhol inspired this art
movement with his Soup Cans work. We have begun designing simplistic images, which we
can use in the style of Andy Warhol, for our screen printing unit.

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
For Tickets Visit
www.ticketsource.co.uk/ludgvan-school

Sports Day...

Sports Day...

Sports Day...

Sports Day...

Sports Day...
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