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Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y4/5 Duckpool

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It has been another packed and purposeful week for our Year 4 and Year 5 children, full of creativity, curiosity and important conversations.

In Geography, the children developed their map skills by locating the world's deserts. They used atlases and maps to identify where deserts are found and began exploring what makes these environments so unique. This learning fed beautifully into our work in English, where the children have been building their grammar knowledge in preparation for writing their own desert diaries. The children have worked hard on sentence structure and detail, getting ready to bring their diary writing to life.

Some of our children were lucky enough to attend an art workshop at the local library, where they took part in creative activities and explored different artistic techniques.

In Science, the children investigated electricity through hands-on learning. They explored complete and incomplete circuits, testing what worked and what did not by using lamps, buzzers and motors. This practical work helped them develop a clear understanding of how circuits function and encouraged lots of problem-solving and teamwork.

We also began our new DT unit, where the children will be designing and making a book cover. They have started thinking about purpose and design, and will be choosing a fastening of their choice as part of their final product.

In French, we began an exciting new unit on habitats, learning new vocabulary and listening carefully to spoken French as we explored different environments.

It has been a busy and engaging week, and we are very proud of the enthusiasm, curiosity and thoughtfulness the children have shown across all areas of learning.

Spring 2 Week 3

St Cleer Primary Academy | Year 1/2 L

Macro photography

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y6 Treyarnon

Can you guess what these are?
They were taken by year 6 in art this afternoon. Answers to follow next week.

Answers:
fidget toy
shreddie
weetabix
hair

Another fun week

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y6 Treyarnon

Ballet Dancing Fun

This week has been wet and windy but full of fun.

In English, we finished our Jack and the Beanstalk stories, they are all fantastic. Most of the children said it is the longest and most detailed piece of writing they have ever done. We were all very proud of our work and achievement.

We have continued reading our class story 'No Ballet Shoes in Syria' by Catherine Bruton. The story is getting interesting now and we immersed ourselves into the story by taking part in a ballet workshop. In the story, the character uses ballet as a way of coping with her emotions after fleeing her country and becoming a war refugee. The children found that trying ballet for themselves has helped them to understand the character more deeply.

In art, we have learned about macro photography. The children then had a go using the magnifier app on the IPad to get some photos for themselves. Keep posted to see if any appear on the blog.

Have a restful weekend,

Miss Burton

Week 2

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y6 Treyarnon

This week we started our new unit of science based on light. We explored how light travels in straight lines by using torches and toilet rolls. Next week, we are going to find out more about reflection.

In maths, we have moved onto out new topic of decimals and we have been reminding ourselves of place value when rounding, multiplying and dividing. This will lead us nicely into percentages in a few weeks.

In RE, we started our new topic about what life is like for Muslims in Britain. We recapped some basic knowledge of Islam and then found out more about Mosques. We compared how many Mosques there in London to Cornwall and thought about how that might impact on Muslims living in this area.

In PSHE, we considered all the different parts of ourselves. We drew pictures to show the different characteristics and chose colours to represent each one.

Have a fantastic weekend

Miss Burton

Happy New Year

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y6 Treyarnon

Welcome back

This week we have started our new topic: How Does Population Change? We will be finding out about the populations of different countries and how they have changed over time. We will look at data regarding births and deaths and why people might move to different countries. We launched the topic by having an afternoon of playing games to help us understand including snakes and ladders and top trumps. We then invented our own countries and used blocks to explore the difference between sparsely and densely populated countries.

In English, we have continued out Jack and the Beanstalk stories.

In maths, we have been exploring co-ordinates and using our knowledge to solve problems.

Please see the knowledge web below for the outline of the new topic.

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Documents

Knowledge web y6 spring 1 2025-6.docx

Looe Primary Academy | Foundation

Spring Term KIRFs - Key Instant Recall Facts in maths

Please see attached this terms KIRFS. Children should work at gaining this knowledge through practice at home and at school. There are some links on the documents to support this.

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KIRFs Reception spring term.pdf

Maths Blog- Fractions

St Cleer Primary Academy | Year 5/6 S

The 3 Little Pigs

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Issys Nursery

Welcome back to the new term.

We can't wait to get back into a routine with the children and to welcome new friends to our Nursery.

Our new focus story is 'The Three Little Pigs'; we have looked online and found some very different versions of this traditional story, even one where the roles are reversed and the wolf is a 'good guy'. Which version do you prefer?

We have tasked the children (and grownups) to search at home for the story and send us a picture of them reading it at home.
If you don't have one at gome, can you find one at Saltash library?

Week Ending 16.01

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y2/3 Mousehole

Last week was another busy and productive one in Year 2/3, with the children working hard across the curriculum and continuing to develop their skills and understanding.

English:
In English, the children focused on simple sentence construction, learning how to write clear and complete sentences. We revisited the importance of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, and began to think carefully about punctuation to make our writing easier to read and understand. The children showed great effort in applying these skills to their independent work.

Maths:
In Maths, we worked on solving addition and subtraction problems, encouraging the children to choose appropriate strategies and explain their thinking. They practised using number bonds, place value knowledge and written methods to help them solve calculations accurately.

History:
Our History learning focused on the Wright brothers, exploring who they were and why they are significant. The children learned about their determination, early experiments and how their work helped lead to the first successful powered flight. This linked well to our wider topic on the history of flight.

RE:
In Religious Education, we learned about the first disciples, discussing who they were and why Jesus chose them. The children reflected thoughtfully on ideas of friendship, trust and following a role model.

Other Learning:
Alongside these focus areas, the children continued to engage enthusiastically in all areas of the curriculum. They showed positive attitudes, curiosity and a willingness to challenge themselves in lessons throughout the week.

Well done, Year 2/3, for another week of hard work and fantastic learning!