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Looe Primary Academy | Foundation

Friday 16th January

Another amazing learning filled week in Foundation!

This week, in English, we have continued our story of Snow White and we have used our oracy and sequencing skills to sequence the story. We then separated into groups and with an adult we practiced acting a part of the story. We then performed our acting to the rest of the class! The children were amazing.

In maths we have been concentrating on subitising 0-5. Miss Wilson has been helping the children learn how to subitise in fun ways and the children have completed some lovely activities after each lesson to show how much they have learnt.

In outdoor learning this week we braved the wind and rain and went stick collecting. Ince we had the right size sticks we made snowflakes but winding string around the sticks to hod them together. They are currently hanging in class drying, ready for us to paint next week.

In PE we started gymnastics. This week we have explored holding our bodies in a stretch pose or a curled pose!

The children have also collaged snowflakes, which currently hang I our class and are beautiful. They have made polar scenes, had library time exploring books and sooooooo much more!

The Foundation Team

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 3

Class 3 Blog for W/E 16th January 2026

This week in Class 3 has been a very positive one. We welcomed two sets of visitors on Monday and Wednesday who spent time observing our Maths lessons and general morning work. They were delighted with the children's effort, positive attitudes to learning and the progress they are making across the curriculum.

In PSHE, we have been exploring why it is important to have dreams and goals for the future. The children reflected thoughtfully on their own aspirations, creating "dream leaves" to represent what they hope to achieve.

Our History learning has continued with a focus on Ancient Egypt, where we have begun discussing what makes an Ancient Civilisation and locating Ancient Egypt on a map.

In Maths, Year 4 have been learning the short written method of multiplication, while Year 3 have moved on to division using a part-whole model for support. In Science, we investigated how water particles behave when heated and cooled.

In Computing, we are learning about the different parts of a computer and finally in PE, we are developing skills in Netball and Basketball.

Week ending Friday 16th January

Polperro Primary Academy | Penhallow

Hello Everyone!

We've been getting creative this week, by studying some of the paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. We looked in detail, at the painting 'Starry Night' and used oil pastels to recreate the painting. We tried to imitate the type of brush strokes that he used, and then practiced our skills of blending the colours with our fingers. We hope you like the results.

We completed our English learning journey, based on Amelia Earhart this week. Year 1and 2 children have showcased all of their knowledge about biographies, by writing their own biography, all about Amelia Earhart. Reception have also been using their skills to write labels, captions and sentences, and have shown us how independent they are becoming when writing. Well done everyone!

Our history lesson this week also linked with Amelia Earhart. We were able to spot similarities and differences between modern planes and Amelia's plane called the yellow Canary. We drew and labelled pictures which illustrated these differences.

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

From The Penhallow Team

Update for week ending Friday 16th January 2026

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 4

This week we have started our Science topic looking at Earth, space and the planets. Today we were working out the order of the planets from the sun and finding out some key facts about each one. This week in class, we've been diving into some exciting topics! In English, we explored the magical setting of Pandora, using expanded noun phrases to bring its lush forests and glowing landscapes to life in our writing. In Maths, we've been comparing fractions, sharpening our skills to understand which numbers are bigger or smaller and why. Our history lessons took us back to Ancient Greece, where we learned fascinating facts about gods and goddesses and their incredible myths. A big well done to the Bikeability group, who have been out on the roads learning new cycling skills and showing great confidence and determination!

The week's spellings are: direction, explanation, competition, cautious, especially, appreciate, ancient, delicious, spacious, subtraction. The QR codes for White Rose Infinity can be found on the parent chat on Showbie.

Highlights of learning for week ending 16.1.2026

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 2

We have had another week full of amazing fun learning and exploring new things.

In Literacy, we have been analyzing our WAGOLL to figure out how we use the past tense to tell stories. We have also learned how the use of exciting action verbs changes the picture we paint in the minds of the reader. In Maths, we have continued our enquiry into multiplication by looking at arrays. This term, we are learning all about plants in Science. This week, we decided to set up our own experiments to prove what we think plants need the most to grow big and healthy. While some of us are testing how plants grow without any sunlight, some of us are testing if they can grow without water or soil. You can see how we have set up our experiments in the photo below.

In RE we are continuing our enquiry into Islam this term. This week, we worked with Miss Walker to understand the importance of the Qur'an for Muslims and how that influences how they treat their holy book. We then created helpful posters to tell people about how to look after the Qur'an. In History, we learned all about the first flight in an engine powered airplane. We looked at the historical significance of this even of 1903 and discussed its impact on our lives today. In Music, we explored the connections between emotion and music. We listened to a wide range of music ranging from Bach to Joplin to understand how music evokes a variety of reactions and emotions in different people. Finally, in Art, we explored primary colours by playing with primary coloured paint and a variety of unusual tools for mark making. We are looking forward to using the finished paintings to create collages in our sketchbooks next week.

If I were a superhero food...
Here is a piece of writing from Isla who imagined herself as a superhero cabbage called Super Sweet Cabbage.

How to look after the Qur'an
Here is a photo of one of the posters we created to help people learn how to handle the Qur'an.

Science experiment
This is a photo of our Science experiments all set up and ready to be observed and documented for the next 4 weeks.

Finally, a very well done to:
> Isabella for getting the Ready Award for her amazing work in Literacy.
> Jane for getting the Respectful Award for always waiting for her turn to talk.
> Roma for being nominated by the Positive Potato Police to get the Safe Award for being a good friend and letting others join her games.

A very creative week!

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | YR/1 Tregantle

Exploring the cold

This week in Tregantle Class we have been busy exploring our topic 'Ice and Snow' across lots of different areas of learning.

In art, we investigated cold colours and took inspiration from Kandinsky, creating our own beautiful circles using different shades of blue. The children loved experimenting with colour and seeing how different tones worked together.

In PE, we practised throwing a ball at a target. This was a fun and energetic session that really helped to develop our gross motor skills, coordination and aim.

In maths, we have been learning all about capacity. One exciting activity challenged us to see how many different items we could fit into a tiny matchbox - there were lots of clever ideas and surprises!

During our Forest School session, we became artists and scientists by making our own ice sculptures. We filled cups with interesting natural materials, added water and placed them in the freezer. We can't wait to see how they turn out when they are frozen and revealed.

Another fantastic week of learning, creativity and fun in Tregantle Class!

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Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy | Nursery

December 2025

We started the festive season by decorating our Christmas tree. The story of the week was "The Christmas Pine' and we watched "My First Christmas on CBeebies.
In our 'White Christmas' area we set up our Nativity figures and read 'My First Nativity'.
Using Christmas tree hand prints we made some lovely cards for our families. We had fun on a Christmas decoration hunt around the school and picked out some lovely Christmas story books from the library.
Using offcuts from the class tree, we made clay decorations, adding gems to make them sparkle.
Everyone made a snowman and used ties and different shapes to decorate them.
There was a reindeer food tuff tray and everyone filled a bag to take home ready to sprinkle on Christmas Eve for Santa's reindeers.
We had a Christmas jumper day and a Christmas party with festive music and plenty of bubbles.

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16/1/26

Polperro Primary Academy | Killigarth Nursery

This week at nursery we have continued exploring winter.
The children have been busy exploring ice both indoors and out and have used tools to break it to investigate what was frozen inside. They have been using words such as frozen, melting and cold.
We have been busy creating winter craft including cotton wool snowmen, penguins and lovely paper plate snowy clouds to hang.

At story time this week we have enjoyed books such as "Polar Bear, Polar Bear what do you hear?", "Foxes in the snow" and "The Smiley Snowman".

In phonics the children have been working hard to identify the number of syllables in words and clapped them out. We have used mirrors to watch how our mouths move when creating different sounds such as "oohh and ahh" and have been trying to describe soiunds that we have heard.

In maths we have been exploring groups of objects and identifying how many and forming numbers to go with these groups.

Enjoy your weekend

Julie and Sarah

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Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy | Nursery

November 2025

Our role play are has been transformed into a 'hedgehog hospital' as we have been learning about hedgehogs and hibernation.
We looked at different types of fireworks and created pictures using cardboard tubes to re-create exploding fireworks.After watching a CBeebies "My First Festival' programme on Bonfire night, we discussed how to keep safe around fireworks. Using pretend sparklers we practised how to handle sparklers safely.
In the tuff tray we practised matching numerals and quantities.
We learnt about Remembrance Day, decorating poppy biscuits to practise fine motor skills. We also did some poppy stamping and, using rose petals, we made our own poppies to take home. We watched 'Poppies' - a CBeebies animation designed especially for young children to observe the two minute's silence.
Children in Need was celebrated with a fine motor skills tuff tray activity and the children painting spots onto the 'Pudsey' pictures using cotton buds.'Pudsey's Great Fundraiser' was our featured story book.
We took part in learning about road safety. We learnt all about colours on a traffic light and zero crossings using the wiggle bikes to help us in our role play.
When we had a light dusting of snow we went out on the field to enjoy it!

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November/December

Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy | Year 2

Year 2 have had a very busy and exciting November and December as we explored our topic, 'Festivals Around the World'.

In geography, the children learned about the oceans and continents of the world. They enjoyed exploring atlases, locating different countries and finding out where festivals are celebrated around the globe. We also learned about weather around the world and compared it to our own. The children kept a daily weather record, observing changes and using weather vocabulary to describe what they noticed.

In science, we learned about animal habitats around the world. The children explored how animals are suited to their environments and linked this learning to different continents and climates.

As part of our learning about festivals, we discovered Diwali, the Festival of Light. The children learned about how Diwali is celebrated and why it is important. In Design and Technology, we made mango lassi, carefully following a recipe and talking about hygiene and safety in the kitchen. Everyone enjoyed tasting their delicious drink!

We also learned about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot. The children found out why fireworks are used to celebrate and created their own firework pictures using printing techniques, experimenting with colour and pattern.

In December, our focus turned to Christmas. We talked about how Christmas is celebrated in different parts of the world and what makes it special. In DT, the children made Christmas cupcakes, practising measuring, mixing and decorating skills.

In art, the children learned about watercolour techniques, practising careful brush control. They used these new skills to create beautiful Christmas cards, showing fantastic creativity and attention to detail.

We also put on an amazing Christmas play, "Shine, Star, Shine". The children worked incredibly hard to learn their lines, songs and dances, and performed with confidence and enthusiasm. It was a wonderful celebration of teamwork and creativity, and we are so proud of everyone's efforts.

Finally we finished with our annual trip to the theatre to watch a very festive performance of Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas. It has been a fantastic two months of learning, creativity and celebration.

Well done Year 2 for your enthusiasm and hard work across all subjects!