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Learning where milk comes from..

Blisland Primary Academy | Nursery

Storytellers had a wonderful and memorable visit to a local dairy farm, where the children learned all about where milk comes from. They were fascinated as they watched the milking parlour in action, seeing the cows being gently cupped up while the milk flowed through the tubes.

The children discovered how farmers care for their cows, learning about the special collars the cows wear that provide important information about their health and well-being. They even had the chance to look into the huge tank where the milk is stored before enjoying a taste of delicious milk themselves.

Exploring further, the children visited the area where the cows sleep and were curious to smell the specially prepared food that keeps them healthy. A particular highlight was the colourful disco light in the barn, much to their amusement! They learned that it plays an important role in keeping starlings away.

There was great excitement as the children climbed into a huge tractor, bringing big smiles and lots of chatter.

This fantastic experience helped the children to better understand where our food comes from and truly brought their learning to life. A huge thank you to Archie's family for making this special visit possible.

Exciting Life Cycles

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | YR/1 Tregantle

Caterpillar Celebration Day!

Tregantle Class celebrated National Caterpillar Day in style this week. The highlight of our celebrations was creating a paper chain caterpillar that stretched the entire length of our classroom. All of the children joined in, using good fine motor skills to carefully manipulate and glue the paper strips together. We were so pleased with the finished result and loved seeing our giant caterpillar come to life.

With perfect timing, just a few days later, our first class caterpillar hatched out of its cocoon and we now have our first butterfly. The children have been so excited to observe it, especially its lovely fluttery wings. It has been a wonderful opportunity to see real life changes happening right before our eyes.

To top it all off, we have seen some incredible writing from Tregantle children this week. They have been using their Fred Fingers to help spell words and label a spring picture. We were even impressed to see some children writing full sentences.

What an amazing week for Tregantle Class. We are so proud of all the children and their fantastic efforts.

Class Blog for Year 6

Copper valley Junior Academy | Year 6

March

Today, Year 6 were able to join in with a fantastic online learning experience through our online resource, TTRockstars.

Gareth Metcalf, famous for his work in mathematics education, especially through the initiative, 'I See Maths', led a live Maths lesson, where the children were taught personally by him.

The objective of the lesson was to help the children to unpick mathematical word problems, with a particular focus on Key Stage 2 multi-step multiplicative word questions. Gareth showed the children how to eliminate unnecessary information, how to draw bar models to help to understand the various steps and how to make sure that the right operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) were chosen.

The children also had the opportunity to create their own multi-step word problems, using given operations, aiming for a particular answer.

Year 6 really enjoyed the session and hopefully these new-found skills will add to their confidence when they do their SATs papers in May!

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Copper valley Junior Academy | Year 5

March 2026

It has been another non-stop month for Year 5!
On the 16th, we met with other schools from within our Trust for a musical event celebrating belonging and addressing the issue of climate change. We sang our school song all about the importance of our Copper Valley community and the beautiful Tamar Valley. We were also joined by a Canadian singer-songwriter called Luke Wallace who shared some of his songs with us and enjoyed listening to all the classes sing!
On the 26th, we headed into Liskeard again, this time for a Junior Life Skills training at the Fire Station. Throughout the morning, we participated in a number of activities which included; life saving skills (CPR and choking responses), safety (cyber, electrical, bus, train and road). A massive thank you to all the volunteers and GWR for organising and inviting us!

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16.03.2026

Polperro Primary Academy | Landaviddy

Landaviddy

Landividdy have been enjoying the welcome arrival of the sunshine, and the extra vitamin D has certainly been working wonders in the classroom!

In English, we have been building up to our grand finale writing piece. Along the way, we have been developing key skills such as using onomatopoeia, punctuating speech correctly with speech marks, and building tension to create excitement in our writing. Using the story Traction Man as inspiration, the children have been planning and creating their own imaginative narratives. They have invented new superheroes, villains, sidekicks, and exciting settings for their stories. We have been so impressed with their creativity and the effort they have put into making their writing engaging and action-packed. We can't wait to share their final pieces!

In Maths, we have been completing our multiplication and division unit, building our confidence with more complex calculations. This has included dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and learning how to work with remainders. We have also been exploring scaling and thinking about how many different combinations we can create. One of our favourite activities was investigating how many ways we could make an ice cream using different flavours and toppings.

In PSHE this term, our class have been learning about the different emergency services and the important roles they play in keeping us safe. We explored who to contact in a range of situations and discussed why each service is needed. To help us understand this better, we worked with a variety of scenario cards. These included different emergencies, and in pairs we had to decide which service would be the most appropriate to help. We thought carefully about each situation and explained our reasoning to our partners. We all really enjoyed working together and feel much more confident about what to do if an emergency ever happens.

In Design and Technology, our class has been busy planning and designing a moving volcano picture. We have been learning how to use simple mechanisms to create movement in our work. We decided to use split pins to create a lever system, which will allow the lava to pop out from the volcano. We explored different ideas and practised how to join pieces together so they can move smoothly. We are looking forward to making our final pieces and watching our volcanoes erupt!

In Science, we have been exploring how friction affects movement. We learned that friction is a force that slows things down when they move across a surface. Working in small groups, we carried out an investigation to see how different surfaces create different amounts of friction. We built a ramp and released a toy car, then measured how far it travelled across a range of surfaces. We discovered that on smoother surfaces, the car travelled further because there was less friction. On rougher surfaces, the car didn't travel as far because there was more friction slowing it down. It was a fun and practical way to learn about forces, and we enjoyed working together to test our ideas and record our results.

A huge congratulations to Iylah for being Miss Bolton's Person of the Week! I was blown away by the determination, effort, and care you took to create your narrative based on Traction Man. You included all the key components that make a piece of writing exciting, including onomatopoeia, speech marks, descriptive language, and ellipsis. It is a fantastic piece of writing that you should be very proud of. Well done!

Miss Colton picked Frankie this week for how hard he is working in handwriting - fantastic!

Another well done to Finn, who was Mrs Lister's choice for Person of the Week! She has been really impressed with your determination in class last week. You also produced a fantastic piece of writing, showing how your imagination can create a marvellous read. Well done, Finn-keep it up!

A big congratulations to Jemima, Lowen and Finn for achieving their 99 Club badge this week - a fantastic effort! Well done to everyone for another brilliant week of learning. We hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Miss Bolton, Miss Colton & Mrs Lister

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 3

Class 3 Blog for W/E 20th March 2026

Class 3 have had another busy and exciting week of learning! In science, we have begun planning and preparing our solar oven investigations. The children are carefully considering how factors such as size, materials, angle and position might affect how well a solar oven works, and have been making thoughtful predictions ahead of testing their ideas.

We also enjoyed a fantastic RNLI assembly last week, where the children learned how to stay safe in and around water. They explored important safety messages, including what to do if they get into difficulty and how to help others safely. It was an engaging and valuable experience for everyone.

In PE, we have continued developing the fundamentals of sport, focusing on balance, agility and fitness through a range of activities. The children have shown great enthusiasm and teamwork.

In English, we have completed our neat instruction texts and are now moving on to narratives, with a focus on using and punctuating speech correctly to bring stories to life.

In computing, we have been creating surveys. You may have received a QR code linking to your child's work-please take a look and see what they have been able to achieve!

Highlights of learning for week ending 20.3.2026

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 2

This week, Class 2 have been on so many learning adventures that we are absolutely exhausted and ready for the weekend!

We have finally come to the end of our unit on measurement in Maths. We have measured and compared length, heights, mass, volume, capacities and temperatures. There has really been an awful lot of stretching, walking, weighing, teeming and ladling in the classroom!!! Hopefully we have learned enough about measurement so that we can apply it to well in our portions masterclass later this term. On the other hand, Literacy lesson has been calmer as we have been writing the neat copies of our explanation text.

In Science, we looked at the life cycle of a butterfly in detail and learned some Tier 3 words associated with it - metamorphosis, chrysalis, pupa and larva. In DT, we been working with Miss Walker to design and plan our pouches. This week we have begun sewing them using simple running stitch. In Geography, we explored aerial photos of Harrowbarrow and used Google maps to zoom in on our school. We looked at OS maps of the village and identified key symbols used. We then used our learning to draw our own sketch map of the school grounds, identifying 6 key areas a visitor might want to find and adding them to the map. We also created our own keys to represent these key areas. In between all this, we also managed to learn about another Patron Saint - St Patrick.

However, the highlight of the week has to be our second visit to Haye farm. It was a gloriously sunny day and we had oodles of fun exploring the farm again and meeting some of the new additions to the farmyard since our last visit. Please look below for some photos from the day.

A very well done to:
> Jane for getting the Ready Award for her hard work and amazing progress in Maths.
> Roux for getting the Respectful Award for his exemplary behaviour during our trip on Wednesday.
> Roma for being nominated by the Positive Potato Police for the Safe Award for checking on her friends during playtime.

It was such an amazing sunny day that we decided to start the afternoon with a picnic lunch outside.

The first thing we did was to meet the new lambs in the farm. We watched as two of them were fed. One of them was really cheeky and tried to run away!

We then walked around the farm looking at all the changes in the landscape and hedgerows. We found a lot more wild flowers than last time - daffodils and violets and wild daisies and yellow dandelions!

We then went down to the barn to hunt for owl pellets. We found a few along with some owl tail feathers.

Look at these owl pellets!
We found them at the bar although we did not see the owls since they were sleeping. That is why we had to be super quiet!

On Our way back, we had to have a dig around in the cow pads. We found a few dung beetles, but they were too quick that we couldn't get a photo of them.

Back in the learning room, we looked at the owl pellets and found some super amazing thing - feathers from small birds, a full set of bones from another bird, bird skills...

The tortoises at the farm had also just come out of hibernation. So, we met one of them and tried our best to feed them the pennyworth leaves we have brough back with us from our walk.

Polperro Primary Academy | Chaipel

This week, Chaipel have been learning about Anne Frank and her secret annex, as her and her family hid from the atrocities inflicted upon the Jews during WW2. As part of our English this half term, we have investigated the living conditions of the annex (thanks to a virtual tour) and written a descriptive piece on what we have uncovered. This leads into next week's learning, where we will be writing a series of diary entries - through Anne's eyes - about her experiences leaving her home and all she knew, and going into hiding.

In Maths, we have been learning about area and perimeter as well as keeping up with our arithmetic recall and we have all decided that percentages and long division are areas we need to work on next week!

In our wider curriculum, we have been learning about rationing and the persecution of Jews as part of our enquiry into WW2, polished some of our skills in tennis and created our base for our 'steady hand' game in DT.

It was Red Nose Day on Friday and our theme was 'crazy hair'. We had some amazing hair designs and a good old laugh when we saw each other!

Congratulations to Immy for being our Person of the Week, demonstrating our school values and being a positive role model to others.

REMEMBER, it is our WW2 day on Tuesday. The staff of Bodmin Keep are coming in for a workshop and some 'military team building'. Information about the day is on the letter sent home and emailed to parents.

That's all from us so have a lovely weekend!
Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

Looe Primary Academy | Foundation

Friday 20th March

Some of this weeks learning:

In Enlgish this week the children have been ordering instructions on how to make a jam sandwich. They then went in groups to the local bakery and shops to buy ingredients. The children also practiced their clear and precise oracy skills to give 'a robot' ( Mrs Phillips has a robot button you know!). At first the children were not very clear and the robot got very confused and emptied the bread all over the table. Then when the children said - spread the butter, the robot scooped butter with their hand and spread it on the bread eewwww! However, with a little bit of practicing and prompting the children gave brilliant instructions to allow the robot to finish a yummy sandwich. The children then gave each other instructions to make sandwiches and then we ATE THEM!

In maths the children have been exploring the number ten and making ten with three parts! The children then explored doubles to ten in detail! Wow they are all progressing so well.

The children have been helping Mrs Phillips make the outside area look soooooo much better. We have swept, scooped, cleaned and built! Our new activity picnic table is amazing, and the mud kitchen will be in its new home soon. The track area looks great and Mrs Waring has kindly brought us more stones as we ran out! It is beginning to look so much better. We cannot wait for our new sandpit and surrounding fences!

Enjoy the sun this weekend

The Foundation Team

19th March - a trip to the Eden Project!

Looe Primary Academy | Year 1/Year 2 (JB)

A trip to the Eden Project!

We had the best day visiting the Eden Project.

When we got there we were given an introduction and learnt a little bit more about Eden and the journey it has been on. We then went and explored the biomes. We have been learning all about the rainforest in Science and hot climates in Geography so we were amazed by the rainforest biome. We saw cocoa beans, palm trees, waterfalls and much more. We were using our curiosity to ask lots of questions and we talked about the impact of deforestation and why it is so important to look after these environments.

We then had a workshop all about seeds! We learnt about what a seed needs to grow, dissected a seed and found the baby root, and held the biggest seed ever! We then got to plant our own seeds to watch them grow at home. We were then given a certificate to say we had graduated as Eden seed experts! We were all very proud of ourselves.

I have to praise the children's behaviour and attitude at the Eden Project. They were real role models for Looe Primary and we were so proud! Well done Year 1 and 2!

Miss Bolger