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Polperro Primary Academy | Chaipel

What an amazing week of learning we have had! We began by investigating 3D shape properties in Maths, before moving onto addition and subtraction. Everybody worked so hard to line up their columns accurately and improve on their presentation.

Carrying on the theme of presentation, in English, we have had a real push in improving our handwriting this week. We experimented with a range of pens and have begun to write up the best copy of our planet descriptions.

In the Wider Curriculum, we were exploring foreground in Art and have sketched possible designs using a range of sketching pencil grades, deciding on the exact pencil grades we will use for our overall piece which we will start next week. We have worked on our 'flow' in Yoga and finally conducted our shadow experiment in Science, identifying that we recorded 12:55pm as our midday Sun this week.

On Friday evening, we hosted our Orwell Exhibition, showing the incredible work of last year's Y4/5 and 6. Many ex-Y6 pupils came back to see their work and a great evening was had by all.

That's all from us this week so have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday.

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

Highlights of learning for week ending 3.10.2025

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 2

What an amazing end to another busy week!
We had the awesome Rock Steady in for a special assembly followed by a taster session with them. It was so much fun trying out all the different instruments and belting out some popular tunes.

In Literacy, we have completed our first unit of the half term. Our neat copies look really awesome. Here are two of the many amazing pieces our class produced. On the left is Roux's report with his very detailed illustration of lion cubs (with their spots) and Isabella's beautifully produced neat copy. We have now begun our new fiction unit based on the books by Catherine Rayner. In Maths, we have now moved on to a new unit on Addition and Subtraction. This week, we have had a lot of fun working on our number bonds.

In Science, we had a very lively discussion about why we need to eat a healthy balanced diet. In History, we had Mrs Moyle visit us to talk to us about the school in the 1980s and 90s. We then discussed what our school must have been like in the 1800s. We can't wait for next week when we can learn about Harrowbarrow school in the 1800s. Art lesson was really fun today where we practiced sketching Autumn leaves as we plan and prepare for our final art piece. We had a really good go at drawing on a much larger scale then we are used to, with varying results.

Finally, a very well done to:

Isla for getting the Ready Award for not only her amazing 2A sentences but how she is applying this skill into every piece of her writing.
Isabella for getting the Respectful Award for being a super star during our Rock Steady experience - for listening respectfully to all instructions and being a super drummer.
Darcie for getting the Safe Award for always looking out for everyone in class - always ready with a cuddle and a kind word for anyone who is sad.

Looe Primary Academy | Foundation

Some of this weeks wonderful exploration has included:

Learning phonemes e/u/r and digraph /ck/. The children have learnt these sounds and then have worked really hard to use these sounds and previously learnt ones to orally blend.

This week the children have been practicing their tripod grip and pencil pressure when drawing a picture for the bear hunt book. They have then practiced letter formation and writing initial sounds of words from the book. For instance, /s/ for swish.

The children have also been making their own sorting rules in maths and have loved asking their friends to guess their rule!

We have also made superheroes using our cutting skills, playing popper counting games, colouring autumnal pictures, practicing our name writing, collecting massive leaves for a hedgehog surprise next week, we went outside to collect crunch leaves to complete stage one of our wand making and so much more!

We also had the pleasure of inviting Pop-up Play to school and we enjoyed the best morning on Monday playing and exploring all the wonderful toys. We were construction builders, cafe owners, hairdressers and campers! It was greeaaaattt!
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
The Foundation Team

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y1/2 Lantic

This week in Lantic we have had a really creative week!

The children have been completing their humorous stories about Mrs Armitage using adjectives to describe, this has been such a success and the children should be really proud.

We have now begun writing our own postcards to Mr Woolner from Mrs Armitage, using our imaginations to think of activities Mrs Armitage got up to.

We have spent time in Science exploring different smells and we used food to smell and make comparisons between strong and weak smells. We then ordered this from weakest to strongest.

In Geography, we went outside to explore the features of our playground and check what these look like on a map, using a key to help us identify each feature.

We have finished the week by completing our place value unit in maths and we look forward to starting our addition and subtraction unit next week.

In DT, we have had lots of fun improving our wheels and axles by making our wheels stronger with extra thick cardboard doubled up!

A fantastic week in Lantic, very productive!

We look forward to the next week of learning. Please continue to read with your child every night for at least 10-15 minutes as this really helps them! Thank you for your ongoing support. Have a fantastic weekend!

Looe Primary Academy | Nursery

We made some delicious food this week in nursery. We used carrots to make some fabulous carrot and coriander soup, and to go with that, we made hedgehog bread from yoghurt and flour.

We had to measure the ingredients to make the bread. We took turns to put them in the bowl and mix the dough.

When we had formed and shaped the dough, we used scissors to snip the spikes of the hedgehog, and then added raisins for eyes, before baking them into warm hedgehog shaped rolls!

We had a great session with Ryan this week learning how to control a football with our hands and feet.

We learned how to dribble the ball and aim at a target. We learned how to roll and bounce the ball with our hands.

We are building on our hand eye coordination as well as our fine and gross motor skills.

We were very lucky to have a visit from the pop-up play village this week
We had opportunities to role play as hairdressers in a salon where we could wash, brush and style the model heads

There was a tent where we could pretend to camp. We roasted pretend marshmallows and had a pretend campfire with barbeque food!

We allowed our imaginations to go wild! Took turns and shared ideas!

We fixed and built with role play toys and supported our personal social emotional development as well as our physical

Music madness!

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 1

Music madness!
We were so lucky to have a visit from Rocksteady this week, where we took part in a fun and engaging assembly. We then took part in a workshop where we got to explore some different instruments and even created our own band!

Investigation time
We have had lots of fun introducing our new science unit, All about me! We have looked at how our bodies move and what we need to survive. We started this weeks lesson with a fun starter looking at chemical reactions!

Messy maths
In reception we have been exploring the number four this week and looking at all the different ways we can make number block 4! The year ones have finished their place value unit so we are now looking at additition and subtraction within 10!

English in the sun!
Our unit is all about Augustus and his smile! We went out onto the field to role play different parts of the story and our friends had to guess what part of the story we were acting!

Celebrations and notices:

Well done to Henry Brittan, Vivienne and Elin for getting this weeks celebration awards!

Don't forget to save the date for our Harvest assembly on Thursday 23rd October at 2.30pm.

A Wonderful week!

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | YR/1 Tregantle

We love Learning!

This week in Tregantle Class we have been busy little learners!

In Maths, we explored repeating patterns, using colours, shapes and objects to create our own designs. The children worked so carefully, spotting what comes next and proudly sharing their patterns with friends.

In Phonics and Writing, we have been practising writing our names every day, helping us to form letters correctly and with confidence. We also focused on our new trick word 'to', which we enjoyed spotting in sentences and practising in our play.

During Wild Tribe, we went on a colour hunt in nature, finding lots of wonderful natural shades and textures. We then used these ideas to create our very own Colour Monsters using paper plates. This gave us a great chance to practise our- folding and designing with care and creativity.

We are so proud of how well the children are settling into school life. They are showing such enthusiasm for their learning and making fantastic progress already. Well done Tregantle Class!

w/e 3.10.25

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y4/5 Perranporth

Welcome to another busy week in Perranporth class! We've been finishing the final drafts of our stories in English and as it was National Poetry Day on Thursday, we've written some Blackout Poems, really focusing upon making each word count.

In our oracy work this week, we have concentrated on using our physical oracy skills; using our voice, body language and aiming to engage our audience effectively.

This week's science centred on an investigation into the thermal insulating properties of various materials. So we considered the best design to keep a teacher's coffee warm on the playground with some surprising results. Please ask your child which material proved to be the best.

Tuesday saw our very first Two Tyre Tuesday in KS2, which was an opportunity for children to bring scooters (plus helmets of course) to school have some playtime fun. This was a huge success, many thanks to Mrs Williamson for organising.

Next Monday will be our Harvest assembly, each class has been working on their contribution. Thank you for all your generous contributions to the Saltash foodbank.

Have a great weekend.

3/10/25

Polperro Primary Academy | Killigarth Nursery

This week at nursery we have started to answer our enquiry question "How do I know it is autumn?"
The children have enjoyed spending time in the school garden where we collected different materials such as leaves and acorns. They talked about what they saw and we explored different sounds that things made such as "crunchy" leaves.
We have started arts and crafts such as making paper plate owls and the children enjoyed some cooking this week, making crumpet pizzas.

Our book corner has changed to show the story of "Owl Babies". We have enjoyed reading this story along with others including "In the woods"

In phonics we have been on a listening walk, beginning to listen to sounds and identify which have the same one and the children have been listening for rhyming words in a game of rhyming pairs.

In maths, we continue to explore shape and have been constructing with shape bricks and blocks.
Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

Update for week ending Friday 3rd October 2025

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 4

This week, Year 6 have been exploring prime numbers, factors and multiples, using their reasoning skills to spot patterns and solve problems. Year 5 have been rounding large numbers to the nearest 10,000 and 100,000, and have shown great confidence with place value. In Science, we've been investigating shadows and discovered that moving an opaque object closer to a light source makes the shadow larger. In English, we've started a new unit on non-chronological reports and are beginning to understand the features. It's been a great week of learning!

The spellings for this week are different suffixes: appreciate, appreciating, appreciation, creating, creation, cycling, faded, fading, famous, grimy

Here are the KIRFs for this week: