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Week beginning 8th September 2025

St Cleer Primary Academy | Reception/Year 1

This week in R/1 has been full of exciting learning opportunities and fun activities!

In Literacy, we have been exploring traditional tales, focusing on classic stories such as The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children have enjoyed listening to and retelling these stories, using key story language and sequencing events in the correct order. Year 1 have been working hard on their writing skills, learning how to create simple captions and labels to match pictures from the stories. Reception children have been developing their early writing and storytelling skills through drawing, mark-making, and acting out parts of the tales.

In Maths, Year 1 have been learning about place value, with a particular focus on understanding tens and ones in numbers between 10 and 15. They've used practical resources like base ten blocks and number lines to help them build a solid understanding of how numbers are made up. Meanwhile, Reception children have been busy exploring patterns, using colours, shapes, and objects to create repeating sequences. They've also been working on their early addition skills, especially focusing on ways to add to 3 using counting and hands-on materials.

In PSHE, we had meaningful discussions about the people in our lives who help us feel safe, supported, and cared for. The children shared thoughtful ideas and enjoyed talking about their families, friends, and trusted adults. We also took part in some fun team-building games to help develop our friendships and cooperation skills.

During PE, we've started a new focus on ball skills and group games. The children have been practising rolling, throwing, and catching, as well as learning how to work together in small teams. Reception children joined in with some exciting hoop games, which helped them with their coordination and turn-taking. Reception children have PE on Mondays and Tuesdays. Year 1 pupils have PE on Thursdays.

Reception have continued to make the most of their time in continuous provision, where they have been creating, building, and making with lots of enthusiasm. From constructing imaginative buildings to experimenting with different materials at the creative table, it's been wonderful to see their ideas come to life through play.

To top it all off, we had a fantastic music lesson with Mrs Butlin this morning! The children loved exploring different instruments, rhythms, and songs, and it was a joyful way to end a busy and productive week.

Well done to all of R/1 for a brilliant week of learning!

Highlights of learning for week ending 12.9.2025

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Class 2

What an awesome week and 2 days we have had after our long, hot summer break! Out first full week back had been jam-packed with oodles of learning and fun outside.

In Maths, we have started our fist unit of work on Place Values. This week, we have been using our part-whole models and place value mats to split numbers into tens and ones. We have also been working really hard on our number formation, focusing on forming number 3 the right way round. In Class 2, we do this by making sure our pencil is on the LEFT hand side of the square and then using a following rhyme to remember how to write the number: "Around the tree, around the tree, that's the way to make a three!"

In Literacy, we are learning how to write a report. This week, we have practiced writing 2A sentences and using conjunctions to add more details. We have also begun collecting facts about a new animal for our own reports.

In History, we have begun a new unit that will help us answer the question, "How was school different in the past?" This week, we had some very heated debates about how schools might have changed. We are so lucky that at Harrowbarrow we have such a rich collection of photos and artefacts that document our school over the years. We spent an afternoon looking at these photos and artefacts. We finished our session by talking about what similarities and differences we could see in the the way children learned at Harrowbarrow in the past compared to our school today.

In Music, this term we are exploring pulse and rhythmic patterns. This week, we had a very lively session of composing call-and-echo movement sequences for our friends to follow.

Art this term is all about exploring and drawing. This week, we investigated the concept of artists as explorers and collectors - exploring the world and ideas and collecting artifacts from nature and all around them to inspire their art.

We watched a video about Andy Goldsworthy, a British Sculptor who has become know for making art from things he finds in the landscape. In the video, he shared how he takes ice and rocks from the landscape and lets it make a "drawing" as it thaws in his studio. Inspired by this, we went outside to look for colours in nature and experimented with creating colours with our found natural things.

Key Dates and Information

TUESDAY and THURSDAY: PE

FRIDAY: Library (Can you please make sure that your child brings in their book bags, especially on Friday with all the RWI folders and / or library books.)

A very well done to:

Lilly R for getting the Ready award for her amazing attitude to learning and trying her very best at everything she does.
Roux for getting the Respectful award for always waiting for his turn and showing great listening skills.
Ella for getting the Safe award using her own initiative to keep the class neat and tidy.

Let the adventures begin...

Blisland Primary Academy | Nursery

We're back at Storytellers Nursery, and what a brilliant start to the year it's been!

Our first topic is All About Me, and the children have been full of energy, exploring all the different ways our bodies can move. There was so much giggling as they took turns drawing around each other - such a fun way to see just how unique we all are!

The brand-new Make Believe Manor has also been a huge hit- the children have been busy cooking up stories, stepping into different roles, and letting their imaginations run wild.

Here's to a year full of curiosity, laughter and magical adventures

Lovely Lantic Class!

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y1/2 Lantic

What a fantastic start we've had in Lantic Class! This week, the children really shone during their first PE session. They practiced their throwing and catching skills with great enthusiasm and took part in the exciting game of Dishes and Domes. It was wonderful to see everyone so active, working together, and having such fun! In DT, we've been busy exploring wheels and axles as we prepare to design and make our very own pull-along toys. The children showed brilliant curiosity and creativity as they got hands-on with the mechanisms. We have also been incredibly proud of the children's writing this week. Inspired by our class book Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave, the children produced some fantastic pieces of work, full of imagination and detail. Well done, Lantic Class - what a brilliant start to the term!

Welcome to Reception

Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy | Reception

Please take a look at our newsletter below to see what we will be learning this term.

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Documents

Autumn Term Newsletter.pdf

Looe Primary Academy | Foundation

Friday 12th September

We have had a great first full week in Foundation!

The children started their formal phonics learning this week. The sounds that we learnt were: s/a/t/p. We practiced actions to help us remember these sounds and we practiced holding our pencils and learning the correct letter formation to write these letters!

The children were amazing in phonics.

This half term our bog question is: What is a Superhero? As an introduction to this question, we have started this week with an 'all about me' theme.

The children have coloured handprints and said the things they love to do, and we have discussed how we are all joined in our class but all different and made jigsaw pieces to join together. This display can be seen in the foundation foyer.

The children have used their funky fingers to make themselves out of Lego, they have worked as a team to make marble runs, used the role play area to be doctors and care for each other and so much more!

The children have settled into Foundation class so well and we are so proud of them all!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team

Looe Primary Academy | Foundation

Autumn 1 and 2 KIRFs
Key Instant Recall Facts, in maths

These are KIRFs that Foundation should be working towards in the Autumn term (up until Christmas)

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Documents

KIRFs Reception autumn term.pdf

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | Y4/5 Perranporth

w/e 12.9.25

What a crazily busy first week back we've had! Including last week, we've done so much already.

In English, we've started our unit of work based on the really fun book, 'The Beasties'. We have used our word classes to write exciting sentences about the characters!

In Maths, we're all starting the year off with our learning about place value - such a useful skill. We've used some manipulatives to help.

In Science, we thought about what we already know about materials and how they can be changed. In computing, we learned about search engines. In RE, we are learning about how the Golden Rule is something that all faiths follow, including Humanism. In PSHE, we learned how to create a class charter.

In Art, we've started a process towards creating a self-portrait using carbon paper, tracing paper and poetry! It was really exciting!

Plus, in Music, the year 4 children (and Miss Henning!!) have started learning how to play the violin with Sally! What fun!

Our First Week at School

Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy | YR/1 Tregantle

Terrific Tregantle!

What a fantastic first week it has been in Tregantle Class!

Our new school starters have settled in beautifully and have loved getting to know their new classroom. The children have had so much fun exploring all of the different areas, from painting and construction to role play and the ever-popular mud kitchen.

One of the highlights of the week has been meeting their very own reading buddy. The children really enjoyed sharing stories together, and it was wonderful to see how engaged and excited they were during story time.

We are so proud of how well everyone has started their school journey. It has been a week full of smiles, laughter, and learning, and we can't wait to see what adventures next week will bring!

Polperro Primary Academy | Killigarth Nursery

This week we have been discussing "all about me".
The children have been identifying different features of their faces including nose, mouth, ears, eyes and hair. They have used paint to make self portraits and have enjoyed using the whiteboards to draw on, creating pictures of themselves and their families.
We have made colourful framed handprint pictures and the children have been using different materials on the tuft tray to create different hair styles.

At story time we have read the story of "The three little pigs" and have been reading stories about how we are all different such as "What Wesley wore".
In phonics we have identified objects with the same initial sounds in a game of "Silly socks", we have been on a listening walk in the play ground to see what we could hear and have used our bodies to make sounds that make us happy.

In maths we have been finding numbers in our environment and sorting and grouping objects to see how many.

Have a lovely weekend

Julie and Sarah