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We have had another busy week!

English – Poems from the past - This week, we finished writing our Stone Age poems and turned to celebrating the end of WWII by writing VE80 poems for a local competition!

Maths – Year 4 have continued using Peri the snail to help them learn about perimeter and Year 3 have been continuing their work on multiplication and division.

History – When did the Romans come to Britain and why? We used our Historian skills to set up a timeline of events and discussed why the Romans came over to little ole Blighty!

RE – Cornish Folktales - This week, we learned the strange and interesting story of St Piran - it tied in brilliantly with it being St Pirans day and Talland class's assembly all about St Piran, too! We loved watching the Furry Dance!

Science - More Shadows! We had great fun creating shadow puppets, learning about how to change the shape and size of shadows.

Thank you for your continued support!

w/e 7.3.25

We have had another busy week!

English – Poems from the past - This week, we finished writing our Stone Age poems and turned to celebrating the end of WWII by writing VE80 poems for a local competition!

Maths – Year 4 have continued using Peri the snail to help them learn about perimeter and Year 3 have been continuing their work on multiplication and division.

History – When did the Romans come to Britain and why? We used our Historian skills to set up a timeline of events and discussed why the Romans came over to little ole Blighty!

RE – Cornish Folktales - This week, we learned the strange and interesting story of St Piran - it tied in brilliantly with it being St Pirans day and Talland class's assembly all about St Piran, too! We loved watching the Furry Dance!

Science - More Shadows! We had great fun creating shadow puppets, learning about how to change the shape and size of shadows.

Thank you for your continued support!

Friday 7th March

What a busy week we have had in Foundation! So much learning and so much fun!

In English this week we have been writing captions to match pictures from Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have been making huge amounts of progress with their writing and it has been lovely to see them use their sound mats and phonics knowledge to write small words.

In math’s this week we have been exploring 9 and 10. We have looked at combining two groups to make 9 and 10 and how we can represent these numbers too.

In outdoor learning this week, we made the most wonderful dinosaur skeletons from twigs and sticks. We continued to work on our teamwork, and we were in pairs collecting the right size a sticks to make the pictures!

On Tuesday afternoon, we explored why some families celebrate Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday. Janet explained to the class that she would be giving up chocolate for Lent. We then had so much fun making and eating pancakes in class! They were yummy!

On Wednesday it was St Piran’s Day. In the morning, we had a wonderful singing assembly as a school and the children sang Cornish songs and our favourite ‘Looe My Home’ which is an adaptation on ‘Cornwall My Home’. In the afternoon some parents were able to come to our Crafternoon and it was amazing. The adults and children made bunting, St Piran’s flags, collaged flags, crimped playdough pasties and made Cornish patterns! It was lovely!   

Thursday was World Book Day, the children looked amazing in their costumes. Our activities for the day were all based on a book. We explored: Room on the Broom, Tiddler, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Super Worm and The Rainbow Fish. Each table had the book and corresponding fun activities to go with it. The children made puppets, masks, fingerprinted, designed book covers and drew their favourite characters!

It’s been a super busy week but super amazing too!

Have a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team

What an incredible week it has been at Team Brunel! The week has been filled with so many wonderful learning opportunities and successes for our children. Please sit back, relax and enjoy this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin.

On Friday a team of 8 girls from years 5 and 6 travelled to Bodmin Leisure Centre to take part in a girls football tournament. They all played incredibly well winning 4 games out of 7. Well done Team Duloe!

We have had a lot of celebrations this week: Pancake day, St Piran's Day and World Book Day, but our favourite is always Pancake day as we love to eat pancakes!

Ruth managed to toss them all carefully without dropping any and then we ate them for snack along with some fruit.

There was a choice of lemon and sugar, or syrup; which is your favourite?

What a full week we have had at school. We’ve celebrated St Piran’s Day by learning the story of St Piran and a whole school ‘Trelawny Shout’.

During the week, many of our children also took part in the Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech. Well done to everyone who represented themselves and our school so well. The Festival Secretary commented: “We loved all the Wadebridge Primary Academy performances, both in the spoken English section and the choir classes.”

On Thursday, there was a buzz of reading across the whole school as we marked World Book Day. As well as the wonderful costumes, we had paired reading over a hot chocolate and biscuit; interviews with our Reading Ambassadors and of course the outcome of the best decorated classroom door. Congratulations to all the classes; the doors look amazing.Mrs Lucock had the difficult task of judging them:
1st Place: 3B - George's Marvellous Medicine
2nd Place: 1W - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3rd Place: 2W – “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth

To end the week, we welcomed family members in for Year 5’s scientific Stay and Learn. Thank you all for coming. We hope you enjoyed the experience.

Year Group Newsletters
To see what else has been happening in classes these last two weeks, please take a look at the Year Group Newsletters found on the class pages of our website.

Year 2 Assembly 09:00 Thursday 13th March
We look forward to seeing family members of Year 2 at their assembly next Thursday. Doors open from 08:30, with a start time of 09:00. To help the morning drop-off routine, any Year 2 families driving are encouraged to park in the staff car park (double parking is fine).

FOWPA Disco – Thursday 3rd April Get your dancing shoes on; it's nearly time for our FOWPA Disco!
As well as having a fun time, the event will also raise money for FOWPA (Friends of Wadebridge Primary Academy). All money raised goes towards supporting various school projects, resources and experiences.
Please check your emails for further details and how to sign up.

House Points
Congratulations to this week’s winners, Swans. Swans have now taken the lead overall:
Swans – 6259
Choughs – 6251
Puffins – 5518
Cormorants – 5327

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Gymnastics! 

In our gymnastics lesson, we began with a fun warm-up to get everyone energised, incorporating simple stretches and movements that engaged their whole bodies. Next, we introduced basic balances, encouraging the children to experiment with different poses like the star and the flamingo, focusing on how to maintain stability. After demonstrating proper techniques, the students took turns practicing on mats, cheering each other on as they attempted to hold their balances for longer periods. We then incorporated a mini obstacle course that included balance beams, where they could apply their skills in a playful way. To wrap up, we gathered for a cool-down session, reflecting on what they learned and celebrating their progress. The enthusiasm and teamwork displayed throughout the lesson made it a joyful and enriching experience for everyone.

Wonderful World Book Day!

What an amazing day we had yesterday for world book day! The children of Tregantle took part in so many exciting activities all about books. We started the day with a costume parade around the classroom where everyone got to talk about the character that they had dressed up as. Shortly after, it was the story carousel - we all went off to different parts of the school to listen to different stories read by different teachers. There were plenty of activities in class to keep busy with too, including making a book, a character puzzle and story telling corner. After lunch there was much excitement for the legendary Brunel 'Character Quiz!' Each of the teachers were in role as the character that they had dressed up as and the children had to visit each character and question them to find out more about them. There was lots of fun and laughter! It's been such an eventful week in Tregantle; we all thoroughly enjoyed celebrating St Piran's day on Wednesday and watched a wonderful assembly led by Talland Class. We enjoyed making our own Cornish flags and learning more about the legend of St Piran. 

A Fantastic Week at Blisland Primary School!

This week at Blisland Primary School has been packed with excitement, celebration, and new challenges as pupils took part in three major events! From honouring Cornish heritage to celebrating books and mastering skateboarding skills, it has been a week to remember.

St Piran’s Day Parade

We kicked off the week with our annual St Piran’s Day parade, celebrating Cornwall’s rich history and culture. Pupils proudly walked through Bodmin town centre, waving Cornish flags and joining in the traditional festivities. The highlight was gathering together to sing the Trelawny Shout, filling the streets with the rousing anthem of Cornwall. After the parade, we visited St Petrock’s Church, where pupils shared a beautifully read Cornish poem, celebrating the land and traditions of our county. Of course, no St Piran’s Day would be complete without a delicious Cornish pasty, which everyone enjoyed before heading back to school!

World Book Day Fun

Later in the week, we marked World Book Day with a fantastic array of costumes as pupils dressed up as their favourite book characters. The creativity on display was amazing! Some of our winners included Dr. Seuss characters, Dog Man, and Sherlock Holmes, each bringing their books to life with incredible attention to detail. Throughout the day, pupils enjoyed book-themed activities, shared their favourite stories, and celebrated the joy of reading.

Skateboarding Club – Week Two

Our after-school skateboarding club continued for its second session at TR7 Skatepark, and pupils took their skills to the next level! With growing confidence, they worked on dropping in off curbs and riding even higher up the ramps. It was fantastic to see their determination and enthusiasm, with coach Chaz once again providing expert guidance and encouragement. A huge well done to all our pupils for their participation and effort this week—it has been a brilliant mix of culture, creativity, and adventure. We look forward to another great week ahead at Blisland Primary!

St Piran's Day and World Book Day! 

We’ve had a very busy week in Foundation / Year 1.

On Tuesday, it was Pancake Day! Foundation made pancakes in the afternoon and talked about the process of making them, and what toppings they would have.

On Wednesday, we celebrated St Piran’s Day. We learnt about the history of St Piran and what it means to be Cornish. We had a wonderful singing assembly where we sang Sea Shanties, and our favourite, Looe My Home. We then had our St Piran’s afternoon and did lots of activities like: crimping pasties out of playdough, making Cornish bunting, collaging Cornish flags and more. Thank you to those of you who came for our afternoon, it was lovely to see you and spend time celebrating Cornwall together.

On Thursday, it was World Book Day, one of Miss Bolger’s favourite days of the year! We dressed up as our favourite book characters and did lots of reading. We read The Tiger Who Came to Tea, The Smeds and the Smoos, The Gruffalo’s Child and more books! We also used our crafting skills to complete book-related activities. We made puppets, collaged Rainbow Fish, designed a cover and more. We had a really great day celebrating reading and it was lovely to talk about our favourite books as a class and get the children excited about reading!

What a great week.

Well done Foundation / Year 1 for being absolute super stars.

Foundation/ Year 1 Team

Hello Everyone!

Penhallow have had a very eventful week.

Tuesday was shrove Tuesday/pancake day, so we learnt about the origins of pancake day. We then made our own pancakes and enjoyed eating them with a selection of toppings. Year 1 wrote instructions for how to make pancakes, while Reception sequenced pictures of how they were made. In the afternoon, as you can see from the picture, we enjoyed some pancake races, which then turned into designing our own obstacle race/pancake races.

World Book Day on Thursday was was a lot of fun. We spent some time with Landaviddy choosing books and reading together. We also learnt about 2 different authors; David McKee and Neil Gaiman. Both authors have written stories about animals. We read the story of Elmer, by David McKee, and talked about how sometimes we try to be like everybody else, instead of being happy with our differences. In the story, Elmer tries to camouflage himself. We finished the day with some time in the school garden, where we tried to camouflage objects, so that our friends couldn't find them. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

From the Penhallow Team

This week, we have been working on what makes a suspense story.  There have been some fantastic pieces of writing from the pupils focusing on how setting can really help to scene the scene for the reader.  Here are some examples from pupils.  This one is from Rosie and includes some excellent examples of similes. 

During the witching hour, Julia had this gruesome nightmare. It started at dilapidated amusement park where smiles went upside down. The storm raged overhead like a volcano, drowning out spine-chilling moans of despair. The mist swirled overhead, round and round like a carousel. The lightning rumbled like a loud earthquake. 

This one is from Leo B and he has tried to include a rhetorical question too.  

As the clock struck midnight, the haunted graveyard strikes again. Tom entered the graveyard, filming it on his camera. Did he know it was going to be his biggest mistake? The wind howled and the lightning struck.

The spellings for my group this week are: defiant, defiance, reliant, reliance,  assistance, assistant, distance, distant,  elegance,  elegant.  We are recapping these words as the group are still not secure on this spelling pattern.  

Mr Watts is recapping the mis/dis and un prefix.  His spellings are: disagree, disappear, disapprove, dishonest, dislike, incapable, incomplete, incorrect, independent, invisible, unhappy, unkind, unlock and unclear

In Maths, we have just moved on to written methods for multiplication.  Year 5 are starting by recapping 2 digit by one digit multiplication and 3 digit by 1 digit multiplication with questions such as 23 x 8 and 452 x 8.  Year 6 are looking at 4 digit by 2 digit multiplication methods.

Here are some KIRFs to give you a flavour of that Maths that we have covered so far: