Sports Day 2024

On Wednesday 19th June Year 3 had their Olympic Themed Sports Day.

The day started with the sprint races followed by the egg and spoon, sack race, relay and the infamous parents race!

Year 3 then took part in a carousel of activities including bowls, shotput and Football a la Francaise.

All the children tried their best, cheered each other on and had a fantastic time!

A huge well done to the Choughs who were the overall Year 3 winners!

Summer Sun

What lovely weather we've been enjoying this week! Tregantle Class have welcomed some new friends from different nurseries this week for their transition sessions to school. We spent lots of time in the garden using things from nature to make some crowns. The children used flowers, leaves and small sticks to create some fantastic patterns. We then made a new role play area in the garden - a pirate ship! The children all had lots of fun dressing up and finding treasure. Some children made treasure maps to help find the treasure and there was even a plank to walk along on the pirate ship! 
Tregantle Class have been getting active when practicing their races for sports day. We are getting very excited to take part in lots of races in a few weeks time! 

Class 2 is a mixed Year 1 and Year 2 group with 28 children. The class is taught by Mrs Ati Charlesworth. Mr Andrew Hunt teaches the class on Friday afternoons. They are supported by teaching assistants Miss Jo Walker and Mrs Jo Cocking. Miss Jo Walker will also be covering for Mrs Charlesworth’s PPA on a Thursday afternoon.

If you ever need to get in touch, please do not hesitate to contact ati.charlesworth@harrowbarrow.cornwall.sch.uk or ask to speak to Mrs Charlesworth via the school reception on 01579 350576.

Class 4 is a mixed year 5 and year 6 group. They are currently taught by Melissa Pinfield, the Deputy Headteacher. Mr Hunt works with the class on Monday afternoons teaching Art and PHSE. They are supported by teaching assistant Heather Thomson. Rachel Lane takes the class for French and Music on a Tuesday afternoon.

Here is the PowerPoint from the Meet the Teacher session

Here is the PowerPoint on Reading at KS2

Class 3 is a mixed Year 3 and Year 4 group with 25 children. The class is taught by Sam Watts and teaching assistants Lesley Connell and Jane Carne. Mrs Lane will also be covering for Mr Watts’ PPA on a Thursday afternoon.

If you ever need to get in touch, please do not hesitate to contact swatts@harrowbarrow.cornwall.sch.uk , head@harrowbarrow.cornwall.sch.uk or ask to speak to Mr Watts via the school reception on 01579 350576.

INFORMATION

• MONDAY: Library afternoon
  Can you please ensure that your child bring their book bags in daily. Your children will be sent home with a book from the library to enjoy with you at home. These will be changed every Monday. Your child might also bring home books from our Accelerated Reader or Read Write Inc programs.
• WEDNESDAY:  Outdoor Learning
  Could you please make sure that your child has a set of outdoor gear every Wednesday – this might include a pair of wellies or waterproof shoes, light waterproof coat or overalls and a change of clothes.
• THURSDAY: PE
  We ask that all children come into school in their PE kit.
• FRIDAY: Share a Book 
  Children can bring in one of their favourite books to share with their friends on Friday afternoon. They can also bring along a cuddly teddy or pillow to snuggle with. We ask that you sent the book and pillow/teddy/blanket in a separate bag so that we can store them safely until the afternoon.

Songs

In Class 2, we love to sing. We sing to learn Maths, we sing in Science lessons, we sing in History lessons,… we sing every time we get the chance. The children have asked that I share some of the songs we love in class here so that they can share them with you. So, here are links to a few of our favourites at the moment.

The Doodling Song: https://app.sparkyard.com/shared/song/1471/abce65bc-0454-4d33-9b62-a1426b0153d9

One, Two, Three Little Acorns: https://app.sparkyard.com/shared/song/1187/8012332e-a0ff-4ade-b517-e8d83111a385

Double Trouble: https://app.sparkyard.com/shared/song/1159/b2c9d1d7-d072-482d-a5e7-6e7c7d20df90

One Add Nine, Nine Add One: https://app.sparkyard.com/shared/song/1162/5277b51d-f319-4d00-84ed-53db2b2b2c11

HOMEWORK

Spelling

Spellings are assessed during our Literacy lessons and a week is given to learn them. There are no spellings to for the week beginning Monday 17th June 2024.

Maths

This week, why not have a go at some of the activities suggested in your KIRFs for the half term (if you haven’t already!).

By the end of this half term, Year 1 should be able to recognise groups of 10 and combine them by counting in tens, while year 2 should be able to recall multiplication and division facts for the 5 x table. 

Reading

In Class 2, we love our books! We ensure that we choose and share a variety of books every day in class. Further, every child is encouraged to access a selection of books related to our topic. To encourage this love of reading further at home, you could read and talk about the books they bring back home in their book bag. We change these books every Monday afternoon.

For the Year 2s who have access to Accelerated Reader levelled reading books, it is expected that your child is to read for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour per day. Accelerated reader quizzes can be accessed at home. Please click on the link below and then enter in your user name and password.

https://ukhosted106.renlearn.co.uk/2234772/default.aspx

If your child has forgotten login details: The username is the 1st letter of your child’s first name and the first 4 letters of their second name. Regarding their password, if they have forgotten that, please do email me so that I can confirm.

Here is class 2, we have been writing our own stories about books, but also having at go at illustrating them. Here are 2 of the many amazing examples of what we have produced so far and here are some images from our recent trip to the Eden Project.

Class 1 is a Reception only group this year. The class teacher is Mrs Abi Flashman, who is supported by teaching assistants Hilary Walker (Tuesday-Friday) and Angela Bushell (Monday) . Mrs Flashman can be contacted directly at drop off and pick up time or by email: abi.flashman@harrowbarrow.cornwall.sch.uk

Families in Class 1 have access to their child’s Tapestry account where up to date photos and observations can be viewed 24/7. Parents with an account and A rough (and ever changing) copy of our class timetable can be viewed here.

Staying safe online

Do you know how to keep yourself safe online? Do you know what to do if you feel unsafe? To find out more, click here.

Life Skills

Throughout this week, the children have learned basic first aid skills. This included learning how to put a person into the recovery position; placing a triangular bandage into a position to make an arm sling; and the simple technique for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). There were all amazing at this. Well done, Talland Class.

English
This week has included using important grammar techniques in the children's story writing. The children have consolidated their knowledge and understanding of the use of speech marks and writing pieces of dialogue. They have been using some magnificent words so as not to overuse 'said': respond, growled and whispered, for instance.

Maths
This week's study has been investigating angles. We started with the terms acute, obtuse and reflex angles. This progressed to using protractors to accurately measure given angles then drawing their own angles.



best wishes,

Mr Parry, Mrs Swabey and the Talland Class team (Mrs Walters and Ms Rowlands)

This week's jokes:

A BOOK NEVER WRITTEN: “Injuries” by R.U. Okay.

What part of first aid are pirates best at? C.P.ARRRR.

This week we have started our teeth cleaning sessions. We have been supplied with toothbrushes and toothpaste so that we can collectively clean our teeth each day. This is a 3 minute activity that will promote oral health and wellbeing. The children are really enjoying this, we even have a special song to sing!

What a lovely week we have had in Canute Class this week. We started the week by releasing our beautiful butterflies out into the big wide world. We have been looking out for them each day to see if they come back to visit!

In English this week we finished writing our poems and they are amazing. The children were really engaged in their learning and used their fantastic imaginations to create some wonderful poems. We also started to think our new learning, all about writing recounts. We were very lucky that the sun shone for our 'experience day' where we visited the Wild Tribe area and completed a range of activities used as a stimulus for our writing next week.

In Maths: - Reception have been continuing their work on numbers to 20 and beyond. - Year 1 have been completing their unit of work exploring and understanding place value with numbers up to 100. - Year 2 have been focusing hard on recognising and finding fractions of numbers and shapes, particularly quarters and three quarters.

We continued our exploration of the World in our Geography, comparing the countryside and cities, locating the equator and poles on our World maps and creating posters to explain how we can all do our bit to slow down the effects of climate change on our world.

We have got another fantastic week ahead where we will all be taking part in various sporting activities as a part of the Bridge School Games and our annual sports day on Thursday. We can't wait to see you there.

Best wishes Mrs Andrew, Mrs Fernie, Miss Taylor, Miss Talbot

How has crime and punishment changed in Cornwall?

Class 3 had a very interesting trip to Bodmin Jail where we discovered how crime, punishment and prisons have changed in the last few hundred years. The class, as always, demonstrated their curiosity for learning by asking perceptive questions and linking new discoveries to previous learning. 

Creative Art Week

The children have had the opportunity to apply their creative skills during this week. The focus was abstract drawing and painting. As you can see from the pictures, the children's ideas, creativity and enthusiasm oozed out throughout the week. They should all be proud of their achievements.

English
This week, the children have learned how to write a set of instructions using imperative verbs and numbered bullet points. They have also secured their knowledge and understanding for the use of : and ;. 


Maths 
This has been the final week for the children's study of decimal numbers for this term. They are now confident in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimal numbers. This includes its every day use when calculating money. 


best wishes,

Mr Parry, Mrs Swabey and the Talland Class team (Mrs Walters and Ms Rowlands)

This week's jokes:

What did the artist draw before he went to bed? – The curtains!

Did you hear about the artist that always took things too far? – She didn’t know where to draw the line.

It has been a wonderful week in Penhallow this week where we have continued to delve a bit deeper into our new enquiry; What is the Commotion in the Ocean.

Year 1s have done a super job in their Phonics Screening Checks this week and it is wonderful to hear and see their progress in their reading.

In English, we continue to look at rhyming words to write our own verse for the Commotion in the Ocean story.

In maths, reception have been investigating more into patterns and year 1s are now exploring numbers to 100.

We managed to squeeze in a swim this week and the children all had fun moving around the pool and looking a little more into floating. We also enjoyed an athletics lesson, where we tested our pace and realised that we would get very tired if we tried to run our fastest when running for longer periods of time. 

In Geography, we investigated where we lived and discovered the difference between a town, city or village. 

We began our new PSHE topic of 'Changing Me' and the children enjoyed learning about our body parts and lifecycles.

Well done to Iylah who received her 55 badge in 99 club this week! Keep practicing your KIRFs to ensure that your maths facts are embedded and recalled quickly; this will help you to succeed in 99 club! 

Well done to our 'People of the Week' this week for showing our school values. This term we focus on being enthusiastic in our learning. Dexter and Darragh were picked for showing super enthusiasm in their learning and I picked all of the Year 1s for being amazing in their Phonics Screening Checks!

We are looking forward to performing to you at the Polperro Festival on Tuesday and we have been busy learning our songs so we can 'wow' the crowds at the school day on the Big Green. We look forward to seeing you there!

This week is also a big week for sport at school, the Bridge School Games take place where children will be taking part in a variety of French themed activities. Please ensure PE kit is in all week and swimming kit will be needed if the weather is kind to us!

I have just updated the twinklGO! activities and extra reading opportunities so please pop on to have a go if you have any spare time over the weekend. This is all aimed at your child's relevant learning.

Enjoy a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday for another great week!

Mrs Taylor, Mrs G, Miss Colton, Miss Cullingford and Miss Hodge.

It's been another busy week, with performance practise and prop making well underway!

We launched our new enquiry 'What's On Our Doorstep?', thinking carefully about what we would like to learn this half term. In Geography, we revised compass directions and has a go at using 4 figure grid references. We've been spending time rehearsing for our 'rocking' Polperro Festival performance which is on Tuesday! We can't wait! Please continue to practise the songs and your speaking part! Links to the songs can be found in the previous blog post.

We have come to the end of Fractions in Maths. Year 2 have been working hard finding three-quarters of a set of objects and Year 3 have been applying pictorial strategies to find the non-unit fraction of an amount. We are ready to move on to the world of Statistics next!

English this week has involved lots of Polperro Festival rehearsal along with continuing to explore legends. We made predictions about the Polish legend we will be learning, 'The Cobbler and the Dragon' and today wrote descriptions of a dragon's lair using our senses.

Polite Reminder: Please can you ensure you are bringing your colour banded reading book in with you to school everyday. 

Congratulations to Summer and Anya for being Landaviddy's People of the Week.

We hope you have a great weekend and see you on Monday.

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips and Miss Bowden

TALLAND'S BLOG 14.6.24

SUMMER 2 has kicked off and there's been loads going on already! 

I'm extremely pleased to say we have our final collage art pieces! They look fantastic! I can't wait for them to take them home for you to see!

Maths:
Year 4 have been measuring their way through length and perimeter. They have their post assessment next week... Eeeee!
Year 5 have been diving into position and movement. Why not ask them all about translation?

English:
Drama based - we have been rehearsing our production for Polperro Festival happening THIS TUESDAY! Hopefully you can make it. Talland have been working so hard. It really is looking fabulous!

Computing:
We've had a lot of fun using Excel this week. Children have been firstly, 'tinkering' on it to see what kind of madness they can create. Then, we have put our data from a science experiment into a spreadsheet and converted that data into a chart. The children have loved it and the finished results are excellent!

The Bridge School Games kick off next week. Could all children please make sure they have their PE kits in school ALL week. This is all about the up coming Olympic Games, Paris 2024. Date for your Diary: 26th July 2024 is when the Olympic Games start - I for one, CAN'T WAIT!  

For Polperro Festival, children have been asked to try and bring in some clothing which resembles Victorian School Children. Ideally plane white, black, brown or grey. Please, please, please DO NOT feel you need to buy anything for their outfit!
Boys: A plain shirt and trousers. Waist coat, top hat and braces if you have them - not a problem if not. 
Girls: A long plane dress or a plane shirt/blouse and long skirt. Or what ever you can find. There is no pressure what so ever!

A massive well done to the year 4's this week, who have completed their times tables checks. Every last one of them should be tremendously proud of themselves and a huge thank you to the year 5's for being so respectful to the year 4's throughout this week.

Finally, well done to Harrison and Tabbi for being nominated as writers of the week. Well done to Harley and Joey for being nominated as mathematicians of the week. Well done to Ashton and Thomas for being nominated as readers of the week.

That's all from us. We hope you have an incredible weekend.

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.
 

We have had another wonderful week together in Class 1!

Here's a brief overview of just some of our learning...

In maths this week we have been exploring grouping and sharing. We were grouping for a purpose and dividing a set of objects by placing a certain number in each group. We ended the week with odd and even sharing, we were each given different a different amount of buttons and had to say whether we had an odd or even number, we investigated this by sharing the buttons out. 

In art we started to paper mache a balloon which we hope to turn into a piece of art linked to artist Jane Tomlinson over the coming weeks... watch this space! 

We have also been practicing for sports day, we look forward to welcoming you to our sports day and family picnic next Friday 21st from 9:30-1pm. 

The theme for Show and Tell next week is: A photograph of you at the beach. Please bring the photograph in on Thursday morning or if emailing photos please send to rhorn@pelyntprimary.co.uk by 8:40am on Thursday.

Class 1 Team

Weeks 1 and 2: Fabulous Fruit Salads

We've been busy learning about eating healthy this week in DT and the children learnt about different food groups. We looked at the Eatwell Plate and learnt about the importance of eating a balanced diet. 

The children designed a fruit salad using three fruits and either apple or orange juice to top it with. Today, the children have been busy making their fruit salads. We discussed how important it is to wash our hands before we touch any foods we are preparing. We learnt how to cut the fruits safely using a bridge hold and used chopping boards and knives to cut the different fruits carefully. Once the fruit was cut, the children were able to select the fruits they wanted according to their designs and arrange them in an appetising way, topping them carefully with apple or orange juice. Some of their designs were beautiful! The children then sat together to enjoy their fruit salads together and we were really proud of them for trying some fruits they were not sure of. Some children said they don't usually have some of the fruits at home but that they had enjoyed them. We talked about what they liked about the look and taste of their salads and what they would do next time to improve their designs. We had some very constructive comments, including: 

"I would use less juice because there's too much!"
"I would use bananas next time. I'm not keen on the strawberries." 
"I would use more watermelon - it's so yummy!" 
"I'd add more of everything!" 

What a lovely treat after all their hard work during their Phonics Screening checks. 

Next week is Sports Week and we will be talking to the children about the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.

Reminders

We're very excited to have our sports day on Thursday - please send your child into school wearing their PE kits and a coloured t-shirt to match their house team - if you are unsure of what colour they should wear, please do ask! 

Puffins - red
Cormorants - blue
Choughs - yellow
Swans - green.