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Year 6   15th March


Posted 15/03/2024
by Jenifer Kite

 


Pre School   Learning Adventures in Preschool


Posted 15/03/2024
by Rebecca Whitty

 














Learning Adventures in Preschool 

This week we embarked on a marvellous exploration into the world of the letter D. D is for so many wonderful things, like dinosaurs, dog, dirty and even daddy. The children have loved learning this sound. The enjoy the rhyme ' Around the dinosaurs bottom, up his tall neck and down to his toes' They have had go at forming this during their free flow play.

We have also been honing our number recognition and fine motor skills this week through the magical world of colouring by numbers. With crayons and pencils in hand, the children eagerly identified numbers and carefully coloured each section according to the corresponding colour. It was incredible to witness their concentration and determination as they navigated through the activity, all while reinforcing their understanding of numbers and enhancing their fine motor skills.


As you have noticed our sandpit has been taken down and we have a brand new one! In the area where the sand pit used to be, is now going to become a dynamic gross motor space for the children to explore. The children will have the opportunity to develop their coordination, strength, and spatial awareness in a safe and stimulating environment. This week we had the football goal and scooter out. The children are already putting in requests.

We wish you all a lovely St Patricks day on Sunday. Join us again soon as we continue our journey of discovery, curiosity, and endless possibilities.

Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Whitty, Miss Ronald and Ellie :)





 


Year 5   Life Skills


Posted 15/03/2024
by Thomas Hazlewood

Life Skills

We were really excited to attend the Junior Like Skills Workshops at Liskeard fire station on Thursday afternoon.  We didn't know what to expect but it was an action-packed afternoon full of really useful information and tips on how to stay safe in different situations.

When we got to the fire station we rotated around lots of different activities:
- Online safety
- How to catch a bus safely
- What to do if somebody is choking
- How to administer CPR - using the DR ABC acronym
- Staying safe on the roads
- How to make sure our passwords are secure
- Checking our homes for potential fire hazards
- Staying safe near railway lines

We all learned a lot - and enjoyed all of the different activities.  We also came away from it all with a lot of freebies!

A huge thank you to all of the organisations involved in putting on such an interactive session!

 


Year 1   Spring 2 Week 4


Posted 14/03/2024
by Jacob Lewis

 


Reception 1  


Posted 08/03/2024
by Lisa Nute

DT Making Fruit Kebabs

The year 1's have been working hard on our food unit of work where he have learnt about different fruits and vegetables. We enjoyed tasting and comparing the different fruits, identifying where plants grow and which parts we eat. First, we designed our fruit kebab, next we learnt how to use knifes carefully to cut our fruit and make our kebab. Finally, we evaluated them and thought about how we could improve them. 

 


Year 6   8th March


Posted 08/03/2024
by Jenifer Kite

 


Year 6   Potato Character animations


Posted 08/03/2024
by Jenifer Kite

 


Head's Blog  


Posted 08/03/2024
by Michele Spencer






Hardrock Cornish Miners

Today 3/4B had a workshop with the Kernow King and all of Key Stage 2 enjoyed the Cornish Caretakers assembly all about historic influential figures in Cornish mining. This included Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil; Humphry Davy's mining lamp; a female mine captain in Helston called Lydia, whose mine was named after her as ‘Wheal Lydia’. As well as being thoroughly entertained we took a step through time to remember and cherish the rich Corning Ming Heritage that still marks our landscape and continues to provide infrastructure and employment. 

 


Year 5   Books and potatoes


Posted 08/03/2024
by Thomas Hazlewood

Books and potatoes 

This year we celebrated World Book Day in style.  The children really got into the spirit of the day and dressed up in some wonderful character outfits.

The day started with an MC Grammar rap about World Book Day, and then we had a class quiz to test our knowledge about children's books and their characters.

Once we had completed the quiz, our challenge was to decorate a potato into a book character.  We had lots of fun designing our potato characters - everything from Mr Men to ladybirds to Chinese gangsters!  Take a look at some of our photos.

In the afternoon, we had to figure out the 'Masked teachers' who all read a favourite children's story but had their voice masked by technology.  Then we were able to share our love of reading with our parents before we went home.  What a great day - and a bit thanks to Miss Kite for organising it all!

 


Head's Blog   Cornish Caretakers 2024


Posted 08/03/2024
by Michele Spencer

 


Year 5   Multiplication murder mystery


Posted 08/03/2024
by Thomas Hazlewood

Multiplication murder mystery

This week, there was a terrible crime committed in 5H - and we were determined to get to the bottom of what had happened.  To round off our maths unit looking at multiplication and division, we took part in a murder mystery challenge.

The children were given a clue sheet - and list of possible victims, suspects, motives, locations, weapons etc.  To solve each element of the crime, the children had to work together to solve the multiplication problems.  The answers gave them one part of the key needed to 'unlock' that clue.  The only problem was that as the children progressed through the mystery - the multiplication problems became more tricky!

We loved solving the crime and used a lot of our school values (creativity, determination, excellence, kindness) to help us.  In the end we apprehended the killer and we are confident that there is no further risk to our school community!

 


Pre School   A busy week.


Posted 08/03/2024
by Rebecca Whitty
















What an exciting week. 

We have had a very busy week here in Pre School

From Kixx on Monday to WBD on Thursday and then today making Pasties. 

We learnt about St Piran's day on Tuesday and today we were lucky enough to have Will from Ginsters come in and show us how to make a pasty. The children really enjoyed this. We learnt what ingredients are needed to make a pasty and how to crimp!  

Our sound of the week is 's' the children are really enjoying learning their sounds. We have learnt  m , a and s.

In maths we are continuing to count objects from 1-10, by using touch counting. The children then need to find the correct number for example they counted 7 sports they then need to find the number 7 card. 

Next week we have lots of exciting things planned for St Patricks day!

Have a lovely safe weekend and we will see you next week :) 

 


Reception 1  


Posted 08/03/2024
by Lisa Nute

Observational drawing

We have been developing our skills using sketching pencils and charcoal. We explored using different grades of pencils and created a range of mark making; including hatching, blending and stippling. Have a look at our observational drawings and our work comparing the artist Van Gogh and Giuseppe Archimboldo. We used the iPads in art to make our own work in the style of Giuseppe Archimboldo. 











 


Head's Blog   World Book Day 2024


Posted 07/03/2024
by Michele Spencer

 


Year 6   World Book Day 2024


Posted 07/03/2024
by Jenifer Kite

World Book Day 

We have had a great time celebrating World Book Day in Year 6. Well done for all the excellent, creative costumes! We also had some fabulous potato book characters; guessed the teachers in The Masked Raeder; tested our book knowledge with a book cover quiz and created some story boards using our potato characters. I am looking forward to seeing the final animations!

Many thanks to the adults who were able to join us and support with our explosion books. I was very impressed with the children's folding skills and perseverance!

Please see the photos below.


 


Year 1   Spring 2 Week 3


Posted 07/03/2024
by Jacob Lewis

Watch the video the school we have paired with in London sent to us:

How does their journey compare to yours? Link will download a copy of the video.

 


Reception   Wider World Experiences


Posted 05/03/2024
by Daisy Rowe

Our Wider World Experiences

Reception have had so many visitors recently that have all shared their knowledge of different topics with them. They have all been so inquisitive, curious, determined and kind when they have all visited. Take a look at some of our visits!






Learning Cornish 

The Cornish Language is something that we celebrate in Reception class, we share the tales from Porth often in the classroom.

We were lucky enough to be visited by a very knowledgeable lady named Maureen Pierce. She can fluently speak the Cornish language and is very passionate about doing so. She taught all sorts of different words in Cornish and made sure we had the correct pronunciation. We learnt colours, emotions, names of toys and our numbers to five. The children loved learning the Cornish words. Celebrating and learning about this language is very important the opportunity we were provided this day was huge! We often still hear the children saying some of the Cornish words in their everyday provision and learning! It makes Miss Rowe feel Splann! (happy) If you would like to share some of the Tales from Porth click the link attached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH3BwItdiB8






Diabetes UK Visit:

We had a visit from a lovely lady named Jane Gilbert from Diabetes UK, she came in to share her experience of having type 1 diabetes and explained how it works. She showed the children some educational stuffed toys of a red blood cell, pancreas and a bear, called Ralph, that showed where the injection areas are on the body. The children asked lots of great questions and understood really well! Our children in reception are very understanding of people with diabetes due to their knowledge of a child in our classroom with it, they are always so kind and curious. Having this experience was so beneficial for the children as it made them aware of just how important it is to look after our peers.










Care Home Project:

In support of Anti-Bullying week, that was a couple of weeks ago the Receptions set about to start their kindness project. Today the receptions were visited by Jonathan Steed to talk about his role as a Clinical Director for At The Park and about the residents that live there. He spoke about how his residents may walk, talk, see, hear, speak and look different to us but we are all still humans who are filled with love, care and kindness and love doing the same things such as swimming, playing in playgrounds, art and more.

It was lovely to see the children's curious and kind response to what Jonathan was sharing and how insightful they all were when answering questions. At one point an apple was passed around for the children to say something kind to ''you are beautiful'', ''you are kind'' were some of my favourites. We also learnt some sign language that we included in our animal song in our nativity.

Encouraging the children to see and understand difference but to also celebrate it, is such as important thing and something we foster in our school and classroom. Thank you so much to Jonathon for joining us this afternoon and making it so enjoyable! As our project the reception children made each resident a stain glass window decoration to help with the sensory needs of the residents. Reception also wrote notes to each resident to add an extra kind touch. Well done reception we are proud of your love and respect of all people.

 


Head's Blog   Gool Peran Lowen - Happy St Piran's Day!


Posted 05/03/2024
by Michele Spencer

Thank you for joining us for a St Piran's Day sing this morning in the sunshine! Some of the things we love about Cornwall are the pasties, the clotted cream, the beaches! We also mentioned our sense of community and being together. We also have a newly crowned indoor world champion pole vaulter - well done to Molly!
There is much to be proud of.
It was not cream teas and pasties, but metallic ore that made Cornwall one of the most mineral rich areas of the world.
“Hard rock breeds hard men / Who slip between earth’s cracks for a living….” The words of West Country poet James Crowden (“The Wheal of Hope”). 
Whatever you love about the county we live and work in I hope you enjoy a little of its sunshine today.

 


Head's Blog   Cross Country Running at Liskeard


Posted 04/03/2024
by Michele Spencer

Well done to all of our Cross Country runners who have taken part in any of the Primary Schools Cross Country League races this season. It really is a fantastic achievement - whether it has been 1 race or all 5 of the series well done!

Particularly well done to one of our Year 5 girls who has qualified for the Newquay Team Cross Country Finals on the 25th March.

There will be a presentation evening in Liskeard Public Hall at 7pm on the 27th March to congratulate all runners who took part. 

 


Year 3 4 A   Artistic 3/4As


Posted 03/03/2024
by Kimberley Appleby

Our artwork has been inspired by American artist Andrea D'Aquino who creates her work using a mixture of collage and printing.

Year 3/4 A have designed their own prints for collaging and then used a digital image of themselves next to the infamous lamppost in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' (our English topic) to create their finished pieces. Well done!

We have also been enjoying our music lessons with Mr Warwick and the glockenspiels. 

 


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Smiles healthy teeth survey for 5 year olds on site 4th March. St Piran's Day morning sing 5th March. World Book Day 7th March. Cornish Caretakers 8th March. A busy week!


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