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Busy final two weeks of half term 

We have had a very busy half term!

NSPCC Day
As part of the annual NSPCC Number Day, we invited the wonderful volunteers in to deliver workshops to Year 2 and 6 whilst the rest of the school took part in a range of activities linking to numbers/maths.

Year 5/6 visits to Looe Community Academy
Looe Community Academy have invited us to two events this half term. One event was linking to languages where the children were learning Spanish. The other event was linking to PSHE where the children took part in a range of activities linking to Safer Internet Week.

School Disco
Our PTFA organised a school disco in the last week. Children enjoyed their usual hot dog, refreshments and tuck shop alongside some dancing. We raised over £100 so thank-you to all parents who supported and a special thank-you to our PTFA for organising the event.

Pop Up Play
We invited our friends from Barbican Pre School and West Looe Playgroup to join us with a Pop Up Play morning. We had a range of role play areas set up to develop the children's imaginative skills. It was also wonderful to see them develop with their communication and social skills across the 3 different settings. We look forward to working with the local pre schools throughout the rest of the year.

Enrichment opportunities
Even though it has been a short half term, we have still been out and about in the community. Kilminorth class visited a Chinese restaurant. Please find below our calendar dates for Spring term 2 with further additional experiences for the children.

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Spirituality Day 






This week, we have had a spirituality day and it was a fabulous day in the beautiful, crisp, cold weather.

We are starting our journey with spirituality where the children are able to articulate this and where we can use it in everyday scenarios.

We define spirituality as:

"Spirituality is not something we can see; it is something we feel inside ourselves. It is about awe and wonder, asking questions and taking time to stop, reflect and focus on the world God has created for us being aware of something 'bigger' outside of ourselves."

Our biggest achievement of the day was starting our spirituality garden. Just some of the skills that were used included: measurement to create a cross-shaped raised flower bed, teamwork, perseverance, patience, resilience, physical strength and creativity and we were blown away with the progress in one day. We will be developing this over this term.

In the classrooms, were looking at managing our 'fizz' (times when we might be anxious, angry, worried etc.) and then identified strategies such as yoga, mindfulness, calm areas, music etc. to reduce the fizz. We also came up with further designs using our IT skills to create a collage of ideas that can be added in our spirituality garden.

A huge thank-you to Kelly Edwards (our forest school specialist) who came in and supported the children with our new outdoor learning challenge.


 


Welcome back! Spring term! 




Welcome back and we hope you had a lovely Christmas break!

Animation to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bridge Schools
Although it was a short week, we ended the week celebrating the 10th anniversary of Bridge Schools. As part of this, all 14 schools in the trust created a short animation to show our trust values. This was then shared on a whole trust Teams meeting on Friday afternoon where we could watch the animation and hear from each school.

Afterschool clubs
Monday-Wellbeing club through creative arts with Miss Crabb
Tuesday-Eco/global neighbour club with Mrs. Pike
Thursday-Basketball club with Pro20
Friday-Cross country club with Mr. Abraham

Please ensure you email or speak to the office to book your child into the club.

Dates for your diary
A letter had been sent out today with all key dates for this half term.

Upcoming dates are:
Friday 19th January-East Cornwall Harriers cross country race
Wednesday 24th January-Cross country event at Looe Community Academy



 


It's getting 'Christmassy' 

Open the Book
We welcomed in Open the Book this week who showed the traditional Christmas story. Lots of the children were involved with this and we discussed the similarities and differences between this and our nativity (Boogie Woogie Nativity). 

Christmas Tree festival at St Wenna's Church
A couple of our children helped decorate our school Christmas tree for the festival at St Wenna's church. All children in the school made a wooden decoration for the tree so look out for it at the Christingle Service next week.

Christmas carols and crafts at Hillcrest
On Tuesday afternoon, the whole school visited Hillcrest Nursing Home where we sang some Christmas songs and completed some Christmas crafts with the residents. My favourite moment was seeing a couple of children make a paper chain necklace which one of the residents then wore around her neck. I was extremely proud of the children for representing our school so well and I know we definitely brought the Christmas spirit.

Final dates for this half term
Tuesday 12th December-Christingle Service at St Wenna at 5pm
Thursday 14th December-Nativity production at 1:30pm and 5:00pm
Monday 18th December-Christmas dinner, Christmas jumper day and PTFA Christmas film club (2-4pm)
Tuesday 19th December-Last day of term and mufti day

 


Aspirations Day and Christmas Bingo 

Aspirations Day
Each term we will be holding an aspirations day to show children about the world of work and how there are many job routes that they could go into when they are older. 

The children dressed up for the day in what they wanted to be when they were older or a job profession in general. We had a banker, builder, air hostess, equine vet and many more.

We were joined in the morning by a air hostess who works for BA long haul flights and the children took part in an immersive experience in the hall where they could see the jobs that they completed whilst on board. We were also joined by a game designer who makes maps for Fortnite and he explained how he had to continue his job as an engineer for years during the day, whilst building up his YouTube channel until he started being successful making maps where he was able to make this his full-time job.

The children were able to understand what skills were required for the jobs but also the person's values such as determination, creativity, perseverance and how this allowed them to be successful. 

We finished the day understanding about equality of pay and completed the Paper Bag challenge to understand how sadly some countries do not pay people fairly for the jobs they do and we were able to empathise with how people would feel being treated that way.

Christmas Bingo

A huge thank-you for the support for our Christmas Bingo held at Widegates village hall. We raised just over £500 for the school which is incredible. Thank-you to the PTFA for their time and efforts in making this run so smoothly!

 


Global Neighbours -Parliament week 


We invited Sheryl Murray into school as part of parliament week where she explained her role and what it was like being in the Houses of Parliament.

Linking to our global neighbour award, the children, alongside the community, have been continuing to express their concerns about cars speeding past the school. The children had come up with possible solutions and shared them with Sheryl Murray. Following her visit, we have already been informed by Cormac that they will be putting speeding advisers by the school in January which is a real success as this has been an ongoing problem for the last few years. Well done to the children for making this change!

 


What a way to end the half term! 


Paignton Zoo

The whole school visited Paignton Zoo on the final day of half term. We split off into groups to look at all the animals with a focus of understanding what endangered and critically endangered meant. We are using our trip to support our development of the Global Neighbour Award where we are finding ways to support our world becoming a better place including climate justice.

Dates for next half term

We have sent our the calendar dates for next half term in an email but you can also find them on our website diary events. The first few dates are:
Monday 6th November-School photos
Tuesday 7th November-KS1 Multiskills afternoon at Looe Community Academy
Friday 10th November-Show Racism the Red Card day-children to wear red on this day




 


Team spirit! 


Football tournament

I had the pleasure of taking 8 children to Duloe Primary to take part in a football tournament. Some of our children had never played before and they have never played as a team. Every game the team improved and gained more and more confidence. Our Christian value this week was perseverance and they certainly showed that, where they didn't give up and kept trying to get better each time. The team and I have some good ideas so we can build on this and we will be asking our PTFA for goal posts for the field and are also going to arrange a lunchtime club with Looe Primary and Duloe Primary where we can practice with a bigger group of children each half term.

We certainly looked the part with our new sponsored tops thanks to Cornish Tea and Coffee!

Next up: Touch Rugby next week at Looe Community Academy.


 


Welcome back! 

I have been thrilled to see how the children have come back being settled and with a brilliant learning attitude.


We have got a range of clubs on offer this half term including lunchtime school clubs. Please ensure that you have signed your child up through the office.

Key dates for your diary:

Tuesday 19th September-KS2 Football festival at Duloe
Wednesday 27th  September-Year 4 Times tables parent meeting at 5pm
Tuesday 10th October-Harvest Festival at St Wenna's church
Friday 13th October-Coffee morning 9-10am with Tracey Foster SENDCo
Thursday 19th October-Paignton Zoo trip
Friday 20th October-INSET day



 


Week commencing 3rd July 

Activity week

We have had a brilliant week, full of exciting opportunities whilst being very physically active. Year 5 and 6 went on their residential from Monday-Wednesday whilst the rest of the school took part in a range of activities.

On Monday, we had an alternative sports day where the children took part in boxing, archery, lacrosse and boccia. On Tuesday, we went to Adrenaline Adventure Park in Plymouth. On Wednesday, we have an outdoor learning day which involved den making, whittling, designing and painting plant pots and making fires to have hot chocolate. On Thursday, we had a performing arts day getting ready for our end of year performance. Finally, on Friday, we had a beach day where we went to Seaton doing different beach activities.

Not only did the children have fun but I was very impressed with how the children demonstrated our Christian values so effortlessly. We look forward to planning it again next year!


 


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Our Values...

Creativity

Creative

We are bold and innovative in our approach to find new solutions to the challenges we face.

Curiosity

Curious

We are inspired by the awe and wonder of the world.

Integrity

Responsible

We take responsibility for our actions in an environment of mutual respect.

Enthusiasm

Enthusiastic

We are passionate about learning.

Excellence

Excellent

We are the best we can be.

Determination

Determined

We overcome all barriers to reach our potential, developing a capacity to improve further.


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