Happy New Year and welcome back!
We have had a brilliant week by going to watch Sleeping Beauty at the Theatre Royal Plymouth. The whole school went to watch the pantomime to support their English learning where they will be looking at traditional tales. The children and adults had a fantastic time including enjoying their interval ice-cream! A huge thank-you to our PTFA who funded half of the trip.
We have also introduced to the children Class Dojo where we will be awarding points to children who demonstrate our Christian values. Our aim for this term is to be instilling those values in our day-to-day lives and we will be going into depth with this further during our Christian Value Day next Wednesday.
We have sent out dates for the diary for this half term so please keep an eye on upcoming events.
Santa's trees in Liskeard have been very kind and donated us a Christmas tree to have at our school. We took the school minibus and with a selection of children, we walked around in search for a perfect 5ft tree. We were making some maths links by estimating sizes of Christmas trees and how long it takes for a Christmas tree to grow (the fact we learnt: it takes 10 years for a Christmas tree to be 5ft). We then brought the tree back and a different group of children decorated.
Bridge Schools Performing Arts Competition
We have had a wonderfully creative week, with 16 children representing our school in the Bridge Schools Performing Arts competition at Carnglaze Cavern. We participated with 7 of the Trust schools and we came FIRST!!! After weeks of performing arts club with Miss Cunliffe, all their hard work paid off and it was amazing to see them blossom with confidence.
My favourite comment from the judges was"It was the most diverse group out of all 14 schools ranging from age 4 to 11 and you get a real sense of care for one another". We pride ourselves for being a caring school family, so I was really pleased to see that this is evident to people outside of our school.
Well done team Trenode!
Reading therapy dogs
We have been fortunate to team up with Hazel and her therapy dogs called Sophie and Woody to visit our school. This week, we had the wonderful Cocker Spaniel Woody over to read with a group of children to develop their reading ability and confidence. Our reading group wanted to keep reading and ended up reading for 30 minutes because they enjoyed completing this with their 'friend' listening. They will be in each week reading with a couple of groups and hopefully all children will get the opportunity to read and meet the dogs overtime. We look forward to meeting Sophie the Labrador next week.
One of the children said "It made me feel relaxed when reading to Woody and I want to keep doing it".
Harvest festival
A reminder for donations in preparation for our harvest festival next week. Please make sure your letter is brought in to allow us to sort out transport to the church.
Each week, we will be doing a 30 minute social skills lesson to develop our language, communication and interaction skills to support us in our learning and in all aspects of our lives. This week, the whole school came together working in partners/groups and it was amazing to see the fantastic collaborative activities. Each week, the children will complete a task together and over the next 4 weeks, the children will be doing a outdoor task using natural materials, a construction task using Lego, a creative task for our spirituality garden and playing board games. I was really impressed to hear the supportive nature of the children when they were problem solving and working together. I look forward to seeing these skills being used across the school day!
Creative
We are bold and innovative in our approach to find new solutions to the challenges we face.
Curious
We are inspired by the awe and wonder of the world.
Responsible
We take responsibility for our actions in an environment of mutual respect.
Enthusiastic
We are passionate about learning.
Excellent
We are the best we can be.
Determined
We overcome all barriers to reach our potential, developing a capacity to improve further.
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