Another Great Week of Learning in Marazion Class

Marazion Class have had another fantastic week, with lots of exciting learning taking place across the curriculum!

History – How Far Back Does Human History Go?

Our history learning really helped us to understand just how far back human history stretches. We used a timeline to explore the earliest evidence of human life in Britain, discovering that this dates back an incredible 900,000 years! To help us visualise this enormous length of time, we used toilet rolls to represent the timeline – and we would have needed to unravel three whole loo rolls to show the distance!

We also explored the evidence for more modern humans, dating back around 300,000 years. It certainly helped us to appreciate just how ancient some of the evidence we are studying really is!

PE – Football

We enjoyed our first football lesson this week. We began developing our ball skills and learnt how to dribble the ball, practising keeping the ball close to our feet while moving around the space. There was lots of enthusiasm as we began developing our football skills.

Computing – What Is Inside a Laptop?

In computing, we became computer detectives! We explored the different components and elements found inside a laptop, beginning to understand what each part does and how the different components work together to make a computer function.

English – Exploring Our Key Texts

We have been enjoying getting to know our key texts in English. We explored the texts carefully, identifying their important features and considering how they are structured. We then began mapping the stories onto a story pathway, helping us to understand the sequence of events and how stories are developed.

Maths – Place Value

In maths, we have continued developing our understanding of place value and this week we were introduced to thousands. We have been exploring how numbers are built using thousands, hundreds, tens and ones and applying this understanding to different numbers and problems.

Art – Colour and Meaning

Our art learning has been particularly colourful this week! We explored the colour wheel and investigated warm and cool colours. We also looked closely at the work of artist Romare Bearden, exploring how he uses colour in his collages to help convey meaning and create different effects.

It has been another busy and enjoyable week in Marazion, and we are very proud of the enthusiasm and curiosity the children are showing as they settle into their new learning.

Outdoor learning and lots of counting! 

We’ve had a great second week in Heligan class.

This week we have been looking at ‘Jeans for Genes day’ and we have all come to school on Friday in our jeans to raise money for this cause. We explored this in outdoor learning by making our own jeans out of natural materials. We gathered all the materials we needed and worked as a team to make our jeans.

In maths, we have been representing objects on a ten frame. We were given an amount and then we had to show that number on our ten frame. We have also begun our counting in 2s, 5s and 10s at the start of our maths lessons which we are really enjoying! Next week we will start our Mastering Number unit which helps children with their quick recall of number facts.

Our science unit this half term is focusing on everyday materials. We have explored different materials such as wood, plastic, fabric and metal. We have then talked about the properties of these materials by saying what they feel like.

Well done Heligan class, another great week!

What a wonderful week it has been in EYFS! The children continue to settle beautifully each day and are growing in confidence all the time. They are becoming increasingly familiar with their new classroom, the adults around them and all the exciting learning opportunities it has to offer.

It has been lovely to see friendships beginning to develop and the children becoming more independent as they explore their environment. This week, we have started our first phonics lessons. The children have been introduced to sounds and are learning to recognise the picture that matches each sound. They have been fantastic at joining in and are beginning to develop their listening skills.

We have also started our daily maths time. The children have been practising counting accurately and have been introduced to subitising to 5. We have been having lots of fun recognising small amounts without needing to count each object!

During circle time, we have been learning each other's names and talking about what makes a kind friend. The children have been practising saying kind and positive things to one another, helping us to build a caring and supportive classroom community.

Our Wild Tribe session was great fun! The children enjoyed exploring outdoors and gathering all sorts of natural objects to add to our mud kitchen. There was lots of imagination and creativity as the children used their discoveries in their play.

PE was another real highlight of the week. The children explored ball control and practised rolling and passing the ball to one another. These activities helped them to develop their hand-eye coordination, control and awareness of others, while also encouraging them to work together and take turns.

We are incredibly proud of how well our Tregantle children are settling into school. They have had another busy and exciting week, and we are looking forward to seeing what next week brings!

This week, we have continued learning all about houses and homes. In maths, we explored how many windows and doors our houses have and compared our findings. We also created pictures of houses using different 2D shapes, helping us to recognise and talk about their properties. In Understanding the World, we discussed the different jobs people do to help build a house, such as builders, plumbers, electricians and decorators. In Literacy, we have been retelling We're Going on a Bear Hunt using our magic story cloaks. The children have enjoyed acting out the story, joining in with repeated phrases and developing their storytelling skills and confidence.

The children have had a fantastic first week back and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the new classroom environment. They settled into their routines well and showed confidence when engaging with the different areas of provision. This week, we introduced our new topic, Houses and Homes. The children enjoyed talking about their own homes and sharing their experiences with their friends. As part of our learning, the children painted pictures of their houses and practised drawing houses using simple shapes such as squares, rectangles, and triangles. This helped to develop both their creativity and early drawing skills. We are very proud of how well the children have returned to school and look forward to continuing our learning about houses and homes over the coming weeks.

Fun in the community

This week has been extremely busy. 

In English, we have started our unit of writing based on the book 'Letters from the Lighthouse' by Emma Carroll. The children will be writing a short consequence story about some evacuee children who find themselves in danger when they do not listen to a warning. We looked at some example texts and explored the plot of the story.

In maths, we continued our unit on place value. We have been focusing on numbers up to a million. We have been looking at the value of each digit and learning how to correctly say and write longer numbers. 

On Monday, Treyarnon were able to visit St. Anne's Residential Home as part of the Archie Project. They thoroughly enjoyed their time playing games, reading books and eating biscuits with the elderly residents. I was extremely proud of them. 

Miss Burton

First week blog for Eden class! 

Please take a few minutes to read our classes first newsletter! 

Watch this space for weekly updates about what we have been doing in class and important information.

Miss Strickland, Mr Phillips and Mrs Williams. 

Welcome to Tintagel Class.
Would you like to live like a Stone Age hunter?
Well, we will be finding out all about life in Britain during the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age this term. We will be finding out about how people lived, ate, and how life was all those years ago.  At the end of the unit, we will consider 'Would we like to live like a Stone Age hunter?'

Need to know:

Reading Books:
Please can the children bring their books into school EVERY day. We try to read with the children as often as possible and want to keep these fundamental skills at the top of list.





PE Days:

Please make sure your children come to school in their kits on the following days:
Thursday PM - Hockey
Friday PM - Dance

Times Tables:
We are learning our 3 x tables. Please make sure to learn the multiplication facts and all of the division facts that go with them.

As usual, please don't hesitate to get in contact with the team if you have any questions.

Many Thanks
Miss Pittas, Mrs Stephens and Mrs Williams

Kynance Class 

Monday 14th September

Welcome everyone into the new 2/3 class - Kynance Class!  

We were so busy last week, learning new routines and becoming used to a different space!  To ease ourselves into the year, we have learned expectations for each lesson and have adapted very, very well!

As our class is named Kynance, we largely spent the week learning all the facts about the area.  We researched on ipads and completed a questionnaire!  We then painted the cove which was very fun!

In English we are learning all about common, collective, partitive and proper nouns.  In maths we are beginning with a place value unit where the children are using many practical resources to help them.

On Wednesday, the children completed circus skills as part of the Enrichment programme.  They all did very well balancing and using their hand to eye co-ordination for the other activities.

This week, we will be launching our New Topic around the Stone Age - make sure you check back to see what we have been doing!

WELCOME TO CHAIPEL CLASS!!

We have had a fabulous week getting used to life in Y5/6. Class monitors are up and running, we have begun to immerse ourselves in our new enquiry - HOW DOES MY BODY WORK? - and I can already feel a sense of 'teamwork' developing. 

During the next couple of weeks, Chaipel are looking at place value: numbers and digits in Maths and word classes and sentence structure in English. These are the building blocks that will drive our learning forward and I am excited to see how this develops. In Art, we have been looking a continuous line drawing and how artists communicate their identities through self-portraits. We will be investigating personality portraits, expressive painting and painterly printmaking before using a range of mixed media to create our final piece. I can already see a magnificent display will become our end game!

CONGRATULATIONS to our People of the Week, Esmai and Zach, for demonstrating our school values and being role models to your peers. We have also welcomed Miss Colton into Chaipel as our teaching assistant and she is loving working with us.

POLITE REMINDERS
PE will be on a Friday and Monday afternoon so please make sure that kits are in. 
Clubs begin on the 21st September - a yellow form was sent home last week for children to sign up to.
On next week's blog, this terms knowledge web, homework grid and statutory spelling lists will be attached.
If you have any questions/worries then contact our secretary and I will get straight back to you!

That's all from me, so enjoy the weekend and Miss Colton and I are very much looking forward to the year ahead!
Miss Randle and Miss Colton.

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