We have had a great first full week of the Autumn Term. Please find all the latest news and events from our wonderful school in, this week's, Brunel Bulletin.

Our first full week of this academic year has been wonderful with lots of learning, smiles and positive attitudes. Children have settled into their new classes fantastically and have been supporting new children wonderfully. As we start the new year, could we please remind you to keep us updated with any changes to address or contact details. It is important that we are able to contact someone about the children at any point of the day in case of emergency. You are able to do this yourself by logging into Arbor or, through the office. There are a few interesting and exciting things coming up over the next few weeks. The calendar on the website is up to date with current events so please make sure you check in regularly. Clubs start next week and they are proving popular as always. Please make sure that you let Mrs Norris know if your child would like to take part. Photos are next week on Monday. As it is PE for all children, we are asking that they come in uniform and then change for the afternoon session. I have been asked to bring your attention to Pam Adam's piano lessons. This year she has space for her in-school lessons. If your children are interested, please let the office know. We also have been sent information from the Marine Biological Association (who worked with the Lego team last year) that their Rock Pool festival is being held next weekend at Porthpean. There are leaflets in the noticeboard and outside the office if you are interested.

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What a crazily busy first week back we've had! Including last week, we've done so much already. 

In English, we've started our unit of work based on the really fun book, 'The Beasties'. We have used our word classes to write exciting sentences about the characters!

In Maths, we're all starting the year off with our learning about place value - such a useful skill. We've used some manipulatives to help. 

In Science, we thought about what we already know about materials and how they can be changed. In computing, we learned about search engines. In RE, we are learning about how the Golden Rule is something that all faiths follow, including Humanism. In PSHE, we learned how to create a class charter. 

In Art, we've started a process towards creating a self-portrait using carbon paper, tracing paper and poetry! It was really exciting!

Plus, in Music, the year 4 children (and Miss Henning!!) have started learning how to play the violin with Sally! What fun!

Terrific Tregantle!

What a fantastic first week it has been in Tregantle Class!

Our new school starters have settled in beautifully and have loved getting to know their new classroom. The children have had so much fun exploring all of the different areas, from painting and construction to role play and the ever-popular mud kitchen.

One of the highlights of the week has been meeting their very own reading buddy. The children really enjoyed sharing stories together, and it was wonderful to see how engaged and excited they were during story time.

We are so proud of how well everyone has started their school journey. It has been a week full of smiles, laughter, and learning, and we can't wait to see what adventures next week will bring!

This week we have been discussing "all about me".
The children have been identifying different features of their faces including nose, mouth, ears, eyes and hair. They have used paint to make self portraits and have enjoyed using the whiteboards to draw on, creating pictures of themselves and their families.
We have made colourful framed handprint pictures and the children have been using different materials on the tuft tray to create different hair styles.

At story time we have read the story of "The three little pigs" and have been reading stories about how we are all different such as "What Wesley wore".
In phonics we have identified objects with the same initial sounds in a game of "Silly socks",  we have been on a listening walk in the play ground to see what we could hear and have used our bodies to make sounds that make us happy.

In maths we have been finding numbers in our environment and sorting and grouping objects to see how many.

Have a lovely weekend

Julie and Sarah

During my morning 'meet and greet', I think I have managed to see most parents and carers since the start of the new academic year. If not, welcome back and I look forward to catching up with you next week. A special welcome to our new children and their families; we hope you have been made to feel welcome and the children have enjoyed the start to their primary education. Within days of our new reception children starting, I began to give tours of the school for prospective new families for September 2026. If you know of anyone looking for a school place for next September, please feel free to share my contact information so they can book a school viewing if interested: head@harrowbarrowprimary.co.uk

We start all new school years with a period of settling the children back into routines and setting expectations. After a six week break, I am always surprised at how quickly the children settle into the rhythm of school life. This year has seen an especially good start across the school, with smiley, happy children bounding into class, enthusiastic to learn at the start of the day. We look forward to celebrating the children's successes and achievements at our weekly celebration assemblies on Fridays. Please look out for praise certificates and ask your child to explain why they were awarded them.

We welcomed new teaching assistant and lunchtime supervisor Sarah Marley to our team last week. Whilst there are no other new members of staff, some staff are working in different roles. A reminder of the staff organisation for this year:

Class 1: Teachers - Tom Ottewell-Taylor, Abi Flashman & Jo Walker (Wednesday afternoons). Teaching Assistants - Angela Bushell, Stacy Vinson, Sarah Marley
Class 2: Teachers - Ati Charlesworth & Jo Walker (Tuesday afternoons). Teaching Assistant - Lesley Connell
Class 3: Teachers - Sam Watts & Andrew Hunt (Thursday afternoons). Teaching Assistants - Jo Cocking, Sarah Marley, Jo Walker, Brendan Thomas
Class 4: Teachers - Melissa Pinfield & Andrew Hunt (Monday & Tuesday afternoons). Teaching Assistants - Heather Thomson, Brendan Thomas

Lesley Connell is no longer working in the school office but remains as Breakfast Club and After School Club lead. For all office queries/communication, please now direct emails to Elaine Moyle: emoyle@harrowbarrowprimary.co.uk

Elaine does not work in the office on Fridays, so if your query or communication can wait until another day, please avoid calling into the office. I will be covering the office on Fridays but am also often involved in meetings or cover teaching.

In my role, I am fortunate enough to work with all the classes. This week, I particularly enjoyed teaching an art lesson to Class 3. The theme for their work this half term is 'drawing stories', with the aim of illustrating a piece of text at the end of the unit. The children started by looking at a tableaux and imagined it as a scene from a story. Here are some examples of their charcoal and chalk sketches:




We have lots of exciting learning opportunities planned for the term ahead and look forward to sharing these with you in the weeks to come. One of our new developments this year is the work we plan to do through our climate action plan. A copy of this can be found in the information tab on this website: www.harrowbarrowprimary.co.uk/Information/Climate_Action_Plan
If you feel you might be able to contribute to our work in this area, please contact us as we want to involve our whole school community.
I look forward to sharing more of the children's learning achievements in the coming weeks.

What a great start to the Autumn Term Year 3/4a!

We've started on our Learning Adventure to Ancient Egypt, looking at artefacts and their discoveries, the importance of the River Nile and how our lives are very different to those in ancient Egypt. We've discussed key vocabulary and the difference between primary and secondary evidence.

We've had great fun retelling the traditional tale of Red Riding Hood using a 'Story Piano', discussing key events, characters and setting and how traditional tales can be exaggerated over time to make them more exciting to the listener.

We've revised our knowledge of Place Value, discussing the importance of a place value holder (0) in reading and writing numbers. We're currently thinking carefully about the value of digits and using manipulatives to support our learning. We've also been busy practising our KIRFS.

Today we were visited in KS2 by Carly who works with the Cognition and Learning Team for Cornwall. She led us through the workings of our unique and specialised brains - with the children's help of course. Carly has left us with a challenge and a promise of rewards which sparked our interest. We will be exploring this further next week and I am looking forward to seeing what the children can come up with! Watch this space!

Welcome to Lansallos Class

Lansallos Class is taught by Ms Porter (class teacher), Mrs McLaren (teaching assistant) and Mrs Dan.

There are 26 children in the class from Year 5 and Year 6.

If you would like to look at what we have been learning each term, please look at our 'knowledge organisers' below. 

Welcome to Class 2

Class 2 is taught by Mrs Askew (class teacher), Miss Stephenson (PPA teacher) and Mrs Hughes (teaching assistant) and Mrs Barrett (teaching assistant)

The class consists of 30 children from Year 2, 3 and 4.

Please see our Knowledge Organiser below for an overview of our learning each half-term. 

Welcome to Lantic Class

Lantic Class is taught by Mrs Forbes (class teacher Monday and Wednesday), Mrs Horn (class teacher Tues, Thursday and Friday) and Miss Milford (teaching assistant).

Lantic Class has 26 children from Reception and Year 1.

To see what we have been learning each half-term, please see our 'knowledge organisers' below.

Welcome to Talland Class

Talland Class is taught by Mr Knight (class teacher), Mrs Harper (teaching assistant) and Mrs Lee (teaching assistant).

There are 29 children in Talland Class from Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4.

To see what we have been learning each half-term, please see our 'knowledge organisers' below.

Welcome to Class 1

Class 1 is taught by Mrs Currah (class teacher Monday - Thursday), Miss Stephenson (class teacher Friday), Miss Evans (teaching assistant), Mrs Penhaligan (teaching assisant) and Mrs Hill (teaching assistant).

Class 1 has 29 children from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.

To see what we have been learning each half-term, please see our 'knowledge organisers' below.