w/e 5.7.24

Wow! We do love a busy week here at Brunel!

We have enjoyed Sports Day this week - what a great day it was, too! We raced our socks off, supported each other and had a great time! Well done, everyone!

That afternoon, we continued the fun with our DT lesson - we tasted some fruit of the rainforest and voted for our favourites!

Later in the week, we went to the library for 3 workshops all about saving our oceans - we learned loads!

And finally, on Friday afternoon, we enjoyed our class treat of a sweet shop (we had some fake money even!) and a movie!

What a week!

Week 5 

This week has been a very busy week and a wonderful one too!

Some of year one’s learning:

The year one children have been using their new knowledge of recounts and writing a recount about their trip to Looe Beach last week! The children included some wonderful features in their writing. In maths the children have continued to explore money, they learnt about the value of each note and then worked hard to understand how many £1 and £2 coins make up each note. In History the children explored beaches in the Victorian times and sequenced pictures that explored the change in seaside areas across the years!

Foundation children have been making sea creatures from plasticine and exploring positional language in maths. They have worked hard at writing about items they may need to take to the beach, and they have also been writing post cards about their trip to the beach. They have also been so creative making wonderful crabs out of paper plates.

On Tuesday we had our transition day, and the children spent the day in their new classes. This was a lovely day, and the children were amazing!

Today we were so lucky to have Tom come into school, a local fisherman, and show us the fish he catches, how to filet them and also his life jacket that keeps him safe when he’s out to sea! This was amazing to show the children how our food gets to our plate, and we learnt so many wonderful facts!

What a wonderful week we have had!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Foundation /year 1 team.

Year 4 Porthpean Residential
What a fantastic adventure some of our Year 4 children had earlier in the week. The weather was kind and the sunsets and sunrises spectacular. The children took part in kayaking, Mega SUPping, laser tag, disco, high rope and team games. A huge thank you to the staff who accompanied the children enabling the children to create lifelong memories.

Congratulations Miss Beckett/Mrs Gerken
Yesterday the Year 5 team and children surprised Miss Beckett with a pre-wedding extravaganza! They had decorations, speeches, dancing and refreshments. We all send our very best wishes and congratulations to Miss Beckett for her wedding tomorrow.

Blue Light Day Trip
On Wednesday, a group of children went to Wadebridge Showground to see some of the vehicles and equipment used by our emergency services. They sat in a fire engine and on a police boat. They rode police and blood transport bikes and even tried out a stretcher in an ambulance! They were inquisitive and polite, asking lots of questions about the appliances and all of them behaved brilliantly. They especially loved coming home with a hoard of goodies from all the different stalls.

The Place – Playground Tour
On Monday our Year 1-Year 5 children were captivated watching two lively dance shows: Olive Branch... Playground Edition by Vanhulle Dance Theatre and Mughal Miniatures: The Elephant and the Drummer by Sonia Sabri Company. The theme of the performances was ‘resilience’ and how it is important to keep trying and work as a team to overcome difficulties or problems. A huge thank you to ‘The Place’ and to the Hall for Cornwall for providing this opportunity free of charge. We look forward to continuing enriching our curriculum with the creative arts.

Important dates coming up:

Monday 8th July Art Week

Thursday 11th July Reports home and class/teacher allocation for September

Friday 12th July Transition session (am) New 3W class will have an additional session on Tuesday 16th July as both teachers are not in today

Saturday 13th July 10:00-12:00 WPA Lego Show

Monday 15th July Transition session (am)

Tuesday 16th July Additional transition session for the new 3W class (as both teachers not in on Friday 12th July)

Wednesday 17th July 13:00-14:15 Nursery Pirate Party with parents

Thursday 18th July 09:30 & 16:15 Year 6 performance

Thursday 18th July Year 2 Cornish WOW Day

Friday 19th July Year 6 ‘Slip and Slide’ Trip

Monday 22nd July 18:00-20:00 Year 6 Prom

Tuesday 23rd July Last day of term (early finish, see times below):
12:30 Nursery
12:50 Year 6 Guard of Honour
13:20 Reception, Year 1 and Year 2
13:30 Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5

Wednesday 4th September Autumn term begins – Welcome back everyone in Reception to Year 6

Wednesday 4th – Friday 6th September Nursery Home Visits

Monday 9th September
09:00-10:00 Nursery Stay and Play Sessions
10:30-11:30 Nursery Stay and Play Sessions

Tuesday 10th September Nursery opens

Wishing you a fantastic weekend.

Best wishes,

Chris Wathern

In R.E. this week, the children learnt the story of Jonah and the Whale.  In the story Jonah found it hard to say “sorry” to God at the start. And sometimes saying sorry can be really hard to do.  The class freeze-framed the story - Can you spot God commanding Jonah to go to Nineveh? Or maybe Jonah praying in the whale's mouth? We loved the frame of God repenting and not punishing the people of Nineveh... Perhaps you could ask your child the retell the story of Jonah using the pictures?

Well how are we already at the end of another week?  We really are flying through and once again Canute class have shown us some amazing learning.

We have begun some work in history finding out about explorers who have achieved great things during their expeditions.  EYFS have been discussing makes someone an explorer and how they need to be fit and strong to be able to take on their challenges.  Year 1 and 2 have been using photos and stories to understand how Dame Ellen Macarthur, Mary Kingsley, Matthew Henson and Christopher Columbus achieved what they did, see what they can tell you?  

In English Year 1 and  2 have been using their plans to write some amazing recounts about their trip to the aquarium.  Their choice of vocabulary in their sentences and their use of similes, onomatopoeia and different punctuation is making the recounts so informative.
In Drawing Club Reception have been imagining what it would be like to live in the lighthouse on Black Rock after sharing the story 'The Secrets of Black Rock'.  They have all been writing sentences, using the sound mats to spell each word and writing sentences using finger spaces and full stops.

I maths this week Reception have been continuing to think about how they can manipulate shapes to create different pictures.  Explaining how they have achieved each part  of the image. 
Year 1 have been completing their unit of work on time, looking at the days of the week, months of the year, telling the time to the hour and half hour.  We will be using the next week in school to consolidate our learning.
Year 2 have begun their unit of work on statistics, they have been creating and interpreting data using tally charts, block diagrams and pictograms.

Next week, on Tuesday,  the class will be completing their art work in the Wild Tribe Area so please can they all bring a coat and wellies if they don't have them in school.

On Wednesday we are lucky enough to be taking part in a whole school Arena PE day so please can children come to school in their PE kits.

Have a great weekend
Mrs Andrew, Mrs Fernie, Miss Taylor, Miss Talbot

We have been busy thinking about our big question 'What is it Like in Africa?'
We have used maps and atlases to locate Africa and to find out which countries, rivers and cities are part of Africa.

Then we focussed more closely on Kenya and the children have blown me away with their knowledge and understanding of the country.
They can talk at length about what physical and human features you might find there, compared to where we live.
 We also studied the climate, completing our weather chart, comparing weather and temperature in Nairobi and Drakewalls.

In Science we have been learning all about the animals that live in Africa, the range of different habitats in the country and how the animals are suited to the habitat they live in.

In DT we have been exploring African materials, patterns and masks to help inspire us to design our own masks. Then we had a go at making them, trying to copy our designs carefully. 

In Art we have been studying the work of Vincent van Gogh, learning all about him and discussing his paintings. Then we had a go at recreating the patterns and colours from his 'Starry Night' painting. Finally we created our own version of this painting and showed them off in our Art Exhibition.

On Monday Rev Richard came in for an assembly about friendship to start what has been a different week this week with year 6 out at their transition days on Tuesday and then away at their residential at the Ultimate Adventure Centre in Devon. It has been quiet without them, however the children made up for this yesterday in their weekly music lesson with Mrs Butlin where they enjoyed using the keyboards!

Summer Reading Challenge Please find attached 2 posters. One advertises the Summer Reading Challenge and where to sign up and the other, Looe Library’s Summer Reading Challenge Festival during the Summer Holiday.

FOPS Summer Fete (Friday 19th July at 2pm) MUFTI day 15th July Reminder that Monday 15th July will be a MUFTI day where we will be asking for donations of an item matching your child’s house team colour to create hampers for raffles prizes. Children can wear their own clothes and this could include wearing their house colour. 

Clubs Next week will be the last week of clubs for this school year.

Uniform
If you are looking ahead to buying uniform, please remember that we have a good supply of nearly new uniform in school which is available for a donation (£1 minimum) to the school. Please ask at reception.

Transition Next Friday will be transition morning for all of our pupils when they will enjoy time in their new class (details to be sent out on Monday).

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Hillman

Year 2 have been busy in their computing lessons his week. They have explored the app Scratch Jr where they have been using code to create algorithms. Once they worked out what the different colour coding blocks did they were able to create a code to make a fly move realistically across the screen. Once they were happy with the movement they added a loop button which meant the code would repeat over and over. Towards the end of the week the children became more confident with the coding blocks. They used the audio button to record and create jokes to play to their friends.

Sports' Day was a big event this week. Each child put in his/her best efforts throughout the day. The comradeship, enthusiasm and dedication oozed throughout. Thank you, Talland Class.

English
The children have been learning how to write a book review. The key points they considered were the actions and characteristics of the main characters, for example: responsibility, friendship, perseverance and bravery. They learned a lot about themselves, too, during the writing of the book review.

Maths
The main theme for this week has been the exploration of polygons (many sided 2-D shapes). The children now recognise the criteria for a regular polygon (all sides and angles equal) and an irregular polygon. They had the opportunity to further their protractor and ruler skills by measuring sides to the nearest centimetre and angles to the nearest degree. Well done, Talland Class.


best wishes,

Mr Parry, Mrs Swabey and the Talland Class team (Mrs Walters and Ms Rowlands)

This week's jokes:

What is harder to catch the faster you run?  Your breath.

Why can't Cinderella play football? She keeps running away from the ball.

We have been raising butterflies in our class over the last few weeks. We watched them grow as caterpillars, turn into chrysalis, and then hatch into butterflies! It gave us a hands on understanding of lifecycles.
We have compared the lifecycles of butterflies, ladybirds and ants, noticing differences and similarities.  
 We took the fully grown butterflies up to the field where there is a conservation meadow area, this was the perfect place to set them free!
 We watched as they fluttered away with an enormous sense of pride and joy!

Well done year 6 for overcoming your fears on the high ropes and climbing wall.

Logan, Honor and Carly represented Duloe at the county Show Jumping Championship in Camborne this week. Despite the team missing superstar William, due to injury, they held off the competition to be crownded the winners! Huge congratulations to them and a massive thank you to the parents for making the long trip down west. 

After an enjoyable breakfast, Year six have tried their hand at archery and mountain boarding and done really well at both.

Well what another amazing week we've had in Canute Class.  The children have al been working so hard and putting their all into every challenge.

In our English this week Year 1 and 2 have been completing their recounts about our trip to the woods, adding some great vocabulary into their sentences to make them really interesting to read.  We have also been spending time talking about our writing before we put our pencils on the page, using each other as an ideas board.

Reception's Drawing Club this week has been based on the story 'What the ladybird heard, at the seaside.'  It is such as great time for the children to dig deep into their imaginations and some amazing ideas have been generated to inspire their writing.

In Maths this week our Reception children have been investigating shapes and how they can be manipulated to create different patterns.  They made some great pictures by placing and rotating shapes.  Year 1 have completed their work on money and have begun to investigate and learn about time.  In Year 2 the children have been completing their work on time, we will continue revisiting this over the next few weeks to ensure a solid understanding.

In Geography we completed our unit exploring the hot and cold places of the world.  We've used atlases to help us locate the seven continents, the North and South Poles and the Equator.  We compared where we live to Kenya and then made a final decision as to whether we would prefer to live in a hot or cold place.

We're looking forward to the upcoming week and sharing our adventures with you.

Mrs Andrew, Mrs Fernie, Miss Taylor, Miss Talbot

Year 6 have loved the den building as part of their Camp Craft activity.

Dinner next, then Night Line.