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LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER <strong>22.05.20</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL<br />
NEWSLETTER<strong>22.05.20</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER <strong>22.05.20</strong>
A word from the Principal...<br />
Welcome,<br />
As we race towards the summer, it’s hard to believe that there is only half a term left of this academic<br />
year. We are hoping that we will be able to begin returning to school on the 8th June, but<br />
this will depend on the Government’s announcement on the 28th May. If their intention is to continue<br />
with the opening, and we believe it is safe, we will send out a questionnaire to all EYFS, Y1 and<br />
Y6 parents to ascertain the number of children we will be expecting in school so that we can plan<br />
accordingly. At this time, we will share our plans for how our reopening will look and the procedures<br />
we will have in place. We will continue to be open for children of key workers from the 1st June,<br />
regardless of plans for further opening.<br />
From the feedback we have received from parents and children, it was clear that more opportunity<br />
for direct communication and collaboration was the main way we could enhance our provision.<br />
As always, we try to act on feedback whenever we can and so your children should soon (if they<br />
haven’t already) have the chance to be part of groups meetings via Zoom with their teachers and<br />
peers. There are some exciting meetings that have been planned or have already taken place, including<br />
quizzes, scavenger hunts and show and tell! Please ensure you look out for communication<br />
from your class teacher about when these meetings will take place so that your child can be a part<br />
of them.<br />
Over half term, there is no expectation that your children continue working hard with their online<br />
learning. It is important that you; your children and our staff have a break before a potentially very<br />
busy final half term. However, your children will be set an optional activity or project that they can<br />
complete during the half term break if they wish.<br />
Thank you again for your support.<br />
Stay safe,<br />
Mr Adam Anderson<br />
Principal
Home Learning...<br />
The children in Early Years have been learning all about spiders this week!<br />
They have learnt how a spider makes its web and then they had a go at creating<br />
their own spider webs using different resources from around their home.<br />
The children looked for spider webs and lightly sprayed the webs so they could<br />
see them more clearly. Some were even brave enough to gently pluck the web<br />
to try and tempt the spider out.<br />
They have made story maps from one of this week’s spider stories, labelled<br />
parts of a spider, completed a spider poem, and painted spider webs.<br />
Their extra challenge this week was to make a bird feeder for the garden. I<br />
have enjoyed seeing their creative ideas.<br />
They have also been looking after their sunflowers and have sent me some<br />
amazing pictures of them.<br />
Well done everyone for all your fantastic work!
Home learning...<br />
It’s been another busy week in Year 1. This week in maths, the children have<br />
been learning to double numbers; they’ve been using cubes, pictures and their<br />
fingers to help them. Many of the children have even had a go at explaining<br />
why their answers are right. In English, they have been learning all about the<br />
story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They have enjoyed listening to the story<br />
and then imagining what they might think or feel if they were the caterpillar<br />
from the story. We have really loved receiving lots of diary entries and hearing<br />
about what everyone has been doing. It’s also been lovely to see some of the<br />
children using their maths skills when helping at home or their English skills<br />
when writing about their own interests. Well done Year 1 for all of your hard<br />
work this half term; enjoy a well-deserved break. Take care and stay safe!
Home learning...<br />
Class 2 have had a great final week of this half term and they deserve a big<br />
pat on the back for their continuous efforts with their fabulous work. This week<br />
they have been using their class blog a lot more to share their work with one<br />
another and share some messages of support for their peers. This week they<br />
have taken a flight to India and have discovered how rice is grown and produced<br />
for us to eat. They have created presentations about India; written descriptive<br />
pieces of writing of an aerial view of India from inside a plane; created<br />
their own rangoli pictures; made fruit and vegetable portraits and taken a virtual<br />
tour of the Taj Mahal. It’s been a busy week! Year 2, you are superstars,<br />
well done!
Home learning...<br />
This week, Class 3 have been very creative in many subjects. We have created our<br />
very own click faces from materials around the home and even made some yummy,<br />
sweet clocks to help us tell the time.<br />
In order to become active, we also made our own activities using a die to keep us fit<br />
and associated lots of different movements and exercises to each number of the die.<br />
Some of us have even had a go and designing and building our own den.<br />
Finally, we also took some time to observe and appreciate the environment around us.<br />
By using our powers of observation, we turned in to our senses and described what we<br />
could see and hear before writing them down into descriptive sentences.<br />
Super work Class 3.
Home Learning...<br />
It’s been a busy week for Class 4 who have been putting in their best efforts<br />
with tasks this week! They designed Roman villas, using Lego, junk and mine<br />
craft. Some of their creations were truly spectacular! They also learnt about<br />
what Romans did with their spare time and were amazed to find out about the<br />
gladiators and how wild animals from around the world fought at the colosseum.<br />
Using google earth the children also explored the amazing Roman architecture<br />
which can be found all over the world. Some of the children showed off<br />
their musical abilities whilst learning about Roman music and they all proved<br />
themselves to be amazing artists, producing fantastic portraits of Julius Caesar,<br />
pictures of the colosseum and drawings of Roman Soldiers. Great work team!
Home learning...<br />
Every week Class 5 completes such high quality work across the curriculum.<br />
It has been a pleasure to look at all of their work in their different styles. Over<br />
the last couple of weeks in English, the children have learned about balanced<br />
argument writing. As part of this study, they have completed research about<br />
different issues and debated them with their family members. Next, they<br />
weighed up all the arguments for and against and considered evidence to form<br />
their conclusions for their questions. After their very detailed planning, the<br />
children completed a draft copy, then edited and improved their writing. Finally,<br />
the children wrote up their balanced arguments in their best handwriting. The<br />
finished pieces were brilliant and extremely interesting to read.<br />
Do humans treat<br />
animals well?<br />
For centuries humans have loved<br />
having animals as pets across the globe.<br />
However, we also have done terrible<br />
things to them such as experiments,<br />
hunting them for sport and destroying their habitats and there's<br />
much more. So if you carry on reading you will see the for and<br />
against arguments to the question DO HUMANS TREAT ANIMALS<br />
WELL?<br />
My first point is that 50% of the UK adults own a pet and there's a<br />
population of 9.9 million dogs in the<br />
UK, but that's not all, 9.9 million dogs<br />
have homes in the UK - proof that we<br />
love dogs. I have a dog called Coco -<br />
she’s a Cockapoo. Here's a list of the<br />
top ten pets in the UK 10.snakes;<br />
9.domestic fowl; 8.lizards; 7.tortoises<br />
and turtles; 6.hamsters; 5.guinea pigs;<br />
4.indoor birds; 3.rabbits; 2.cats and<br />
1.dogs. Guinea pigs are actually very<br />
good with families. Only 0.4% of<br />
people in the UK own a snake (which<br />
For<br />
includes my Aunty!).<br />
In addition the UK has many pet<br />
shops, including Pets at Home, where<br />
I got my fish, but not my dog. There are 450 stores nationwide to<br />
feed our pet habit. Even during lockdown, pet shops stayed open as<br />
they are ‘essential’.
Home learning...<br />
It has been another creative week in Year 6 full of baking, gardening, designing<br />
and poetry. Over the past two weeks, we have been building up to writing our<br />
own animal poems based on The Tyger by William Blake. The poems that the<br />
children have written are so brilliant and use such sophisticated vocabulary. It<br />
has also been lovely to see so many children being practical and baking their<br />
own cakes. Miss Law also enjoyed a Zoom quiz with some of the class and had<br />
a catch up about what we have all been up to. We are looking forward to our<br />
next Zoom meeting after half term.
Home learning...<br />
Science<br />
It has been fantastic to see so many science learning opportunities happening<br />
whilst you’re all at home. You have been engaging really well with the tasks set<br />
and also finding your own science links all around you. Some of the topics have<br />
included; animals including humans, sound, light, living things and their habitats,<br />
and earth and space. The science has been very practical and it has been<br />
lovely to see many of you choosing your own ways to present your work such<br />
as through video, powerpoint presentation, documentary style video, photographs<br />
and much more. Keep up the fantastic work everyone!
Science cont.<br />
Home learning...
A word from the Principal...<br />
Rory R.<br />
1 st<br />
Biggest Increase in Correct answers<br />
over the last 7 days<br />
Year 3, Year 4<br />
21 / May / 2020
Numbots..<br />
Rory R.<br />
1 st<br />
Biggest Increase in Correct answers<br />
over the last 7 days<br />
Year 3, Year 4<br />
21 / May / 2020
A word from the Principal...<br />
Alex C.<br />
1 st<br />
Biggest Increase in Correct answers<br />
over the last 7 days<br />
Year 5, Year 6<br />
21 / May / 2020