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LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 0<strong>2.12.22</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL<br />
NEWSLETTER0<strong>2.12.22</strong><br />
LUDGVAN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 02.12.09
A word from the Principal...<br />
Dear families,<br />
Christmas is in the air and the annual build up to the end of term is evident! As I write, our FLS<br />
team are tirelessly working to set up the Christmas Fair, moving boxes, arranging stalls and putting<br />
the finishing touches to what I am sure will be a fantastic event.<br />
As we enter the final two weeks of term, we also look forward to our KS1 and KS2 Christingles as<br />
well as the EYFS nativity. These are all great opportunities for us to get together, provide a real audience<br />
for our children and enjoy the festive season.<br />
Not only are Christmas events in full swing, but our celebrations of learning are also beginning in<br />
earnest. Y6 blew us away with their World War presentation, sharing the huge array of newly accumulated<br />
knowledge through the medium of song, poetry and acting. It was incredibly powerful and<br />
brilliantly put together, well done to all the children and staff in Y6. Moving on to this week, it was<br />
brilliant to see so many family members engaging with our Y3 event. It is fantastic for our children<br />
to have the opportunity to share their learning and there was such a very high standard clay modelling<br />
and sewing on show!<br />
The next two weeks will whizz past us in a flash, so please keep an eye out for important dates etc<br />
Kind regards,<br />
Mr Adam Anderson<br />
Principal
What’s Useful information...<br />
been going on...<br />
Term Dates 22/23<br />
7th Sep – 16th Dec (HT 24-28 Oct)<br />
4th Jan – 31 March (HT 13-17 Feb)<br />
17 April – 21 July (HT 29 May-2 Jun)<br />
Inset Days<br />
3rd Jan<br />
24th July<br />
25th July<br />
Other dates<br />
FLS Christmas Fayre - 2nd December<br />
Christmas dinners - 7th December<br />
Christmas Jumper Day - 7th December<br />
KS1 Christingle at Ludgvan Church - 13th December @ 6pm<br />
KS2 Christingle at Ludgvan Church - 14th December @ 6pm<br />
End of Term - 16th December at 1300/1310/1320<br />
Football Success<br />
Well done to our boys team who braved the cold to<br />
take on St Uny in the cup on Wednesday.<br />
In a tense affair, Teddy scored to make it 1-1 at half<br />
time before Alex scored the winner with the best<br />
headed goal Mr Goodchild has ever seen at school level!<br />
Well done boys and on to the next round<br />
Also, a huge well done to a boys football team, who<br />
were 3-1 winners vs St Uny on Tuesday. All 8 children<br />
were fantastic for the entire game, both with their<br />
performance and their sportsmanship. The professionals<br />
could learn a thing or two from Ludgvan’s players.<br />
Scorers: Finley C x2 and Tommy.<br />
Player of the match: Adam Rothwell (Defensive extraordinaire).<br />
Hockey<br />
Last Friday evening, Ludgvan Hockey Club members<br />
took part in a primary hockey tournament at the<br />
Astro Park. Several members made their competition<br />
debut, and the whole team did incredibly well against<br />
some very tough & experienced opponents. Everyone<br />
showed fantastic teamwork and sportsmanship, and<br />
represnted the school very well. Looking forward to<br />
the next hockey match!
Outdoor Learning...<br />
Outdoor Learning has seen a flurry of activity over the past two weeks. Our<br />
pigs have been getting to know our pupils and staff with lots of visits and<br />
hands on interaction taking place. They’re growing away at some speed!<br />
Many of our sessions have seen Ludgvan turn into our very own Santa’s Workshop<br />
with the children building their Christmas crafts for the Christmas Fayre.<br />
We’ve been really impressed to see everyone’s concentration and resilience<br />
using the different tools. Teamwork has been very prominent for many of the<br />
crafts with the children supporting each other to complete their task.
Outdoor Learning...<br />
Last week our year 5 pupils undertook their first navigation expedition of the<br />
year. Prior to this, they have been focusing on map skills during their Outdoor<br />
Learning through orienteering. They worked in groups to plan their route ready<br />
for their walk. Their task was to navigate from Carbis Bay to Trencrom Hill following<br />
public footpaths, both along roads and across country. Despite Miss<br />
Rome and Miss Steiner’s groups getting lost within the first 100 yards… everyone<br />
managed to get on track and make their way to Trencrom successfully.<br />
They may have faced a few heavy showers on route but there were still plenty<br />
of smiles at the end. Two of the groups ended up merging together and arrived<br />
at Trencrom at the same time which resulted in there being 3 spaces short on<br />
the minibus. A big well done to Hannah and Bibi, who rather than waiting for<br />
the bus to return, joined Mr Richards in walking most of the way back to school<br />
which was a route even longer than they had previously walked. Not once did<br />
their smiles disappear on route!
Broad and Balanced...<br />
EYFS<br />
We have been very busy this week learning about Polar regions. Our book of<br />
the week is ‘Lost and Found’ which is about a penguin and a boy who become<br />
friends. Mysteriously, Fred the Frog saw a penguin break into our classroom<br />
at the weekend. We then found a letter which said ‘help’ and we wrote back to<br />
the penguin. Outside, lots of the children enjoyed ice painting. They explored<br />
mixing colours and there was lots of discussion about how ice is made and<br />
what happens to it. The children have also enjoyed learning about animals that<br />
live in the polar regions. We learnt about how some animals camouflage in the<br />
snow to avoid predators and also talked about how the animals stay warm.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y1<br />
Year 1 have been exploring the artist Jackson Pollock and his abstract art. The<br />
children recreated their own pictures in his style by pouring and flicking the<br />
paint onto paper. It was great fun!! They have also been experimenting with<br />
mixing Autumn colours.<br />
In science the children were set a challenge to find an appropriate material that<br />
would make an umbrella to keep our class bear dry. Even though some of the<br />
materials were waterproof we decided that they were just not suitable for an<br />
umbrella.<br />
Last week we were very lucky to have two different visitors, Canon Nigel who<br />
came to talk about Christenings and weddings. The other visitors were Mr and<br />
Mrs Smith and their puppets. They helped to teach the children about the virtues<br />
of kindness, respect, and courage. They then taught the children a song<br />
called ‘One People One World’.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y2<br />
What an exciting couple of weeks we have had in Year 2! Last week, we went<br />
on a trip to Penzance Fire Station. This trip supported our understanding of<br />
how fire stations work and how they are different to those during The Great<br />
Fire of London. The class got to explore a fire engine, look around the entire<br />
station (even in the gym) and they all had a go at using the fire hose. As a<br />
part of our topic, we have also been designing and building Tudor houses (just<br />
like the houses that were around in 1666). The children created very detailed<br />
designs and we have been so impressed by the amazing houses they have<br />
built. Many of the children added moving parts to their houses, such as doors<br />
and windows, and added a lot of intricate details, just like the original houses.<br />
Finally, we have been getting creative in art and the children have loved our<br />
learning all about clay. They started by making pinch pots and have moved<br />
onto designing and creating clay tiles. It has been fantastic to see how well<br />
they have all picked up the skills we have learnt. Well done Year 2!
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y3<br />
Year 3 have ended their Cornwall topic by having a shared learning morning<br />
with their grown ups. It was an excellent morning of creativity, with everyone<br />
really getting involved. The children and adults made Cornish flags, St Michael’s<br />
Mount from lego, Tin mines using clay, followed a recipe to make scones<br />
and made a cushion with a Cornish theme! Well done everyone, the outcomes<br />
were amazing!<br />
Thank you to all the adults that came to support the children, they had fun and<br />
loved you being a part of their learning.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y4<br />
It’s been another great week for Class 4; they’ve been so busy with their learning.<br />
They’ve independently created more superb 3D clay pieces, which they<br />
designed based around our topic ‘What lies beneath?’ There were a variety of<br />
creations including sea creatures, boats, islands and waves to name a few. In<br />
English, the children have been analysing and highlighting key features of instructional<br />
texts. They have now started to write their own, coming up with<br />
some very capturing titles and introductions. Looking after our teeth has been<br />
the key learning focus of Science over the last few weeks. They have learnt the<br />
names of the different teeth and understood the purpose of those teeth. Following<br />
this, they viewed images of many different people’s teeth, observing the<br />
effect of not caring or caring for your teeth over time. They were very shocked<br />
by the results of what could happen if they do not care for their teeth. The children<br />
then took time to understand how to best look after their teeth and they<br />
shared this with the school by making posters to put up.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y5<br />
Over the last two weeks, Class 5 have been busy writing suspense stories. We<br />
have been so impressed with their creativy and abilty to create tension and<br />
suspense within their narratives.<br />
We have also had lots of fun in a DT day to ‘Beat the Flood’. The children’s task<br />
was to use a range of materials to build a strong structure that could withstand<br />
the rain and wind during a flooding. They tested their structures for water-resistancy,<br />
absorbancy and strength; and then spent the afternoon building before<br />
the big flood test.<br />
In History, Class 5 have been learning about Shackleton’s expedition. They are<br />
now planning a self-directed project, to dispay their learning about Shackleton<br />
in a creative medium of their choosing.<br />
We also enjoyed watching the first England World Cup match in class- it was<br />
great to see so many passionate football fans enjoy the afternoon!<br />
Well done, Class 5.
Broad and Balanced...<br />
Y6<br />
Year 6 have been very busy during the past 2 weeks: starting our newspaper<br />
reports, having virtual meetings with a WW2 specialist, building our own Anderson<br />
shelters out of paper, and testing our Anderson Shelters effectiveness<br />
for sheltering a fragile object.<br />
Our newspaper reports are based around our WW2 topic and we are creating<br />
some fantastic paragraphs using language specific to reporting news stories.<br />
We had a virtual meeting with Mr Mackenzie, who is a German tutor and gave<br />
fascinating insights into WW2 from the perspective of German civilians and<br />
talked, in detail, about the Blitz.<br />
Following on from Mr Mackenzie and his stories, year 6 created their own Anderson<br />
Shelters, but with a twist. The children were only allowed to use paper<br />
in order to construct a shelter that could be durable and rigid enough to<br />
withstand dropping a bomb (hockey ball) onto it. However, the structure had<br />
to protect an egg that was placed inside in order to test how effective the children’s<br />
shelter was. We discussed what the variables of our test would be and<br />
had lots of fun during the testing process.
Sports Day...<br />
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO<br />
SUPER THINGS<br />
FOR THE children AT ludgvan school<br />
support THE fls!<br />
1.<br />
SUPPORT<br />
-COME ALONG TO OUR EVENTS<br />
-PLAY THE SCHOOL LOTTERY<br />
-USE AMAZON SMILE AND EASYFUNDRAISING FOR<br />
YOUR EVERY DAY PURCHASES<br />
VOLUNTEER<br />
COULD YOU HELP AT AN EVENT? PROMOTE IT,<br />
HELP SET UP, RUN A STALL, DONATE A PRIZE?<br />
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET INVOLVED - ANY AMOUNT<br />
OF TIME YOU CAN GIVE MAKES A DIFFERENCE<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
join the fls<br />
WITH MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, WE CAN<br />
DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS<br />
FOR THE SCHOOL!<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE<br />
LUDGVAN PARENTS FACEBOOK PAGE OR EMAIL<br />
LUDGVANFLS@GMAIL.COM
Sports Day...<br />
To start supporting, visit:<br />
YourSchoolLottery.co.uk/play<br />
and search for: Ludgvan<br />
Supporters must be 16 years of age or older.
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Parenting offer – what’s new in<br />
January 2023?<br />
Our Parenting Team continues to support parents and carers. From January 2023, we will offer<br />
Parent Support Programmes through virtual and face to face sessions.<br />
All Requests for Help to be received through the Early Help Hub.<br />
Early Years (1-3)<br />
Being Passionate About Parenting Early Years (1-3 years)<br />
Tuesdays 17 th , 24 th and 31 st January 1-2.30pm on Microsoft Teams<br />
Thursdays 2 nd , 9 th and 16 th March 1-2.30pm on Microsoft Teams<br />
Primary School Age (4-11)<br />
Being Passionate About Parenting (4-11 years)<br />
Mondays 16 th , 23 rd and 30 th January 10-11.30am on Microsoft Teams<br />
Being Passionate About Parenting with an introduction to ADHD (5-11 years)<br />
Mondays 23 rd , 30 th January and 6 th February 6-8pm at Hayle Family Hub<br />
Thursdays 23 rd February, 2 nd and 9 th March 10am-12pm at Redruth Family Hub<br />
Wednesdays 8 th , 15 th and 22 nd March 10am-12pm on Microsoft Teams<br />
Being Passionate About Parenting with an introduction to the Spectrum (5-11<br />
years)<br />
Tuesdays 17 th , 24 th and 31 st January 10am-12pm at Redruth Family Hub<br />
Wednesdays 22 nd February, 1 st and 8 th March 10am-12pm at Hayle Family Hub<br />
Tuesdays 7 th , 14 th and 21 st March 6-8pm on Microsoft Teams