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Dear Parents and Carers,
This week in literacy, we have been practising writing recounts. We know we need to use time words such as first, then, after that and finally, and that we need to make sure all the events are written in the right order. The children wrote a great recount of the Joseph and his Technicolour Dream Coat. Can they tell you the story using some time words?
In numeracy, we have continued our work on money and are really getting the hang of adding coins and even giving change. We have also been practising telling the time – if you could support this by looking at clocks and discussing the time with your children, this would help them hugely.
You should all have had a letter about our trip to town next Thursday, please make sure the tear off slip is returned by Monday. We will be looking at all the activities that are available to us in Perranporth and thinking about where we can make healthy food choices as part of our topic, What do I Need to be me?
Unfortunately, Mrs Willetts is unwell and will not be back for at least 3 weeks. So that the children are not disrupted at all, I will teach full-time, with Mrs Hendra covering Wednesday afternoons. Apart from that, it will be the same as usual for the children.
As always, if you have any questions, please come in to see me or email me on penhaligon@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk.
Many thanks.
Mrs Burns.

Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you to all of you who came to our Meet the Teacher afternoon on Wednesday. It was great to meet you all and let you know how we teach in Penhaligon. If you could not make it and would like a copy of the leaflet we handed out with information about how to support your child’s reading, please let us know and we will put a copy in their book bag.
This week, we have been learning how to write and improve instructions. Can your child spot bossy verbs in recipes and other places? Can they tell you all the other things we need to remember in instructions, eg a list of things you will need and bullet points?
We used our recipes to make some very healthy smoothies in DT – many thanks to Mrs Follett who spent this morning supervising the making of 25 different flavoured smoothies! The children discussed the need for hygiene when preparing food and thought about what made the smoothies healthy compared to some other types of food.
In numeracy, we have been looking at 100 squares and learning how we can use it to add and take away in 10s by moving up and down columns. The children have had lots of practice and have been applying their skills to money, adding and taking 10p or 20p from different prices.
In science, we have studied life cycles and the children have drawn one for a butterfly. They have thought about other animal life cycles too and produced some really good work.
Finally, a big WELL DONE to everyone who read 5 times or more this week. We had a record-breaking 17 children who managed our target of 5 times this week – can we get all 25 next week?
Don’t forget to follow our class blog at http://perranporth.j2webby.com/ and remember you can always drop in to see us or email us on penhaligon@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk .
Many thanks.
Mrs Burns and Mrs Willetts

20^th June 2014

Dear Parents and Carers

Thank you very much to all who have responded to our plea and offered items for our ‘Bug Hotels’. We will be constructing them the week beginning 30^th June so there is still plenty of time for you to look around your homes and gardens for anything you feel may be of use to us, even if it is old or broken.

In Literacy this week we used different connectives in our writing to help explain more about animals and their features. Here are some examples:

Badgers have short legs and long claws, therefore they can dig underground tunnels.

A fox has a big, bushy tail so that it can keep warm while it sleeps.

Hedgehogs are mainly meat eaters and enjoy foods such as worms, beetles, slugs and snails.

Ask your child to write other sentences using these connectives.

In ‘Big Maths’ we solved logic problems using different coloured shapes. One of the problems asked us to arrange the pieces in a line and change either the colour or the shape in the next piece along. So, if we started with a blue triangle the next shape had to be either another triangle or another blue shape. Some problems were quite tricky!

Could we please remind you that we are planning a joint-trip with Boscawen class to the Hall for Cornwall on Tuesday 15^th July. The total cost of the trip is £12.50. Please return the permission slip and money by Friday July 4^th. We are still looking for helpers so if you would like to come along, pop in to see us. Thank you!

Please remember to visit the class blog on the school website where you will find this newsletter as wells as photographs and information about what your child gets up to in class:

http://perranporth.j2webby.com/?cat=11

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs. Willetts and Mrs. Burns (Class teachers)

Penhaligon Newsletter

13 June 2014

Dear Parents and Carers,

First of all, we would like to say a huge ‘Well done’ to the children for their fantastic assembly.  We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.  It was lovely to see so many parents and other adults come in to share the children’s work in the classroom afterwards as well.  Thank you for coming.

Another ‘Thank you’, this time to the New Wave Church for all their hard work on the swimming pool.  It was a lovely surprise to see it all painted and cleaned ready for the children this week.  It would be a good idea if children had sun hats for playtime as well as when they are sitting by the pool waiting for their turn to swim.

In class this week, we have been continuing our work based on The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.  We have also begun learning how to code in Computing, the children have all had a go at writing algorithms to move objects around the computer screen – we were all very impressed with their efforts!  In numeracy, we have practised column addition and telling the time.  Please encourage your child to look at the clock at various times during the day, focussing on o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to and then when they are confident with this, moving onto five minute intervals.

Well done to Eryn for winning the school Diamond Ticket prize draw last week – she chose a Tea Party with Jade, Eva and me, which we enjoyed out in the sunshine today!

Please read the other letters which have been sent home today, one is regarding our school PSHE sessions (Personal, Social and Health Education) and the other is about our class trip to the Hall for Cornwall in July.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to drop in to see either of us.

Many thanks,

Mrs Burns and Mrs Willetts.

Penhaligon Newsletter

23^rd May 2014

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had a lovely half term with the children.  They have worked hard on our Blown Away Topic and have really enjoyed it.

Next half term, our first topic will be based on The Town Mouse the Country Mouse.  We will be thinking about different animal habitats and finding out about places in the UK which contrast to Perranporth.

Just a reminder about Sports Day, we will hopefully run it on Thursday 5^th June at 2pm.  If it gets rained off again, we will do it as soon as we can on a sunny Thursday or Friday.  Unfortunately this may mean that we cannot give you any notice about when it will happen, although we will use the school text service to get messages to you.  We are sending home PE kits, please remember to return them on Monday 2^nd June.

We will be having a special assembly on Wednesday 11^th June at 2pm.  You are all invited to come and see the assembly and then join us in our classroom where your children can show you the work they have done this year.  We hope you can all make it.

Have a lovely half term!

Thank you.

Mrs Burns and Mrs Willetts

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you for all the donations towards our Blue Day for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.  We raised £19.46 in Penhaligon Class – well done!

We are really pleased to announce that we have a new member of staff helping in Key Stage 1.  Miss Bennett will be replacing Mrs Drohan supporting children in small groups and teaching our intervention work.

We will not be setting any more homework this half term as the children have been working hard on their SATS.  We will, however, start again after the half term break and the homework will be more formal as we begin to get the children ready for Key Stage 2.

Just a reminder that it will be Key Stage 1 Sports Day on Thursday 22^nd May at 2pm on the field.  Please come along and support your child – we have been practising hard and they are all looking forward to it.

And finally, a huge thank you to Mr Hamilton who has given us access to a web link, allowing us to view the data collected by the wind turbine at Bolingey. It has been fascinating for the children to see how the weather can be used in such productive way so close to home.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to drop in to see either of us.

Thanks,

Mrs Burns and Mrs Willetts.

Penhaligon News

25^th April 2014

 Welcome back!  We hope you all had a lovely Easter break and made the most of the beautiful weather.

This week we have begun to follow our new Inspire Curriculum.  Our topic this half term is called Blown Away and we have attached a summary of what we will be covering.  We think it is a fabulous curriculum and the children certainly seem to be enjoying it so far.

We have started studying the weather and we are recording the weather in Perranporth – maybe your child could watch a weather forecast and see what information is included.

In literacy we have been writing weather poems.  They have thought of some great adjectives to describe different types of weather.

In numeracy we have started to look at column addition and we will be practising this further over the coming weeks.

PE will be outside as often as possible as we are practising for Sports Day, so please make sure your child has a full kit including trainers or plimsolls.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to pop and see either of us.

Thank you.

Mrs Burns and Mrs Willetts.

4^th April 2014

Dear Parents and Carers,

 We have had a very busy week this week, moving into our new room.  We now have access to our own outdoor area which is lovely and we are keeping our fingers crossed for plenty of good weather next term so that we can use it as much as possible!

We are not setting any homework for over the holidays, but the children should continue to read every day if possible.  Try to record each time they read and encourage them to complete the tasks in their reading records.  They could also keep a diary of all or part of their holidays, they could think about how Samuel Pepys wrote his diary.

For numeracy, they could practise their 2, 5 and 10 times tables and their number bonds to 5, 10 and 20 or 100.

But most of all, have a lovely break and a very HAPPY EASTER!

Mrs Burns and Mrs Willetts