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Dear Parents and Carers,

Sports Day
Thank you to everyone who managed to come and watch our Sports Day. I am sure you will agree that all the children competed brilliantly and everyone had a lovely time. There are photos on the Penhaligon Class Blog.

Britain or Brazil?
Next term our topic will be ‘Britain or Brazil?’ As part of this topic, we will be making carnival costumes and we will attempt a carnival float! We would be very grateful of any donations of large boxes and collage materials that you may have. Please bring them in after the half term holiday.

Outdoor School Sessions
On Wednesday mornings next half term, we will be running Outdoor School sessions. These will take part on the beach when the tide allows and on days when this is not possible, we will do a Forest School activity in the Environmental Area. Your child will need to be in suitable clothes, e.g. sun hat, sun cream, warm coat, wellies and be prepared to be working outside whatever the weather. We will need a few extra adults to help and will put up a sheet for willing volunteers to sign up on after half term.

Swimming
Next half term will have swimming lessons on Monday and Friday. We still do the lessons even if it is a bit drizzly so please ensure that your child has their kit every Monday and Friday even if it’s not sunny! They need a one piece swim suit and a towel. If your child will be using goggles, please send a note confirming that you want them to wear their goggles. Please ensure that all kit and uniform is clearly named.

SATS
The children have done their writing SATS this week, we will administer the reading and Maths SATS after half term and their final assessments will be on their reports which you will receive in July.

Head lice
Sorry to finish my newsletter like this, but we have had a case of head lice reported this morning. Could you please check your child’s hair for any lice over the holidays, thank you!

Have a lovely break and we will see you back here on Tuesday 2nd June (Monday is a staff training day.)

Thank you.

Mrs Burns and Mrs Smitheram.

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Penhaligon Newsletter
15th May 2015

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had a busy week working on our Sowing and Growing topic, making fruit out of whicker and paper, learning to multiply and divide, and continuing our study of The Wind in the Willows.

Sports Day
Don’t forget Key Stage 1 Sports Day will be on Thursday 21st May at 2pm on the field. We hope you can all make it.

SATS
We will be carrying out our Writing SATS next week. In Key Stage 1, we keep it as low key as possible. The children will do 2 written tasks on 2 different days. They will be sitting in our classroom and it will be very like the Big Writes which the children have been doing all year. We try our hardest to ensure the children do not get stressed about the tests. The test itself is only part of our assessment, and the final grade will take into account work carried out in the course of lessons as well. We will do the reading and maths tests after term. If you have any questions, please come in to see either of us.

Swimming
After half term, our PE lessons will take place in the school swimming pool! Our sessions will be on Monday and Friday so please ensure that your child has their costume (no bikinis, please) and towel in school every Monday and Thursday. As always, please ensure their kit is labelled.

Thank you.

Mrs Burns and Mrs Smitheram.

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Penhaligon Newsletter
8th May 2015

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week we have been finding out about seed dispersal. The children looked around the school grounds and sketched different plants and their seeds, e.g. dandelions.

We have continued reading The Wind in the Willows. The children have been thinking about how different characters might be feeling at different parts of the story and have been very insightful in their ideas.

In Maths, we have been looking at the properties of different 2d and 3d shapes. Can your child show you a cuboid, a cube or a sphere? Can they show you the faces, edges and vertices? We have also practised telling the time.

In our topic work, we have been looking at the weather and can name four different types of cloud.

Please remember Sports Day is on Thursday 21st May at 2pm on the school field.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to drop in to see us or email us on sburns@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk or esmitheram@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk .
Thank you.

Mrs Burns and Mrs Smitheram.

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week we have started reading The Wind in the Willows which the children are really enjoying. They have written diary entries as though they are Mole, and in drama they have acted out parts of the story.

In maths, we have continued to practise using number lines to subtract and find the difference between numbers – can your child explain to you how to do this?

In topic, we have been printing using string, basing our designs on sketches of leaves. The final prints are looking lovely – well done everyone! We have also continued to monitor our seeds which are finally beginning to grow.

Sports Day will be on Thursday 21st May at 2pm on the field. Obviously this will be weather dependent, so we will keep our fingers crossed for some sunshine. Please ensure your child has a full PE kit in school at all times.

If you have any questions, please drop in to see either of us or email on sburns@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk or esmitheram@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk .

Thank you.

Mrs Burns and Mrs Smitheram

Penhaligon Newsletter
24th April 2015

Dear Parents and Carers,

This Week, we have been learning more about our topic, Sowing and Growing, and have now planted some seeds. We are carrying out an experiment to find out what the seeds need to grow – some are outside, some are in the fridge and some are covered up so they don’t get any light.

In Maths, we have looked at using partitioning to help us with addition and also practised using number lines. We have begun to use counting on to help us find the difference between 2 numbers as an alternative way of subtracting.

In literacy, we wrote letters to Jack to thank him for sending us the seeds to plant for our experiment.

During PE lessons, we are practising for Sports Day, which we hope will be just before the half-term holiday – we will confirm the date next week. Some children are still not bringing in PE kit – please check with your child that they have a full PE kit with trainers. Thank you.

Spellings and homework will be back to normal next week! Spellings will be sent home on Monday to be practised at home ready for a test on Friday and homework will be sent home on Wednesday to be returned the following Monday.

As always, if you have any questions, please email on sburns@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk or esmitheram@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk or drop in to see us. Thank you.

Mrs Burns and Mrs Smitheram.

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week we have been finishing off our Town Mouse and Country Mouse topic. The children have produced some great work this term and they should be really proud of it.

I am really pleased to let you know that we have been able to give all the children in Year 1 and 2 access to the Mathletics programme. This is a website which has maths activities and questions to support your child’s school learning. Once your child has logged on, they will be directed to individually levelled activities. To access the site, log on to www.mathletics.co.uk and sign in using the username and password on the card in your child’s book bag. Children work towards certificates by earning points from correctly answered questions.

Next term, as you know, Mrs Smitheram will be teaching the children on Mondays and Tuesdays, we will jointly teach them on Wednesday mornings, Mrs Bennett will continue to teach on a Wednesday afternoon and then I will teach on Thursdays and Fridays. The children and I are really looking forward to working with Mrs Smitheram!

Our topic next term will be Sowing and Growing. We would love to grow some plants in our outside area so if anyone has spare containers or some compost, we would be really grateful.

Over the holidays, please ensure your children keep reading regularly and keep a note in their reading records. It makes such a difference to their progress.

We will be doing athletics next term in PE, so when the children come back, could you please ensure that they have a full PE kit with trainers or plimsolls. All kit needs to be labelled to avoid confusion over whose kit is whose.

I hope you have a lovely Easter, fingers crossed for some lovely weather!

Mrs Burns