This week’s spellings are as follows:

Group 1

world
worm
word
work
worth
war
warm
warn
swarm
wart

Group 2

glue
blue
clue
true
lawn
claw
drawer
yawn
my
you

Please try to practise at home – we will have a test on Friday.
So far, 7 of our class have had 10 out of 10 every week.
Well done to Issy, Gwen, Grace, Sam L, Sam M, Kenzie and Lucas!

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