For the first time this year we are able to share with you the curriculum map that we use to plan the wider curriculum content and learning for each half term. The wider curriculum is all subjects except English and maths. We use the National Curriculum for our teaching decisions and this is based on the knowledge that we want children to gain. We hope that you find these maps helpful and when we start a new one, we will send it to you. It would be great if you could talk to your child about what they are learning from time to time and now you know what they are learning. There is a question that guides the work and we make sure that they get a good share of all subjects over the year, so some boxes may have less in them for one term or half term than other subjects. In maths we are also introducing some new language in maths called KIRFS. This stands for Key Instant Recall Facts. These are being introduced to the children and Mrs Davies, our maths lead will email a letter home by the end of the week to explain a little more and to suggest how you can help at home. You will receive a class blog at least once per week now, so please help us by updating your permissions on Arbor so that we can blog pictures of your child and share their learning with you more.

If you have any questions about the curriculum map, please let me know and I will help as much as possible.

Welcome back Year 6!

We've had a lovely first day back and it has been great to start to get to know the class. We have discussed our topic for the wider curriculum this term which will be The World Wars. We also looked at our story that will provide the focus for our writing over the next few weeks which will be Letters from the Lighthouse. The story is an historical fiction text about evacuation, the Blitz and includes elements of a mystery. It's a great book and we can't wait to get to understand it better!

PE days for year 6 this year will be Tuesday and Thursday. As with previous years, children can wear their PE kits to school on that day. A reminder that PE kits should be a plain white t-shirt, black or navy blue shorts and suitable footwear (trainers).

We hope you have all enjoyed the summer break and are looking forward to a great year with this cohort.
 

Welcome to our Nursery blog ...

In our spacious, inviting nursery, we work hard to offer a nurturing and supportive learning environment for the children to thrive and grow. We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, emphasising the characteristics of effective learning.

This approach fosters a love of learning and provides challenges linked closely to developmentally age-appropriate experience. We strive to create an environment where the children feel confident exploring and discovering new things. We have weekly forest school activities and constant access to a large, safe outdoor space and an all-weather area. Our excellent cook cooks all meals daily on-site.

As a Nursery, we understand that all children are unique and understand the importance of following their individual interests.

We are set just outside the beautiful village of Blisland, 10 mins from Bodmin town centre.

As a smaller setting, we can only offer ten places per year group, which ensures a very high level of interaction with adults and quality education for your child while they are with us. We are very family-oriented and have strong community connections.

We can offer places to children from the age 2yrs and offer 3yrs funding and 30-hour funding; more information can be found here: www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare

Morning sessions are from 8.50 am - 12 cost £17.70

Lunch is available from 12-1 pm at £5.90 plus meal cost or a home-packed lunch.

The afternoon session would be from 12-3 pm at £ 17.70 plus meal cost or home-packed lunch.

All day session 8.50 am - 3 pm £35.40 plus the meal or home-packed lunch.

We are offering a fourth session free if you pay for 3. It can be just mornings or a full day.  Your equivalent 4th session would be free, saving a max of £35.40

We are very flexible with hours and days, so please feel free to ring for more information.

We can offer afterschool care from 3.15 - 4.15 pm for £5.80, including snacks.

We also run a parent and toddler group, ' Twiglets', on a Wednesday morning from 9 am to 11 am, where you can come along to stay and play and meet new people, have a coffee and get a feel for what we are all about; this runs weekly in term time and its free. Bump to 4yrs.     Weekly information is also available on our Twiglets Facebook page.

Following our nursery blog, which we hope to publish weekly, will allow us to inform you through words and pictures how we promote your child’s learning in the nursery. It is also a great way for you to discuss with your child at home what they have been doing each week.

Kind regards,

Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a lovely break between the showers!

Our current children start back this week, with our new friends visiting next week before they start. If you see them waiting to come in, please say hello and introduce yourselves.

Our new focus story will be Owl Babies; we will be thinking about how we are feeling and what can make us feel anxious or afraid; we will be looking at the number 3 and sizes; we will also be talking about families at home.

Do you have this story at home? Can you find it in Saltash Library?
Let us know on Tapestry.

Welcome Back Year 3 and 4 2024-25!

Marazion team are very excited to be back at school and ready for the term ahead! Our Year 3 and Year 4 children will be starting on Wednesday 4th September at 8.40am and will be collected from the bottom of the drive by a teacher. It's an exciting time but also perfectly normal to feel nervous or unsure about returning to school. Please reassure your children that the grown ups at school are here to support them and make them feel happy and have lots of fun at school. There are many exciting things happening in the next few weeks. You can keep up to date with events on this blog.

The 'meet the teacher' event for Marazion Class will take place after school on Thursday 5th September at 3.15pm. All parents are welcome to come along and find out more about the year ahead. The meeting will take place in Marazion classroom. In addition to this, we are holding a 'meet the Headteacher' event on Thursday 5th September at 9am. Please come along to meet out new Headteacher Mr Woolner!

In the meantime, please see attached the overview for our key learning in Year 3 and 4 for the Autumn term. This blog page will be updated weekly to keep you up to date with what your children have been up to in class. We are all looking forward to seeing you all very soon!

Reading

Reading is one of the most important things we do in Kensa Class and we encourage all children to participate in reading activities at home at least 4 x per week. For children in Year Reception, this might be simply sharing a bedtime story together. Please record any activities you do in your child's reading record - this helps to ignite a love of reading from a young age. Inside the children’s book bag, you will also find a ‘reading for pleasure’ book. These are books chosen by your child, for you to read to them at home. We will change these over every Monday but you are very welcome to swap them yourself at any time during the week. The books can be found in the reading for pleasure box in the children’s cloakroom.