Head's Blog

Talland Class

Talland Class have been studying the Anglo Saxons, who they were and where they came from. To mark the end of our topic we attempted to recreate the Anglo-Saxon building technique of wattle and daub. We started by ' weaving' with a selection of sticks and then covered them in dried grass and sticky mud. The children showed excellent skills of teamwork and delegation.

Lansallos Class

Football

The football team enjoyed a rare home win against Four Lanes End last week. In the first half every time we went ahead, they managed to peg us back. Eventually we came out winners 6-3. Excellent performance all round, especially from the substitutes and a great stickers performance from George.

VE Day

Last week, the whole school attended the village war memorial to celebrate the 80^th anniversary of Victory in Europe and also reflect on the pain and suffering caused by war, both historically and in the world today. The children demonstrated impeccable behaviour during the service led by Reverend Richard and represented the school magnificently.

Cricket Day

Lansallos Class

Lansallos Class have made the most of the glorious weather by taking their learning outside whenever possible.

In maths, the children have been exploring direction, degrees, and how to classify angles. Year 6 pupils have also been learning how to calculate missing angles in a variety of shapes.

In PE, the class have been building on the skills developed during the recent cricket enrichment day, showing great teamwork and enthusiasm for the sport.

In English, alongside a SPaG focus on clauses, the children have been editing and improving the poems they wrote from the perspective of an animal.

Talland Class

Alternative Sports Day

Children from Duloe and Pelynt took part in an alternative sports day at Looe Academy this week. The children got to try a range of sports including: fencing, archery and segway riding. The children competed alongside 13 other schools and children from Pelynt did particularly well in winning the most ‘sporting’ team of the day by encouraging others and helping children from different schools

Religious Education

In Lansallos Class these last two weeks, we have finished off our PSHE unit thinking about how to make healthy choices. We created a recipe for a 'Healthy Me' and ended the unit with a debate on whether social media has a positive impact on our lives.

We have also had an RE focus where we have been learning about a Christian view of God. We analysed religious texts to find examples of how Christians view God and discussed what it means that Christians see God as loving and holy. We learnt about how churches and cathedrals are designed in the glory of God and thought about how to encourage a new congregation. The children reflected on various religions and unpicked why people choose to live the way they do regarding their faith. We also discussed those who don't follow a specific religion and reflected on our own beliefs. The children created a piece of artwork each, depicting how they see a Christian view of God; they wrote a reflection to go alongside it as seen below.

Religious Education

Following on from our RE learning last week about ‘Why does Easter matter to Christians?’, Lantic Class have been designing and making a moving Easter card in their DT lessons. We began by looking at moving books and the mechanisms they used, including, flaps, levers and sliders. We explored different mechanisms by making them ourselves – we made a lever, a slider, a wheel and a pivot. We then designed and made our own moving Easter card to give to a member of our family; we used a lever and pivot mechanism. We hope you like them!