Spring term 

Sorry we have got a little behind on our class blog during the last term but plan to be better in 2025!

This term we are continuing our work on the Greeks in History, animation in computing and living things in science. 

In Literacy we have read the story of Azzi Inbetween to inspire our speeches about refugees. We are now on week 1 of spring term for spellings and our class book for the Spring is Wonder.

In maths children will be starting new units on Fractions or percentages.

Last week, in art, children started to mold pots inspired by the Greeks. We used the pinch method to build our pot shapes and then looked at adding features such as lids and handles. 

On Thursday, Mrs Butlin was back for our music lessons and we started to learn different rhythms we could play on the drums. 

We all had a lovely day out at Newquay Zoo which was helped by the good weather. We saw lots of interesting animals and had a talk about the different animals you might find on a farm. The children especially enjoyed finding out about the goats and watching them trying to eat the guides bag and coat. The children also liked looking at different skulls and bones of different animals.  

WEEKLY STARS
Eagles - Drake
Jays - Benjamin
Little Foresters - Sienna
Lunchtime - Seb V

Attendance this week: 91.9%

Anti-bullying week - odd sock day
Next week is anti-bullying week, on Tuesday 12 November we are inviting pupils to wear odd socks for the day to recognise the differences we all have.

Children in Need
Friday 15 November is Children in Need day. To raise money for them the school pupil council have chosen to invite pupils to wear non-school uniform on this day. There is also a baking competition taking place..., please bake cakes and bring them to school on the morning of Friday 15 November 204, School Council will judge the cakes and name a winner, cakes will then be sold throughout the school day. Please donate as much as you can to Children in Need via this link: https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=16821 (Please DO NOT bring cash into school).

PTA Bingo
Please see attached poster about a Bingo event being organised by Lanlivery PTA for Friday 15 November for anyone who might be interested in attending.

PTA Christmas Disco
The PTA have organised a Disco for pupils on Wednesday 4 December 2024. Please see attached poster for more details.

Cauliflower Cards
All children are creating Christmas artwork which will be sent home next week on a form for Cauliflower cards where you can order various products with your child's artwork on including cups, cards, wrapping paper and more. If you wish to make an order online for your child's artwork please ensure you complete the forms and return the form and original artwork back to school no later than Friday 15 November 2024.

Absence honesty
We have become aware that there may be some families who not being honest about their reasons for absence. As part of our curriculum, we teach children about telling truth and promote honesty in school. All reasons for absence are recorded whether they are authorised or unauthorised. Every term we must meet with Cornwall County Council and discuss the attendance of our pupils including the reasons. They will look at patterns and trends including absence of siblings at the same time, absence immediately before or after a school holiday and periods of illness that are more than a few days and challenge these. Authorised and unauthorised reasons count towards your child’s overall attendance and where a pupil's absence falls, we may have start requesting evidence for any absence. There has been a series of communications about attendance this term please look back at these to be clear on our policy.

St Nectan’s Glen
We have been asked to share the attached poster regarding local passes on offer.

NSPCC
Just prior to October half term the School Pupil Council held a non-school uniform and cake raffle day, we raised £57 which has now been donated to the NSPCC. Thank you for your support.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tues 12 Nov - Anti Bullying Odd Sock day
Wed 13 Nov - Vision screening (Reception)
Fri 15 Nov - Children in Need day
Wed 20 Nov - 'What the Dickens?' Workshop (Eagles)
Fri 29 Nov - Library Service Storytime (Little Foresters)
Wed 4 Dec - PTA Christmas Disco
Thurs 12 Dec - After school clubs finish until new year
Mon 16 to Thurs 19 - Police Cadets (Year 5&6)
Wed 18 Dec - Christmas Performance 6pm
Thurs 19 Dec - Caterlink Pupils Christmas Lunch
Fri 20 Dec - Special Visitor
Fri 20 Dec - Pupil class party
Fri 20 Dec - LAST DAY OF AUTUMN TERM 1.15pm finish
Mon 23 Dec to Mon 6 Jan inc. - Christmas holidays
Tues 7 Jan 2025 - BACK TO SCHOOL

WEEKLY STARS
Eagles - Corinna
Jays - River
Little Foresters - Toby
Lunchtime -David

Attendance this week: 98.24%

SATs Club
Miss Howell is planning to run a SATs club after school each Monday starting next week on Monday 14 October 2024 until SATs take place in May 2025 for year 6 pupils only. Please email Mrs Couchman if you would like your child to attend so we can add them to the register, if they already attend a club please confirm if they would like to move to SATs club as it would help free up spaces.

New Menu
Please see attached our new school dinner menu which will run from when we return to school after October half term on Monday 4 November until the Easter holidays in April 2025.

Parent consultations
Don’t forget to log onto Arbor and book an appointment for parent evening on Thursday 17 October 2024. Any problems accessing Arbor or booking an appointment please contact Mrs Couchman secretary@lanliveryprimary.co.uk, 01208 872662


Missing Uniform
We have had a few queries recently re missing uniform items. Please make sure all uniform is named. While we endeavour to find missing items, it is sometimes impossible to find missing uniform when it is unnamed. We are endeavouring to find all current missing items. If uniform has been bought home mistakenly, could you please return it to school.

Forest/Field
The ash trees have been removed and we are now able to use the forest again. However, due to concerns regarding safety of the ground around the new play equipment in the field, the parish have taken the decision to lock access to the field until further notice, so school will continue to use only the front playground gate for drop off and pickups.

PTA Meeting
The PTA are holding a meeting on the 11 October at 7.30pm at The Crown. It is an informal meeting to discuss the year ahead. Anyone is welcome. The commitment is low but threy are seeking new members as the committee is aging with many parents currently involved have their last children in year 6. Please come along and see what you think!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Wed 16 Oct - Family Worker Drop in (8.45am-10.00am)
Fri 25 Oct - INSET DAY (closed to pupils)
Mon 28 to Fri 1 Nov - HALF TERM HOLIDAY
Mon 4 Nov - BACK TO SCHOOL
Tues 5 Nov - Nasal Flu immunisations (Recp-Yr6)
Wed 13 Nov - Vision screening (Reception)
Fri 15 Nov - Children in Need day (details TBC)

WEEKLY STARS
Eagles - Eloise
Jays - Emblyn
Little Foresters - Delphi
Lunchtime -Kacey

Attendance this week: 95.7%

Reading
One of the most beneficial activities you can do at home to support your child's learning is reading. Reading can take many forms: Hearing your child read the book they bring home Reading them a story Reading a story together Reading magazines/ comics Reading non fiction Listening to audio books. Developing children's reading skills and love for reading gives them creator access to other subjects at school. We expect children to engage in reading regularly at home as we set very little other work for home. Please ensure it is recorded in their reading diaries. Every week, children's diaries will be check to see if they are reading at home. If there are not at least 3 records of reading you will receive an email reminder. For older key stage 2 children who are now independently reading, we ask parents to sign the diary to say they read alone.

Uniform
Children returned to school looking incredibly smart last week and we would love this to continue. A couple of reminders: PE kit is only worn on PE days including the school hoody, it is not uniform so should only be worn on PE days. Children should be wearing black shoes and no patterned tights with uniform please.

Punctuality
Children should be in school by 8:45 (before the playground gates are locked). If you arrive and the gates have been locked you should enter through the main entrance. Late marks on the register can contribute to the number of unauthorised absences, therefore please ensure you are here on time. 

Crying the Neck Trip
On Thursday 19 Sept we will be taking part in the tradition of ‘Crying the Neck’ at Gunwen Chapel. We sent an email out last week regarding a trip for Year 2 and Year 3 pupils, if you didn’t receive it please contact Mrs Couchman. Please ensure you provide consent via parentpay for your child to attend if you haven’t already.

Home/School Agreement
We sent out emails last week asking parents to log on to Arbor and consent the home/school agreement, update consents for trips, photos etc and check contact/personal details. If you have not already done so please log on to Arbor asap. Paper copies can be sent on request.

Santas on the run
Please see attached poster about ‘Santas on the run’ at Eden on 1 December 2024. We have been asked to share it with parents for anyone who may be interested in signing up.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Thurs 19 Sept - Year 1 hearing screening
Thurs 19 Sept - Crying the Neck @ Gunwen Chapel (Years 2&3)
Tues 24 Sept - Brannel open evening 5pm (Year 6)
Thurs 26 Sept - Junior Life Skills @ Bodmin Fire Station (Years5&6)
Thurs 26 Sept - Penrice open evening 4.30pm (Year 6)
Fri 27 Sept - Tempest Photo's (Individuals)
Thurs 3 Oct - Census Day Thurs 3 Oct - Poltair open evening 5pm (Year 6)
Thurs 10 Oct - Bodmin College open evening - time TBC (Year 6)
Wed 16 Oct - Family Worker drop in session (8.45am-10.00am)
Fri 18 to Thurs 24 Oct - Bikeability (Year 5 & 6)
Fri 25 Oct - INSET DAY (closed to pupils)
Mon 28 Oct to Fri 1 Nov - HALF TERM HOLIDAYS
Mon 4 Nov - BACK TO SCHOOL

In geography, we have been learning about volcanoes and their impact on people and the environment.

We have designed and made paper mache models of volcanoes during our Design Technology lessons, paying careful attention to the way that they are formed.

Finally, we conducted a scientific experiment to make our volcanoes 'erupt'. 

I'm sure you can tell by the photos that we have made a lot of effort to ensure that our volcanoes looked magnificent and that we had lots of fun in the process. 

We were invited to Gunwen Methodist Chapel to take part in the celebrations of Crying The Neck.

Crying The Neck is a harvest festival tradition once common in Cornwall, in which a farm worker holds aloft the final handful of cut corn and a series of calls are chanted.

Over the last couple of weeks we have continued to look at farms and in geography year 1 have been looking at some of the farms local to Lanlivery and what sort of farming happens there. The pre-school children have been making the most of the first signs of autumn with the leaves falling off the trees. They have collected a variety of leaves which they have crafted with and even gave some of the green ones to the class pet stick insects. The reception children have been spotting patterns in the environment, continuing patterns and creating their own patterns.  The children also made some amazing fluffy sheep. 

Over the last couple of weeks the children have been enjoying the new classroom set up and some of the new resources we have. All the children old and new have settled in well to school life. We went on a bear hunt in the forest and even found a bear! The children then created their own verses for the bear hunt story. Out in the forest the children have been making animal homes as part of their construction unit in DT. The children also made some amazing pictures representing the main scenes from the story using collage. Please see the document below which tells you a little bit about what we will be doing in Little Foresters over the next few weeks. 

It was lovely seeing all the children back at school this week. They have all enjoyed exploring the new set up of the classroom and spending time with their friends. This half term our topic is 'Farms'. The children enjoyed cutting and sticking to make some farm animals out of shapes. 

Goodbye Year 6 

It is the final day for year 6. They have had great last few weeks at primary school and are ready and eager to start their time at secondary school. We wish them all the best of luck. We will miss you at Lanlivery!

Sports day

The children had a fantastic time at sports day. They showed fantastic determination and sportsmanship. Polkerris were victorious. Thank you to all the parents and family that came to support and the refreshments from the PTA. Luckily the rain stayed away!

This week, we have also been taking part in the Bridge School Games. Everyday we have competed in a different challenge and have been sending off our schools as part of a competition with the other schools in the trust. We will find out next week how we got on!

Lanlivery Primary Academy were deeply saddened to hear the tragic news about one of our pupils, Dexter. He will be remembered as smiley, kind and caring; a great friend to all of his class and the whole school. He loved to play, learn and get creative and it is hard to envisage our school without him.

We will miss him dearly and our thoughts are with his mum, dad, siblings, whole family and wider community. We are working with professionals trained to provide the very best support for pupils, parents and staff at this difficult time.