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Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Tregantle Class Weekly Blog


Posted 01/05/2026
by Katie Grinsted

Singing and Planting!

What a fantastic week we've had in Tregantle Class! The children have really immersed themselves in our topic on transport and vehicles. They have been busy creating hot air balloons, cars, and aeroplanes, which are now proudly on display in our classroom. It's wonderful to see their creativity and hard work showcased for everyone to enjoy.

On Monday, we welcomed a specialist music teacher who led the class in fun pulse and rhythm games. The session was full of energy and excitement, and the children especially loved playing the ukulele and joining in with singing. It was a truly enjoyable experience for all.

We have also been getting our hands dirty in the garden by planting seeds. The children learned how to carefully plant and look after them, and we are now eagerly watching and waiting to see them grow! In literacy, the children produced some fantastic "have a go" writing about planting seeds. They showed great confidence using their phonics knowledge and tricky words-well done!

In maths, we have been practising accurate counting of objects up to 20. The children have been working hard to develop their confidence and accuracy.

It has been a very busy, productive, and fun-filled week. We are so proud of everything the children have achieved! 

 


Copper valley Junior Academy  


Posted 01/05/2026
by Michaela Wright

April 2026

This month we have started our Summer term 1 units of learning. In English we have read the book 'The Land of Roar' by Jenny McLachlan and completed lessons to help us engage with and explore the text. The children are really enjoying this story based on an imaginary world and are looking forward to being able to plan and write their own doorway to adventure short story.

In Geography we have begun learning about rivers. We will be completing lots of investigation and enquiry work to help us answer the question "What are rivers and what are they used for?" So far we have recapped the water cycle and created our own 3D model of a river; each of the three courses and their features.

Changing states is our focus this half term in Science and during April we have learnt about the properties of each of the three states, how they are different from each other and how their particles are arranged and how they behave.

In PE this half term we will be completing our athletics unit of learning and so far we have been practicing how to complete a successful sprint.

Decimals have been our focus in Maths, which we will continue with next month. As always, we have completed lots of times tables work, focusing on mastering our multiplication facts and being able to recall them quickly.

This month we have also begun our painting and mixed media unit in Art. We have begun learning about tints and shades and used this knowledge to create our own 3d looking art work. We will continue to develop our knowledge and understanding whilst practicing the different required skills and techniques before creating a final piece of art for our summer art exhibition.

 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   A wonderful sunny week at Brunel


Posted 01/05/2026
by Darren Woolner

Thank you for your ongoing support this week. We are so lucky to have such a supportive parent community.

Just a reminder that Mrs Grinsted will be at Victoria Gardens tomorrow morning from 9:40am for the start of the Youth Parade which with symbolise the start of the Saltash May Fair. It would be wonderful for as many Brunel families as possible to join this annual event.

We wish you a wonderful bank holiday weekend and look forward to seeing you all back at school on Tuesday. In the meantime, please enjoy this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin.



 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Week ending 1/05/26


Posted 30/04/2026
by Joanne Pentreath

It's been another jam-packed and exciting week in Year 2 and 3, with lots of hands-on learning across the curriculum!

English

In English, we have been continuing to develop our descriptive sentence writing. The children have been working hard to build more detailed and engaging sentences, thinking carefully about vocabulary and sentence structure to bring their ideas to life.

Geography & DT

We have been busy using atlases and maps, developing our geographical skills by locating places and understanding how to read different types of maps.

This has also linked nicely with our DT learning, where we explored seasonal foods, thinking about where food comes from and how this connects to different parts of the world.

Computing

In computing, the children have been creating their own animations. They really enjoyed bringing their ideas to life on screen and learning how sequences of images can create movement.

PE

In PE, we tried shuttle relay races for the first time. The children showed fantastic teamwork, speed and determination, and it was great to see everyone encouraging each other.

Art

In art, we continued developing our sketchbook work, building on previously learned techniques and taking pride in presenting our ideas and practice work carefully.


These are just some of the highlights from another busy week. The children continue to impress us with their enthusiasm, creativity and willingness to try new things!




 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   A busy week in Lantic!


Posted 30/04/2026
by Emmeline Scott

This week in Lantic Class, we have been working incredibly hard across all of our learning!

In Maths, we have been learning all about quarters. We have now finished our fractions unit and completed our assessments - the children have shown great understanding and should feel very proud of themselves.

In English, we have begun planning our pirate persuasive adverts. The children have had lots of fun thinking of exciting ways to persuade people to join our pirate crew - we can't wait to start writing them onto special paper!

In DT, we have been exploring different fruits and vegetables, using our senses to describe them and thinking about what we might like to use in our designs. We have also been working really hard on our handwriting, focusing on forming our letters neatly and carefully.

We are all very excited for our upcoming trip to Porfell Wildlife Park & Sanctuary on 19th May! If you have not yet returned your permission slip, please make sure you do so as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support.
Please keep reading at home each day with your children as much as possible and continue to access Anton maths where the children love to play games and explore.

Mrs Scott, Miss Sleep and Mrs Quick.

 


Blisland Primary Academy   Tiny Green Fingers...


Posted 30/04/2026
by Julie Pearce



 Storytellers Nursery has been making the most of the warmer days by getting outside and starting work on their vegetable patch. The children enthusiastically dug holes ready for planting potatoes, taking turns with tools and working together as a team. They also carefully filled trays with compost before sowing a variety of vegetable and herb seeds, showing great concentration and care as they completed each step.

 Spending time outdoors and engaging in gardening activities brings so many benefits for young children. It supports their physical development as they dig, carry, and scoop, helping to build strength and coordination. It also encourages teamwork, communication, and confidence as they share ideas and work alongside their friends.

 Gardening is a wonderful hands-on way for children to learn about the world around them. They begin to understand how plants grow, what they need to thrive, and where food comes from. This early connection to nature can help foster a sense of responsibility and care for the environment.

 Being out in the fresh air also supports children's wellbeing, helping them feel calm, happy, and engaged. Activities like these spark curiosity and excitement, creating meaningful learning experiences that the children will remember as they watch their plants grow and flourish over time. 

 

Huge thanks to everyone who donated seeds and plants. We really appreciate it 

 

 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Summer Welcome


Posted 28/04/2026
by Leonie Swabey

Welcome back Perranporth!

We hope that you had some well-earned rest and family time over the Easter holidays. We are very excited to be back for the Summer term. There are lots of exciting things in store and lots of interesting new learning to come across.

Please take a look at the Knowledge Web below, which details what we will be learning this half term.


 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Summer Welcome


Posted 28/04/2026
by Leonie Swabey

Welcome back Duckpool!

We hope that you had some well-earned rest and family time over the Easter holidays. We are very excited to be back for the Summer term. There are lots of exciting things in store and lots of interesting new learning to come across.

Please take a look at the Knowledge Web below, which details what we will be learning this half term.

 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   Duckpool's Snooze at the Zoo Residential


Posted 28/04/2026
by Leonie Swabey

Roars and snores!

What a way to end Spring term! Duckpool students had the opportunity to take part in Dartmoor Zoo's 'Snooze at the Zoo' experience.

On an action-packed first day we had a guided tour of the zoo, educational workshops based upon conservation and endangered species, as well as a 'close encounters' session where we came face-to-face with a giant stick-insect and a bearded dragon.

After completing a tricky zoo trail in teams, we were served a delicious dinner before watching 'We Bought a Zoo': the film adaptation of the story behind the current owner of the zoo. After darkness fell we embarked on an 'after dark' tour and spotted some of the nocturnal creatures.

On day 2, after filling ourselves up with a range of lovely fruit, pastries and cereals we were ready to explore the zoo ourselves privately, before it was open to the public! We visited the reptile house, played on the play equipment and went back to say our farewells to our favourite animals. We had a picnic lunch in the glorious sunshine in the 'calm garden' before heading back to Brunel.

The children behaved impeccably and were an utter joy to take. Members of the public also commented upon how well they conducted themselves. What an incredible couple of days of learning, fun and excitement!

Check out lots more photos in the document below...



 


Pelynt Primary Academy   Week Ending Friday 24th April 2026


Posted 27/04/2026
by Joanna Rickard

Our first week back after Easter break has seen us enjoy some beautiful but windy weather!

The children all came back excited to share what fun they had shared with their families over easter, and how many easter egg hunts they had all been to!

The children settled back into pre-school quickly and they enjoyed our garden center role play area, planting seeds and selling plants.

We talked about our new enquiry question for this half term, 'What can we plant and see in a garden?'  The children talked about what they know can grow in a garden, plants, fruits and vegetables.  We looked at different types of seeds and how we plant and look after the seeds to make them grow. We also enjoyed stories such as Sam Plants a Sunflower and Jaspers Beanstalk.

Next week we will be getting our big tractor tyre flower beds weeded in preparation to plant some plants into them.  The children will help to water them daily and look out for signs of them growing.  We will also be starting some seeds off and hoping they grow too!

The children on Thursday are lucky to be joining Lantic and Mrs Edwards for a short forest school session, the first one this week was thoroughly enjoyed.  We know not all of the children are here for a Thursday session, but to reassure you that all the children will be accessing forest school at times over the summer term.  We quite often go exploring over there when the afternoons allow us to.

The Summer Term school lunch menu is in our entrance area, remember all our children can order a school lunch.  If this is something you would like to do, please pop in and see Mrs Thompson if you need a Parent pay account setting up.

The pre-School Team.

 


 


Pelynt Primary Academy  


Posted 27/04/2026
by Zoe Thompson

 


Duloe C of E Primary Academy   Heads Letter 167


Posted 27/04/2026
by Laura Cole

 


Pelynt Primary Academy  


Posted 27/04/2026
by Zoe Thompson

 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   w.e. 20th March


Posted 26/04/2026
by Leonie Swabey

Mysterious Musical Instruments!

Mr Jane treated Duckpool to an introduction to the unusual musical instrument called the piano accordian in music this week. He played some familiar tunes to the children, as well as showing them clips of how they work and how they are made.

At the end of the session, the children were extremely lucky to have a go at holding and playing the piano accordian - despite it almost matching some students in size! It was a wonderful opportunity to access a lesser-known instrument: both inspiring and interesting!



 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   w.e. 13th March


Posted 26/04/2026
by Leonie Swabey

Woven Wonders!

Duckpool class have outdone themselves with their 3D sculpture final pieces this week.

We learned about the work and inspiration of the artist El Anatsui, who is known for producing interesting 3D structures from recycled and reused materials.

Our task was to use offcuts of paper to create an interesting 3D design. A variety of weaving techniques, as well as overlapping 'tiles' was combined and thoughtfully attached to a backboard in order to bring energy and movement to materials that are usually 2-dimensional.



 


Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy   w.e. 6th March


Posted 26/04/2026
by Leonie Swabey

Fiddly but fun!

This week, in our 3D sculpture art unit, we were learning about the use of wire to create shape and frames.

We used techniques such as twisting, bending and shaping over the top of a pre-planned sketch.

It took a great deal of patience and resilience in order to get to these fantastic final pieces! We had shells, astronauts, birds, flowers, cars, shoes, and even more... We were very proud of our efforts.



 


Polperro Primary Academy   Week ending Friday 24th April


Posted 26/04/2026
by Helen Fitzsimmons

Welcome to the Summer Term!

It has been lovely this week to finally enjoy some outside learning in the sunshine. We have been enjoying our recently purchased trikes and our writing shed has been transformed into an explorers base with a jungle theme. 

Our learning this term, is based on the enquiry question; 'Who are explorers and what do they do?' We have launched the topic by discussing what we already know about explorers, and have researched the equipment that explorers might need in different environments. The children have asked some interesting and thoughtful questions such as; 'Can anyone be an explorer? Are explorers allowed to take home what they discover? and 'What is the furthest anyone has ever explored?' This led us to find out the recent space mission which ventured to the far side of the moon.

'The Tiger who came to Tea' has been the focus of our English learning in Year 1 and Year 2 for this week as well as next week. We have drawn a story map, summarised the story and used interesting verbs in sentences. Reception have been busy using 'Supertato' as their text for English, and have written some lovely wanted posters as well as going on a search for the evil pea. It's so lovely to see the children have so much fun with their learning this week.

What a brilliant start to the term everyone! Well done.

From The Penhallow Team

 


Trenode C of E Primary Academy   Heads update 5


Posted 25/04/2026
by Bethany Pike

 


Polperro Primary Academy  


Posted 25/04/2026
by Emily Randle


It has been lovely welcoming Chaipel back this week for the Summer term.

We have been working together to go through some SATS-style questions in Maths and SPaG, drawing upon our individual knowledge to support our peers. In English this week, our Anne Frank diary entries have been edited and improved and we have almost finished producing our final copy. I have to say, everyone has had a real focus on their handwriting and their dedication has really paid off. 

Our enquiry this half term is... WHAT DO ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE IN COMMON? We will investigate the seven life processes and how to classify living things in Science, create an explanation text for these processes as part of our writing unit and learn about the art of tie-dying, where we will create our own tie-dye T-shirt and then use our knowledge of various sewing techniques to embroider our chosen design.

CONGRATULATIONS to our People of the Week - Leo and Frankie - who have demonstrated our school values and been role models for their peers.

That's all from us, so have a great weekend and enjoy the warm weather!

Miss Randle and Mrs Clary

 


St Cleer Primary Academy   Summer 1 Week 1 26


Posted 24/04/2026
by Jacob Lewis

 


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