Residentials, Cricket Workshops, Kids Day Out and wonderful learning opportunities have filled this week at Brunel. Please enjoy browsing through this week's edition of the Brunel Bulletin. 

Another wonderful week has flown by in Mousehole Class, and the children have continued to impress us with their enthusiasm, creativity and hard work across the curriculum!

English

In English, we have been exploring verbs and the suffixes -er and -or, thinking about how these can change words and their meanings. The children have also planned, written and performed their own Kennings poems. We were so impressed with their imaginative ideas and confident performances, which brought lots of fun and creativity to our classroom.

Maths

This week in maths:

• Year 2 have been learning about mass, volume and capacity, using practical activities to compare and measure different amounts.
• Year 3 have continued their work on fractions, learning about the whole, as well as ordering and comparing fractions. They have shown great perseverance when tackling some challenging concepts.

PE

The children enjoyed another exciting session with Cricket Chris, developing their cricket skills further by learning how to bowl the ball accurately. There was some fantastic concentration, teamwork and determination on display.

Computing

In computing, we have been exploring desktop publishing, learning how to organise text and images effectively to create attractive and informative documents.

History

We had an exciting hook lesson to launch our new history enquiry question:

"How have children's lives changed?"

The children became history detectives, sorting different children's objects into the time periods they thought they belonged to: Tudor, Victorian or Modern Day. They enjoyed discussing their ideas and making predictions before finding out the answers.

To deepen our understanding, we then worked collaboratively to create large-scale artistic representations of a Tudor child and a Victorian child. The children absolutely loved this activity, and the finished pieces are now proudly displayed in our classroom for everyone to enjoy.

Art

In art, we began our new unit on sculpture. We started by exploring what sculpture is and how sculptors create three-dimensional artwork. Using the boxes kindly brought in from home, the children experimented with cutting them into different shapes and discovering ways to join them together without using glue or tape. They showed fantastic problem-solving skills and creativity as they investigated different construction techniques.

These are just some of the highlights from another busy and successful week in Mousehole Class. The children continue to amaze us with their curiosity, resilience and willingness to embrace new challenges. We look forward to sharing more of their learning with you next week!

What a busy and exciting week we have had in Tregantle Class!

The highlight of our week was definitely our wonderful class assembly, where we shared the story of The Enormous Turnip with our parents and the whole school.

The children amazed us all with their fantastic storytelling, confident acting, and brilliant actions. They sang their song about turnip soup beautifully and shared photographs of themselves making their very own turnip soup.

It was wonderful to see how much they had enjoyed bringing the story to life. The children also performed a fantastic dance, confidently showing the different characters from the story as they worked together to pull up the enormous turnip! We were so impressed by their creativity and enthusiasm.

Another highlight was seeing the amazing character masks that each child had independently designed and created. Every mask was unique and showed the children's imagination and hard work. The children also shared what they had learned from the story, especially the important message about working together and being a "Teamwork Tiger!" They showed us that when we support each other, we can achieve great things.

Every single child spoke confidently, joined in brilliantly, and truly shone. We are incredibly proud of you, Tregantle Class - well done for a fantastic first assembly!

This week, we have finished our Space Hotel leaflets. I am extremely proud of their writing and love the time and effort they put into the presentation. 

In geography, we have collated our data from the fieldwork to create a map or Fore Street, tally chart of the types of shops and and overview of the results from the questionnaire. The children then worked in groups to create and present the findings to the class. 

In computing, we found out about Infrared devices and we designed our own creations that could be used in school. Some people thought of machines that use heat to detect germs; others created laser machines to protect the school IPads. 

Today, we bent the rules by wearing mufti, painting our nails and doing colouring in when we should have been doing maths!

Have a great half term everyone.

Miss Burton

The Enormous Turnip

What a fantastic week we have had in Tregantle Class!

This week, we have been learning the story *The Enormous Turnip*. We have really enjoyed bringing the story to life by making up actions to retell it, learning songs about the story and even making our very own turnip soup. It was delicious, and we were very proud to try something new!

On Wednesday, we welcomed our parents and carers into school for a 'Mastering Number' session. Everyone had lots of fun playing number games together and sharing our maths learning. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the children.

Friday was our exciting 'Bend the Rules Day'! We had great fun wearing non-school uniform and especially enjoyed playing football during maths time!

We hope you all have a wonderful half-term break and we look forward to seeing everyone refreshed and ready for the second half of the summer term.

We have had a super busy week at Brunel and couldn't be prouder of our Year 6 children who have been so determined and focussed during their End of KS2 SATS. It has also been a busy week with visitors, trips and super learning experiences for our children. We hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday. In the meantime, please enjoy browsing through this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin. 

I am so incredibly proud of year 6 this week! They have approached SATs with maturity, determination and resilience. 

They have taken all the tests in their stride and gave them all their full effort. I hope they have a much deserved relaxing weekend!

Miss Burton

Tregantle Class Visit Saltash Fire Station

This week, Tregantle Class enjoyed an exciting visit to Saltash Fire Station.

The children walked to the station and spent the afternoon learning all about fire safety and fire prevention. The firefighters showed the children around the fire station and explained how they help keep the community safe.

Everyone loved exploring the fire engine and discovering all of the different equipment carried onboard. One of the highlights of the visit was having the chance to use the water hose and aim at a target - the children had so much fun taking turns and showing off their aiming skills!

The children also enjoyed trying on the firefighters' protective kit and pretending to be firefighters themselves. It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm and curiosity throughout the visit.

A huge thank you to everyone at Saltash Fire Station for welcoming us and inspiring the next generation of firefighters!

Our focus story is We're going on a picnic' and we designed our own picnic blankets today at St Anne's.

We had a wonderful afternoon with the residents and staff at St Anne's this week - who really enjoyed listening to our poetry readings - these were the incredible poems we wrote for the Fowey Festival Competition about animals that come out 'After Dark'. 
We also enjoyed listening to the memories and stories the residents shared with us about their own pets and favourite animals. Thank you to St Anne's for hosting us and we look forward to seeing you all again soon! 

Well done to Team Brunel who had several prize winners and several runners-up and highly commended in the competition. Two prize winners were invited to Fowey Harbour Hotel for a special presentation with their families and won Waterstones vouchers. What a creative group of young people we have at Brunel!

Year 5 have been enjoying learning more about area and perimeter in Maths and found it exciting to see an adult using his maths skills in real life whilst building our sensory garden. His careful measurements have resulted in a special space for our children to enjoy as the plants grow! We have also been having fun, measuring objects and estimating their area this week.

Year 5 have been enjoying learning more about area and perimeter in Maths and found it exciting to see an adult using his maths skills in real life whilst building our sensory space. His careful measurements have resulted in a special space for our children to enjoy as the plants grow! We have also been having fun, measuring objects and estimating their area this week.

Our new story is all about going on a picnic, which is something we've discovered we all like to do!

The characters in the story have chosen their favourite foods to take with them so we decided to have the same as them for snack this week.

Hen chose red berries (we had both strawberries and raspberries), Goose chose red apples and Duck chose green pears.

At snack time we tried these fruits and discussed which ones were our favourite - strawberries won!

Which fruits are your favourite?

Have a relaxing weekend year 6 and make sure you get some rest before next week. Remember not to worry about anything, I am proud of every one of you! 

You are all unique and special with talents outside of what they test you on. 

Stay positive, you can do it and remember that we have breakfast on Monday before the test.

Miss Burton

We decided to take our SAT's revision outside this afternoon so that we could enjoy the sunshine. We had to put apostrophes correctly into a sentence and then find the animal that completed the sentence from the orienteering stations. It was so much fun and great to explore the fantastic outdoor grounds we have here.

We have been consolidating our maths learning this week by practising our arithmetic and working together on some tricky reasoning questions.  It has been good to share strategies and help each other to be more confident in some of the trickier areas. Don't forget to play Time Table Rockstars in order to get those times tables super fast. 

In music, we have been learning 'The Cup Song' from the film Pitch Perfect. We watched some tutorials, wrote some notation of our own and then worked in groups. Some of us mastered the pattern of the cup and some of us were really good at keeping the beat. Our next steps are to put it all together so that it works as a class performance. 

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine.

A Week Full of Creativity!

 What a wonderfully busy and creative week we have had in Tregantle Class!

In our crafting sessions, the children used a fantastic range of junk modelling materials to design and build their own vehicles. There were some incredibly imaginative ideas, and everyone worked so hard to create unique models using boxes, tubes, bottle tops and more!

During PE, we focused on developing our throwing and catching skills. The children practised carefully controlling their movements and worked brilliantly with partners and teams to improve their coordination and confidence.

We also enjoyed a fantastic music lesson with our specialist music teacher, Mrs Clavier. The children explored how to keep to the rhythm of a song using instruments and body movement. It was lovely to see everyone joining in enthusiastically and developing their sense of timing and beat.

Our gardening activities kept us very busy too! The children have been planting and caring for flowers around the school grounds, helping to make our outdoor spaces bright, colourful and welcoming. We are looking forward to watching everything grow over the coming weeks.

Finally, we celebrated David Attenborough's 100th birthday by taking part in a whole-school creative project. Together, we created a wonderful scene featuring animals from across the world, inspired by the amazing wildlife he has spent his life sharing with us. What a busy, exciting and creative week it has been in Tregantle Class - well done everyone!

It's May!

This week in Treyarnon has been fun because we have been looking at different types of art. For example, perspective drawing, scaling up and graffiti.
Here are some of our wonderful creations. I'm sure you will be as impressed as I am!

In English, we have been writing our paragraphs for the persuasive leaflet about a space hotel. In particular, we have focused on the subheadings on food and accommodation. Some of their ideas have been imaginative and they have used some carefully chosen adventurous vocabulary. 

In maths, we have been revising 2d and 3d shapes, money and angles. We have also been working on our arithmetic and practicing the questions we are still finding tricky. 

In science, we investigated the solubility of substances by seeing if the temperature of water impacts how quickly something dissolves. We tried sugar and a teabag. Our results showed that the hotter the water, the quicker it dissolved. 

I hope you all have a wonderful bank holiday weekend!

Miss Burton

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!