What a brilliant Reading Café we had tonight!

It was wonderful to see our children come together to celebrate their love of reading and share their enjoyment of books.

The atmosphere was fantastic, with children excitedly talking about their favourite stories, characters and books.

A huge thank you to our wonderful Reading Pioneers for helping to make the event so special, and to Miss Pentreath for organising such an incredible experience for our children. We are so proud to continue inspiring our children’s love of books and nurturing a lifelong love of reading.

Thank you to everyone who helped make our Reading Café such a wonderful success!

What a fantastic week we have had in Lantic Class!

In Maths, the children have been working hard comparing numbers using the greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols. They have also been practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s with increasing confidence. We especially enjoyed taking our learning outside, using the school environment to explore numbers and solve practical maths challenges together.

In English, we have continued our hunt for the wolf! The children have been busy writing sentences using the conjunction if and adverbs of place to describe where the wolf might be hiding. We were impressed by their imaginative ideas and their growing confidence in using new vocabulary within their writing.

Our Science lessons have allowed us to become young scientists. We investigated the flexibility of different materials by testing and comparing a variety of objects. The children made predictions, carried out their tests carefully and discussed their findings like real scientists.

It has been wonderful to see so much enthusiasm, determination and teamwork across all areas of learning this week. Well done, Lantic Class, for another super week of learning and discovery! We are very proud of you all.

The children continue to settle brilliantly into school life and it has been lovely to see their confidence growing each day. Our classroom has been full of busy learners, with lots of exploring, playing, talking, creating and making new friends.

We have been busy learning new sounds this week and the children have worked incredibly hard to remember them. We have been practising saying our sounds clearly and recognising the pictures that help us remember them. The children have also enjoyed working with Fred the Frog and are beginning to develop their early blending skills. It is wonderful to see how enthusiastic they are becoming about phonics! 

In maths, we have continued to practise counting accurately. The children have been learning the importance of counting one object at a time and making sure that we don't miss anything or count something twice. We have been looking for opportunities to count throughout the day, both during our maths sessions and within our continuous provision. The children are becoming increasingly confident with their numbers and are beginning to apply their counting skills independently during play.

We enjoyed taking our learning outdoors this week with a fantastic leaf hunt! The children loved searching for different leaves and talking about their colours, shapes and sizes. They were fantastic explorers, carefully looking around our outdoor environment and sharing their discoveries with their friends. We also had lots of fun during PE with our parachute games. The children worked together to move the parachute up, down and around while listening carefully to instructions. There were lots of smiles and laughter! These games were a wonderful opportunity to develop our physical skills as well as learning how to work together as a team.

It has been particularly lovely to see the children's friendships developing. They are becoming more confident when approaching one another, inviting friends into their games and sharing ideas during their play. We are seeing lots of lovely examples of children helping each other, taking turns and beginning to solve little problems together. The children are becoming increasingly familiar with our routines and are growing in independence too. It is wonderful to see them making choices about their learning and confidently exploring everything that Tregantle Class has to offer.

What a busy and successful week it has been! We are incredibly proud of all the children and the progress they are making. Well done, Tregantle Class — we can't wait to see what next week brings!

Workshops

This week, the children in year 5 and 6 were so lucky to spend the day learning about World War Two with a visit from 'Blast From the Past'.

They started the day with a presentation about Winston Churchill and some video footage from important moments in the war. Then they took part in some workshops where they played a game of rummy using propaganda posters, identified mystery objects and used different codes to find messages. In the afternoon, they made gliders based on spitfires and Messerschmitts and we created our own Battle of Britain in the playground to see how far they would fly.

It was a fantastic day and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Workshops

This week, the children in year 5 and 6 were so lucky to spend the day learning about World War Two with a visit from 'Blast From the Past'. 

They started the day with a presentation about Winston Churchill and some video footage from important moments in the war. Then they took part in some workshops where they played a game of rummy using propaganda posters, identified mystery objects and used different codes to find messages. In the afternoon, they made gliders based on spitfires and Messerschmitts and we created our own Battle of Britain in the playground to see how far they would fly. 

It was a fantastic day and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. 

Another Busy Week in Marazion Class!

Marazion Class have had another busy and exciting week of learning, with lots of opportunities to develop our knowledge, skills and teamwork.

English

In English, we have been learning about coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, exploring how these can be used to join ideas and make our writing more interesting. We have also been learning about using the past tense accurately in our writing.

Maths

In maths, we have continued our place value unit. This week, we have been tackling partitioning and flexible partitioning, developing our understanding of how numbers can be broken apart and represented in different ways.

History

We became archaeologists in History this week! We explored different historical sources relating to Skara Brae and used the evidence to make deductions. We considered whether our deductions were possible or certain, just as historians do when interpreting evidence from the past.

Computing

In Computing, we have been learning about algorithms. The children particularly enjoyed working together as a human computer, following instructions and thinking carefully about the order in which actions need to happen.

PE

In PE, we continued developing our football skills, focusing on passing and working effectively as a team. The children have been practising communicating with one another and making decisions during games.

PSHE

Our PSHE learning has also focused on teamwork. We have been thinking about what makes an effective team member and how we can support and encourage one another.

Science

We continued our learning about the digestive system, developing our understanding of what happens to food as it travels through the body.

Celebrating Success!

We had some lovely moments to celebrate this week. Our Star Reader earned their place on our Star Reader Wall – a fantastic achievement!

We were also very excited to award some of our children their pen licences. There were some very proud faces as they received their licences, recognising the care and consistency they have shown with their handwriting.

A Reminder About Reading

Finally, a gentle reminder that children need to be reading consistently at home. Regular reading makes such a difference to children's fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and confidence. Please continue to make time for reading at home and record this in your child's reading record.

Well done, Marazion Class, on another fantastic week!

We are loving the weather at the moment so we took the opportunity to go for an Autumn walk around the school grounds.

We looked at the fallen leaves, talked about where sticks came from; we heard birds, a trumpet playing and motorbikes; we saw bunting around the trees and named a Holly bush.

We also played a running game called 'Come and find me' - the children had to run around and then when she called, they had to find Ruth.
We all had lots of fun!

There were some gardening jobs to do in the garden too, as we planted our apple tree and some Spring bulbs.
Can you remember what bulbs we planted?

What another busy and brilliant week it has been at Brunel! 

It has been wonderful to see so many exciting learning opportunities taking place across the school and our children continuing to show such enthusiasm, curiosity and determination in everything they do.

Our after-school clubs are now well underway, and we are incredibly proud of the range of opportunities available to our children. There are still spaces available in a number of clubs, so please do take a look and consider signing your child up. Clubs are a fantastic opportunity for children to try something new, develop their talents and spend time with friends.

A huge thank you to our staff who voluntarily give their time to run these clubs. Their willingness to provide these additional opportunities is just one of the many things that makes Brunel such a special school.

Our Helping Hands group has also been very busy this week! They have worked together to create a wonderful new Little Engineers Shed for our youngest children to enjoy during their lunchtimes. We cannot wait to see the imaginative building, designing and problem-solving that takes place there. Thank you to everyone involved in bringing another fantastic addition to our school grounds to life.

We were also delighted to hold the first Lighthouse Room Parent Café this week. It was a really positive opportunity for parents to come together, find out more about the support available through our Lighthouse Room and talk with members of our team.

Thank you to everyone who joined us. Finally, a reminder that our Reading Café takes place next Thursday, 1st October, straight after school. We would love to see as many of our families there as possible.

Come along, enjoy some time together and help us celebrate something that sits right at the heart of learning at Brunel – a love of reading!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Degemer An Jydh – Seize the Day!

Another busy week of learning...

This week, the Yr5s and 6s have been learning about speech within texts. We have been practising coming up with our own direct speech, punctuating it accurately as well as adding action and emotion. This will help them to then insert dialogue into their own consequence story, inspired by the novel Letters from the Lighthouse.

Within maths, we are continuing to work through our Place Value unit which includes understanding the value of number, ordering and comparing number. Their books are looking beautiful - they are taking real pride in setting out their work correctly and explaining their reasoning in detail.

Another busy week of learning...

This week, the Yr5s and 6s have been learning about speech within texts. We have been practising coming up with our own direct speech, punctuating it accurately as well as adding action and emotion. This will help them to then insert dialogue into their own consequence story, inspired by the novel Letters from the Lighthouse.

Within maths, we are continuing to work through our Place Value unit which includes understanding the value of number, ordering and comparing number. Their books are looking beautiful - they are taking real pride in setting out their work correctly and explaining their reasoning in detail.

Week 3 in Whitsand!

Our Year 1 children have been amazing mathematicians this week as we've been exploring greater than and less than. We made our own Numbergators using card and split pins, and the children loved using their hungry crocodiles to work out which numbers were bigger and smaller. They showed great confidence explaining their mathematical thinking.

In Science, we became investigators and carried out an experiment to discover which materials are the stretchiest. We tested a variety of different materials and found that rubber bands stretched much more than anything else. We also discovered that felt was one of the least stretchy materials, and the children enjoyed making predictions before testing each one.

Our History lesson sparked some wonderful conversations as we shared the fantastic feedback from parents about how school has changed since they were at primary school. The children were fascinated to hear about the differences and similarities, and they loved comparing school life then and now.

We're so proud of all the enthusiasm, curiosity and teamwork the children have shown this week. Well done, Whitsand Class – keep up the amazing work!

New Netball Skills…

This week we kicked off our new term with a spot of netball. The children were tasked with practising their passing and marking skills. It took a great amount of concentration, team work and energy! A lovely lesson out in the Autumn sun.

In Maths, we have begun our place value unit: becoming familiar with numbers up to 10 million.

Our first English unit is linked to our history topic of WW2: we have been reading the story ‘Letters from the lighthouse’ and will be producing our own consequence story inspired by the novel. It is an exciting story filled with twists and suspense, and is based upon a girl who becomes evacuated to Devon. We are loving the story and can’t wait to see what happens in the end!

We have loved seeing your baby photos coming in and they are now displayed so we can all guess who is who!


We would also like to share with you our rhyme of the term and the songs and rhymes that we do everyday.

Do you know them all?

Can your child sing them for you to join in?

Another Great Week of Learning in Marazion Class

Marazion Class have had another fantastic week, with lots of exciting learning taking place across the curriculum!

History – How Far Back Does Human History Go?

Our history learning really helped us to understand just how far back human history stretches. We used a timeline to explore the earliest evidence of human life in Britain, discovering that this dates back an incredible 900,000 years! To help us visualise this enormous length of time, we used toilet rolls to represent the timeline – and we would have needed to unravel three whole loo rolls to show the distance!

We also explored the evidence for more modern humans, dating back around 300,000 years. It certainly helped us to appreciate just how ancient some of the evidence we are studying really is!

PE – Football

We enjoyed our first football lesson this week. We began developing our ball skills and learnt how to dribble the ball, practising keeping the ball close to our feet while moving around the space. There was lots of enthusiasm as we began developing our football skills.

Computing – What Is Inside a Laptop?

In computing, we became computer detectives! We explored the different components and elements found inside a laptop, beginning to understand what each part does and how the different components work together to make a computer function.

English – Exploring Our Key Texts

We have been enjoying getting to know our key texts in English. We explored the texts carefully, identifying their important features and considering how they are structured. We then began mapping the stories onto a story pathway, helping us to understand the sequence of events and how stories are developed.

Maths – Place Value

In maths, we have continued developing our understanding of place value and this week we were introduced to thousands. We have been exploring how numbers are built using thousands, hundreds, tens and ones and applying this understanding to different numbers and problems.

Art – Colour and Meaning

Our art learning has been particularly colourful this week! We explored the colour wheel and investigated warm and cool colours. We also looked closely at the work of artist Romare Bearden, exploring how he uses colour in his collages to help convey meaning and create different effects.

It has been another busy and enjoyable week in Marazion, and we are very proud of the enthusiasm and curiosity the children are showing as they settle into their new learning.

What a wonderful week it has been in EYFS! The children continue to settle beautifully each day and are growing in confidence all the time. They are becoming increasingly familiar with their new classroom, the adults around them and all the exciting learning opportunities it has to offer.

It has been lovely to see friendships beginning to develop and the children becoming more independent as they explore their environment. This week, we have started our first phonics lessons. The children have been introduced to sounds and are learning to recognise the picture that matches each sound. They have been fantastic at joining in and are beginning to develop their listening skills.

We have also started our daily maths time. The children have been practising counting accurately and have been introduced to subitising to 5. We have been having lots of fun recognising small amounts without needing to count each object!

During circle time, we have been learning each other's names and talking about what makes a kind friend. The children have been practising saying kind and positive things to one another, helping us to build a caring and supportive classroom community.

Our Wild Tribe session was great fun! The children enjoyed exploring outdoors and gathering all sorts of natural objects to add to our mud kitchen. There was lots of imagination and creativity as the children used their discoveries in their play.

PE was another real highlight of the week. The children explored ball control and practised rolling and passing the ball to one another. These activities helped them to develop their hand-eye coordination, control and awareness of others, while also encouraging them to work together and take turns.

We are incredibly proud of how well our Tregantle children are settling into school. They have had another busy and exciting week, and we are looking forward to seeing what next week brings!