This week we have been busy rehearsing the play ready for the performances next week.  The class have been brilliant at learning their lines and practising their singing. Mrs Lane wanted to say a special thank you for today's dress rehearsal in front of the infants.  She says she appreciate all the effort that you have put in.  There have been some amazing performances and some wonderful singing.  I am sure that you are looking forward to seeing the performances next week on Tuesday and Wednesday.  

Year 6s are off to Callington on Monday.  If they catch the public bus, such as the 79, then they will need to pay for a ticket each way.  This will be £3.  If they catch the school bus, then I have printed out passes for Monday.  Please email if you do not have one of these as I can forward it on ready for their first transition day.  I know that they are very excited to be starting a new chapter of their life in school.  On Monday, Year 4 will come up for a transition day in Class 4.  We will have a chance to start the new work for September and get to work again with different pupils. 

In the afternoon on Monday, Mrs Lane will take choir down to perform to the luncheon club in the village hall.  There will be PE activities for pupils not taking part in this.

This week we had our sports day.  This year it was an all day event.  It start in the morning with pupils taking part in different activities with their houses.  Mr Watts led a football skills workshop; Mrs Flashman had children taking part in javelin and shot put; Mrs Charlesworth was getting children to do target practice with beanbags and I did some shooting and passing skills for netball.  The Year 5 and 6s were incredible at working with the other children and supporting them.  In particular Lexi, Holly and Leo stood out for the support and encouragement that they gave the younger children.  In the afternoon, we went outside to practice the tug of war and to do some games.  We finished the day with banner making ready for the evening. 

When 5 pm rolled by, it was time to process up onto the field and take part in the race.  Again, the Year 5 and 6 were great at encouraging the others in their team and supporting each other.  It was a win last night for yellow team with green team being nominated for being the most sporting.  Year 6 seems to enjoy the waiter race the most although there was a lot of water spilt by the end.  

Next week, there will be no more swimming.  Instead, six Year 6 children will be heading out on Monday to watch the cricket.  We have play rehearsals at the end of the week ready for the performance the following week.  

Here are the KIRFs for the week

What a busy week we have had.  Today we have been practising for our sports day next week.  There are a couple of new events such as the long distance race and the tug of war which are proving very popular with pupils.  Mrs Lane has been working with groups getting ready for the end of year performance. 

Next week, we will have the last swimming session at Mount Kelly pool.  Tuesday, weather permitting, will be a day of sports with activities such as football skills, shot put and netball skills in the morning and activities such as banner making and team building in the afternoon.  On Thursday,  Year 6 will have an event at Callington College where they will get to meet the Year 7 mentors and play rounders and cricket with them.  

There will be no spellings homework set for the next couple of weeks as the mornings are being changed with the different events going on so there will be no RWI spellings groups.  

The KIRFs format has changed slightly so that we are focusing on some key areas of maths.  

This week we have been practising for our sports day event on 24th June.  We have been working on running relays as well as working on the tug of war.  The children also had an amazing afternoon on Tuesday doing the colour run which was brilliantly run by Mrs Flashman and the PSA.

We have also been writing up our discussion texts.  Here is sample from Imogen 

Should we ban Fortnight?

In this discussion, we will discover some of the pros and cons of Fortnite.  Fortnite has been played for years from one person to a quarter of the world.  See what you think after reading this.  Some say no; others think we should.  After reading this, you many want to take away all non-educational video games away from your child.  The first video game was created in the year 1958 where as Fortnite was created in 2017. 

The spellings for this week are from the 100 words that Year 5 and 6 children should know.  They are: correspond, recommend, amateur, attached, community and available. 

Here are the KIRFs for this week:

This week we have been writing up our discussion texts.  We are nearly ready to publish some on the blog as we have written the first draft.  There have been some pretty heated debates about a wide range of subjects from firearms to animal testing.

We had our first swimming session at Mount Kelly.  The groups could use both the 25 metre pool and the 50 metre pool for the session.  The class worked hard during this time.

We had a visit from Mr Davey at Callington College to talk to the Year 6 about their transition to secondary school.  He was very informative and the pupils had plenty of opportunities to ask questions before they visit in July. 

This week's spellings are homophones so make sure that you know the meaning:  practice, practise, guessed, guest, allowed, aloud and lead. 

This term we are consolidating KIRFs from the previous term.  Here are some questions to work on

This week we have been researching our own discussion texts in class.  We are very passionate from a range of subjects from whether there should be animal testing to whether vapes should be illegal.  Watch this space for examples of our work after we have had a chance to write up our texts after half term. 

We have also been practising ready for the cricket tournament which has been rescheduled for Friday 13th June 2025.  We are keeping fingers crossed for the weather and for a sunny day this time. 

We have also been learning about Queen Elizabeth's royal progress and imaging what it would have been like to be there.  Here is the opening from Lexi's writing which starts, " As the clock struck 10:00, I knew it was nearly time for our own monarch to come to town.  I was strictly forbidden to go and see our monarch but my curiosity got ahead of me.  Very quietly, I dressed in my very best Sunday clothes."

Just a reminder that next half term is swimming.  We will be swimming on Monday 2nd June at Mount Kelly pool.  Please make sure you send your child in with a swimming costume, goggles and a towel on this date. 

 
 
This week Year 6 have been working incredibly hard on their SATs.  I have been really impressed with both the effort and attitude from them all week.  They now have a cricket tournment to look forward to on Wednesday.  This week we also had Alan in to teach us some badminton skills.  We started by throwing giant shuttlecocks but progressed quickly to rallies with raquets and normal sized shuttlecocks.  

Here is the KIRFs for Year 5 this week:

The spellings are going to be -ial words again.  The words are: initial, partial, social, initial, spacial, facial, artificial.

Just a reminder that we are starting swimming on the first Monday after half term at Mount Kelly pool. 

This week started with the May Day at the village hall with the theme being 80 years since VE Day.   The May Day dancers performed a dance inspired by the Lindy Hop as well as more traditional May Day dances to music from the 1940s.  The group did fantastically well and managed some tricky routines. 

Next week is SATs week.  Year 5s will be with Mr Hunt in the library for the time that Year 6 are taking their SATs tests.  They will continue to work on their Maths with him.  This means that there are no spellings for next week and the Kirfs are only for Year 5. 

There is a date for Years 6 to look forward to .  On Wednesday 21st May, Mrs Flashman will be taking a group of Year 6 to play cricket for the day at Landhydrock.  

This week we have been clearing the outside area ready for Cotehele planting.  Now we just need to keep them watered before they are used for the garland at Christmas.  It was hard work but it is looking good.  


Here are the Kirfs for this week.  Year 5 have been working on tenths and hundredths as fractions and decimals.  Year 6 have been recapping different areas such as percentages of amounts and multiplying decimals.