Class 3

Year 1 Cinema Trip!

6th November 2019 by Miss Sukstiene

What better to do on a rainy Wednesday than visit the cinema?! Classes 3 and 4 were very excited to see the Secret Life of Pets 2 – all about a little dog called Max who has to overcome his fears to save the day.

Our day started with an exciting trip on a double decker bus, with the children singing some lovely songs to keep us entertained along the way. We arrived just in time to settle down for the film and there was lots of giggling throughout!

Before the trip home, we had lunch in the upstairs seating area where the children enjoyed socialising and discussing their favourite part of the film over their sandwiches!

We were so proud of the whole year group – there behaviour was fantastic and was even commented on by a teacher of another school who said that the children we so well behaved and that you wouldn’t know there were 60 five year olds in there!

Well done Year 1, another super trip with fantastic behaviour – we can’t wait for the next!

Year 1 – Spooky Dress up Day!

5th November 20195th November 2019 by Miss Sukstiene

Classes 4 and 3 had a spooktaculartime celebrating our 'Spooky dress up day."

We took part in lots of spooky activities throughout the day. The children came up with some ghastly adjectives to use to write a 'GHOST' acrostic poem. 

We also explored estimation in maths, carrying out a ghoulishpumpkin investigation!

Both classes loved getting messy by making some spooky, gloopy soup too! 

We finished the day with a 'spooky' disco and yoga, retelling a haunting story through yoga poses.

We all had a magical day!

Penpol French Café Video Montage – The Final Cut!

15th June 201811th June 2018 by Mr Emery

Pupils at Penpol have performed amazingly well in French this past term by showing that they can order food an drink in French.

All classes performed really well, using the key phrases “je voudrais” (I would like) and “s’il vous plaît” in order to order food and drink.

Check out the video below which gives you an overview of what they have all been learning recently, as well as showing how much they enjoyed this topic. Bravo Penpol!

Year 1 are Movie Music Makers

3rd May 2018 by Mr Jones

The children in Year One have been creating soundtracks for a clip of the classic cartoon Tom and Jerry. After watching the short 1 minute clip, they discussed what sounds they could make for each of the different elements. We focused on dynamics, discussing where it would be appropriate for loud and soft noises and timbre, developing a mix of sounds for the different elements.

I loved it, it was really funny – Ted Class 4

Winners of the Penpol Times Easter Egg Hunt 2018

19th April 2018 by Mr Woolcock

At the end of last term, a mysterious message appeared on the Penpol Times, along with a dozen hidden eggs! Nearly fifty children managed to hunt down all twelve eggs in order to unscramble the secret message contained within. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the secret message was actually ‘Happy Easter!’

Well done to our winners, who were chosen at random earlier today. They are James B from Class 3, Scott from Class 8 and Gabby from class 12. Well done to all three of you and enjoy your prizes!

A Brilliant Book Day

25th June 201820th March 2018 by Miss Ryan

Class 4 had so much fun on Friday. It was Penpol Book Day! The school missed World Book Day due to the snowy weather but we made up for it in style. Everybody dressed up as their favourite book character and Class 4 were dressed to impress. Check out some of our photos…

I was dressed up as the wolf man and I was so excited because I won a prize for the dressing up competition. – Flynn

The children and the parents put in a huge effort in making the costumes. The children looked fantastic. They brought in their favourite stories from home and shared them with the class.

I’m Mr Strong. Mum and Dad helped me make my costume. I love it. – Zak

Georgia and Tacita dressed up as Goldilocks.

I dressed up as the rainbow fish. I helped my mum make the costume and my mum wore the same costume to her school for their book day. – Ada.

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

Well done class 4.

School Council Newsletter Spring Term 1

14th May 201816th March 2018 by Mr Stanlake

Class 3 Have Fun Making Milo

24th May 201823rd January 2018 by Mr Woolcock

Class 3 have recently started getting to grips with our Lego WeDo 2.0 robotics sets and this week took their skills to a whole new level by building and coding Milo, the explorer robot. To build this cute little robot the children had to follow a series of building instructions on their iPads, ensuring they worked in a team to locate the pieces required and to build the robot correctly. Having displayed a great amount of teamwork and excitement, the children then wrote a short program to make their model come to life. By dragging and dropping blocks of code, the children wrote a set of instructions to move the robot forwards and backwards. Some groups even found a way to have Milo make noises as he moved around.

“I really liked racing the robots, our one didn’t move very much but it was really fun. The band wasn’t on right on my robot but we fixed it and it worked in the end” – Ada, Amelia, Amelia

“I liked it when our robot was in the race. I liked it when it made code so it sounded like it was talking . I liked it when we started building the robot because we had really good teamwork” – Alex, Louis, Ethan M

When each group had built and programmed their model we all went outside to have a quick race. With plenty of cheering and excitement, all of the Milo robots went head-to-head to see which was the fastest. This thrilling race has been immortalised on film for everyone to relive and enjoy!

Stars of the Week – 15th December 2017

19th December 2017 by Mrs Turner

Infant Star of the Week

Class 6 – Year 2 – Monica

The overall KS1 star of the week is Monica from Class 6. Monica is a very polite, friendly and caring young lady who always offers to help her friends and help out around the classroom. This term Monica has shown great determination and perseverance during the maths lessons and is now demonstrating that she has the confidence to face new and difficult challenges with a positive attitude. Monica is also a very good listener and is always keen to participate in classroom discussions, especially when predicting story endings. Well-done Monica, you are an excellent role model to your peers.

Mrs Ruffell

Junior Star of the Week

Class 8 – Year 3 – Scott

I am delighted to award the overall KS2 Star of the Week to Scott in Class 8. Scott was the star pupil in class 8 last week and thoroughly deserves to receive this second accolade. He has made outstanding progress in reading and spelling this term and is always conscientious and hard working. The most exciting thing about Scott’s progress is how much more confident he is to share his wonderful ideas with his teacher and friends during class discussions. Scott has a talent for looking outside the box and producing creative ideas to solve problems. He is always happy and helpful in class and it is so wonderful to see that he is recognising his many talents. Well-done Scott, a very well deserved award.

Mrs Connors

Class Stars of the Week

Class 1 – Reception – Hana

Hana this week has been amazing during the rehearsals for our Christmas singsong. Even though she was in Poland last week for the main rehearsals she picked up the sings and danced really quickly. I am so impressed with the Hana’s progression with her writing and numbers. She is linking many sounds to letters and attempting to write words. She has also written some numbers this week in the correct sequence. Hana brightens up the classroom with her smile and enthusiasm. Well-done Hana.

Miss Aspden

Class 3 – Year 1 – Corben

This week’s star of the week is Corben in class 3. Corben is working very hard with his reading and moved up a level in the Biff and Chip books. His handwriting is improving and he is brave enough to spell many words for himself. He was an amazing king in our Christmas play saying his words clearly, and sang every word with enthusiasm in the classroom and at the church during the Christingle service.

Mrs Rodda

Class 5 – Year 2 – Josie

Class 5 Star of the week is Josie. Josie has written two lovely stories in the past week, based on well-known fables, ‘The ant and the grass hopper and the tortoise and the hare.’ Josie renamed her first story ‘The rabbit and the duck’ and her second ‘The cheater and the worm.’ The second story was totally independent and Josie used all the lovely language and punctuation we had been practising in class; – adjectives, adverbs connectives, exclamation marks and even speech marks, all correctly! Well-done Josie keep up the great work

Mrs Daniels

Class 7 – Year 3 – William

Star of the week for class 7 is William for joining in class discussions, as well as being able to take part more in school life. William is making good progress in his literacy with some interesting ideas as well as a great understanding of math’s across the curriculum. Well-done William!

Mrs Jane

Class 9 – Year 4 – Harry

Harry has worked really hard this term both at home and at school. He always remembers his homework and this is reflected in the progress he has made in his work. He is currently one of our top ‘Speed Tablers.’ He not only works hard, he can also be relied upon to perform practical tasks and errands efficiently and without fuss. Well done Harry, keep up the good work.

Mrs Peck / Mrs Hamilton

Class 11 – Year 5 – Max

This week’s star of the week this week for class 11 is. Max has really begun to knuckle down and has shown real maturity over the last few weeks. He has started to do exceptionally well with his spellings and has started to take responsibility for his own work, including his homework. Keep it up mate.

Mr Stanlake

Class 13 – Year 6 – Darwynn

Darwynn, I have been very impressed with Darwynn’s efforts through the course of this year so far, and his confidence levels in a range of subjects have improved as a result. Also, this week in church Darwynn stood up and delivered his speech with aplomb, including tricky words, such as apparition. Mr Stanlake noted to me that this time last year he would not have stood up there to say his name, let alone a paragraph of speech, so it’s great to see himself pushing himself. Well-done Darwynn!

Mr Pollard

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