Mr C Coyle-Chislett
secretary@penpol.cornwall.sch.uk
01736 753472
2 St George's Road, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 4AH
Year 2
Class 6 have been learning in the great outdoors
Class 6 have enjoyed learning outdoors.
Class 6 have had a great start to the new term. They are really enjoying taking their learning outside where they have been able to calculate a variety of number problems and then discuss their reasoning.
The children have also been busy collecting and recording facts about polar bears and discovering who built the first castles in the U.K.
Well done Class 6, I am very proud of you all for making a great start to the new term
Mrs Ruffell
Sports Day 2020
2020 brought around a slightly different kind of sports day. Over 100 of our pupils took part in first ever Rainbow games, both at home and in school.
The day consisted of children competing in for their houses in a range of throwing, jumping and running activities alongside some cross-curricular olympic themed activities such as designing/cooking a healthy meal; researching one of the continents; creating banner and posters to show their support for their house.
A brilliant event with many children engaging in the activities. Over 18000 points were shared between the 4 houses with less than 100 separating first and second.
Results are announced in the below video!
Music Without the Marquee 2020
Here at Penpol School we are delighted to be able to bring a slice of Music in the Marquee to you virtually. Yes, we know it’ll never be the same as being in the marquee together as we celebrate the end of another school year, but we sincerely hope that this mini-event can bring a slice of that fun to you at home.
So it is time to get the wristbands on and the fizzy pop out as we all have a bit of a party in our own homes.
This is Music Without the Marquee!
– Mr Woolcock
Play Video
Year 2 – Home Learning Challenges – Weeks 11,12 & 13
New – Week commencing – 22.06.2020
Hi Class 6 and Class 5, Mrs Ruffell and Mrs Daniel would like to say a big thank you to all of you who have sent images of your home learning, which you have completed over the past two weeks. We have now created a new home learning page, on the Penpol Times, for weeks 11, 12 and 13. Please keep sending us images of your learning so that we can share it with your friends and families.
We both hope that you are all well and enjoying the learning challenges that we are setting.
Take care – Mrs Ruffell & Mrs Daniel
New Link -22.06.2020
https://classroom.thenational.academy/activity-clubs/art-club/episodes/the-world-around-us-bee-rest-stops-primary (Copy & Paste the link in to your browser)
New Link 08.06.20
https://www.leachpottery.com/design-a-pot-for-sharing-schools-challenge (Copy & Paste the link in to your browser)
New Link
https://rnli.org/youth-education/water-safety-from-home (Copy & Paste the link in to your browser)
PE and Outdoor Learning at Home
New -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCStjKlMICO-Em7zMJoHR3A (Copy & paste link in to your browser)
New – Digital Ocean – Surfers against Sewage – Copy and paste the link in to your browser
: https://www.sas.org.uk/digital-ocean-school
Online safety at home – copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/5-7s/
New – Try these simple relaxation and mindfulness activities together and help your child learn to calm down when they feel stressed or anxious. – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/seven-techniques-for-helping-kids-keep-calm
Use your mind – Laugh & Giggle – Breathe Deep – Stretch it out – Relax
Isaac B, from Class 5
The last day of term but I must share with you all these Photos of Isaac B’s amazing bee project. He has worked so hard on this as you can see and must be really proud of his effort as with all his home learning. Well done Isaac, you deserve a medal! – Mrs Daniel
Lola, from Class 6
A letter from Lola
Hi this morning Lola and her brother Caio went to visit their friend James who keeps Bees.
First we put on the Bee Suits so the Bees didn’t sting us and get into our faces. Then James lit some material to make smoke. So the Bees think there is a fire coming so they gather as much honey as they can and get ready to leave home, this makes them slower. We then looked inside the Bee Hive all the Bees flew out . We found some honey comb. Then we looked for the queen bee. She likes to hide in the dark. We knew she was the queen because she was quite big and fat compared to the other bees. Her job is to lay eggs and have babies. We saw the baby bees ,which are grubs and some eggs. The worker bees were busy looking after them. All the other bees look after the babies and they are all female. Some of the bees go out to collect nectar and pollen. We saw the yellow pollen on the bees legs. James was stood in the way of the bees entrance and he had thousands on his leg! When we put the hive back together and walked away the bees stopped flying around us.
From Lola
Verity, from Class 6
Verity has had a very productive week, working hard with her maths and English but also having a great time making a puppet show of her favourite book, Monkey Puzzle. All her family became involved in what looks like an amazing performance, I would like to have been in the audience! Take a look at her lovely photos.
Harry, from Class 6
Hi Mrs Ruffell,
This morning, Harry thought of an animal for every letter of the alphabet. He had to Google an animal for U – V – X and Y as they were very tricky. Harry also enjoyed I drawing the animals and watched ‘Art for kids ‘, to get ideas on how to draw them. Well done Harry.
Jessica, from Class 5
Take a look of these lovely photos of Jessica and her sisters enjoying themselves making play dough!
Emilija, from Class 5
Emilija has been extremely busy over the last couple weeks, as you can see from her photos. Well done Emilija, keep up the great effort with all your home learning, you are doing a brilliant job!
Bella, from Class 5
Bella has ben busy with some art work, story boarding and some instruction writing for Rapunzel, complete with illustration!
Tilly, from Class 6
Here are some photos of my puppets, theatre that I made out of a cereal box and my poster for my show. I enjoyed doing this as I couldn’t do my dancing show in May, which we’d been doing lots of practicing for. (Written by Tilly)
Wow! well done Tilly. I wish I could have been there to see it.
Harry, from Class 6
Thank you Harry for sharing your alphabetical home learning. I love the way you have ordered all of those items in alphabetical order. Well done!
Lily, from Class 6
Lily enjoyed making 3D shapes out of play dough this week to help her learn their names and properties! They were actually very tricky to make! She also looked for seals at Gwithian using binoculars but only managed to spot one as the others weren’t there.
Lola, from Class 6
Lola has really been focussing on bees this term and recently she visited the Heligan Gardens, where she was able to discover and learn more interesting facts about this amazing flying insect. Lola has also been busy learning about shapes and recording their properties. Great home learning Lola!
Poppy, from Class 6
Thank you Poppy for sharing your home learning with us. You have created some lovely puppets and also designed some lovely moths, which you have also named. Wow! what a fab duck! I love its design. Well done.
Harry, from Class 6
Harry has really worked hard on this weeks home learning challenges. He has created his puppets, built a theatre , written his own story and presented his puppet show. Read Harry’s very own story below.
This is my puppet show with pictures …
Once upon a time there was a boy called Harry.
He had two meerkats who he loved very much.
One day a wolf came along, he wanted to eat the meerkats.
Then Harry came and chased the wolf away. He never came back and they lived happily ever after
Harry, from Class 6
Harry has made a great start on his puppet show. He has drawn and cut out his shadow puppets and attached them to sticks. He has also written out his storyboard and made a start on his theatre. Well done Harry, I look forward to seeing the finished production. Great home learning !
Lola, from Class 6
Lola has been very busy designing a duck for the competition, which I think looks amazing. Also well done on learning this weeks spellings and taking a test. Great results!
Emily, from Class 6
Emily has been working so hard this week on solving a variety of number problems. You really have shown great commitment towards your home learning this week. Well done Emily!
Poppy, from Class 6
Thank you Poppy for sharing your home learning. You have used great adjectives to describe the sea and also included a lot of detail in your postcard from New-York. I hope you had a great time? 🙂
Isaac, from Class 5
Isaac has made a fantastic Jungle habitat, it must have taken him quite some time but as you can see it is well worth the effort! He has also written a football story in which the players receive super powers and an Ocean story which cleverly relays some interesting facts as well. Well done Isaac, you are doing a brilliant job with all your home learning.
Bella, from Class 5
Bella has been very busy with her maths and has done a great job on completing the worksheets. She has also designed and written about a fantastic water park which she enjoyed sharing with her dad and brother.
Lola, from Class 6
Lily, from Class 6
Wow, I love your wild flower ice sculpture Lily. I also enjoyed reading your instructions on how to build the perfect sandcastle and reading the postcard that you sent to your nanny from Menorca. I hope you had a great time on your holiday and the sun was shining? 🙂
Emily, from Class 6
Thank you Emily for sharing your home learning with us. You are demonstrating great commitment towards your home learning. I am really impressed with all of your learning. Well done!
Home Learning Challenges -Year 2 – Week 8, 9 & 10
New – Week commencing – 01.06.2020
Hi Class 6 and Class 5, Mrs Ruffell and Mrs Daniel would like to say a big thank you to all of you who have sent images of your home learning, which you have completed over the past two weeks. We have now created a new home learning page, on the Penpol Times, for weeks 8 and 9. Please keep sending us images of your learning so that we can share it with your friends and families.
We both hope that you are all well and enjoying the learning challenges that we are setting.
Take care – Mrs Ruffell & Mrs Daniel
New Link 08.06.2020
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5pd2m/live/cxgrbp (Copy & Paste the link in to your browser)
New Link 08.06.20
https://www.leachpottery.com/design-a-pot-for-sharing-schools-challenge (Copy & Paste the link in to your browser)
New Link
https://rnli.org/youth-education/water-safety-from-home (Copy & Paste the link in to your browser)
New Activity
https://www.theickabog.com/home/. (Copy & paste the link in to your browser)
PE and Outdoor Learning at Home
New -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCStjKlMICO-Em7zMJoHR3A (Copy & paste link in to your browser)
New – Digital Ocean – Surfers against Sewage – Copy and paste the link in to your browser
: https://www.sas.org.uk/digital-ocean-school
Online safety at home – copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/5-7s/
New – Try these simple relaxation and mindfulness activities together and help your child learn to calm down when they feel stressed or anxious. – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/seven-techniques-for-helping-kids-keep-calm
Use your mind – Laugh & Giggle – Breathe Deep – Stretch it out – Relax
Faith, from Class 5
Faith has had an amazing week, not only has she engaged with all her home learning, accomplished a Brownie promise, created Indian bead bracelets but, has also won Rider of the Week at her riding club. How good is that! I’m sure that one day she will be an Olympic champion!
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has enjoyed learning about habitats this week and has chosen the rain forest to write about and make this amazing collage. She’s also tackled some maths from a Sats booklet and has done really well. Well done Verity, keep up the brilliant work, it’s so lovely to see.
Emily, from Class 6
Wow Emily, you really have been busy with your home learning, especially your number challenges. I really enjoyed reading your instruction and I could tell, from what you have written, that you have made great sandcastles in the past. Also well done on your spelling test score. Well done Emily!
Alfie, from Class 5
Alfie is doing a great job of keeping up with all of his home learning. I love his picture of a water slide and a race track that he’s made. He’s also kept in touch with his friends by virtual quiz, he didn’t win this time so wish him luck for the next!
Hugo, from Class 6
Thank you Hugo for sharing your home learning this week. I was really impressed with your number learning and I could see such concentration on your face.
Oh my goodness, look at your new addition to the family! I can’t wait to see her on the school gate and have a little cuddle. Enjoy every minute of Margot, I bet you are so excited. She looks adorable.
Lola, from Class 6
Thank you Lola for sharing your home learning. You have shown great dedication towards your number learning. I loved your picture and what a great idea to use vegetables to print with. Well done!
Ava, from Class 6
Oh my goodness Ava, what a cute little kitten. I’m surprised you’ve managed to do any home learning with this little fella around. Well done on completing the maths challenges and also for writing a great set of instructions on how to build a sandcastle. Well done!
Tilly, from Class 6
Thank you Tilly for sharing your home learning with us. I was really impressed with your postcard from Greece, I hope Lola enjoyed reading it. Your summer picnic on the beach also sound lovely, I hope I get an invite? Great home learning, well done
Nicholas, from Class 6
Hi Nicholas, thank you for sharing your home learning with us. I really enjoyed reading your instructions and your postcard from the pyramids. I also thought your bee picture was amazing. You have included so many interesting facts. Well done!
Chloe, from Class 6
Wow Chloe, thank you for sharing all of your home learning with us. I really enjoyed reading your description about sheep and how you think they feel like a teddy bear.(Did you know that sheep are my favourite animal?) Well done, great home learning.
Harry, from Class 6
Well done Harry on using your senses to describe summer. I can see that you have really thought hard about this. Well done!
Bella, from Class 5
Bella, being very artistic, has been trying something new this week, watercolours! She has painted a lovely picture of a Llama for her grandparents which I know they will be thrilled with. She has also been busy with her maths and topic work (and her brother’s!), take a look at her lovely photos.
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has been up to some unusual baking this week, making biscuits for her lovely dog Ted, he certainly looks as if he enjoys them!
She has also been busy with her writing, spellings and maths and even a little craft work. take a look at her lovely photos.
Lola, from Class 6
Thank you Lola for sharing this picture of you wearing your medal that you achieved for running 2 miles for the NHS. Class 6 are all very proud of you. Well done!
Lola, from Class 6
Well done Lola, your have written clear step by step instructions on how to build a sandcastle and included great illustrations.
Poppy, from Class 6
Poppy also made this delicious cake with her sister Lily. It looks amazing!
Poppy, from Class6
Thank you for sharing your home learning from this week Poppy, I really loved what you are holding. You have written a great description of what your water park would look like and also written a great set of instructions on how to build a sandcastle. Great home learning. Well done!
Hugo, from Class 6
Thank you for sharing some more of your home learning challenges with us Hugo. It was lovely to see such concentration on your face. I love your pen!
Isaac, from Class 5
Isaac has really enjoyed designing and writing about a water park.
Emily, from Class 6
Well done Emily for completing your home learning challenges. You really are demonstrating great commitment towards your learning.!
Harry, from Class 6
Thank you Harry for sharing these photographs, which shows us the vast amount of jelly fish that were washed ashore in Hayle last week. Take care in the sea everyone.
Oliver, from Class 5
Take a look at Oliver’s lovely photos. He’s been learning a great deal about bees and has been so lucky in the fact that he has met a real bee keeper! Oliver was given some delicious honey and honeycomb to eat which he thoroughly enjoyed. He has written a fact sheet about bees and also doing really well with all his maths and English home learning. Well done, keep up the great effort.
Harry, from Class 6
Well done Harry on winning the rainbow art competition for year 2.
Isaac, from Class 5
Isaac L. has written a brilliant alien story AND completed an absolute brilliant topic on Greenland. Take a look for a great read, you will certainly learn something you didn’t know before!
Also, a big clap for Isaac on receiving two Blue Peter badges for his covid poem and global warming poster, well done Isaac!
Lola, from Class 6
Harry, from Class 6
This week I have been doing lots of home learning and my chilli plant is getting big.(Written by Harry)
wow Harry! Well done, your chilli plant looks very healthy.
Verity, from Class 5
Verity is now quite the bee expert! She has made some lovely sand bees which are so cheerful they will make you smile! She has also investigated parts of a flower and has been learning all about pollination. Take a look at her lovely photos.
Ava, from Class 6
Wow Ava, you have been very busy with your home learning. I really enjoyed reading your space story and what a great picture of you in your space suit. It was also lovely to see you helping your younger sister with her phonics. Well done!
Faith from Class 5
Faith has been busy today writing a diary entry based on the Angry Cat story, take a look to see where she has used the conjunctions in her sentences.
Joseph, from Class 5
Take a look at Joseph’s amazing seaside picture. The colours, sand and glue effect make it something special to put on the wall.
Lola, from Class 6
Thank you for sharing your learning this week Lola. It was lovely to see you working so hard on odd and even numbers and also completing the sentences. I really loved your picture of you and Scarlett. A great start to the new term. Well done
Alfie, from Class 5
Take a look at Alfie’s lovely photos, read his brilliant alien story and admire his wonderful bee mobile. They look so happy it will put a smile on your face! He’s also had a great half term, enjoying the weather and he’s hoping to make a few pounds from his bedroom clearance sale.
Home Learning Challenges – Year 2 – Week 6 & 7
New – Week commencing – 11.05.2020
Hi Class 6 and Class 5, Mrs Ruffell and Mrs Daniel would like to say a big thank you to all of you who have sent images of your home learning, which you have completed over the past two weeks. We have now created a new home learning page, on the Penpol Times, for weeks 6 and 7. Please keep sending us images of your learning so that we can share it with your friends and families.
We both hope that you are all well and enjoying the learning challenges that we are setting.
Take care – Mrs Ruffell & Mrs Daniel
New – Half term activity
New – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/geography-ks1-how-honey-is-made/z7j76v4 (Copy & paste the link in to your browser)
PE and Outdoor Learning at Home
New -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCStjKlMICO-Em7zMJoHR3A (Copy & paste link in to your browser)
New – Digital Ocean – Surfers against Sewage – Copy and paste the link in to your browser
: https://www.sas.org.uk/digital-ocean-school
Online safety at home – copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/5-7s/
Fun ways to exercise and keep fit! – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://imoves.com/the-imovement
New – Additional online home learning. – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
New – Try these simple relaxation and mindfulness activities together and help your child learn to calm down when they feel stressed or anxious. – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/seven-techniques-for-helping-kids-keep-calm
Use your mind – Laugh & Giggle – Breathe Deep – Stretch it out – Relax
Emily, from Class 6
Wow Emily! I love your spaceship, it’s so colourful and what a great idea to put your photograph inside the space helmet. I can see, from the learning you have completed, that you really enjoyed this literacy based topic all about space.
Also well done on your spelling test results 10/10 great job!
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has been busy with her maths this week, drawn a great picture of a rocket and made a beeswax candle. She also found a little mole in her garden, he’s very cute!
Faith, from Class 5
Faith has really enjoyed the alien project this week, take a look at her amazing photos of all the craft work and writing she has been doing!
Lily, from Class 6
Well done Lily. You have found so many interesting facts about bees and I love your honey comb pattern.
Hana, from Class 5
Hana has been very busy lately with all her home learning, even though she is missing all her friends. Take a look at her photos and enjoy her pirate story.
Rosie, from Class 6
Rosie and George made some cheese today, after completing their numeracy challenges.
They were very proud of what they made, but didn’t like the taste.
Well done, it looks amazing!
Poppy, from Class 6
What great learning you have completed. I love your pictures, especially your spacesuit….
I was also very impressed with your handwriting . Well done.
Poppy wanted to share this photograph of a beautiful mermaid, which she found swimming in her paddling pool. How lucky was Poppy to find a mermaid in her back garden.
Bella, from Class 5
Bella was inspired by Mrs.Pope’s assembly and has made some amazing frozen flowers! She’s also written a great bee poem and diagram and drawn a couple of brilliant self portraits, one inspired by Gustav Klimt, can you guess which one?
Nicholas, from Class 6
Thank you for sharing your learning from this week Nicholas. I can see that you are really enjoying the space theme. Well done!
Faith, from Class 5
A lovely photo of Faith showing some of her work on Noah’s Ark, she really enjoyed this R.E story. She and her mum thought it very topical at the moment as we are all looking forward to much brighter and happier times.
Bella, from Class 5
Bella has become quite the chef at home again this week, baking cookies that look delicious!
She has also completed some maths sheets and brilliantly illustrated her brothers fantastic story.
Alfie, from Class 5
Alfie has been as busy as usual this week, take a look at his photos to see what he has been up to. I love his alien story and animal game. What a lovely picture of him on the beach too, making the most of the lovely weather.
Nicholas, from Class 6
Thank you Nicholas for sharing your home learning from this week. It looks like you are really enjoying the space writing theme. I love your colourful space suit and what a fab rocket! Well done.
Lily, from Class 6
Wow Lily, you have been very busy with your home learning! It was lovely to see your smiley face again and to see that you are showing such dedication to your home learning challenges. I was really impressed to see you calculating your number problems by using such good resources and what a fantastic sunflower picture you have created. Well done.
Emily, from Class 6
Thank you Emily for sharing your home learning challenges from this week. You have shown such dedication towards your learning. I loved your honeycomb pattern and I was glad to see that you are still using your mathematical skills to solve number problems and also completed the R.E activity. I am so proud of you. Well done!
Tilly, from Class 6
Wow Tilly, you have completed some lovely home learning challenges. Your art work is beautiful and I can see that you have taken great care with your illustrations. I was really impressed with your bee mobile. I would love for you to bring it in to school to show your friends when we return. Great home learning Tilly.
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has finished her week by completing some great maths today, and she made some delicious cakes too!
Isaac, from Class 5
Isaac has really enjoyed the pirate craft work, take a look at his photos. A clever idea to stain paper with a tea bag to make it look old and a cleverly disguised egg box as treasure chest, well done Isaac!
Harry, from Class 6
Wow Harry! look at your chilli plant, it looks so healthy and such a lovely colour green. You must be taking great care of it. I look forward to seeing a picture of the first chilli. Well done
Verity, from Class 5
I have been looking forward to reading Verity’s pirate story and here it is, she’s had quite an adventure to find that treasure chest!
Lola, from Class 6
what a lovely picture of a bee Lola! I was also impressed to see that you are using your mathematical knowledge to solve number problems. Well done, great home learning!
Lola, from Class 6
Well done Lola! you have shown great dedication to your home learning this week. You have used your mathematical mind to complete so many number problems. Great home learning!
Emily, from Class 6
Wow Emily! it looks like you really enjoyed the pirate topic. I loved reading your letter and what a great picture of your treasure chest and flag. What a great idea to complete a V.E day word search puzzle. Well done!
Alfie, from Class 5
Some lovely photos from Alfie this week, he’s been working hard and having fun. I loved his description of the boat journey. Apparently he adopted two snails and made a house for them!
Anya, from Class 6
Thank you Anya for sharing this lovely picture of you being the teacher. It was great to see you sharing your knowledge and supporting your younger sister with her phonics. Well done!
Faith, from Class 5
Take a look at Faith’s fantastic art work, she has really enjoyed completing all the pirate activities this week. Well done Faith.
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has been enjoying doing arty bits. She had great fun making pebble bees and ladybirds for a game ’noughts and crosses’ and even got Grannie involved by making a special games bag!!
She has been planning her Pirate treasure hunt and has started by drawing her boat and map. She has been talking through her story with me that she is planning to write. Well done Verity!
Emilija, from Class 5
Emilija has been doing a fantastic job with all her home learning lately, take a look at her photos, I really love her paper plate pirates
Nicholas, from Class 6
A big ‘WOOF’ from Betsy
Hello again everyone, I hope you are all well and still enjoying your home learning challenges.
Since I last wrote to you, I have had a few days that were lovely and also a few days where I chose to be a bit naughty and I ended up in a little bit of trouble.
Last Monday, when my family were very busy, I began to feel a little bored, so I decided to have a little roam around my house. I suddenly noticed that someone had left the bathroom door open and I saw some white paper hanging from the wall. I went up to the paper and grabbed it in my mouth. I then started to run out of the bathroom door with the paper following behind. Oh what fun I had playing with that paper, I felt so happy, until I heard someone shout ‘Betsy’. I looked up and saw my family staring down at me. They didn’t look very happy.
My family then decided that perhaps it would be better for me to go outside and get some fresh air, before I got myself in to any more trouble. I was so excited when I saw that I was going to my favourite place, the beach.
I had so much fun at the beach running and rolling around in the sand but because I have a long coat, I had to have a bath before I went to bed. When I lay down in my basket, I felt quite excited as I had heard my family saying that tomorrow was going to be a special day and that they were all going to be baking delicious buns for everyone to eat.
When I woke up in the morning everyone was really busy, in the kitchen, baking and there was such a lovely smell coming from the oven. I looked through the oven door and I could see some of my favourite buns being cooked. I wanted to just sit and watch them cook but no luck, ‘Walkies Betsy”.
Although I wanted to sit and watch the buns cooking, it was great to get outside in the fresh air and get some morning exercise.
On the way back from my walk, my owner decided to let me off the lead so that I could walk on my own. Suddenly, I could smell those delicious buns and I just knew that I had to have one ,as my mouth was beginning to water. I started to run home as fast as I could and there, outside of my garden, was a table all decorated with blue, red and white flags and on the top was a tray full of buns with icing on the top. I thought to myself, ‘This must be the special day celebrations that I heard my family talking about”. I just couldn’t wait any longer, I jumped up and started to eat the buns, licking the icing off first. Suddenly I heard someone shout, “Betsy, those buns were for the V.E day celebrations, now we will have to make some more. I know now that I shouldn’t have taken the buns but they were just looking and smelling so delicious, I couldn’t help myself. Next time, I will wait for my owner to give me one. I think I should now try to stay out of mischief for a while.
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Hello everyone at Penpol School, I hope you are all o.k and enjoying all of your home learning challenges. I really am missing all of my extra cuddles and also seeing everyones smiley faces.
At this strange time, I am also not allowed to go outside and do all of the fun things that I used to enjoy doing. Some days, I often sit and look out of my window, wishing things could get back to normal and I could go outside to play and visit everyone at Penpol School, where I love to be made a fuss of.
Although I miss going outside and not visiting Penpol School, I have enjoyed being at home with my family, where I have also been learning new challenges and practicing old tricks. When the sun was shining, I was so lucky to go down to the beach and play fetch. This is one of my favourite games, especially when the ball goes in to the sea.
Another trick that I have been practicing is ‘Stay’ and ‘Here”. This is a good trick, as I get to sit or stand in the same position and then when I hear the command ‘Here’ I have to run to my owner. They always give me a big cuddle when I run up to them.
Although I am really happy most days, being at home and learning with my family, some times I feel a bit sad and fed up and just don’t want to get out of bed, especially when it is raining.
On these days, I always tell my family how I am feeling so that they can help me and give me things to do that will stop me worrying and make me feel better. Last week, when I felt really sad, my family let me watch some horse racing on the television.
It was so exciting watching all of the horses galloping down the track and then jumping over the fences. After watching the horses, I felt so much happier and couldn’t wait to get started on my next learning challenge followed by playing in the garden and then having plenty of cuddles and playtime with my family.
Well I hope you have all enjoyed reading about what I’ve been up to at home. Perhaps you would like to send some photographs of your pets to Mrs Ruffell, so that she can share them with me and everyone else on the Penpol Times.
Take care
Love Betsy xxxx
Fred, from Class 1
Here is a picture of Fred from Class 1 with Sydney, she’s an Hungarian vizsla.
Ebbie, from Class 3
What a beautiful photo of Ebbie playing with her dog on the beach!
Isla, from Class 2
Here is Isla from class 2 with her pet Cat Alfie, they are watching a film together.
Izzy, from Class 2
It looks like Luna has been having a fab time playing with Izzy. I wonder what game they are playing? It looks like Luna is taking Izzy for a ride.
Kensa, from Class 6
Kensa and Bruno have also been visiting the beach to have some fun and exercise. Bruno looks just like Betsy. I wonder if they go to the same dog parlour to have their coats groomed?
Home Learning Challenges – Year 2 – Weeks 3, 4 & 5
WEEK COMENCING – 20.04.2020
Hi Class 6 and Class 5, Mrs Ruffell and Mrs Daniel would like to say a big thank you to all of you who have sent images of your home learning, which you have completed over the past two weeks. We have now created a new home learning page, on the Penpol Times, for weeks 3 and 4. Please keep sending us images of your learning so that we can share it with your friends and families.
We both hope that you are all well and enjoying the learning challenges that we are setting.
Take care – Mrs Ruffell & Mrs Daniel
PE and Outdoor Learning at Home
New -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCStjKlMICO-Em7zMJoHR3A (Copy & paste link in to your browser)
New – Digital Ocean – Surfers against Sewage – Copy and paste the link in to your browser
: https://www.sas.org.uk/digital-ocean-school
Online safety at home – copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/5-7s/
Fun ways to exercise and keep fit! – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://imoves.com/the-imovement
New – Additional online home learning. – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
New – Try these simple relaxation and mindfulness activities together and help your child learn to calm down when they feel stressed or anxious. – Copy and paste the link in to your browser.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/seven-techniques-for-helping-kids-keep-calm
Use your mind – Laugh & Giggle – Breathe Deep – Stretch it out – Relax
New – As the weather is now getting warmer, many of you have started to plant seeds and watching them grow. Below is a link to a lovely song called ‘One Seed’. Perhaps you could learn the words and record yourself singing it.
A big hello from Shelly.
Mrs Ruffell’s tortoise, Shelly, would like to say a big hello to everyone in Class 6 and Class 5
Chloe, from Class 6
Thank you for sharing your home learning with us Chloe. I was really pleased to see that you have completed the Easter R.E challenge and also the comprehension ‘A day at the Zoo’. Well done Chloe!
Bella, from Class 5
Bella has been really busy doing mathematical calculations and look at her amazing Aztec collage!..Well done Bella
Oakley, from Class 6
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Oakley, happy birthday to you! (Saturday 8th may) have a great day from everyone in Class 6
Wow! what a fab cake you are making and well done on all of your home learning challenges.
Nicholas, from Class 6
Wow!Look at that amazing bee picture, it looks so realistic. I also love the way you have created your treasure map and included so much detail. Well done Nicholas.
Poppy, from Class 6
Thank you Poppy for sharing all of your home learning from this week. It looks like you are really enjoying writing all about pirates. You have designed a great treasure map and written a detailed description of what you would find inside. That’s if you were lucky enough to find it!
Joseph, from Class 5
Joseph has made a brilliant rainbow mask to put a smile on all our faces!
Bella, from Class 5
Bella has been having fun in the kitchen this week, take a look at her delicious chocolate banana cake! She has also made a mosaic inspired by her brother’s topic on the Aztecs, and keeping her maths brain going with some tricky fractions.
Ava, from Class 6
(Written by Ava) Today I wrote my letter in a bottle from the pirate and completed the RE and some worksheets love Ava. Well done Ava, What a great letter from the pirate.
Alfie, from Class 5
Alfie has been very busy again, take a look at a few of the things he’s been up to. I’m looking forward to reading more pirate stories!
Finley, from Class 5
Take a look at what Finley has been up to. What a fantastic model of a bee! His story will also make you want to practise your pirate voice impersonations!
Kensa, from Class 6
Wow! well done Kensa. What a great way to learn you’re spellings.
Oscar, from Class 6
(Written by Oscar) Today we made our treasure maps, we stained the paper with coffee and rolled them up into messages in a bottle. We also started to make a film with dad about our rascally adventures as pirates.
We like this challenge a lot.
Oscar, it was so lovely to see a photograph of you wearing your Penpol School uniform, I had almost forgotten how smart it looked. Your photograph put a big smile on my face!
Harry, from Class 6
Wow! Harry look at how big your chilli plant has grown, no wonder it needed a bigger pot. Now that it has more room, the roots will be able to grow even better. Keep me updated on how it grows.
Tilly, from Class 6
(Written by Tilly) Today I have had great fun making a message in a bottle from a pirate. After I had written the letter I dyed the paper with a teabag to make it look old and then tore around the outside to give it rough edges. I then rolled it up and put it in a bottle. We took some photos too. (Well done Tilly)
Hana, from Class 5
Hana has been very busy of late. Take a look at all the great activities she has been up to so far, I love her mini beast game!
Violet, from Class 5
Violet would like to share a movie that she wrote and directed herself. She started to plan her movie with a story board
The second video is a green screen video diary about her thoughts at this strange time.
Lastly she wanted to give you a review of her reading book so far!
Click on the links and continue with website.
Emily, from Class 6
Emily, what a great poem about five little bees. well done!
Emily, from Class 6
Wow Emily, thank you for sharing your home learning from last week. I can see that you are still enjoying calculating number problems and what a lovely picture you have drawn. Well done!
Lola, from Class 6
Wow Lola how artistic are you? and what a great idea. I think we will definitely try this activity out when we are back in school. I hope you didn’t get hand prints all over the house?
Isaac L, from Class 5
Isaac L has had a very productive week. Take a look at his amazing beehive he has made and read his story about dream balloons!
Lola, from Class 6
Thank you Lola for sharing your home learning from this week. I can really see that you have been using your mathematical mind to solve the number problems. Well done!
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has really enjoyed listening to the poetry this week and inspired her to write one of her own, fantastic!
Harry, from Class 6
Thank you Harry for sharing the photographs of you keeping fit. I was so impressed to see you skipping. Well done!
Oliver, from Class 5
Oliver has been hard at work, writing a story, working out fractions, baking and even bringing to life his Star War pictures! Take a look at his lovely photos.
Violet, from Class 5
Violet has been up to lots of interesting things this week, from writing poetry, interviewing a friend, to writing in code! Take a look at her lovely photos.
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has found an ingenious way to paint a bee, take a look!
Hugo, from Class 6
Wow! Hugo, you have completed so much home learning. I was really impressed to see that you have remembered to learn your weekly spellings and also participated with the online R.E learning. You are also becoming such a good cook! Well done Hugo, you are demonstrating great dedication to your home learning challenges. Well done!
Jessica from Class 5
As you can see, Jessica has been extremely busy at home engaging with all the home learning.
Brilliant to see, well done and keep it up!
Faith, from Class 5
Faith has been working on some amazing nature projects, take a look at her impressive ice sculpture and clay Goldfinch! She is currently working on a papier mache beehive, looking forward to seeing that as well.
Poppy, from Class 6
Wow! I loved reading all of the information (Data) that you have collected on bees. I have seen so many bees recently. I think there are more bees around this year. Well done Poppy!
Nicholas, from Class 6
Thank you Nicholas for sharing your home learning with us. I can see that you have been using your mathematical knowledge to solve a variety of number problems. I was so pleased to see that you have remembered to edit your number formation, where needed. Also great home learning on suffixes. Well done!
Lola, from Class 6
Wow Lola! You have really been thinking about the grammar rules, which we need to apply to our writing.Well done!
Alfie, from class 5
Alfie would like to share what he has been up to. As you can see he’s doing a brilliant job! You have to be impressed with his rock Bumblebee, Mrs. Daniel is hoping for one!!
Emily, from Class 6
What a fab cake Emily. I can see the concentration on your face, whilst creating the bees. I bet it tasted great too!
Tilly, from Class 6
Thank you Tilly for sharing the learning, which you have completed this week. You have created a detailed fact sheet all about rabbits and drawn a beautiful picture! I also enjoyed looking at your picture of a bee, which you have labelled correctly. Wow! what a great bee bookmark, I look forward to seeing it when we are all back at school.
Verity, from Class 5
Verity has been doing well with education city this week and decided to complete the story from last week (see attached).
She has enjoyed the bee topic. Unfortunately she found a dead bee but gave her opportunity to compare it to her picture!
Emily, from Class 6
Wow Emily, you have completed so much home learning this week. Again you have been using your mathematical skills to solve several number challenges and completed the English activities on Educational City. I was pleased to see you learnt your spellings and took the weekly test. What a great score!
Oakley from Class 6.
Thank you Oakley for sharing your home learning with us. I can see that you have been busy recapping your letter formation and researching for information about bees. I enjoyed reading your bee fact file and I am glad to see that you are participating with the online activities set. Well done Oakley, super home learning!
Faith, from Class 5
Faith is very keen and able horse rider, so no surprise she chose a horse as her pet! Take a look at these lovely photos.
Joseph, from Class 5
Take a look at Joseph’s amazing Hama bead craft work! A lot of patience but I think you will agree well worth the effort.
Kensa,from Class 6
Kensa has been practicing her spellings by writing out words that contain the sound ‘tion’. She has also written an interesting fact file about her dog who is called Bruno. Great home learning Kensa!
Poppy, from Class 6
Thank you Poppy for sharing some of your learning from this week. I can see that you have been really busy learning about bees and completed the learning objectives set on Educational city. Great learning and I am glad to see you achieved 100% on your certificates. Well done!
Emilija, From Class 5
Thank you Emilija for sending us all these lovely photos of you and your home learning. Well done, you are doing a great job!
Alfie, from Class 5
Here is a great football story about Alfie’s toys when they come alive at night, it’s exciting to see who finally wins!
Lily, from Class 6
Lily has been learning all about bees and created a poster to show their life cycle. Well done Lily.
A message from our Friends in France
Here at Penpol, we have a rich community which stretches far and wide, beyond the school gates. For three years, we have been in contact with Madame Jourdain’s Year 5 classes, at Le Bourg primary school in SW France. We have been exchanging letters, information about our lovely school and area, sending over games and passing on cultural differences between the two countries.
One aspect which is very similar between the two countries right now is that French children are now, like us, working from home for the time being, rather than at school.
Maintaining connections during this rather strange time is a powerful thing – be it with family, friends, teachers, as well as our friends over the pond at Ecole Primaire le Bourg- and it gives us all a sense that we are in this together.
The children from Le Bourg primary school have sent messages, some in French and some in English, detailing what they are getting up to during this period outside of the classroom. I am also very excited to send some of our own messages in French/ English to let them know what we are doing during this time. Please feel free to send them in to your teachers if you have anything you would like to share in French…the more, the merrier! Also, if you feel like you need a refresher on some of the topics your teachers have been doing with you, with the help of Mr Woolcock I have uploaded a French and Spanish section with plenty of games and activities to try out and boost your confidence. You can find the French and Spanish section on the home learning section of the school website.
For now, check out the lovely message sent from their teacher, Madame Jourdain, as well as the letters from the Year 5 children below and see how you get on with some of the translations…
Mardi 7 avril, Tuesday 7th April
Chers correspondants, Dear friends letters, coorespondents
Nous aussi, nous sommes confinés et travaillons à la maison.
We are confined and we work at home.
Voici quelques activités que nous pratiquons en dehors du travail scolaire.
Here are some activities we do outside of school work.
A très bientôt. See you soon.
Les élèves de CM1/CM2 Mme Jourdain
