Book Creator | Curriculum Newsletter

Forthcoming events:

February:

9th - INSET Day. School & Nursery closed to pupils
12th - 16th Half term holiday
19th - Return to school

March:

5th - St Piran's Day. Cornish celebration & themed lunch
7th - World Book Day. Themed lunch & dress as your favourite book character.
15th - Red Nose Day. Non-uniform day (Wear red)
20th - Songfest 2024, Bodmin (Choir club)
25th - Final week of after school clubs
27th - Rocksteady Concert (9am)
28th - Last day of Spring Term. 2pm finish
29th - Good Friday Bank Holiday. School & nursery closed

April:

1st - 12th Easter Holiday
15th - Summer Term starts. Children return to school

We would welcome any feedback you may have on our half termly newsletters. Please contact the school office using the following email address to share your comments. Thank you.

Email: hello@sandyhill.org.uk

Head of School Welcome

Another half-term has absolutely flown by. I am filled with immense pride to see how our children continue to flourish as learners and as people, driven by an extremely talented and dedicated staff team.Together, as a school community, we continue to lay the foundations for our children’s futures.

It is amazing to see the youngest children in the nursery becoming increasingly independent and inquisitive. In reception, the children continue to forge strong foundations for their learning journey, from learning how to read and communicate with a widening vocabulary to collaborating effectively with others. Across the school the children have continued to develop a range of skills and knowledge across the curriculum - from developing fundamental movement skills in PE and creating superb constructions within Design Technology, to perfecting grammatical knowledge and striving to beat personal bests within times tables and arithmetic.

As the days get brighter and longer, we look forward to seeing our children experience even more with trips and exciting activities being planned.

Thank you for your continued support

Jack Walker – Head of School

Art

Throughout the Autumn term and Spring term there has been a continued focus on drawing skills.

As a whole school children have been learning about painting this term and focusing on mixing various colours. They have been learning about primary and secondary colours to creating and using warm and cool colours. The children have enjoyed working on various techniques and have created their final pieces in painting from the techniques they have been taught.

The children have enjoyed learning about their Local artist in the Autumn term and are now currently learning about a Nationwide artist. They will be replicating or using the artists techniques to create their own piece of artwork.

The children will be learning about printing techniques next half term and are looking forward to testing different ways to print.

Computing

It has been fantastic to see such a variety of computing work across the school since September. We started the year with a focus on Digital Literacy which has included internet safety and operational core skills (using a computer). The children's confidence has grown in talking about online safety and practically when using the Chromebooks/iPads.

This term, each class have started their new topics of Knowledge and Understanding in which they have been learning how computers and the internet actually work. We have also celebrated Safer Internet Day with this years theme being: Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online'.

Some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils have been working towards the Lego League competition each week and others have been learning how to use the Micro:bits, ready to share with the rest of the school very soon!

Design and Technology

During the Spring term, pupils at Sandy Hill Academy enjoyed their second two DT days of the year. Construction was our key area of learning for this term. The children became immersed in practical, hands-on learning. They effectively used skills learnt to understand how to design, make and evaluate products made for a purpose.

Pupils have enjoyed learning how to use a variety of tools to produce creative and innovative products. Across the school there have been many creative ways to test product prototypes. Year 5 pupils tested their wooden building prototypes on jelly to check their effectiveness of being earthquake proof!

Exciting times ahead next half term! Year 5 and Year 6 children will have the opportunity to meet a Dyson engineer during a virtual workshop all about the James Dyson foundation.

We look forward to our final two DT days of the year, focusing on creating and making delicious food products.