Weekly Newsletter W/C 18th March 2024

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WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY?

This week in Crantock, we have been busy preparing for our upcoming SATS tests by practising and revising lots of different methods!&nbsp; In PE, we looked at overarm bowling and had lots of fun helping each other get the right movement in order to hit the wicket.&nbsp;We had a lot of game time and so feel really prepared for the upcoming cricket season.&nbsp; Some of the class took part in an indoor athletics competition on Friday and did really well.&nbsp;Lots of teamwork and camaraderie! Well done!&nbsp;&nbsp;

Wow what a busy week in Lansallos.&nbsp; We have started writing our own versions of the Mousehole Cat, but from the perspective of Tom.&nbsp; In Maths Year 4 have come to the end of their decimals work and Year 3 are moving from weight to capacity.&nbsp; We have also made props for the Drama club.&nbsp; Our big news is the amazing trip we went on to the Royal Cornwall Showground.&nbsp; Such an amazing day, so many things to see and taste too.&nbsp; The children’s behaviour and attitudes were commented on by the staff and volunteers – super listening and great knowledgeable questions.&nbsp; Well done Lansallos the adult who took you were so proud of you all.&nbsp;

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Address: St Stephen Churchtown Academy, Creakavose, St Stephen, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 7NZ. Head of School: Miss L James. School Office: 01726 822568. Email: <a href="http://hello@ststephenchurchtown.org.uk">hello@ststephenchurchtown.org.uk</a> Twitter: @ststephenchtwn Facebook: St Stephen Churchtown Academy Website: <a href="http://www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk/">www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk</a>

Building resilience&nbsp;is of great importance towards children's mental health in both their younger years and going into their adult years. We, as&nbsp;St.Stephen Churchtown Academy&nbsp;and other organisations are here to support you in ensuring you know where to go for help &amp; advice. Please view the below links for help or call the school office on 01726 822568 where we can put you in touch with our trained members of staff or organisations close to us. We have a huge amount of information, well-being booklets &amp; printable journal diaries on our website. This can be found under the Parents Tab &amp; down to Supporting Well-being At Home or on the link &amp; QR code below.

<a href="https://www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk/web/supporting_well-being_at_home/656991">St Stephen Churchtown Academy - Supporting Well-Being At Home</a>

SPORTS AT ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY

We have the official league positions for Netball A &amp; B. Netball A - 2nd Place - runners up Netball B - 3rd Place Well done all.

Cross Country Inter Area Qualifiers. Congratulations to all our runners. They did their absolute best and we are so proud of them. 6 children qualified for the county finals: Year 6 Girls - Eden Year 4 Girls - Jessica, Elizabeth, Adele Year 4 Boys - Thomas &amp; Taylor

On Friday we took part in the County Finals of Sports Athletics at Bodmin. We came overall 5th in the county - which is absolutely amazing. All of our children who took part should feel so proud of themselves. They presented great teamwork, supported one another &amp; competed really well showing great determination. Well done to all of you.

We have been discovering the fun of edible tuff trays in the 2-3s.&nbsp; The children have enjoyed using their imaginations to engage in different forms of role play they have enjoyed using kitchen utensils to create their own meals, been practicing how to use cutlery properly and even attempting to use chopsticks.&nbsp; All this is great fun for them but as educators we have seen so many different learning opportunities, we have observed the children talking to each other about what they are doing, teaching each other how to do different things, watched them learn how to navigate new resources that have been also working those hand muscles which is so important for their future writing skills they will need.&nbsp; By making the learning as fun as possible for the children it holds their engagement and allows them to really achieve great outcomes.&nbsp;

Polzeath nursery had a busy week reading, 'What the Ladybird Heard' and learning about mini beasts and farm animals. We explored out new physical development equipment outside and took advantage of the lovely weather by drawing giants in chalk from our maths text. We also made sheep using cotton wool, raced ladybirds in small world and compared numbers to 6 in maths. Fantastic learning this week, nursery!&nbsp;

LUNCH AT ST STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY W/C 15th April

A school lunch costs £2.45. Please pay in advance via Parent-pay by midnight the night before. Meal selection is now required by all parents even if your child is entitled to free school meals.

Congratulations to POLZEATH with the highest attendance so far this school year at 96.5%

ATTENDANCE WITHIN ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY

Our current whole school yearly attendance from September 2023 is 94.5%

REPORTING ABSENSES Please inform the office by leaving a message or speaking to us in person - before 9am - on 01726 822568 if your child is going to be absent due to illness, let us know their symptoms &amp; their date of return. Holiday forms can be found in the main reception - This ensures your child isn't marked as unauthorised.

PARENT SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION &amp; HELPFUL CONTACTS

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CORNWALL / MIND In a crisis or know someone who needs to talk? Mental Health Cornwall are there 24/7. They listen &amp; determine how best to help you. Call them free on 0800 038 5300 <a href="https://cornwallmind.org/urgent-help/">https://cornwallmind.org/urgent-help/</a>		 	<a href="https://cornwallmind.org/">https://cornwallmind.org/</a>

FIRST LIGHT &amp; SAFER FUTURES CORNWALL Domestic abuse can be seen in all types of ways from controlling behaviour. physical assault, sexual violence and mental abuse. If you need help in any way or know of someone who needs this help - call them on 0300 777 4777. They help with any stage of your journey from first events to helping cope with life after. First Light is a charity run organisation and many advisors have been in these positions themselves. <a href="https://www.firstlight.org.uk/our-services/safer-futures/">https://www.firstlight.org.uk/our-services/safer-futures/</a>

CHILDLINE <a href="https://www.childline.org.uk/">https://www.childline.org.uk/</a> 0800 11 11 You can access a great range of tools &amp; help for children who need a helping hand with their emotions/feelings and also help for those children being targeted for bullying or witnessing &amp; involved in domestic violence or assault within their own homes. On the website they can access 1-2-1 counselling, get support, access mental first aid kits, log a mood journal, view coping kit, play games &amp; view their supportive calm zones. The calm zone has yoga videos, tools to express themselves and breathing exercises.

This week we have practising using a racket in tennis. We have put into practise what we have learnt over the past week and used our forehand to hit the ball. In English, we are applying all the grammatical skills that we have learnt over the past week and started to write out narrative inspires by the story " The Mousehole Cat" During Geography, we have been looking at the human features on The Galapagos Islands and compared it to Cornwall. Did you know that they speak Spanish on the Galapagos?

<a href="https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/">Place2Be: Parenting Smart: Articles</a> Visit the link to some short reads for guidance towards positive behaviour &amp; wellbeing. These include ''What to do if my child doesn't want to attend school", "I'm going through a break-up", How to help your child when going through a traumatic event &amp; helpful de-escalation techniques.

Upcoming dates for your diary

UPCOMING IMPORTANT INFORMATION &amp; DATES

Just sign up using the QR code or by the link provided

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Online Parent Classes Running from April to August

Parenting Courses April-August 24.pdf

Perranporth was creating 3D flowers for the Drama Club production. It was great to see a fantastic teamwork, helping each other. In Geography, we have created maps using map keys, adding our own features to St Stephen map to improve the lives of its citizens. Some children composed highly detailed maps using a key to highlight topographical features.

POLKERRIS - CROOKLETS - FISTRAL - READYMONEY -

CARLYON BAY - LANSALLOS - PERRANPORTH - CAERHAYS - CRANTOCK -

Crooklets class have been reading Zog and The Odd Egg. We've been using the information about Dinosaurs to write facts. Reception have written phrases linked to Zog and Year 1 have written a non-chronological report about different dinosaurs. We've been practising our weaving skills to make our Easter cards in DT and started learning about grouping animals in Science. We went on our Sponsored Welly Walk on Friday. We loved walking around the school and grounds to raise money for our EYFS classes. We can't wait to see how much we have raised.

'PURPLE CERTIFICATE' Head Teacher Award

Lincoln Roman Charlie Ocean Aiyla-Jayne

Lucy Phoebe Liliana

On Monday 25th&nbsp;March, we will be welcoming Ed Buckingham- explorer and author from Cornwall to speak to us in assembly and to share his newly written children's book. Year 4 met him two years ago- we are sure they will remember his exciting talk about his travels to Antarctica.&nbsp; After school, Ed will be selling his book from the main entrance. If you are interested, please come along to meet him and look at his books, which can be purchased by card and cash. His book '7 Summits' costs £13, and his children's book 'Toby goes extreme in Antarctica' costs £9.&nbsp;

Please make sure all children have named raincoats in their bag &amp; Hats / Gloves / Scarves on the cold days

Polkerris class have had a lovely week and have been brushing up on their tidy away skills using this to support their learning, for example, the children know how many glue sticks need to go on the tens frame, can see where to put the correct cubes or cuboids back and can count how many pencils need to be in each pot. They have all worked really hard following their Personal, Economic, Social and Health (PSHE) lesson which focused on looking after our classroom and friends. In addition they have continued revising their taught sounds and have been looking at words ending inning and compound words such as farm, roof and yard. They have also investigated 3D shapes and looked for what 2D shape they can see within a 3 D shape. Finally the children are also enjoying the We Thinkers book, Thinking with your eyes, and had a go at using their eyes to show who they were thinking about, this children had to work out which person a person wanted to high five by only using their eyes. Well done Polkerris.&nbsp;

ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY UNIFORM POLICY

Nursery Casual clothes with a school jumper or cardigan - please bring spare clothing / pants in your child's bag.

Key Stage 1 Grey or Black Pinafore / Shorts / Trousers / Skirt White cotton T-Shirt Black school Shoes Royal Blue School Jumper / Cardigan P.E - Royal Blue P.E top with logo, Blue / Black Shorts (leggings can be worn in periods of cold weather) Plimsolls or trainers.

Key Stage 2 Grey or Black Pinafore / Shorts / Trousers / Skirt White Shirt (short / long or 3/4 sleeves) Royal Blue School Jumper / Cardigan Tie Black School Shoes P.E - Royal Blue P.E top with logo, Blue / Black Shorts (leggings can be worn in periods of cold weather) Trainers.

KS1 / KS2 - BLUE SUMMER GINGHAM DRESSES / PLAYSUITS CAN BE WORN IN THE SUMMER TERM 

TIES / BOOKBAGS / P.E BAGS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE OFFICE AND PAID FOR ON PARENTPAY

We use Cornwall Screenprint for our uniform. They can deliver to school or you can collect from their office. Order here on...<a href="https://www.cornwallscreenprint.co.uk/">Cornwall Screenprint &amp; Embroidery - St Austell</a>

Readymoney have begun their Easter card weaving project this week. The children have enjoyed selecting which materials to use and have shown some great resilience with their weaving.&nbsp; The children have also enjoyed developing their class composing skills in music this week. The children had to select which percussion instruments to play and when. They also had to then play along to their composition at the correct time! We have also started our new science topic- Animals! This week we found out about 5 scientific ways of groups animals- reptiles, amphibians, mammals, fish and birds. We had lots of interesting conversations about animals and cannot wait to find out more next week.

25th March - ASD Cafe - 2 until 3.15pm 26th - Polzeath Class only - Easter activities in their classroom 2.30pm 27th March - School Disco 29th March - Bank Holiday 1st April - Start of Easter Holidays 15th April - Return to School 23rd April - Class &amp; Sports Teams Photos 6th May - Bank Holiday 27th May - Half Term 3rd June - Return to School 15th - 19th July - Year 6 Activities Week 23rd &amp; 24th July - INSET Days 25th July - Summer Holidays

Did you know you can walk into your local pharmacy and ask for ''ANI'' - or ask anywhere to access their safe place? They will then help you get away from a domestic abuse situation.

Download the App BRIGHT SKY to access a directory of support agencies &amp; help lines.

LOCAL SUPPORT ST AUSTELL FOOD BANK Light &amp; Life Centre Brunel Business PK PL25 4TJ We would like to draw your attention to the support they offer at the Foodbank. They run a drop in on Thursday's where you can talk to the team. They offer support for a range of things including financial advise &amp; mental health

<a href="https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/">https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/</a>

This week the children have worked really hard with their end of term assessments with some amazing effort and trying hard without giving up.&nbsp; In RE, we had some visitors from the local church to teach us about the symbols behind Easter, which included tasting some yummy Hot Cross Buns!

PORTH, POLZEATH, POLKERRIS &amp; CROOKLETS

PORTH &amp; POLZEATH <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9mPX7DuLA">What the Ladybird Heard | What the Labybug Heard | stories read aloud (youtube.com)</a>

POLKERRIS &amp; CROOKLETS <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LKoji2i7Cw">The Odd Egg - YouTube</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMr9fempQ6Q">Zog (Julia Donaldson) - Daily Read Aloud (youtube.com)</a>

KIND - RESPECTFUL - RESILIENT - RESPONSIBLE - POSITIVE - THOUGHTFUL -HARD WORKING - SPARKLE

Support our Parent Code of Conduct By working in harmony together, we create a positive learning experience for all. We are fortunate to have a dedicated and supportive community who recognise that at the heart of each and every school's success, is a valued and trusted home/school partnership. The Aspire Parent Code of Conduct supports your child(ren) during their time in an Aspire academy/school and sits on every website under the PARENTS heading. The Parent Code of Conduct can also be obtained by visiting www.aspireacademytrust.org/policies and a copy will be emailed to all parents/carers. Thank you for your continued support.

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Students in Caerhays have enjoyed a range of activities this week: calligraphy to support the school production, orienteering to collect maths data and forming labelled diagrams of a flower from recycled materials.

This Week's Core Value SPARKLE

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