Spring Term 2 Newsletter

Newsletter - Spring Term 2

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Head of School Welcome

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Dear parents and carers,

We've had a super spring term here at TLA and are delighted to share the children's learning with you in our end of term newsletter. Particular highlights have included Reception taking part in the Truro St Piran's Day parade, some of our pupils enjoying a trust-wide football festival and our UKS2 Lego league team winning a trophy at the competition at RNAS Culdrose. We have even made it onto the local news, twice! We are so proud of all of the learners in our community!

We have been very happy to welcome two trainee teachers into our school this term, Mrs Biddle and Miss Hodgson, and we wish them every success in their next placement and future careers!

The summer term is always a busy one, with assessments, sports days and residentials. We hope the children have a fun-filled Easter and come back refreshed for the new term.

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Diary Dates

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Thursday 28th March - Children break up for Easter holidays at 1pm

Summer Term Dates 2024
Monday 15th April - First day of Summer term

Wednesday 1st May - Friday 3rd May - Year 5 Residential to Barton Hall
Monday 6th May - School closed Bank holiday
Monday 13th May - Thursday 16th May - KS2 SATs
Monday 27th May - Friday 31st May - Half term

Thursday 6th June - FOTLA meeting
Monday 10th June - Friday 14th June - KS1 phonics screening check
Wednesday 19th June - EYFS and KS1 sports day
Thursday 20th June - KS2 sports day and FOTLA summer fayre

Wednesday 10th July - Friday 12th July - Year 6 Residential to Camp Kernow
Monday 22nd July - Children break up for Summer holidays

Nursery

Over the past half term the children in nursery have been learning all about the world in which we live. They have learnt about continents such as Asia and Africa and also about places closer to home such as London and Cornwall. We have been busy trying new foods, creating African music, baking scones and learning all about the 'man engine'.

Reception

Reception have been enjoying their topic 'Big Wide World!' They have created artwork inspired by traditional African fabric patterns, learnt about Lunar New Year, walked in the St Piran's Day parade and explored Arctic environments! In Maths, we have been learning about number bonds to 10, and consolidating our knowledge of shape. In Literacy, we have been working on writing independently using our knowledge from phonics. The children have enjoyed developing their gross motor skills through sessions on the bike track. We are looking forward to our next topic 'Food Glorious Food!' after the Easter holiday!

Year 1

Year 1 have had a great half-term! In maths we have been learning the place value of numbers to 100 and have been counting and grouping in tens. In English we have been looking at Aesop's fable 'The contest between the sun and the wind' and creating our own versions of the story. In geography we have been looking at the seasons and how the weather changes, and in science we have been learning about plants. We have been labelling the parts of plants, planting seeds and researching which plants we can eat. We visited Woodland Valley Farm and had a great day learning about where our food comes from and how we can help by looking after our environment.

Year 2

In Year 2, we have travelled a long way from home through our topic, ‘Awesome Australia’.
As writers, we have enjoyed innovating the aboriginal dreamtime story of ‘What Made Tiddalik Laugh’. We have also written letters to a school in Alice Springs to tell them about life in Cornwall.
As mathematicians, we have made and drawn arrays to help us multiply numbers.
As geographers, we have been comparing Truro to the Australian town Alice Springs. We have been noticing similarities and differences.
As scientists, we really enjoyed investigating the changes in the properties of playdough when it was heated and cooled.
In RE, we have learnt about Holy Week and why Easter is important to Christians.
As artists, we have been learning about primary and secondary colours and creating expressive paintings as part of our new art curriculum.

Year 3

Year 3 have been working really hard this term on all things mechanic and magnetic! In English they have written two really interesting texts on the theme of inventions and machines - first they wrote an explanation text for their very own inventions and then they wrote a brilliant invention story about an inventor and their robot. We were so proud of their efforts to be creative and use all the text features. We have also enjoyed the story of the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. The children have been making some excellent predictions and used some challenging vocabulary in their written responses. In Science they have been exploring forces and magnets. We completed several investigations to test friction, forces, magnetism, magnetic attraction and repulsion and magnetic strength. We definitely have some future scientists in Year 3! Finally, we are bringing all this learning together to create a magnetic travel game in DT. Their designs and ideas have been really exciting. We can't wait for you to see the finished pieces.