Penryn Primary Academy

Spring Term 2024

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Head of School Welcome

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Welcome to our spring term newsletter.

It has been another term full of trips, experiences, visitors and exciting topics in all of our classes!

Alongside all this amazing learning, we have also said farewell and good luck to both Mrs Duckham and Mrs Meredew, who have both embarked on their own adventures, by beginning their maternity leave.

We have also taken part in the Aspire Trust’s Connect 40 Relay Challenge, which raised nearly £5,000 for Comic Relief and the Youth Sports Trust – thank you for all of your generous donations, which contributed to this amazing total.

We also shared our plans for launching the ‘Penryn Passport’ and the exciting opportunity all our pupils have in taking part in the sticker design competition! I can’t wait to see all the incredible ideas I know our amazing children will come up with.

We ended the term with one of my favourite events, the ‘Spring Show’! Once again, we were blown away by the incredible entries and the immense effort that went into each one. Thank you for your support with this event.

I wish all of you a restful Easter break and look forward to welcoming you back on Monday 15th April.

Best wishes,
Mr Lee

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Diary Dates

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Term Dates 2023-24

• 29th March - 14th April - Easter Holiday
• 6th May - Bank Holiday
• W/C 13th May - Y6 SATs Week
• 27-31 May 2024 - Half term
• 3rd June - INSET Day
• 14th June - Friends Summer Disco
• 19th June - Tempest Class Photos
• 24th June - Sports Day
• 5th July - Friends Colour Run
• 12th July Year 6 Prom
• 25th July - Summer holiday's begin

Aspire Connect-40

The Aspire Connect 40 Relay Challenge was a trust-wide, team-focussed feat of endurance that took place in aid of Comic Relief Red Nose Day and Youth Sport Trust.
To read the news article for this amazing event, please click the following link: Aspire Connect 40 Relay Challenge - The Aspire Academy Trust

Our children here at Penryn Primary enjoyed the 'run-a-mile' challenge during the day to support the chosen charities. Well done to all involved.

Nursery: 2 year old room

Swanpool class have been focusing on farm animals and the hungry caterpillar story. The children have loved exploring different crafts and sensory trays this term.

Nursery

Helford class have been learning about the weather, their bodies, animal babies and people who help them. They also loved celebrating St Piran’s Day and World Book Day!

Reception Class

Reception have been having fun with their Topic “Big Egg, Little Egg. Their January Wow day focussed on the big eggs, with a surprise hatching of dinosaur eggs. They became palaeontologists for the half term, investigating fossils and learning all about dinosaurs. In February the focus was much smaller eggs with a Wow day focussed on The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Their topics have inspired their writing and supported maths where they investigated numbers and shapes.

Year 1

Year 1 have love learning the stories 'The Gingerbread Man' and 'Supertato' and writing their own versions by changing the characters and setting.
They have been working on numbers up to 50 and learning greater or less. They have enjoyed local walks, creating maps of the area and their classroom.
They have enjoyed a visit from the RNLI and talked about how to stay safe in an emergency.
They have really enjoyed their art work, focussing on Yayoi Kusama and Andy Worhol, and created polka dot paintings, clay sculptures and explored pop art.