School Newsletter December 2023

Head of School Welcome

Dear Parents/Carers

On behalf of all the staff at St Keverne School we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  May you and your family be safe, healthy & joyous throughout the festive season.

I would also like to thank the pupils for their continued hard work and achievements to date, the staff for their dedication and commitment and yourselves as parents & carers for your continued support.

Lisa Woodhouse

Last week of term

Monday 18th December

Leggan class visiting Polventon residential home in the morning
Godrevy class - children are welcome to bring in a board game on Monday if they wish to. Please no messy games (e.g. Pie Face).
FOSKS have organised a children's Christmas market which will take place during the school day. They are asking for £2.00 per child which can be brought to school in the morning. Each child can choose two presents for their parents/carers/ grandparents/family member. Thank you for the donations of presents. FOSKS would be grateful, in particular, for donations of gifts for men. These can be left in the school reception at the morning drop off on Monday.

Tuesday 19^th December - Last day of the Autumn term.
Christmas Jumper Day for the charity Save the Children (Christmas decorated jumper with normal school uniform), suggested donation of £1.00 please,
No after school sports club. No PE kits will be needed on this day.
Change of school dinner - fish and chips, veggie sticks and chips, tomato pasta or jacket potato. If you have already pre-booked your child's school dinner, please re-book it because the original booking will be deleted.

New Year Holiday Sports Club - 2nd and 3rd January 2024
A reminder that our PE provider is running a New Year sports club on 2nd and 3rd January, Places must be pre-booked by Tuesday morning drop off with payment and booking form.

Future Dates

4th January 2024 - First day of Spring Term

Week beginning 8th January
Godrevy class (years 2, 3 and 4) will be going swimming every afternoon this week. The voluntary payment can be made on ParentPay please.

Monday 8th January - Leggan class after school Lego club
Tuesday 9th January - After school sports club (places must be prebooked)

For the 2024 term dates please click on the link at the bottom of this page. This information is also on our school website
St Keverne Primary School - Calendar

term-dates-2023-24.pdf

CARLEON CLASS

The children in Carleon Class were lucky enough to have a guided tour around our very own St. Keverne church by Karen Richards. Mrs. Richards had lots to tell us about the church's history, which was very interesting. We were allowed to light a candle at the end to say thanks or prayer and enjoyed a snack and drink. The church gave each child a little goody bag to take home. We are fortunate to have this on our doorstep. We would like to thank St Keverne Parish Church and Mrs. Richards for a lovely afternoon.

This week's Nativity play

GODREVY CLASS

This half term has been another busy one for Godrevy class. We have all enjoyed developing our map reading skills and using our compasses to create a class treasure hunt around the school. We have also enjoyed visiting St Keverne Church to learn about rocks and natural stone, observing the differences in weathering effect from the wind and rain has on different types of rock. We have had fun with maths every morning with a problem-solving advent calendar, which has supported our understanding of using bar models to answer a question. It hasn't been all work though, and we have enjoyed singing as part of the Christingle at St Keverne Church and visiting the Hall for Cornwall to watch the pantomime Peter Pan.

Maths advent calendar problem solving

Identifying rocks in science

Visiting St Keverne Church

LEGGAN CLASS

It has been a very busy term for Leggan. We have conducted science investigations, looked at natural hazards and have seen what impact the Anglo-Saxon had on Britain. We have been busy outside the classroom with Lego club getting ready for Little Lego League in March, visits to the planetarium, the pantomime and our recent Christingle service.

Thanks to all the children for their hard work and I look forward to seeing them after a very happy Christmas break. Mr Mitchell