Head's Blog

Happy New Year

I hope you all enjoyed a lovely Christmas holiday and managed plenty of time to rest. We have an action-packed Spring term lined up with learning, socialising and playfulness. Teachers have planned new enquiries for the children to explore, Canute class will be finding out "How our world has evolved" and Tregeagle class will delve into Ancient Egypt to find out "What was importantly to Ancient Egyptians" Both classes will supplement their classroom learning with trips and experiences to enhance understanding and make the learning come to life. As always, you can find out what your child will be learning from the learning map teachers upload to Showbie in your child's portfolio. This map has a brief outline of subjects taught across the half term.

We continue to teach reading through phonics supported by the Twinkl resources in our early years and in KS2 the children read a variety of texts and analyse these using the VIPERS reading skills; vocabulary, inference, prediction, explaining, retrieval and summary. Writing is taught by modelling high quality sentences using selected grammar and vocabulary and supporting the children to experiment in drafting their own. For our youngest children, writing is taught through Drawing Club, where children draw their own images and select words to describe them.

Maths is taught using the Mastery Approach with children recording learning on their iPads alongside opportunities to record using pen and paper. We also teach fluency using Number Sense for KS1 and Mastering Number in KS2.

We hope you find the opportunity to follow your child's learning on the Showbie platform useful. If you have any problems logging in or would like to find out more about how we use the platform alongside other recording in the classroom, please speak to your child's teacher.

In Canute class, outdoor learning continues to be taught on Tuesday afternoons with PE on Thursday afternoon. In Tregeagle class, PE is on Monday morning and Friday afternoon. On PE days, please send your child to school wearing their PE kit to allow the entire PE lesson to be active learning. For outdoor learning, your child should come to school wearing their uniform and bring suitable coats/footwear in a bag for outdoors if it is not already at school. We do have waterproof trousers for everyone and some spare wellies we can lend the children if necessary.

After School Clubs start from next week, list of clubs and sign-up sheets will be sent out shortly.

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Welcome

Polruan Primary Academy is a small, happy and vibrant school, situated at the very top of the village with the most fantastic views of the Fowey Estuary. Our school currently has two classes: Canute Class (Key stage 1) and Tregeagle Class (Key stage 2) both inhabiting spacious, welcoming classrooms with access to outside space. We also have a pre-school nursery provision embedded in our KS1 classroom, providing a seamless transition from pre-school to school.

Children at our school develop a love for learning in the coastal and rural environment immediately surrounding us and use this to explore national and global issues.

We pride ourselves on our inclusive supportive ethos and high expectations for all. Our dedicated and highly skilled teaching staff work incredibly hard to ensure all pupils reach the highest standards during their time with us.

We have strong community links and our school is an integral part of the village community. We work closely with our neighbouring schools and the wider network of Bridge Schools Trust.

Jane Wills
Head of School