Head's Blog

Sports Day and Assembly

Sports Day Success

What a fantastic Sports Day we had! A huge thank you to all the parents and families who joined us — it was lovely to see so many of you there, cheering on the children and enjoying a sunny picnic lunch together. Your support made the day feel extra special. We were incredibly proud of the great sportsmanship shown by all the children. Whether they were running, jumping, throwing, or simply cheering their friends on, every child got involved and gave it their best. The smiles and laughter said it all! A very special thank you goes to Mrs Andrew and Mr Twaite for all their hard work in organising a smooth, fun-filled day. It takes a lot of planning and preparation to make an event like this run so well, and we’re very grateful. Well done to everyone who took part – we’re already looking forward to next year!

Special Visit from Captain Paul Thomas – Harbour Master

We were delighted to welcome Captain Paul Thomas, our local Harbour Master, to school on Friday for a special and interactive assembly. Captain Thomas brought with him a variety of buoyancy aids and life jackets to demonstrate how they work, and to explain the important role they play in keeping people safe on the water. The children were fascinated to learn about the differences between the types of aids — and how each one is designed for different activities and conditions. It was a brilliant hands-on session with lots of demonstrations, and as always, the children asked some fantastic and thoughtful questions. Captain Thomas was very impressed with their curiosity and enthusiasm! At the end of the assembly, we were proud to present Captain Thomas with a handmade thank-you card from all of us, to show our appreciation for his generous support in funding this year’s watersports activities. It means so much to the children and gives them the chance to experience the water safely and confidently. A big thank you to Captain Paul Thomas for an inspiring and informative visit!

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SUMMER 2

Pedal Power
There’s something wonderfully empowering about learning to ride a bike—and in Canute Class, that excitement is in full gear! With the recent arrival of six brand-new balance bikes following Mrs Fernie’s training with The Bikeability Trust, cycling will now become a dynamic part of our curriculum. The balance bikes have already provided fun, but they’re also offering much more than just smiles. By weaving cycling into our weekly sessions, we’re supporting children’s physical development, improving coordination, and building confidence. Every lesson is a chance to learn and grow—on and off the saddle.

Water Sports
In Tregeagle class, the water sports sessions have moved on to sailing lessons. Staff and instructors continue to be impressed by the children’s positive and responsible attitude; their focus, encouragement of one another, and commitment to giving their best. Teamwork is truly at the heart of all these sessions. Whether it's balancing on bikes or handling the sails, the children are learning to support one another, communicate clearly, and celebrate each other’s successes. These outdoor adventures are helping to shape a well-rounded and active learning experience.

Parent Survey Now Open
Our Parent Survey opened on this week and will remain open until Sunday 7th July. This is a valuable opportunity for you to share your thoughts, suggestions, and experiences with us. Your feedback plays a crucial role in helping us shape the learning experience and provision for the new academic year. Please do take a few moments to complete the survey—your voice matters, and we’re listening.

Click on the link: Summer 2025 Bridge Schools Trust Parent and Carer Questionnaire

Next week:
Monday: Canute class are going to Lappa Valley, Tregeagle Class are sailing
Tuesday: Opening ceremony for Bridge Schools Games
Wednesday: Sports Day – picnic lunch as usual on the field (weather permitting)
Friday: Harbour Master Paul Thomas is delivering assembly, whole class school photos

Have a lovely weekend,
Jane Wills

Summer 1

It's been another busy week with glorious weather so ample opportunities for outdoor learning and practice for the up-coming Bridge school games. Please continue to send your child in with sun cream applied (and in their bag for re-application) along with sun hats so we can make the most of the unseasonably warm weather.
SATs
This week our Year 6 children sat their end of KS2 SATs with tests in reading, grammar, spelling, punctuation and maths! We are blown away with their mature determination and boundless resilience – they have been absolutely amazing! Regardless of their results, we are immensely proud of them and hope both they and you are too.
WATERSPORTS
Next week is the final week of this half term - it's flown by!
We complete the half term with the re-launch of water sports for our older children. We have again this year secured the full funding from our generous community so Tregeagle class will have kayaking, paddle boarding and sailing lessons for the next 8 weeks. This will build on their swimming lessons with an enhanced focus on water safety, collaboration and stamina.
FOPA
Thanks to some fantastic fundraising by FOPA, Tregeagle class is off to Truro, Hall for Cornwall, to watch Terrible Tudors from the Horrible History collection. Canute class also has a special outing planned courtesy of FOPA. They will take a trip on the Lappa Valley railway when we return after the half term break.
INSET DAY
Reminder that Friday 23rd is an INSET day for staff, so the last day for the children is Thursday. We have decided to bring back “Ice Lolly Friday”. On the last day of the week, the children can bring in 50p and buy an ice lolly.

Enjoy the sunshine
Jane Wills

Our School Shines at the Fowey Festival 2025

We are incredibly proud to announce that our school had an outstanding showing at this year’s Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature! The event, which draws schools and creatives from across Cornwall and beyond, was once again a brilliant celebration of talent, imagination, and community spirit — and our children truly rose to the occasion. All the children submitted entries to both the art and poetry categories and several of them were shortlisted in their categories, and we are thrilled to share that Ava won the poetry category for KS2 and Ronnie was second in the KS1 poetry category! Both the children attended the ceremony at Fowey River Hall at the weekend where they received awards and shared their poems with the audience. In addition, many others have been awarded Highly Commended and Commended certificates which we shared in our special assembly on Monday morning.
Following the event, we have learnt that Polruan Primary Academy has been chosen as the beneficiary of The Mid Cornwall Arts Society grant which supports schools in securing an artist to work with them for the day. We will provide further details of which artist we have chosen and when they will come to school to work with the children. The winning poems and photos of the proud authors are below.

We have been made aware of sightings of adders on the National Trust field and urge you to take precautions when using the site. Wearing sturdy shoes/wellies, avoiding the long grass and sticking to the paths and if you come across an adder, stay back and allow it to move away in its own time will help keep you safer. School will only use the field when it is safe to do so.

I have been asked to promote the intention of the WI to hold a “Polruan has Talent” show at the Village Hall on Saturday 1st November. It is intended to be an evening of fun and entertainment where talent could be anything from actors, musicians, magicians. Before further details can be planned, the WI are keen to find out whether anyone would be willing to take part and urge potential talents to contact them.

Remember Monday is an INSET day.

Have a lovely long weekend,
Jane Wills

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Happy Easter

As spring term comes to an end, a little update and summary of some of the many activities the children have enjoyed completing a busy spring term and bring their classroom learning to life.

A Trip to the Farm – KS1
Our youngest learners had a delightful trip to Nancarrow Farm to learn about animals born in the spring. The children were thrilled to see newborn lambs, fluffy chicks, and tiny piglets up close. They learned about how animals are cared for, what they eat, and how farmers help them grow strong and healthy. This hands-on experience helped the children understand the cycle of life and the importance of caring for animals.

Exploring Rock Formations at Holywell Beach – KS2
Tregeagle class a fascinating trip to the beach to study rock formations. Equipped with their classroom knowledge, they set out to examine different types of rocks and how they are formed over time. Spotting sedimentary layers and discovering the rich mineral deposits, the children engaged in scientific discussions about erosion, weathering, and the power of the sea. This trip provided a practical way to explore geology and sparked curiosity about the Earth's history.

Easter Egg Hunt Fun
For this year’s Easter egg hunt, Mrs Fernie organised an exciting afternoon for all the children on Tuesday. The children searched high and low for hidden clues, enjoying the thrill of the hunt and the knowledge that an Easter egg would be their reward at the successful end of the hunt. They worked with determination, collaboration and a healthy dose of detective skills to decipher the brilliant clues to lead them to their prize kindly funded by a church collection donated earlier in the month.

Mother’s Day Service
We had the privilege of hosting a special Mother’s Day service at Saint Saviour’s on Wednesday afternoon. The children have worked with Mrs Butlin to learn some catchy tunes to celebrate and serenade and the older children read out their poems. We also had the lovely Open the Book team coming in early afternoon to make posies with the children and these were presented t the event as well. It all made for a touching event filled with gratitude and reflection.

Bridge Schools Alternative Sports Day
Our Year 3 and Year 4 children are taking part in Bridge Schools’ Alternative Sports Day on Thursday 3rd April, where they will experience a day of Segway, fencing, archery and football golf. This is certain to be an active and exciting day, trying new sports and meeting lots of children from other schools. They were particularly successful with the archery where they managed to beat the other teams and were awarded the gold medal!

Easter Service and crafts
We complete this term with our Easter Service in the church at 9am Friday, followed by Easter arts and crafts organised by Open the Book and look forward to seeing you there. Following this, the children will return to school and be ready for collection at 1:30pm for a well-earned Easter break. Don’t forget to send money with your child for the chocolate tombola Friday – see email from Mrs Hughes for details.

Fowey Festival
We are delighted to tell you that two of our pupils did particularly well in the recent Du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival Competition for Young Writers and Artists.

Ava Y3 has been awarded 1st prize in the KS2 Poetry category and has an invitation to a presentation event on Sat 26th April at Fowey Hall Hotel.

Ronnie Y2 has been awarded 2nd prize in the KS1 Poetry category and has an invitation to a presentation event on Sat 26th April at Fowey Hall Hotel.

We are beyond proud of them and look forward to hearing all about the presentation evening and sharing their poetry with you all after Easter. There is also quite a few other children who will receive commended or highly commended certificates for their poetry or art. We will know more about these and have the certificates ready to present after the Easter holidays.

See you all back in school on Tuesday 22nd April at 8:40am.
On behalf of all the staff, Happy Easter
Jane Wills

Cooking at school

Canute class have been cooking every week and Tregeagle class have had the offer of attending after school cooking club. To support the delivery of this, we applied for funding from Cornish Pasty Association and we are delighted to have received funding. Funds raised during Cornish Pasty Week 2025 will provide schools across Cornwall and Scilly with the resources they need to offer children regular cooking activities and buy equipment and ingredients to run cooking clubs or other fun food initiatives. This funding will allow us to continue offering cooking to all the children every week for the remainder of this school year.

This week we trialled a new way to award the Star of the week with the children voting for the person they felt had shown our values and kindness to others. It was lovely to read the positive comments the children listed as reasons for their choice; recognising the kind gestures and actions of their peers. This week they chose:

Betsy-Mae for being kind, brave and already making new friends in her first week atour school.
Irina for looking out for her peers, being helpful and showing kindness.

Some very apt choices in a week, where we learnt that the one of the contributing factors to happiness is social cohesion and belonging.

We have a full week coming up with lots of activities and events:
Monday: Canute trip to Nancarrow farm
Wednesday: Mother’s Day service at St Saviour’s at 2:30pm
Thursday: Tregeagle science and geography field trip Holywell Bay
Friday: Tregeagle concert at St Neot pm

Have a lovely weekend,
Jane Wills

EVENTFUL WEEK

ST PIRAN'S DAY
It has been a eventful week with lots of extracurricular activities taking place. We had a lovely St Piran’s Day service at St Saviour’s with Reverend Richard telling the story of St Piran, the children singing Cornish inspired songs (and Mamma Mia!) and playing ukulele. We finished off with Cornish saffron buns provided by Richard – yum!
WORLD BOOK DAY
For Thursday’s World Book Day, the school was filled with excited character from a range of children’s books. This always makes for a special day, and we celebrated by watching Michael Rosen perform poetry and sharing stories.
FOOTBALL
Friday, our Year 4-6 girls went to Bodmin to represent the school in the ARENA Girls’ Football Tournament. They played well, managed to win a match and made us proud with their resilience and energy.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
We now have stables full of hobby horses. As pat of the School Council’s work supplying new and different play equipment, the children have taken time this week to create their own personalised hobby horse/creature. There are some spectacular species, and these will bring a fun element to breaktimes.

Achievement Assembly
WRITER of the week
Indi for some super sentence work paying attention to detail with punctuation and letter formation.
Ailla for experimenting with new vocabulary and grammar to extend her sentences and elevate her writing.

STAR of the week
Leia for listening and following instructions with more care and attention
Robbie for showing bravery and trying new things with greater confidence

Celebrating Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 is an essential event for primary schools worldwide, aiming to educate children, teachers, and parents on responsible and safe internet use. With the digital world becoming an integral part of children's lives, it is more crucial than ever to equip them with the knowledge and skills to navigate the online space safely.

This year, we took part in Safer Internet Day on Tuesday with learning based around the theme ‘Too good to be true?

We are aware that primary school-aged children are increasingly exposed to digital platforms through educational apps, online games, and social media. While the internet offers vast opportunities for learning and entertainment, it also presents risks such as cyberbullying, exposure to inappropriate content, and privacy concerns. By taking part in Safer Internet Day the children have a chance to address these challenges and feel empowered with safe online practices.

To help support your child at home, we have included some suggestions in this week's newsletter.

Final Thoughts Safer Internet Day 2025 is an excellent opportunity for primary schools to instil lifelong digital safety habits in young learners. By working together—schools, parents, and communities—we can create a safer and more positive online experience for children. Hopefully this year’s Safer Internet Day has been a memorable and impactful one.

Achievement Assembly
Star of the Week:
Lexi for showing bravery and resilience when things take an unexpected turn.
Mia for showing determination and always trying her best.

Mathematician of the Week:
Ava for showing determination and willingness to understand how she is developing as a learner by asking questions when strategies do not work.
Kaiden for some amazing doubling and a super attitude.

DATES:
Friday 14th February Inset Day
Monday 24th February Return to School
Wednesday 26th February Tregeagle 1st swimming session out of 10
Thursday 6th March World Book Day
Friday 21st March Red Nose Day
Monday 24th March Canute farm trip
Thursday 27th March Mother's Day Service at St Saviours Church at 9AM
Friday 4th April Easter Service at Saviours Church 9AM
Friday 4th April Last day of term, finish at 13:30

As tomorrow is an INSET day, we look forward to seeing the children back in school on Monday 24th February following a restful half term break.
On behalf of all the staff,
Jane Wills

Children's Mental Health Week

This week, we have taken part in Children’s Mental Health Week. We have focussed on mindfulness and talked about how we can make ourselves feel calm. The sunshine has helped enormously with mood and a significant part of the responses from the children have been taling about how much they enjoy spending time outdoors.

On Tuesday afternoon, Canute class went to the beach to build sandcastles and Tregeagle class enjoyed their outdoor PE lesson for the first time in weeks without getting cold and wet. We were also joined by Reverend Allen who shared stories about the importance of feeling happy and content with the person you are. Children’s Mental Health Week is an important time to highlight the well-being of young minds, encouraging children to express themselves, build resilience, and develop positive coping strategies.

We had a fantastic end to the Mental Health Week with parents joining us on Friday afternoon. It was lovely to see so many families coming together to engage in mindfulness activities; a really powerful way to strengthen connections and promote calm, focus, and emotional awareness.

Achievement Assembly:

Mental Health Star of the Week:
Antonia for her relentless positivity and spreading joy and confidence among her peers.
Nya for always coming into school smiling and happy to join in with any activity.

Writer of the Week
Erin for working with focus, concentration and care to produce a great draft copy of her report.
Irina for really thinking about how to make her writing interesting and entertaining for the reader.

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Welcome Back

Happy New Year!

It's been so lovely to welcome back our children and families at the start of 2025. There is much excitement around the school in our history lessons. Tregeagle children are unpicking what a census is and why we have one (we've also completed our own school census this week). In Canute, the children are learning about various Kings and Queens (monarchs). We look forward to updating you soon with some samples of our learning.