Although it is not December, we have been making Christmas cards as part of a fundraising project. The children will bring home their beautiful designs by the end of the week and if you would like to purchase these, please fill in the order form and return it with payment to school before 21st October. 

The DfE have made Relationships Education compulsory in all primary schools in England. Bridge Schools Trust follows the national curriculum and any associated updates to DfE policy. We are proposing all our schools follow this government guidance and provide you as parents with the opportunity to feedback to us on this proposal. If you would like to feedback on the proposal, please follow this link

Thank you for your support.
Mrs Wills

Independent Learners

We have been looking at the characteristics of a Polruan Learner and all the children agreed that being independent was a characteristic worth having. Working independently as a learner is a little easier the older you get, but that has not stopped the children in Canute class striving to achieve this. We have been bowled over with the effort the children have displayed in their learning and we are very proud of them all. 

We will continue to develop the characteristics of Polruan Learners over the school year in collaboration with the children. In Tregeagle class, we have discussed which other characteristics a learner should have and the children are keen to develop resilience, collaboration and curiosity too. We will build on their suggestions and tailor the characteristics to suit all year groups and help the children to understand how to display the characteristics. 

It would be lovely to hear of how the children have been trying out their skills of being independent at home too, so please share any proud moments with your child's teacher.

Mrs Wills

Our first week

It has been a very positive start to the new school year, the children have settled in well and have enjoyed seeing their school friends again. They have been amazing at following all the new rules in school, taking the regular hand washing and socially distanced lining up in their stride.
On a personal note, I would like to thank you for the warm welcome I have received. I have really enjoyed getting to know the children this week, they are friendly, energetic and great fun. I will do my utmost to secure the best education for all of your children.
We have made the most of the sunshine by spending time outside and have eaten our lunch most days on our new picnic tables. Mrs Barnett has worked tirelessly over the summer to create a fantastic outdoor environment for Canute class as you can see from the photos. We have started creating zones on the upstairs playground too. We now have a quiet area for eating and playing (see the photos above) as well as space for the all important ball games. We intend to be as active as we can during the school day and we will start formal PE lessons on Thursday next week so please make sure your child has their kit in school. 

Sport Week 22^ndJune – 26^thJune 2020.

We are all so disappointed that the lovely tradition of a summer sports day can’t take place this year, however we do have a wonderful opportunity for you all to take part in an exciting sports week. 

Next week is the first Cornwall Virtual School Games! All children in school will be taking part across the week and because it is virtual, you can still take part at home! 

Across the 5 days there are activities that you can complete to earn points for yourself and the school.  Demonstration videos have been released on the Virtual School Games page of the Active Cornwall website to help you undrstand what you need to do. (See links in document attached) 

There will be an opening ceremony video at 10am on Monday 22nd June on the Cornwall School Games Facebook page or Active Cornwall YouTube Channel  (see link on document attached) 

Below is a powerpoint document showing you the different activites on each day and how to get involved. On the 3^rdpage of the powerpoint there is a timetable of the activites for each day, there is a link for each day to click so that you can upload your results. It will be up to parents/carers to fill in the results form each day. Each day’s challenges will begin at 10am. Results must be submitted by 9am the following day on the specific day’s link so please don’t forget to fill it! If you have any problems with this, please contact your class teacher.

Bonus points’ can be achieved for any of the following and should be added to your total points and submitted through the results sheet.

a.         1 point for every family member and year group teacher who tries the challenge

b.         1 point for completing it in fancy dress

c.         1 point for a communication (video/email etc..) sent to the school or speaking to a teacher if in school telling them how you have engaged with one of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing: Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning & Give

For more information, check out the Cornwall School Games Facebook Page, the Active Cornwall Website or watch the following video on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTCzGbKj1BM&feature=youtu.be

Good Luck! 

Many of us are online a lot more at the moment, and while there are many benefits to this method of communication, there are also cautions too. 

Please visit our online safety resources page for tips using various games/platforms.

Welcome back to the new term and the children starting to return.

It is lovely to think that we are gradually beginning to welcome our children back. The school has felt lonely without them all. This gradual process enables us to make sure that we can adhere to the safety guidance and establish our new rules and routines.

The school looks a little bit different and we are expected to act differently, but the heart of the school remains the same. Our children’s well-being is central in all our planning and preparations.

A guide for children in each year has been prepared to share just before your child returns. It will help them to be able to discuss with you what they might expect to see when they return.

I have attached some of the posters they will expect to see around the school.

Through a variety of ways our children will learn to follow these 3 key rules:

Keep yourself safe

Keep each other safe

Keep our environment safe

These rules will be extended with the children so that they understand and learn what it means to keep safe. They will devise posters and have a class display that they will contribute to show they understand and to remind them what safe looks like. The posters around the school help to reinforce the rules. 

We appreciate all of your support during this time. We are constantly learning and adapting to the guidance and we are finding a way that suits our needs.

I have attached an additional poster that supports the return to school.

I have always enjoyed marvelling at the natural world, it's adaptations and dramatic changes. Never, more so than now, have I realised just how vital it is to adapt and change. 

Now, we must all begin to emerge from the cocoon we have protected ourselves in and embark on a way of life that, at the moment, seems far from the one we knew before.

We have begun to accept that change is necessary, and we are beginning to adapt already. School is now preparing to return, and this will bring changes but also lots of familiarity.

As we look forward to the return of our children we are thinking differently about how we protect them and yourselves, we are thinking differently about what we plan to teach them and we are thinking differently about how we will support you all. 

We will learn to build upon our resilience, we will learn to adapt, we will learn to play in new ways and step by step we will rebuild this wonderful school from the inside out. 

So be patient with us as we carefully attempt to get this right, as a steady pace will allow us to learn to adapt safely and wisely.

I will send out further information this week which will provide you with the school’s plans for return and guidance on how we can all stay safe in the process.

Head teacher’s challenge:

Question 6:

What is the scientific word for the process where a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly?

Home learning.

All blog learning continues this week with a break over the half term. Home learning will then be resuming during the week commencing 01.06.20 for those year groups not returning to school.

Please continue to keep in touch with us. As always, I have really enjoyed hearing about the lovely learning and activities taking place at home.