Newsletter No.42 10th November 2017 St East Learning Academy for more information, dates & news visit www.st-newlyn-east..co.uk

ATTENDANCE UPDATE: Whole School: 30th October—10th November 2017 = 94.41%

Date Best attendance Percentage Lowest attendance Percentage 30th October—10th November Yr 2 97.78 % Yr 6 90.06 %

Congratulations to Year 2 who receive the Attendance Cup this week!!!

Remember if your child is absent for any reason you need to notify the office immediately so that this can be recorded on your child’s attendance record. If your child’s attendance falls below 96.1% (the national average) we will be required to investigate this further.

What we have been up to...

Year F Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 have had such a In Year 2, Voyage and Discovery has moved on from Shipwrecks to Over the last two weeks busy couple of the explorers of Antarctica. We Foundation have totally weeks getting stuck into have been busy using Atlases, immersed themselves in our new topic 'Let's images and films to help us com- Celebrate'. We made clay pare and contrast Cornwall and their latest topic "Night Antarctica. Last week, we investi- and Day". We have been Diva lamps, Rangoli gated how blubber keeps animals learning about nocturnal patterns and paper warm in Antarctica by immersing lanterns to celebrate our hands, one bare and one sur- animals, outer space and rounded by ‘blubber’ into icy wa- Diwali. We have also been how to sequence events. ter. The children unanimously learning about Guy agreed that the ‘blubber glove’ We have been making Fawkes and created kept our hands toasty warm while firework words, night beautiful firework in the ice. This week we have Citizens of the week started to investigate reversible time and day time pictures by blowing paint and irreversible changes; children th 3 November animals out of junk through a straw. We have observed how salt can be used to YF Noah W modelling and using our also learnt about how melt ice in order to attach string to the ice. I am sure your child people in other countries Y1 Lexie F observatory role-play to would love to you show you the celebrate birthdays. Y2 Danielle G discover outer space. experiment. All you need is a cube of ice in a cup of water, some salt Y3 Scarlett P and a piece of string! Y4 Jowan R Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Y5 Finley H Y6 Harry H This week we have been Year 4 have begun their Year 5 have begun their learning mnemonic ways new topic 'Winter learning about the Twentieth Century by to remember the colours around the World'. In looking at the causes and Citizens of the week of the rainbow in science we have beginnings of World War 10th November science. been looking at the One. YF Anya-Rose G We are also really enjoying different states of Y1 Elsie S We have edited our our Eden Project scheme, matter and how they can where we had grandparents Y2 Aaron H mystery stories ready come in to teach us all Y3 Harry H be changed by for our ‘wow’ wall. about their childhood Y4 Jack H temperature. Also, the Christmases (another huge In maths we have looked Y5 Liam H children have created thank you to all who came at sequences of numbers from all of us!) We are Y6 Bryher M some amazing artwork in and multiples of 4, 8 and looking forward to our the style of Russian decoration making day next 50. Year 1 & 2 Production artist Kandinsky. week. Reminder A friendly reminder that the Year Year 6 We have been immersing ourselves into Brashem’s shop; what we can see and what we 1 and 2 Christmas Productions can smell. The children have used their senses to write different types of sentences in prepa- have changed from the 18th ration for their WOW work. We have been using Lego to explore how to find the area and vol- December to Tuesday the 19th December. ume of shapes.; they are all confident calculating these! The Hux Crux Challenge 2017 A Letter from Tommy Bray, coordinator Bethan & Bella Trayner are taking part in a of the Stamp Appeal: fundraising event on the 2nd of December The Blind Children’s Stamp Appeal has now to raise money for the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity! Their been taken over by the RNIB directly. Many family choose to support this charity because they lost their thanks to all who sent stamps/albums etc. to uncle 2 years ago to an undiagnosed heart condition at only 33 me over the past 8 years, your contributions years old. CRY work tirelessly to raise awareness of heart dis- helped raise on average £25,000 per year! ease in young people, a hidden epidemic which takes at least 12 The Bone Cancer Trust have asked for any young lives a week. The Trayner family managed to raise over stamps/albums to be sent to them and I £3000 last year and your support would be greatly appreciated! have been asked to coordinate collections in If you would like to support this charity please could you sign up in Cornwall which I am pleased to do. Stamps/ the School Office. Albums can either be sent to me at: 2 the Square, Four Lanes, , Cornwall TR16 6PZ, left in my porch or at the Four-Lanes House Points Post Office. You can also drop off any stamps to the 491 School Office to be collected.

266 Parking Please can all parents and visitors be 459 considerate of local residents and school children when parking. Please park considerately, avoid any double 254 yellow lines and driveways.

Dates for your Diary

November December 14th: Nasal Flu Immunisation 7th: Christmas Fayre Sharks Basketball Club for Years Foundation to 4 8th: Year F Production Training Treviglas College Sports Hub 17th: Children in Need Walk, 11th: School Christmas Dinner please bring in £1.00 12th: Whole School Pantomime Friday during school term time £3.00 21st: Year F with Screech Owl 19th: Year 1&2 Production a session Sanctuary

27th: Inset Day U12 3.45 - 4.45, Swimming Dates: Games against other Centres of 31st Oct, 7th Nov, 14th Nov, 21st Nov, 28th ,5th Dec—Year 5/6 excellence in and Penryn 2nd Nov, 9th Nov, 16th Nov, 23rd Nov, 30th Nov, 7th Dec—Year 3/4 9th Jan, 16th Jan, 23rd Jan, 30th Jan, 6th Feb, 20th Feb—Year 1/2 throughout the year. 11th Jan, 18th Jan, 25th Jan, 1st Feb, 8th Feb, 22nd Feb - EYFS

PTA News Fruit Snacks Next Newsletter The first Friday of every month we are A polite reminder to parents to ask that your children bring th collecting for the Foodbank. There is a box in fruit snacks Out 24 for break time. in the School Office for the donations. November NO NUTS PLEASE

Athletics:

Issy ,Farrah, Douglas, Max and Bracken went to an athletics Children in Need tournament with Mr. Hughes on Tuesday 7th November. They We will be going for a whole school really enjoyed it. The girls started off with the track : hurdles, walk on Friday 17th November in sensi- short distance and long distance running while the boys started ble walking shoes and waterproof off with the long jump, throwing whilst sitting on a chair and coats. There is a £1 charge to partici- jumping over a little hurdle in a certain amount of time. Then we pate but all money raised will be going switched and Bracken came 2nd in his race! Douglas did the to Children in Need. hurdles and Max did the a long distance run. Written by Issy, Farrah and Bracken