Dark is...Exciting!

Our first full week in Landaviddy class is over! In English, we have continued reading our story The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark' and used role play to explore what the characters might be thinking, saying and feeling. In Maths, Year 2 have been partitioning two digit numbers into tens and ones, with Year 3 recognising and exploring hundreds.

During our Wider Curriculum lessons this week, we have been busy in Art, sketching and using our observational skills to draw like an artist. In Geography, we learnt the names of the continents and oceans by learning a song. In Science, we looked closely at what offspring are and how they change into adults. Who knew a baby goat is called a Kid!? In PE, we have been practising our Yoga, and we are already showing how flexible we are! This afternoon, we enjoyed learning about possession and what this means when you are an attacker or defender during team games. The sun shone too, which we were grateful for after a wet week! 

Homework
Please find attached the Homework grid for this half term, along with the KIRFS for Autumn 1 for you to practise at home. In addition to this, please continue to read daily and practise your Common Exception Word spellings (attached below). I have also uploaded some spelling challenge cards which may help you when practising these. Children can also access TT Rockstars to practise their times table facts. Anything you can do at home can make a big difference to your learning! 

Reading Books
Everyone was sent home on Thursday with their new reading record and colour banded book. We ask that children read their book twice at home before getting it changed, however longer reads can be changed after being read once. Additionally, Year 2 will be sent home next week with their minibooks, relating to the sound we are learning in Phonics. In future, a new minibook will be sent home every Friday. 

PE
Our PE days are Tuesday and Friday, so please make sure PE and swimming kits are complete in school everyday.

Congratulations to Frankie and Nevaeh for being Landaviddy's People of the Week!

We hope you have a fabulous weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton

What a busy week for Team Brunel!

This week, we’ve been so impressed with how hard the children have been working on using their 'Issy Manners' throughout the school day. From polite greetings to helping each other in class, it’s wonderful to see them putting these important values into practice. Our challenge for the children this week is to use their 'Issy Manners' at home as well! Please encourage them to continue their good habits and let us know how they’re getting on— we’d love to hear about the positive impact their manners are making at home too!

Last Saturday, we launched our very first Brunel Bedtime Stories. Our story this week was 'The Koala that Could' by Rachel Bright and Jim Field. Here is a link to the video again for anyone who missed it. https://fb.watch/uv0RqfVsyD/ We are excited to find out what the story will be this Saturday. Join our Facebook page at 7pm on Saturday to find out.

On Thursday evening, we hosted our first Maths Games Evening of the academic year. It was fantastic to see so many of our families at this event which has become a popular part of our school calendar. Our next Maths Games Evening takes place on Thursday 14th November. We hope you will be able to join us.

Welcome to Year 3.

A warm welcome to you to Copper Valley Junior Academy! We in Year 3 hope that you have had a restful break...though a bit more sunshine would have been welcome. I shall continue to be the full-time teacher in Year 3 (no longer Lusty Glaze just Year 3) with Ms Vine and Miss Hindle as support staff. Mrs Cox will cover my PPA on a Thursday afternoon. We are still using SeeSaw to document much of our wider curriculum and you can contact me on there with any updates, news or concerns. Please be aware that out-of-office hours apply to that and messages sent after 5pm will likely not be picked up until 8am the next day. 7

Our first step in learning is investigating the question ‘How did we live before metal?’ An exploration into the Stone Age and life for those early humans. After half term we are looking to find out ‘Where do rocks and volcanoes come from?’

Any questions or concerns I’m about most days at the end of the day for a chat. Best wishes Miss Owen

Welcome to Year 2

A warm welcome to Year 2.

It has been lovely to see all the children back in school, happy and smiling and ready to learn.

Please see the attached newsletter for all the information you need about our class.

 We are so proud of how Marazion class have settled in these last two weeks. They have really shown us how incredible they are with their 'Issy Manners' throughout the day and they have enjoyed starting our learning for the year.

In English, we have started our unit on descriptive settings, where we have retold the text, found some features and worked a lot with vocabulary.

In maths, our Place Value unit has started in year 3 and year 4. The children are working hard in number and knowing their values.

Our topic of 'How active is our planet?' has sparked interest and many many questions which we look forward to finding out this term! We learnt, this week, about the different layers of the Earth. In art, we began to look at the artist Jackson Pollock who will inspire our EXPLOSIVE volcano paintings later this term. We talked a lot about changes; how they makes us feel and about different thoughts we may have in PSHE. We worked on how to help ourselves when these thoughts and feelings are troubling us.

We have also enjoyed our first reading assembly this week where Miss Pentreath read the inspirational true story 'Emmanuel's Dream'-can your child tell you what it was about?

Don't forget to log reading so that we can give out more awards and prizes to the children please! 

The children presented their vocabulary findings with the rest of the class with their groups. They discovered lots of impressive 'wow words' to use in their own writing!

Dear all!

We have had a wonderful week!  We launched our first history lesson yesterday which included looking at school buildings from the past and present and we ordered them into a time line.  We were shocked to learn that the Victorian School Buildings are still standing and being used today!  We then looked at the inside of the classrooms and decided that they look very different to now.  The uniforms of the children are different too!

The children are also beginning their French Unit this week - the first lesson is greetings!  So please practise this with your child at home if you know any French!

In dance, we are learning how to dance with a partner.  Our first theme was "picking apples for Autumn" and we thoroughly enjoyed learning the moves.  We will be moving on to some very simple Ballroom dance steps to link in with our Victorian unit this term.

In Science, the children are learning all about Animals Including Humans.  For Year 3, they are learning about the different food groups - it would be lovely to discuss which food groups they have on their dinner in the evenings!!  For Year 2, they are learning about what animals need to survive - if you have any pets at home, it would be lovely to maybe send some pictures in of your child looking after their pets!

Welcome back! 

We have had a wonderful first week in Foundation / Year 1 this week! Are big question this term is ‘who am I?’ and we have been exploring this in lots of different ways. In science we have been thinking about the human body. We were really impressed when we found out that there is over 200 bones in the human body! We have also been thinking about our question through art; using pencils, crayons paint and other ways to make pictures of ourselves.

We have also been exploring our new outdoor area! We have been putting our construction hats on to build houses, and we have been searching for minibeasts, leaves and clouds in our Geography, to learn more about the world around us.

Some updates:

PE days are Wednesday and Thursday.

Books will be changed on a Friday.

Please bring wellies that are named into school if you can.

Please remember to book lunches via ParentPay.


I think we are in for a great year!

The Year 1 team

For the first time this year we are able to share with you the curriculum map that we use to plan the wider curriculum content and  learning for each half term.  The wider curriculum is all subjects except English and maths.  We use the National Curriculum for our teaching decisions and this is based on the knowledge that we want children to gain.  We hope that you find these maps helpful and when we start a new one, we will send it to you.  It would be great if you could talk to your child about what they are learning from time to time and now you know what they are learning.  There is a question that guides the work and we make sure that they get a good share of all subjects over the year, so some boxes may have less in them for one term or half term than other subjects.

Reading for Pleasure at Brunel.

At Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy, we are passionate about nurturing a love for reading in our children. We believe that reading is not just an essential academic skill but a powerful gateway to unlocking a child's full potential. Reading for pleasure can transform children’s lives, impacting their confidence, creativity, and ultimately their life chances. That's why we have been working hard to ensure that every child at our school has the opportunity to develop a genuine love for reading.

At Brunel, we’ve been transforming our school environment to reflect our commitment to reading. We’ve worked hard to develop inviting and engaging reading spaces across the school that encourage children to pick up a book, explore new worlds, and enjoy stories. We want to create lifelong readers who are curious, thoughtful, and imaginative. By working together—both in school and at home—we can give our children the best possible start, equipping them with the skills and confidence they need for the future. Let's continue to foster that love for reading and watch our children thrive.