Friday 6th September

We have had the best first few days starting Foundation! 

We are so proud of how well the children have settled into their new class and routines! 

The children have had so much fun the last few days getting to know each other and the adults in their class! 

They have been exploring their environment and all the activities that have been available to them! 

Next week we will have so much amazing fun learning so please check back every Friday and see what we have been up to! 

Welcome Back Year 3/4 A - What a fantastic start!

We've been busy familarising ourselves with class routines and topics for this Half Term. We've also had chance to practise our handwriting and talk about the importance of learning  Multiplication Tables, using rhymes to help us remember key facts.
"I ate and ate 'til I was sick on the floor, 8 x 8 = 64". I wonder if you can create your own?

Below are your KIRFS and this term's Mind Map.

Games Night is Back!

This half term's Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for maths can be found in the document below. KIRFs are carefully planned and considered for each year group, right from Nursery through to Year 6 in order to provide our students with an increased speed, fluency and confidence with core number facts, which are the very foundation of their maths learning.

At Brunel, we think maths is far from boring! There are lots of exciting and fun ways to practise and learn these facts; take a look in the document below to find a variety of ideas, resources and online links.

What's more - you are invited to Brunel's half-termly Games Night! Join us on Thursday to play a wide range of family favourites: board games, card games, puzzles and more... All of these will help to sharpen maths skills, whilst having fun: it's win-win!

Everyone is welcome: all year groups, friends and family. There will be refreshments available for children.

During the evening, teachers will be available to be challenged to a game or two, as well as answer any questions about your child's KIRFs and maths learning. 
FREE resources will also be available to take away in order to help children to practise their KIRFs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Games Night is Back!

This half term's Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for maths can be found in the document below. KIRFs are carefully planned and considered for each year group, right from Nursery through to Year 6 in order to provide our students with an increased speed, fluency and confidence with core number facts, which are the very foundation of their maths learning.

At Brunel, we think maths is far from boring! There are lots of exciting and fun ways to practise and learn these facts; take a look in the document below to find a variety of ideas, resources and online links.

What's more - you are invited to Brunel's half-termly Games Night! Join us on Thursday to play a wide range of family favourites: board games, card games, puzzles and more... All of these will help to sharpen maths skills, whilst having fun: it's win-win!

Everyone is welcome: all year groups, friends and family. There will be refreshments available for children.

During the evening, teachers will be available to be challenged to a game or two, as well as answer any questions about your child's KIRFs and maths learning. 
FREE resources will also be available to take away in order to help children to practise their KIRFs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Games Night is Back!

This half term's Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for maths can be found in the document below. KIRFs are carefully planned and considered for each year group, right from Nursery through to Year 6 in order to provide our students with an increased speed, fluency and confidence with core number facts, which are the very foundation of their maths learning.

At Brunel, we think maths is far from boring! There are lots of exciting and fun ways to practise and learn these facts; take a look in the document below to find a variety of ideas, resources and online links.

What's more - you are invited to Brunel's half-termly Games Night! Join us on Thursday to play a wide range of family favourites: board games, card games, puzzles and more... All of these will help to sharpen maths skills, whilst having fun: it's win-win!

Everyone is welcome: all year groups, friends and family. There will be refreshments available for children.

During the evening, teachers will be available to be challenged to a game or two, as well as answer any questions about your child's KIRFs and maths learning. 
FREE resources will also be available to take away in order to help children to practise their KIRFs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Games Night is Back!

This half term's Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for maths can be found in the document below. KIRFs are carefully planned and considered for each year group, right from Nursery through to Year 6 in order to provide our students with an increased speed, fluency and confidence with core number facts, which are the very foundation of their maths learning.

At Brunel, we think maths is far from boring! There are lots of exciting and fun ways to practise and learn these facts; take a look in the document below to find a variety of ideas, resources and online links.

What's more - you are invited to Brunel's half-termly Games Night! Join us on Thursday to play a wide range of family favourites: board games, card games, puzzles and more... All of these will help to sharpen maths skills, whilst having fun: it's win-win!

Everyone is welcome: all year groups, friends and family. There will be refreshments available for children.

During the evening, teachers will be available to be challenged to a game or two, as well as answer any questions about your child's KIRFs and maths learning. 
FREE resources will also be available to take away in order to help children to practise their KIRFs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Games Night is Back!

This half term's Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for maths can be found in the document below. KIRFs are carefully planned and considered for each year group, right from Nursery through to Year 6 in order to provide our students with an increased speed, fluency and confidence with core number facts, which are the very foundation of their maths learning.

At Brunel, we think maths is far from boring! There are lots of exciting and fun ways to practise and learn these facts; take a look in the document below to find a variety of ideas, resources and online links.

What's more - you are invited to Brunel's half-termly Games Night! Join us on Thursday to play a wide range of family favourites: board games, card games, puzzles and more... All of these will help to sharpen maths skills, whilst having fun: it's win-win!

Everyone is welcome: all year groups, friends and family. There will be refreshments available for children.

During the evening, teachers will be available to be challenged to a game or two, as well as answer any questions about your child's KIRFs and maths learning. 
FREE resources will also be available to take away in order to help children to practise their KIRFs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Games Night is Back!

This half term's Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for maths can be found in the document below. KIRFs are carefully planned and considered for each year group, right from Nursery through to Year 6 in order to provide our students with an increased speed, fluency and confidence with core number facts, which are the very foundation of their maths learning.

At Brunel, we think maths is far from boring! There are lots of exciting and fun ways to practise and learn these facts; take a look in the document below to find a variety of ideas, resources and online links.

What's more - you are invited to Brunel's half-termly Games Night! Join us on Thursday to play a wide range of family favourites: board games, card games, puzzles and more... All of these will help to sharpen maths skills, whilst having fun: it's win-win!

Everyone is welcome: all year groups, friends and family. There will be refreshments available for children.

During the evening, teachers will be available to be challenged to a game or two, as well as answer any questions about your child's KIRFs and maths learning. 
FREE resources will also be available to take away in order to help children to practise their KIRFs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Games Night is Back!

This half term's Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for maths can be found in the document below. KIRFs are carefully planned and considered for each year group, right from Nursery through to Year 6 in order to provide our students with an increased speed, fluency and confidence with core number facts, which are the very foundation of their maths learning.

At Brunel, we think maths is far from boring! There are lots of exciting and fun ways to practise and learn these facts; take a look in the document below to find a variety of ideas, resources and online links.

What's more - you are invited to Brunel's half-termly Games Night! Join us on Thursday to play a wide range of family favourites: board games, card games, puzzles and more... All of these will help to sharpen maths skills, whilst having fun: it's win-win!

Everyone is welcome: all year groups, friends and family. There will be refreshments available for children.

During the evening, teachers will be available to be challenged to a game or two, as well as answer any questions about your child's KIRFs and maths learning. 
FREE resources will also be available to take away in order to help children to practise their KIRFs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

It was lovely seeing all the children back at school this week. They have all enjoyed exploring the new set up of the classroom and spending time with their friends. This half term our topic is 'Farms'. The children enjoyed cutting and sticking to make some farm animals out of shapes. 

Hello Everyone!

A very warm welcome to our new reception children and families who have joined us this year. The children really have made a fantastic start to school, and we are so proud of them.

Welcome back to Year 1, who have been so helpful and kind to the younger children. You have been so helpful this week. Thank you!

This week, we have launched our new learning enquiry question; 'What makes me, me?' We began by learning a song all about families and how they are all different.

In art, we have been using mirrors to draw and paint our own self-portraits, which are displayed in the Penhallow cloakroom. Well done Penhallow, they look amazing!

In our outdoor learning area, we have been learning about our senses by exploring objects with different textures, smells, sounds and visual effects. 

The reception children have been enjoying their phonics learning this week. The use of water pistols to aim at an outside wall, to practice the letters that they had learnt, was definitely a favourite activity! 

To support the development of reading, we will be introducing an activity that can be used at home on ipads, tablets or laptops. Please look out for an individual username and password for a program called 'Teach your monster to read, ' that will be stuck into your reading record next week. We will be asking the children to have a go at practicing some fun activities at home, using this app. All children will also be given a phonics booklet to practice reading at home, as well as a bookmark containing all the words that they have been learning during phonics lessons. New booklets and bookmarks will be given out every week.

To help us with our topic of 'What makes me, me?' Please can you email or send in a photograph of your house? We will be using these in our construction area, and to compare different types of houses. hfitzsimmons@polperroprimary.co.uk 

Please remember that we are always more than happy to talk to you either before or after school about any questions or information that you might have, that will help us to help your child. You may instead prefer to phone school or email. 

Next week, please use the main gate when coming to school.

Have a lovely weekend!

From the Penhallow team.

It has been a busy and exciting week as the children have settled in wonderfully.

A huge thank you to our dedicated staff for preparing such engaging and high-quality learning environments for our students. We hope you enjoyed attending the Meet the Teacher meetings that took place this week—please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any further questions. It was also lovely to meet so many of you at the Meet the Headteacher Coffee Morning, which we will continue to host monthly.

This week at Brunel, we have been focusing on one of the key British Values: Democracy.

As part of this, we held elections for our School Council, allowing students to experience the democratic process first hand. The School Council plays a vital role in our school community, representing the voices of their peers and helping to shape school policies and initiatives. They work together to bring forward ideas, organise events, and make Brunel an even better place to learn and grow.

Every child across the whole school participated by writing their own manifesto, explaining why they would make a great school councillor. After a secret ballot, our new school councillors were announced during a special Achiever's Assembly. Mr. Woolner will be meeting regularly with the School Council members as they work hard to make positive changes and contribute to the continued success of Brunel. 

Our School Councillors are:
Tregantle Class - James and Mia
Lantic Class - Emily and Lunar
Daymer Class - Alice and Lottie
Marazion Class - Isabella and Payton
Talland Class - Vinnie and Khai
Seaton Class - Louis and Daisy

Meet the Teacher
This week, Lantic, Marazion and Daymer classes held their Meet the Teacher Meetings.
We hope you found these sessions helpful and they gave you an insight into what the children will be learning this term. Don't forget to also check out our website blogs each week to keep up to date with each classes latest news. You can find the blogs on our website by following the link: https://www.brunelprimary.co.uk/classes

Next week, we look forward to welcoming Tregantle, Talland and Seaton parents. These will take place at 3:15pm on the following dates: 

Tuesday 10th September 2024 at 3:15pmSeaton and Tregantle Classes
Wednesday 11th September 2024 at 3:15pm Talland Class

Thank you for a wonderful first week at Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy.

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you all back safe and sound on Monday morning.