Penponds Primary School

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Carn Brea - Reception

Godolphin - Year 1/2

Trencrom - Year 3/4

Tregonning - Year 5/6

Welcome to Trencrom Class!

In Trencrom Class this year our teacher is Mrs Richards. We also have Mrs O'Connell, Miss Rule, Mr Hawkey and Mrs Barnes. who help us too.

Have a look below at all the amazing things we have been getting up to.

Scroll down to the bottom to find information about our curriculum. These documents can also be found on the Curriculum page.

September

Aspiration Day 2023

We had a fantastic Aspiration Day in school on Friday! The children looked fantastic and thoroughly enjoyed researching into their future selves.

Thank you to Tregonning children for taking the photographs of all of the children and brilliantly using their computing skills to superimpose suitable backgrounds into the snapshots. They composed the photograph, added the backgrounds, printed the photographs and laminated them under supervision. All children in the school will come home this week with their photograph.

Thank you so much to our wonderful volunteers who made the day a huge success. Check out of Facebook page for lots more photos.

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October

Trecncrom Class were set the task to create some packaging to protect a precious Egyptian artefact. They imagined that they had excavated their object and had to find a way to transport it down the river Nile. They looked at materials and used these to create a purposeful and functional design for their packaging. They then used their design to make their planned packaging. Rather than test one of the replica artefacts we have in school, children tested their packaging using hard boiled eggs! They then explored and evaluated their design against their made packaging and whether is was fit for purpose - did it protect the egg?

A lot of fun was had by all!

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November

Our two key stage two classes joined forces this week to go to the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro to further their studies on Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt.

The children had a very interactive day as you can see from the photos below!

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December

We had a super science day - we have looked at circuits, investigated complete and incomplete circuits and explored conductors and insulators. What a great day! Phew!

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December

We have had a super festive season in school! Have a look at the photos below of all the lovely things we have been getting up to.

Family Lantern Making Workshop
Lantern Parade
Advent Assembly
Christmas Concert - Children of the World
FOPS Parent Free Zone Christmas Shop
FOPS 50p Picture Competition - Winner Isobel!
Rainbow MAT Cathedral Carol Concert
Christmas Performances - Baarmy Bethlehem
Christmas Dinner Day and Christmas Jumper Day
Reading Tea Parties
Rocksteady Concert
Special Visitors - Elves from Cornwall Blood Bikes and Father Christmas
Christmas Parties

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support you have given the school over this term.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year and we look forward to welcoming you all back safe and sound in 2024!

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January

To support of Geography learning this term, we went on a field trip, walking around the villages of Penponds and Barripper. We focused on our school and local area, drawing and sketching maps noting landmarks, using a key ad marking local land use.

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Meet the Teacher - Trencrom Class 2023-2024

March

We had a fantastic day at the farm and country day at the Royal Cornwall Showground. I hope that your children have told you all about it. We met the animals, milked some plastic cows and learnt about the milking process. We looked at crops, such as wheat and barley and ground it to make flour. We used the flour to make bread. We made pasties, eggy bread and planted potatoes. Such a busy day farming!