Hello, my name is Mrs Sissons and I am the Puffin class teacher!
Our teaching assistants are Mrs McDowell, Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Bowhay.
This half term we plan to be exploring the following elements and subjects:
Science: Sound
R.E.: What is the trinity and why is it important for Christians?
P.E.: Athletics & Badmington
History: Ancient Egypt (early civilizations and achievement)
Computing: Creating media: Website design
Music: Body and tuned percussion (Theme: Rainforests)
PSHE (Jigsaw): Changing Me
MFL: La Clase (In The Classroom)
Design Technology: Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally
Geography: Amazon Rainforest
In English, we are looking at letters and persuasive writing.
In maths, we are looking at time.
At home, children can benefit greatly from the following activities to support their learning in school:
- learning multiplication tables and the corresponding division facts [each child has a multiplication/division table that they are focusing on]. Children have access to TTRS. Most days we plan for them to have a short 5 to 10 minute session on this in school. If they can mirror this at home, they will develop speedy and secure tables knowledge to help them confidently learn new maths topics.
- reading to and with an adult. Again we plan for the children to have a reading for pleasure daily session in school but the children need to also be reading at home as much as possible.
- practising spellings [weekly spellings to learn will be sent out each week]. Additionally, each child has a grid of list 1, 2 or 3 words (often referred to as challenge words) in the front of their spelling list book. Please note that sometimes these challenge words will be the weekly spellings set to learn. These challenge/list words need to be learnt, revisited and applied in writing throughout their time in Puffins.
If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Mrs Ann-Marie Sissons
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Week beginning: Monday 21st July 2025
Thank you to everyone who has sent in old tops that can be used as clothes protection during messy activities. We still need five more for a class set!!!
All reading books need to be returned to school.
The children have loved their DT unit preparing vegetables, designing and making a seasonal vegetable tart. I have attached the recipe below as a PDF in response to the children's requests! |
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Children need items of clean dry recycling e.g. cardboard boxes, bottles, margarine and yoghurt pots as they are designing and making musical instruments using their scientific knowledge of sound.
1.30pm finish.
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Homework Set 18.7.25: (NONE) Homework books sent home to enable the children to maintain their skills reading and spelling list words and recall of multiplication/division tables over the summer to be ready for the new term.
The pink book and Family Maths Scrapbook needs to be returned to school each Wednesday and it will come home each week on a Friday.
Other information Please feel free to send us an email if you have any questions or concerns: amsissons@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk secretary@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk |
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