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Friday 16 June

It has been quite the week! Year 5 and 6 have had a wonderful week of excursions, activities and sleepovers. An amazing time was had by all and we are really grateful for your support in making these trips happen and of course to the magnificent staff in school who organise and help with them. A special mention to Mrs Jana Keat, who has spent the last two nights on the field and who is still now not even asleep in the corner!

Last week was also quite the week, and we did BRILLIANTLY well in the Royal Cornwall Show with one of our entries winning the Art Class. We entered six different collages and RB’s Lion King won FIRST PRIZE! Please see the attached pictures as all of the entries were amazing. Next year, you will be delighted to hear that the Friday of the Royal Cornwall is again an INSET day, so we will not need to brave the traffic. Phew and very well done to all those who entered.

Our assembly theme this week was the ever-growing amount of plastic waste in the oceans. We talked about what we can do to help reduce this waste, and we have all pledged to try to use less plastic overall and try to reuse and recycle as much as we can. It was a really interesting (though sobering) assembly; did you know that the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ in the Pacific Ocean, which is one of five known mega areas of floating plastic waste is now six times the size of the UK. Our Eco Warriors are on the case here in school with our reduce, reuse and recycle too.

Year 4s took their Multiplication Check this week and Year 1s took part in the Phonics Screening Test. We are very proud of them all as they were all brilliant.

Sports-wise, we had a team of four intrepid Year 5s who took part in the Mountain Biking Cotton Cup on Tuesday in very dry conditions. We were delighted to hear that Leo B won the whole event overall – HURRAH! Very well done to Leo as there were plenty of Year 6s there too. Entrants from KS2 also took part in the district athletics competition that took place on Wadebridge School Field on Tuesday afternoon. We won loads of medals and even broke some records, so when I have the full list, I will let you know. Suffice to say, we had some heavy-weighted-down-with-medals necks in school on Wednesday!

Next week, we have our Sports Days in EYFS and Years 1 to 6. Have a lovely weekend (fingers crossed for a bit of rain..) and we very much look forward to seeing you next week.

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

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Friday 26 May

We have enjoyed another very sunny week in school and it has been lovely to see so many classes using the outdoor areas that we have for learning.

Last weekend saw FOWPA’s last push to finish the environmental garden for us in school. The garden was started a long time ago and has been a massive project. We are delighted that it is now ready to use and I have already seen classes enjoying it. It is beautifully shaded in the afternoon and it was wonderful to see work being done in such a productive and cool space. THANK YOU to FOWPA for all of their hard work – it is SO appreciated and we love it!

The KS1 SATs are FINISHED! The papers are all done and pupils have done a sterling job; we are very proud of them.

On Tuesday, a Year 5 boys Football Team took part in a match against St Breock on our field. They played their hearts out but were pipped to the post this time. Keep your eyes open for further fixtures though, boys.

Wednesday was a busy day! Year 2 had their Cornish WOW day and we saw some AMAZING costumes! Very well done to all – you looked brilliant. Year 3 visited the library for a ‘History of Cornwall’ workshop and play. Both classes were brilliant and we are very proud of them – their behaviour and their attitude were exemplary. Year 1 visited Newquay Aquarium and Towan Beach and also had a wonderful time. They were also impeccably behaved – thank you Year 1s.

Yesterday, 10 of our pupils took part in the County Inclusion Athletics Competition. They took part in five different sports, and, came first AND second – fantastic news and very well done to all who took part! Those medals are heavy, I can tell you….

Shining Stars this week were awarded for Teachers Choice. Excellent choices by all and a huge well done to all winners. Staff Shining Stars were awarded to Miss Beckett and Mrs Lee Elkins for being amazing! We are SO lucky to have them.

A quick note: Our remaining two INSET days this year are July 24th and July 25th (the last two days of the Summer Term). We are OPEN FOR BOTH ROYAL CORNWALL SHOW DAYS that are school days this year (Thursday 8th and Friday 9th June). As I said in a previous blog, I know that this is a pain, but we cannot change things this year.

Dates will follow – we do think that we have everything, but as things are still being added (nothing major, please do not worry), I am just going to send them as things currently are. It is not too bad to be fair and nothing should be too much of a surprise (She says, taking a deep breath).

Three parking things – firstly; it is really important to stop at the zebra crossings as you come in and go out of school please. Secondly, please keep to the 10 miles per hour limit at all times – especially when you are going around the bit at the bottom near the additional car park. Thirdly, please be really careful when you are going in and out of the additional car park in the morning and the afternoon – pupils use the shelter near this area for their bikes and scooters and it is really important that we are really vigilant.

Thank you, as ever, for all of your support. We hope that you have a fantastic Half Term break and look forward to seeing you all on Monday 5 June with the gates opening at 8.25am.

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

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Friday 19 May

We have had so much sun this week; it has been lovely to look forward to breaktimes with confidence! Do remember please to send in your child wearing sun cream and to, where possible, provide a sunhat. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle in school.

We have had a busy week again – KS1 SATs are still going strong and the year 2s are doing brilliantly and we are VERY proud of them.

We took part in the KS1 Cross Country this week on Monday too and it was lovely to see so many of our wonderful pupils taking part.

Tuesday saw our Year 3 and 4 girls’ football team head to Truro to play in the County Final. We played against St Breock and it was a very exciting match! The girls were a goal up, then a goal down, but we won in the end 3 -2. PHEW! They didn’t even start their match until 5pm in the afternoon, after a full school day and the journey down! These girls are dedicated, strong, talented and resilient and we are SO proud of them. They are now COUNTY CHAMPIONS – whoop whoop!

Today, our intrepid Year 1s visited Wadebridge Library and had a wonderful time. I have to say, I do love a library, and, it turns out, so do the Year 1s!

Shining Stars this week were awarded to those who embody our Learning Characters and the winners were much deserved, as always. Staff Shining Stars were awarded to our entire amazing Year 6 Staff Team and Liz and Trina from the kitchen, for their unwavering dedication to providing us with nutritional food every day and for being so lovely to work with.

I have not yet heard how well the wonderful FOWPA did with the Big Uniform Sale, but I can tell you that the queue before it started yesterday was in place by 1.45pm (It is like the parking situation all over again…..). Massive thank you to FOWPA for all of your hard work with this though, we are hugely grateful.

Mrs Keat has also chosen our Coronation Crown Competition winners – It is attached as a separate sheet but really well done to Lennon, Dolcie and Estelle for being our magnificent winners!

I realise that I have not yet sent out a complete list of dates, but this is because we are just waiting on one possible change. The list should be ready for early next week and my apologies for the delay.

Next week sees the Year 5 Boys Football Match, the Year 1 Trip to the Aquarium and the Year 3 Trip to the Library. Crikey.

Thank you, as ever, for all of your support. We hope that you have a restful weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday for our last week before half term. Where has the time gone…?!

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

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Friday 12 May

It is SO lovely to see the sun! We have had a very busy week with both our Year 2s and our Year 6s taking their SATs papers (Year 2 still have some to go, but are coping very well indeed) but the sun today has made it so much more palatable! Which helped, because this time last week we were all enjoying a wonderful day of celebrating everything coronationy. It was wonderful to see the sea of red, white, blue and gold and finery, and all those who dressed up looked fabulous.

Next Monday we will know who has won the crown competition, so do look for those winners in next week’s blog. I have to say, the crowns that were entered were pretty impressive.

Shining Stars last week were for British Values (who knew!) and Shining Stars this week were for kindness and, as ever, those who were winners most definitely deserved it. This week’s TTRS winners were Year 5 – hurrah! And last week’s winners were Year 4 and Year 6 – woohoo! I am giving out Staff Shining Stars on Monday, but last week’s Staff Shining Star was Ms Christian, who is still relatively new to WPA but who has fitted in brilliantly. We are very pleased that she has joined us.

Last Friday we also celebrated a fantastic FIRST PLACE winner in the Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature. Maddison in Year 6 won 1st Place in the KS2 Poetry class for her wonderful poem about the majestic Blue Shoebill Bird. WELL DONE Maddison, you are a superstar.

We start to see the calendar getting busy now, as the term hots up as much as the weather.

Next week, for example, sees the FOWPA BIG UNIFORM SALE.

*BIG UNIFORM SALE ALERT*

FOWPA will be holding a two-day uniform sale by the school reception on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th May. This will be bigger than our usual sale with much more available (shorts, trousers, skirts, dresses, shirts, PE kit, jumpers, cardigans, polo shirts). Items are £1 each with all proceeds going to FOWPA.

Take the opportunity this weekend to have a big clear out of uniform that no longer fits and buy the next size up next Thursday/Friday!

Please drop uniform donations into reception, where they will be gratefully received.

Before this, though, on Monday we will be putting all of our lost property outside for you to claim please. My goodness there is a lot so PLEASE come down and collect your belongings if you can. Anything not claimed by the end of Monday we will donate to the FOWPA BIG UNIFORM SALE.

We will be sending out a list of all of the dates that we know about next week, so please do keep an eye out. Phew!

Thank you, as ever, for all of your support and hope that you have a restful and fantastic normal length weekend.

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

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Friday 28 April

The first two weeks of this term have flown by. On the very first Monday back from Easter, just as I was introducing the new Jigsaw PSHE theme of relationships, we had a ‘phone call from Ofsted saying that they were coming to visit us the next day. Well, the pupils did us proud. They were articulate, joyful, smiley, full of life and were the best versions of themselves for the Tuesday and Wednesday, when the inspection team were in. They embodied the British Values and our school values that we so often talk about and they were marvellous. The pride in which they presented their work, if they were chosen to meet with the inspectors, was very evident, and it was so pleasing to see their faces light up due to their excitement in talking about it. I was very proud of them.

On the morning of Wednesday 19 April, we sent a team of Year 4s to Bodmin for the North Cornwall Athletics competition. We have still not heard quite how they got on, but they loved it. In the afternoon, we also sent an intrepid team of Year 3 Tri-Golfers to the same place, where they battled brilliantly against considerable opposition and came third overall. Their (heavy) bronze medals are impressive and they are still wearing them every day, which we love!

This Wednesday, the Year 5 and 6 Girl’s football team took part in a tournament too. We have not seen Mr Langton to get the results, but the girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves (and didn’t even get muddy!)

This Wednesday also saw a team of Year 6 boys take part in the local Football Festival and they did very well, playing their hearts out on our school field. We are still awaiting the results of the whole tournament, but as soon as I know how we did, I will let you know. Mr Langton has a lot of sport collating and chasing to do next week, I fear…

Shining Stars for last week were for pupils who showed the excellent behavioural traits ‘Being Safe, Being Ready and Being Respectful’. The winners were, as ever, marvellous and this week and last week cemented my thoughts that siblings really often DO receive shining stars on the same week, without any intervention from teachers – it just happens and often blows my mind. Staff Shining Stars could have gone to everyone for their wonderful work during our Ofsted visit but last week’s Staff Shining Stars were awarded to Mrs Smith and Mrs Harrison in Year Two for their stirling efforts and wonderful teamwork. This week’s Shining Stars were awarded for excellent progress in spelling and/or phonics and I can entirely see why the winners won! Staff Shining Stars this week were awarded to Mrs Orme and Miss Wotus, both of whom we would not be without. Truthfully though, I am so very grateful to ALL of the staff for their hard work. We are very lucky to have them.

Next week on Thursday, we see our Year 5 boys going to the Royal Cornwall Showground for a ‘Boy’s Active’ day. They are very excited. We also have the Bank Holiday on Monday (everyone has their fingers crossed for good weather) and we start our KS1 SATs. KS2 SATs take place the week after next, starting on the day that we get back after the King’s Coronation. I’ve just listened to the music that is used to crown the British Monarch and it did make me feel cornonationy.

Next Friday we are celebrating the King’s Coronation. To celebrate this, pupils are invited to come to school in non-uniform with a Royal theme. Please don’t feel you have to go to any lengths to organise this; it could be as simple as wearing red, white and blue, although some may like to dress up as royalty. We are not asking for any donations; this is purely a day of celebration. All pupils will spend some time during the day learning about this historic event and Mrs Keat is also inviting every child to take part in her Crown Design Competition, which was discussed in assembly. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you, as ever, for all of your support and hope that you have a restful and fantastic long (and hopefully relatively sunny) weekend.

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

Thursday 30 March

We had a wonderful and very busy week last week. We welcomed families into school on all four days!

We had class assemblies on Monday (3W), Tuesday (3B) and Wednesday (2B) and all three were genuinely amazing! For the most part, technology worked seamlessly; we saw the battle of the Celts and Romans from the Year 3 WOW day (and it was REALLY good to see the battle in action); we saw stop animation videos of the building of Stonehenge (also Year 3) and we saw example of work created and completed on all projects. They were FANTASTIC and I was so very proud of all of the classes.

Wednesday also saw the Year 2 Rainforest Café. Mr O’Dwyer has said the following: Year 2 have fully immersed themselves into their Wider Curriculum Topic of the Rainforests and they were so proud to share this with parents on Wednesday at our Rainforest Café. Thank you to everyone that came along and looked at all the hard work the Year 2 pupils have been doing this term. There were animal fact files; 3 print style paintings; very creative dioramas and Rainforest Riddles! We raised £143 – those Fairtrade Banana biscuits were obviously very well made by our pupils! Your donations were very much appreciated and we are now looking into adopting an Orangutan (please note that the Orangutan will be living in South America and not coming to school!)

Wednesday also saw some intrepid and hardy Year 3 and 4 girls playing football in a festival against other schools on our field. My goodness it was brutal out there with stair-rod rain throughout and there was not a dry anything to be found by the end. However, the girls were all still smiling at the end, which was pretty impressive!

On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, the Year 4 pupils acted their socks off in their play ‘Olivia!’. As I said to parents at the time, we love it when we see a fantastic play and this was VERY much a fantastic play. Brilliantly cast, energetically and masterfully performed and a joy to watch. A huge well done to every single member of year 4, be they staff or pupils – all were magnificent.

Year 4 journeyed to Morwellham Quay on Tuesday too – crikey it was a long day, but a very enjoyable one. They were not blessed with good weather and their outside activities meant that they were a trifle damp, but they thoroughly enjoyed themselves, nonetheless. Lots and lots of pupils were keen to tell me how strict the Victorian School mistress was and how they are glad NOT to be in a Victorian school, which did make me smile.

We were also visited by the Reverend Steven Payne, who came into to talk to our Year 3 and 4s about the Story of Easter, and we saw a very bright gaggle of Nursery Children egg rolling on Wednesday afternoon.

Shining Stars were for progress over the term. The winners were, as ever, very deserving. Staff Shining stars were numerous; we had to give shining stars to Mrs Markee, who has covered Mrs Keat very effectively for almost all of this half term and Mrs Brier, who we were very sad to say goodbye to. She has taken a full-time post in a café within walking distance of her home and we are very much looking forward to visiting. We also awarded Shining Stars to the very brilliant Miss Rash and Miss Taylor in Reception and to Miss Beckett, who is such an asset to the school. We would not be without any of them and we love them all!

We look forward to hearing how the Cross Country Finalists got on last Thursday at the very beginning of next term.

Thank you, as ever, for all of your support and hope that you have a restful and fantastic Easter break. We are very much looking forward to seeing you on Monday 17 April at the normal time. Gates open at 0825 and close again at 0840 for registration.

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

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Friday 24 March

It has been a really busy week getting ready for next week’s three class assemblies and the Year 4 play, with Year 3s also having their WOW day on Monday and a trip to the Royal Cornwall Showground for the Farm to Fork Show on Wednesday. They had an amazing two days with all sorts of fun being had on Monday, exploring their Roman and Celt Wider Curriculum Topic for this term with the day culminating in a battle between the two sides. I am yet to hear who won, to be honest, but I hear that it was brutal*. The Farm to Fork Trip was also a huge success with every pupil coming back with a wide smile on their face and enhanced knowledge and keenness for agriculture.

Shining Stars this week were Teacher’s Choice. We LOVE teacher’s choice as we can choose our Shining Star winners for any reason at all; it could for be showing values; it could be for always demonstrating excellent behaviour; it could be for always trying their hardest or it could be for being a good friend. Literally almost anything. This week’s winners were, as ever, very deserving. Staff Shining stars this week were given to Mrs Johnston and Mrs Young for doing fabulous jobs in Year 6 and Year 3.

Our assembly themes for this week were The Great British Spring Clean and Earth Day and Hour (Earth Hour is tomorrow). Mrs Lee Elkins talked about the wonder that is our World and what we can do to make sure that it survives. We thought about what amazes us about the world and we had some super answers, from how important tiny little bees are to how amazing volcanoes are and how we can never ever count all of the stars in the sky because there are so many (at least 100 billion according to the internet). Earth Hour happens every year and this year is on the 25 March, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Earth Hour is when we turn ‘off’ for an hour to try and do something positive for the planet.

In keeping with our theme, it is also the Sustrans walk, scoot or cycle to school week next week. Each class’ School Councillor will keep a tally of how many people walk, cycle or scoot even part of their journey to try and save energy. Last year, Year 2 did brilliantly, but the question is; can they top the league again now that they are in Year 3?

Thank you for all of your support with Parents’ Evenings; they went very smoothly and I saw many happy faces after appointments. Phew.

Next week is a busy one. Please see below for what is happening:

CLUBS ARE ON THIS WEEK MON to WEDS (27 – 29 March 2023)

Monday 27 March 0900 3W Assembly to parents

Monday 27 March 1315 Year 4 Play Dress Rehearsal to the school

Tuesday 28 March 0900 3B Assembly to parents

Tuesday 28 March 0900 Year 4 Trip to Morwellham Quay (3pm return)

Wednesday 29 March 0900 2B Assembly to parents

Wednesday 29 March 0900 2W WOW Session in 2W Classroom

Wednesday 29 March 0930 2B WOW Session in 2B Classroom

Wednesday 29 March 1315 Year 4 Play to parents

Thursday 30 March 0915 Year 4 play to parents

Thursday 30 March 1130 Cross Country Runners leave school to go to Newquay (parents taking)

END OF TERM (early finish for all)

Thursday 30 March 1300 EYFS and KS1

Thursday 30 March 1315 KS2

NB: Bridge Kids open to those who normally go on a Thurs and emergencies

Friday 31 March SCHOOL CLOSED to ALL – INSET DAY

Thank you, as ever, for all of your support and hope that you have a lovely weekend. I cannot believe how quickly this week has gone and how close the end of term is – only four more school days. Crikey.

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

*no pupils were harmed in the battle of the Year 3 Celts and Romans; words used were purely for literary effect.

Friday 17 March

It has been quite a week. Tuesday saw the second round of the multi-school Cross Country races and we entered over 90 pupils this time – an amazing feat! We had some fantastic results with Max again winning the year 4 race by a good margin – a super well done to you, Max as well as a HUGE well done to all who took part. On Friday we took part in this year’s Red Nose Day by either wearing something funny (we saw some fantastic outfits here) or dressing to impress (including some of the best suit wearing I have ever seen). We were also hugely entertained in assembly with some brilliant jokes – they were so good that I cannot even tell you my favourite. We should know the total amount that we have raised by early next week but a big thank you to all who took part – you were all superb.

Shining Stars this week were for pupils who shine in Science. They were given out in class, but given that I know that we have some very talented scientists in school, I can imagine that those winners were very well deserved.

Our assembly theme this week was Science as it is Science Week. Our fantastic Science Lead, Mrs Callister, gave us quite possibly the quickest and most informative set of impressive science experiments that we have ever seen: we saw (amongst others!) milkshake being turned into ice cream; cream being turned into butter; bicarb, vinegar and food colouring turned into volcanoes and oil, food colouring and bicarb turned into our own version of a lava lamp – they were IMPRESSIVE and we were hugely grateful to Mrs C for her efforts and her brilliance.

On Wednesday, we also saw a fabulous group of ten pupils performing in this year’s Song Fest at St Petroc’s Church in Bodmin. My goodness they were brilliant and they represented the school magnificently. We were hugely proud of them and are looking forward to sharing some of the songs to the rest of the school and parents before the end of term.

Year 5 won the TTRS battle this week – whoop!

This coming week we have Parents’ Evenings on Monday (6W, RB and RW), Tuesday (Years N, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) and Wednesday (all apart from 6B). Mrs Keat is hoping to join us via Teams – please come prepared to talk to her via a computer if you are a parent or carer in 4B.

We also have our Year 3 WOW Day (please do note the amount of effort that Mr Langton has put into his costume) on Monday and a Year 3 Trip on Wednesday to the Royal Cornwall Showground for the Farm to Fork programme. Crikey.

From the end of this coming week, we also have our walk, scoot or ride to School Week for Sustrans – please do look out for further information this coming week.

Thank you, as ever, for all of your support and hope that you had a lovely weekend. See you bright and early in the morning!

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

World Book Day 2023

World Book Day 2023 at Wadebridge Primary.

Friday 10 March

We have had a lovely week and I have seen some amazing learning. My goodness you are in for a treat Year 4 parents! Thank you so much too for all of your WPA BALL HAUL donations and for all of the books – they are amazing! Some of the books that we have had donated have blown our minds. They have all been extremely well received though- thank you. Please do keep donating – the more that we have donated, the more books our pupils can read and the more sporty things we can do. We also sang our hearts out at our Trelawny Shout and it was brilliant seeing so much black, gold, white and Cornish Tartan. Special mention must be made to Freya in Year 5 who actually came to school as the Cornish Flag in 3D.

Shining Stars this week were for pupils who shine in our Wider Curriculum subjects. There were some super winners this week and hearing about why some of these pupils won was really lovely. Mind you, I think that most pupils really enjoy those wider curriculum subjects – especially cooking! Lots of us were lucky enough to taste some of the Nursery Pasties on Monday and it turns out that Ms Brown, who is normally in Year 2 but who was in Nursery on Monday, is an expert crimper. It was like we had Malcom Barnecutts in school – they were FAB (though, if you are reading this, Mrs Divall, a bit more pepper next time could win you awards…).

Year 4 and Year 6 won the TTRS battle this week and they were delighted. Staff Shining Stars were awarded to Mrs Giles and Mr Robey for being brilliant members of our team.

Our assembly theme this week was Fairtrade and we talked about why Fairtrade is important and what we can do to help make sure that products that we buy are as Fairtrade as possible. Mr O’Dwyer showed us this wonderful website, where you can see who stocks what Fairtrade products. Here is the link:

https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/buying-fairtrade/

A reminder that our next round of Parents’ Evenings are being held on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 March unless you are in RB, RW and 6W in which case your parents’ evenings are Monday 20 and Wednesday 22 March.

Thank you for all of your support and have a lovely weekend,

Kindest regards,

Ms Whitlock

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