Kynance
We have dived enthusiastically into our Summer topic 'Wild Water', immersing ourselves in the geography, history and sheer beauty of the Cornish coastline, making the most of the warmer weather to take our learning outdoors wherever possible.
Our reading and story- telling incorporates some of our local authors, Ann Turnbull's 'The Sand Horse', Michael Foreman's 'The Mermaid of Zennor' and Antonia Barber's 'The Mousehole Cat', as well as true tales from the past including the story of Grace Darling. Inspired by a visit to the Maritime Museum, the children will map some key shipwrecks around the Cornish coast including 'The Anson', wrecked off Loe Bar and the tragedy of the Penlee Lifeboat disaster. In learning the risks of the sea, we will also learn how to mitigate risk around the water in sessions lead by the RNLI beach safety crew on Godrevy beach. We will delve into thriving and historic artist communities in St Ives and Newlyn, and study current Cornish artists such as Lamorna Penrose alongside celebrated artists of the past such as Alfred Wallis, Stanhope Forbes and Walter Langley. Our studies will culminate in an overnight stay 'Sleeping with the Sharks' in Plymouth Aquarium.
Science will be taught discreetly this term and will focus on the lifecycles of plants and trees. We will use our outdoor learning sites as well as Trevaskis Farm to observe changes over the growing season.
We follow the mastery approach to teaching maths that promotes fluency and application through reasoning and problem solving. Daily Read, Write, Inc reading and phonics sessions allow children to develop their understanding of the English language, while our storytelling approach to literacy helps us to read like a writer, developing comprehension skills and promoting a love of literature.
We are committed to learning outdoors, both in our own extensive and beautiful school grounds or in any of our outdoor learning spaces; Crenver Grove, Godrevy Beach or Gwithian Nature Reserve.
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Our immersive classroom!
What has happened to these poor veggies? Could it be the work of The Evil Pea? Kynance use the evidence to deduce who the perpetrator of this crime could be... Launching our class book 'Supertato'.
Our 'Wild Water' activity days; Summer 2022
Kynance enjoyed their topic launch at Godrevy, making animals in the sand to start their study of 'The Sand Horse' and imagining what might happen if their sculptures came to life.. We also started our geographical study looking at human and physical features of the coastline.
Inspired by the art work of Nick Gustafson, Kynance Class had a great start to their topic making collaborative artwork to further theme their 'rain forest' classroom.
Our story telling approach to literacy - learning the story map.
Learning through play.
Kynance Class made the most of the weather with a quick trip to Godrevy today, where we worked as a team to pass buckets of water as firefighters would have done in 1666. We also made a fire and looked at how wood burns and ash is made. We used our senses to describe the fire, to inspire our Fire of London diary writing tomorrow.