BOASLEY CROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL

'A Christmas Carol' Production

21/12/2019

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Bodmin Class - Autumn 2019

1/10/2019

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Teacher: Mr Paine
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Lethbridge

Welcome to Bodmin class - Autumn term 2019

The Autumn term in Bodmin class is packed full of amazing enrichment activities and exciting opportunities for learning. Within mathematics we will be exploring number and place value as well as the four operations. These key mathematical skills underpin everything we do in this subject; it is of vital importance that children are exposed to this early in the academic year to ensure a smooth transition into the other topics covered. By providing a strong foundation in number and place value, we are giving children the opportunity to master procedural fluency and develop a deep conceptual understanding of each mathematical topic. As always, we will look to build on prior knowledge and extend the children's understanding by providing opportunities for reasoning and problem solving.
Our English lessons will provide an opportunity to explore both non-fiction and fictional texts. Within the first half of term we will be looking at the phenomenal Shackleton’s Journey – an epic tale into the legendary ship Endurance and the perilous adventure that Ernest Shackleton went on. Furthermore, we will be exploring a selection of fiction pieces that will spark creativity and encourage increased writing stamina.
History will be the key focus for the first half term; children will be exploring some of the challenges that the modern world face. Specifically, we will be looking into the United Arab Emirates and how this financial powerhouse has risen to economic royalty in the last century. In comparison, children will also be investigating Anglo-Saxon Britain. What challenges did these post-Roman invaders face as they settled into Britain?
The wider curriculum is of upmost importance to Boasley Cross and so we will be taking part in bespoke drama classes with Harriet Davies (Okehampton College), in preparation for the school’s Christmas performance.
Finally, Bodmin class will be investigating the work of artists Henri Matisse and Andre Derain – these famous artists developed their own unique style between 1900 and 1905. We call this style Fauvism and we will explore the techniques used by these artists in our art sessions.

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Dartmoor Class - Autumn 2019

1/10/2019

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Teacher: Mrs Gardner
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Simmons

Welcome to Dartmoor class – Autumn Term 2019

Dartmoor class currently has 18 children, Years 3 and 4. Our Autumn term is packed with challenging, fun and engaging activities that look to stimulate learning in the safe environment of Boasley Cross Primary School.
Our Autumn Term is focusing on what we find challenging, both on a personal and global level with the question of “What challenges face the Modern World today?”
Our Maths focus this term will help us to consolidate our understanding of Place Value and number, working on column addition and subtraction. Our English will focus on both fiction and non-fiction texts which will also teach us vocabulary needed for our Science subject of skeletons.
Our History work at the beginning of term will follow the Anglo Saxons and how they settled in the UK; we will then contrast their lifestyle with modern day living in the United Arab Emirates – one extreme to the other.
After half-term, we will learn all about rivers in our Geography topic work; discussing different physical features of rivers and the technical vocabulary we can use.
Throughout the term, we will be working hard to show how we can be 'Respectful, Resourceful and Resilient'.
Please see our Curriculum Overview for more details on our learning areas.

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Littlemoor Class - Autumn 2019

1/10/2019

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Teacher: Miss Bellew
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Ogborne
Teaching Assistant (Pre-School): Miss Furneaux

Welcome to Littlemoor class - Autumn term 2019

Littlemoor class has 14 children, Early Years Foundation Stage, Year 1 and Year 2.
Our Autumn term is an exciting mix of outdoor learning, trips and visitors, creative curriculum and, of course, lots of fun and engaging learning! Forest school sessions are to continue for each child and there will be plenty of opportunity to learn outdoors and get messy! Littlemoor are focusing on our key question this term - What is a challenge? - We have had lots of opportunities for discussion and have been challenging ourselves in our learning.
The core subjects of Mathematics and English are taught in the morning with extra guided reading sessions and Phonics. The children in Littlemoor have roles and responsibilities in the class showing respect for the environment we live in. In Littlemoor, we enjoy emergent learning through play, exploring and investigating everything we find interesting.
Our Pre-school is thriving and the children are integrating into school life well. We have welcomed new additions to our pre-school and are proud to be able to provide an excellent start to their education through the Reggio Emilia approach to early learning.
Please see our curriculum overview for more details on our class learning areas.
Home learning tasks have been set and are in our Home Learning area.

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Bodmin Class - Autumn 2019

23/9/2019

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Teacher: Mr Paine
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Lethbridge

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Dartmoor Class - Autumn 2019

23/9/2019

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Teacher: Mrs Gardner
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Simmons

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Littlemoor Class & Pre-School - Autumn 2019

23/9/2019

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Teacher: Miss Bellew
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Ogborne
Littlemoor Pre-school: Miss Furneaux
EYFS/KS1 & Pre-school Manager: Mrs D Petersen

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Dartmoor Class - Termly Overview Autumn 2019

10/9/2019

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Littlemoor Y1&2 - Termly Overview Autumn 2019

10/9/2019

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Littlemoor EYFS - Termly Overview Autumn 2019

10/9/2019

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Bodmin Class - Termly Overview Autumn 2019

9/9/2019

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Bodmin class - Summer 2019

7/6/2019

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Teacher: Mr Paine
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Lethbridge/Miss Furneaux/Mrs Davies

Welcome to Bodmin class - Summer term 2019

The summer term in Bodmin class is packed full of amazing enrichment activities and exciting opportunities for learning. Our final topics for mathematics will be shape, geometry, position and direction. As always, we will look to build on prior knowledge and extend the children's understanding by providing opportunities for reasoning and problem solving. Our English lessons will provide a final opportunity to showcase their writing with a Bronze Age style writing task. We look forward to two residential trips - the Year 6 residential takes place between Monday July 1st and Wednesday July 3rd. The Year 5 residential leaves on the 10th July and returns on Friday 12th July. Year 6 children will have the opportunity to showcase their production skills as they create a summer leavers service. Finally, children will also be taking part in sexual education sessions led by Mr Paine and Mrs Petersen. These sessions are not optional and all children will be taking part.

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Dartmoor class - Summer term 2019

7/5/2019

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Teacher: Mrs Gardner
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Simmons

Welcome to Dartmoor class - Summer Term 2019

Dartmoor class currently have 20 children, Years 3 and 4. Our Summer term is packed with challenging, fun and engaging activities that look to stimulate learning in the safe environment of Boasley Cross Primary School.
Our Summer Term consists of two separate topic areas; the first being “Home or Away?” comparing life in modern day Japan with the UK and the second, “Past and Present” exploring life from the Iron Age to the Bronze age in our local area.
Our Maths focus this term will include statistics, money, time, Geometry (Property of Shape) and Position and Direction. Our English will focus on both fiction and non-fiction texts including instruction and letter writing. We will be making full use of our newly renovated Forest school area for outdoor learning in our Science lessons focusing on plants and using our investigative skills and observations to conduct a variety of plant based experiments. Our Japanese topic has a strong geographical focus that will enable children to explore the locality, physical and human features of a different country as well as comparing and contrasting the culture and lifestyle of Japan with our familiar surroundings.
For the second half-term, we will be exploring the history and geography of our local area to discover Bronze Age settlements on Dartmoor including a guided walk on Dartmoor.
Years 3 and 4 children will also be taking part in lots of physical education enrichment activities; these include rugby with Plymouth Albion, cricket and tennis, as well as weekly swimming lessons. Boasley Cross prides itself on providing children with opportunities to enhance learning in the classroom - Dartmoor class is no exception! We are working on showing respect to everyone in school, modelling our Golden Rules and engaging in peer work with the younger children in Littlemoor. In Dartmoor class we value the school ethos in making sure everyone enjoys learning in a safe classroom environment.
Please see our Curriculum Overview for more details on our learning areas.

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Littlemoor class - Summer term 2019

2/5/2019

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Teacher: Mrs J Paylor-Sykes / Mrs H Jolliffe
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Ogborne
Littlemoor Pre-school: Miss Furneaux
EYFS/KS1 & Pre-school Manager: Mrs D Petersen

Welcome to Littlemoor class!

Littlemoor class has 16 children, Early Years Foundation Stage, Year 1 and Year 2.
Our Summer term is an exciting mix of outdoor learning, trips and visitors, creative curriculum and, of course, lots of fun and engaging learning! Forest school sessions are to continue for each child and there will be plenty of opportunity to learn outdoors and get messy! Littlemoor are set to enjoy an enriching class trip to Madewell Farm to help our understanding of animals and the environment as well as a class treat to Clip and Climb in Exeter. Preparation for statutory assessments in Year 2 is high on the agenda to ensure that pupils are prepared for KS2. The core subjects of Mathematics and English are taught in the morning with extra guided reading sessions in the afternoon. The children in Littlemoor have roles and responsibilities in the class showing respect for the environment we live in. In Littlemoor, we enjoy emergent learning through play, exploring and investigating everything we find interesting.
Our Pre-school is thriving and the children are integrating into school life well. We have welcomed new additions to our pre-school and are proud to be able to provide an excellent start to their education through the Reggio Emilia approach to early learning.
Please see our curriculum overview for more details on our class learning areas.
Home learning tasks have been set and are in our Home Learning area.

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Littlemoor class - Spring term 2019

6/2/2019

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Teacher: Mrs Petersen / Mrs Jolliffe
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Ogborne
Student Teacher (PGCE Exeter University): Immogen Floyd
Welcome to Littlemoor class!

Littlemoor class has 15 children, Early Years Foundation Stage, Year 1 and Year 2. Our Spring term is an exciting mix of outdoor learning, trips and visitors, creative curriculum and, of course, lots of fun and engaging learning! Forest school sessions are to continue for each child and there will be plenty of opportunity to learn outdoors and get messy. Littlemoor are set to enjoy an enriching class trip to Madewell Farm to help our understanding of animals and the environment as well as a class treat to Clip and Climb in Exeter. Preparation for statutory assessments in Year 2 is high on the agenda to ensure that pupils are prepared for KS2. The core subjects of Mathematics and English are taught in the morning with extra guided reading sessions in the afternoon. The children in Littlemoor have roles and responsibilities in the class showing respect for the environment we live in. In Littlemoor, we enjoy emergent learning through play, exploring and investigating everything we find interesting. Our Pre-school is very much an addition to the classroom and the children are integrating into school life well. We have welcomed new additions to our pre-school and are proud to be able to provide an excellent start to their education.
Please see our curriculum overview for more details on our learning areas.

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Dartmoor class - Spring term 2019

6/2/2019

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Teacher: Mrs Gardner
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Simmons

Our Spring Term is packed with challenging, fun and engaging activities that look to stimulate learning in the safe environment of Boasley Cross Primary School. We are very lucky to be joined by a Student from Exeter University (PGCE) and we are all really excited about our topic this term about the Ancient Egyptians. We will be enhancing our learning on this topic with a visit to the RAMM in Exeter in early April. Our Forest school sessions are to continue for each child and there will be plenty of occasions for more learning opportunities outdoors as the weather improves. Our physical education activities will include netball and tennis when the weather is good; gymnastics when we need to retreat indoors.
Our maths will include multiplication, division and fractions and our English writing will focus on both fiction and non-fiction texts.
Please see our curriculum overview for more detail on our learning areas.

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Bodmin class - Spring term 2019

6/2/2019

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Teacher: Mr Paine
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Lethbridge / Miss Furneaux / Mrs Davies

Welcome to Bodmin class, home of the year 5 and 6 children. Here in the top end of KS2 we have 26 children. The class teacher in Bodmin is Mr Paine, supported by the wonderful Mrs Lethbridge, Mrs Davies and Miss Furneaux. We have an extremely fun and engaging curriculum planned for this spring term during which children will be stretched and appropriately challenged. We have an exciting trip planned to Exeter RAMM; this fits nicely with our topic for the term, Ancient Egypt. Children will have the opportunity to take part in workshops as well as explore the museum. SATS preparation will be high on the agenda this term, this is to best prepare them for the upcoming assessments in May. Children in KS2 will be expected to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of year 5 and 6 children, this added responsibility is an important way of growing into life after Boasley Cross.
Please see curriculum overview for further details on the children’s learning.
Best wishes, Mr P.

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Littlemoor Class - Termly Overview Spring 2019

17/1/2019

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Dartmoor Class - Termly Overview Spring 2019

17/1/2019

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Bodmin Class - Termly Overview Spring 2019

17/1/2019

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Littlemoor Pre-School

22/9/2018

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Dartmoor Class - Termly Overview Autumn 2018

17/9/2018

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Y3/4 OVERVIEW

Welcome to Dartmoor class - Autumn Term 2018

Teacher: Mrs Gardner
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Simmons

Welcome to Dartmoor Class with Mrs Gardner and Mrs Simmons. We’re now a group of 18, Year 3 and Year 4 children who are fascinated by all aspects of the Rainforest. We are creative, sporty and eager to learn and have been busy settling into our new classroom and making new friends. We’ve taken on new roles and responsibilities and the Year 4’s have “stepped up” to the role of mentoring the Year 3’s. We are working on showing Tolerance towards others and modelling how to be “Good to be Green”, our new behaviour system.
We are learning all about the mammals, plants, birds and reptiles that are in the Rainforests and we’re great at fact-finding information to use across all our curriculum subjects. We have an exciting trip planned to the Eden Project this term which should further expand our knowledge of this area.
Please see our Curriculum overview for further information on what we’re learning.

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Littlemoor Pre-School

17/9/2018

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Opened in September 2018, Littlemoor Pre-School embraces the Reggio Emila approach to early education – an educational philosophy centred on child-led, experiential learning in relationship-driven, natural environments. At Boasley Cross, we focus on pupils’ natural development; the child is respected and we encourage their sense of curiosity, allowing them to succeed long-term.
This unique approach to educating children was founded in the villages around Reggio Emilia, Italy, after World War II. Parents were looking for a way to teach their children and found that the early years of development were the best time to help children figure out who they are as individuals.
Parental involvement is invited and encouraged. We offer a heuristic environment where the outside and inside environments merge, making the most out of the five senses whilst fostering creativity.
Our guiding principles:
1. Image of the child – Adults are aware of each child’s potential and it’s their responsibility to help support and guide children throughout the journey of learning.
2. Emergent curriculum – Through careful observation of the classroom, teachers can introduce learning explorations and provocations and develop long-term projects. The curriculum emerges from the children, allowing the learning process to become a spiralling progression.
3. Role of the environment – classrooms are open, inviting spaces filled with natural resources, real life materials, mirrors, windows and natural lighting. Learning spaces are designed to promote a sense of wonder, inquiry, and human connection.
4. Parental involvement – learning takes place not only in school but at home and in the community. Parents are encouraged to participate in their child’s education and daily life at school and to extend and reinforce learning opportunities at home.
At Littlemoor Pre-School, we believe that children are not empty vessels waiting to be filled with adult-given knowledge, but are constructors of their own learning and experience. Children can find meaning and joy through play. Each child has their own language, their own path towards learning. Each child’s unique path becomes our focus.
Please telephone Boasley Cross on 01837 871362 to arrange a visit and see our pre-school practices for yourself. We are currently accepting children from the age of 3 years.
Deirdre Petersen
Head of School
Pre-School Manager/ EYFS

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Littlemoor Class - Termly Overview Autumn 2018

14/9/2018

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EYFS OVERVIEW

Y1/2 OVERVIEW

Welcome to Littlemoor class - Autumn Term 2018

Teacher: Mrs Petersen / Mrs Jolliffe
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Ogborne

Welcome to Littlemoor class!

Littlemoor class has 15 children, Early Years Foundation Stage, Year 1 and Year 2. Our Autumn term is an exciting mix of outdoor learning, trips and visitors, creative curriculum and, of course, lots of fun and engaging learning! Forest school sessions are to continue for each child and there will be plenty of opportunity to learn outdoors and get messy. Littlemoor are set to enjoy an enriching class trip to Quince Honey Farm to help our understanding of bees and the environment. The children in Littlemoor have roles and responsibilities in the class showing respect for the environment we live in. In Littlemoor, we enjoy emergent learning through play, exploring and investigating everything we find interesting. We have also recently welcomed Pre-schoolers into our learning family and enjoy being able to show them our school.
Please see our curriculum overview for more details on our learning areas.

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Bodmin Class - Termly Overview Autumn 2018

14/9/2018

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Y5/6 OVERVIEW

Welcome to Bodmin class - Autumn Term 2018

Teacher: Mr Paine
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Lethbridge / Miss Furneaux

Welcome to Bodmin class, home of the year 5 and 6 children. Here in the top end of KS2 we have 23 children. The class teacher in Bodmin is Mr Paine, supported by the wonderful Mrs Lethbridge, Mrs Davies and Miss Furneaux. We have an extremely fun and engaging curriculum planned for this autumn term during which children will be stretched and appropriately challenged. We have an enriching trip planned to the Eden Project which ties in perfectly with our environment topic. Children will have the opportunity to take part in workshops as well as explore the incredible grounds. We have a new forest school leader who will provide exciting weekly sessions for all children. Children in KS2 will be expected to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of year 5 and 6 children, this added responsibility is an important way of growing into life after Boasley Cross.
Please see curriculum overview for further details on the children’s learning.
Best wishes, Mr P.

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