Launceston Primary School

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Positive Noticing Day Our students embraced positivity! Each created a "tag" celebrating a classmate’s unique qualities, learning how small acts of kindness build friendships. They also crafted a "Wall of Kindness" with uplifting messages as a daily reminder. @pauldixtweets

In Science, in Year 3, we’re diving into the topic of light with some fun experiments with Miss Lewis! 🌟🔦 Stay tuned for more updates on our learning adventures! #LearningJourney #LightsAndSpoons #ScienceFun #launcestonprimaryschool

📚✨ Exciting times at school! In History, we've been exploring the Stone Age with both reproductions and original tools—check out our amazing flint collection! 🪨🛠️ #YouRock #RockCollection #LauncestonPrimarySchool

An absolutely magical day at Plymouth Aquarium with our youngest children. The Explorers went on an ocean safari, learning about the oceans’ fascinating creatures. They then created their very own sea creature whilst learning about the differences between fish and whales. 🐠🦈

After School Club⚽️🏆: Tuesday afternoon we were competing to score points in small group drills, all children worked together as a team to earn as many points as they could! There was tough competition, Well done to all teams involved, you were all worthy winners!

Last Friday was a busy day for our Founders! They had their first school sleepover!! They kicked off a rock climbing session. Afterwards, the fun continued with a vibrant Disco Friday club. The evening wrapped up with some painting and crafting activities and a campfire! 🧗‍♂️😴🪩

Yesterday, the Adventurers went on a school trip to Bodmin Railway Station! 🚂 It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to learn about the history of transport, perfectly tying in with our current history topic.

Last week we had the opportunity to visit the building that will become the new library in the future! We had fun drawing ideas of what we would like to have in the new library. Our ideas (in the style of stained glass windows) will be on display in the windows of the building

🏅🌞Sports Day 2024! 🏃‍🏃‍♀️ What an amazing afternoon we had on Tuesday this week! A huge congratulations to everyone for taking part in the races. The sun shone, the children displayed fantastic sportsmanship, and the support from parents and carers was brilliant.

Yesterday the Explorers were visited by the Police and Tri service team. We learnt all about how to become a police officer and tri service officer, what they do to keep everyone safe and what to do if we need help. #devonandcornwallpolice

Afterschool Forest school club Making art in the woods! 🎨🪵🌲🪻

As part of our ‘People Who Help Us’ topic, the Reception class were very lucky to welcome Jade, who is a veterinary nurse at Castle Vets. She told us about the work she does to look after animals and let the children interact with equipment that she uses everyday. 🐶🐱🩺

🚧Exciting Build Update! 🏗️ Take a look at this aerial view showcasing the progress made so far! We're thrilled to report that the project remains on track for completion (December 2024).

Ready, Set, Go!🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ This week's PE lessons were all about speed, teamwork, and coordination! Our pupils have been practicing sprinting and nailed the 'get ready' stance, honing those techniques to launch like rockets off the starting line! 🚀

In art year 2 are exploring the theme of ‘water’. 🎨This week they learnt about the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his most famous piece The Great Wave off Kanagawa🌊.They recreated their own versions using collage.🎨

As part of their topic ‘People who help us’, Explorers have been learning about Machines and how they make our jobs easier. They've found out about gears, levers and pulleys. Today we focused on cranes. We made our own, using string, a stick and a pipe cleaner. #developingexperts

Breakfast Club is a fantastic way to start the school day! Open from 8am! ☀️🍽️🍎 There are choices of cereals, yogurts, fruit and drinks available. All this, costs just £3.00per day, and is paid in advance using ParentPay. More information? Please contact the school office.

Yesterday the Adventurers all planted a sunflower seed as part of their Science learning - we know that a seed has to have water, sunlight and the right temperature to grow healthily. We are going to be planting other seeds this term too as part of our Science topic on plants🌻🌞

Stars of the Week🌟 Well done to Amelia, Arlo and Esme for last week! Great work in reading, maths, history and wider subject areas. We had a lovely celebration assembly on Friday last week, listening to a song about St George and the dragon as it was St George’s Day last Tuesday