Global Learning Day

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On Friday 15th February 2019, Lewannick held a global learning day.

The children got to visit 4 out of the 7 continents and complete a different activity that represents that part of the world.

In Africa, the children did some African drumming and used different animal designs to create pictures.   In America, they made Statue of Liberty crowns and rocky roads.

In Antarctica, they made meringue igloos and had the challenge of putting on as many layers of clothing as possible.  Finally in Europe, the children made mosaics out of different coloured paper and learnt where mosaics originated from.

Everyone had a really exciting day learning lots about these 4 continents.

Hawks Class Eden Project Residential

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What a fantastic time Hawks Class had on their residential to the Eden Project (December 2018).

On the Thursday, we were ‘Rainforest Rangers’ and had to identify things in the biomes that could be used for food, shelter and to drink. It was amazing how many things we found and how versatile plants are!!

On Thursday evening, we went into the biome by night! All the general public had gone home and we were did a workshop called ‘The Secret Biome’. We played lots of different games, sketched the different plants, sang songs and certainly made lots and lots of noise!!

On Friday, the adults had planned a surprise for the children!! They took them to see Santa!! It was lovely to see all their excited faces! We had ‘elf training’ and got to write our wishes and put them on a train to the North Pole. The best part was seeing Santa who gave us a magical snowflake to keep! We also got given a chocolate each!

The whole residential was magical from start to finish. The children were an absolute delight and we were so proud of Year 2 and 3 for embracing all the challenges that were given to them.

Slovenia Visit

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Mrs Kilpin, Miss Asprey and Mr Sparks visited our Slovenian partner school as part of our Erasmus project, The school in Ljubljana has embraced the critical thinking model and pupils are writing amazing essays in English about the problem of plastic reduction and sea pollution.

We also had the opportunity to visit parts of this amazing country including the Lipica horses, a gorge, and a cathedral.

Trewortha and Hawks Class Warship Trip

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Wow! What an absolutely amazing day.

On Monday 8 October 2018, Hawks and Trewortha classes left school at 8.15am and headed to Mount Edgcumbe. When we arrived we met with Royal Marine and Naval staff. They put life jackets on us all and we waited to board the landing craft.

Unfortunately, because the tide was going out, we were unable to go on the big landing craft, so we waited for the smaller ones to come and collect us. Once we boarded, we headed up the Tamar towards the warship, the HNLMS Johan de Witt. It was incredible as we turned the corner, we saw the magnificent ship with the helicopter on the back. The children were fascinated!

We then got to board the warship and had cookies and a drink; for lunch we were served hot dogs and chips, with a delicious lolly to follow.

After lunch we had a guided tour of the Dutch warship. The HNLMS Johan de Witt is a Landing Platform Dock (LPD) amphibious warfare ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy.  We met the ship’s captain and saw the radars, the kitchens, bakery, gym, cells, hospital, dentist and hairdressers; the ship even has two operating theatres. Whilst we explored the top deck of the ship, the helicopter took off from the back; this was a highlight for many of the children.

It was an absolutely incredible day and a memory that will stay with us all forever! Many thanks to Mrs Maynard for organising this rare opportunity for us and to the Dutch crew for their hospitality.

Trewortha visit Davidstow Military Museum

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On Friday 14th September,  Trewortha class visited the Military Museum at Davidstow. Pupils enjoyed a guided tour around the site, taking in extensive information about this former RAF station (from its opening on 1st October 1942 until its closure at the end of 1945) and learning about the armed forces during  WWII. Individual buildings have displays and information on every RAF station that existed in Cornwall together with coverage of the Royal Navy (including the Royal Marines and Fleet Air Arm) and the British Army. It was a very interesting visit.