And following on from last week, myself and Mr Lara have had a fascinating week visiting KS2 classes – even being joined by Mr Hick! Thank you ever so much Lizard class for lending Mr Lara out to spread his maths expertise throughout the school: I know how much Mrs Brown has really enjoyed learning with you this week. We saw so much excitement about maths from children, and the attitude towards challenge and curiosity about number was really amazing to see – you can find lots of examples of how the children are learning mathematics on our school website under ‘news’.    

Year 3 went to Penlee to show off their knowledge about the Stone Age, the girls football team had a super day out at Penryn (thank you Mr Reynolds and Miss Tocher!), we’ve had SUPERNOVA afternoon and the teachers have been continuing to work hard on progression and sequencing in different aspects of the curriculum – it’s been busy!! 

We are really hoping that some children will do the Garden Birdwatch this weekend, following Mrs Ewart’s assembly in KS2 – if you want more information, look at our website, and then come and find Mrs Ewart on Monday morning to share your findings! 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and see you on Monday!

Ms Teagle

A missing Scooter?

On Thursday morning, a scooter was mysteriously left by the window in the office. We have no idea whose it is or why it is there … could someone please let us know! Thank you!

French exchange opportunity

Do you know of anyone with teenage children who might be interested in a French exchange? There is a family with links with Mrs Vale who would love to come over to improve their English! If you are interested, please let Mrs Vale know and she can put you in contact with them.

COVID UPDATE (another one!) – 

From Monday 17 January, people who are self-isolating with COVID-19 will have the option to reduce their isolation period after 5 full days if they test negative with a lateral flow device (LFD) test on both day 5 and day 6 and they do not have a temperature. For example, if they test negative on the morning of day 5 and the morning of day 6, they can return to their education or childcare setting immediately on day 6.

The first test must be taken no earlier than day 5 of the self-isolation period, and the second must be taken the following day. All test results should be reported to NHS Test and Trace.

If the result of either of their tests is positive, they should continue to self-isolate until they get negative results from two LFD tests on consecutive days or until they have completed 10 full days of self-isolation, whichever is earliest.

Even if someone has tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days, they are strongly encouraged to take part in LFD testing on-site via ATS or at home once they have completed their isolation period for their prior infection. This is a new policy from UKHSA because of the risk of reinfection with Omicron.  

TMS SPORT and WELLBEING HALL

Lots of you will be aware of the conversations happening between the school and the council over the last 4 years. Our current school hall, as you know, is not fit for purpose: delivering the full PE curriculum is an impossibility and meeting as a whole school, which is so incredibly important to a school, is a logistical nightmare! The hall was built for a school of less than 200 children and with the school expanded to now 420, the buildings have extended, but the hall, situated in the middle of the building has remained the same (in fact … decreased in size!).

The council has allocated £888,000 towards the building of a new sports hall, which is incredibly exciting and shows how much commitment there is from the community of TMS and also the councils and county officers. We have worked with PBWC on a design which encapsulates more than just a sports hall. It includes a wellbeing workspace, as well as building an outdoor learning area to support our curriculum, as well as extra curricular activities. 

We also intend use by the community in the evenings, both the hall and the workspace, for sports hiring, or local groups meetings to strengthen links in the community.

The planning has now been submitted and through consultation with parents and the local community we know how much support there is for this provision to support the children in the village.  We invite you to share you support on the planning portal:

https://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=R2Q37YFGH0600

Thank you to all the members of the community who have supported us thus far on this journey: Dulcie Tudor, Kenwyn Parish Council, TMS Community Centre, Rev’d Jeremy and All Saints Church, Stephen Horscroft and many more. 

Letters home

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