Football WIN!

St Mabyn football team won 6-1 against St Tudy.

Mousehole

Mousehole created by Sam, Abby and Connor.

Christmas is coming...

Class 2 weaving

Autumn Term Diary 2008

December Tuesday 16th Christmas Performance
St Mabena Church at 1.30

Wednesday 17th Christmas Performance
St Mabena Church at 6.30pm

Thursday 18th Christmas dinner & parties

Friday 19th Christingle St Mabena Church at 1.15pm
End of term
at 2.00pm

Curriculum of the future.

We have just been notified that our school`s application to become a `school for change` has been successful. This means that we have the wonderful opportunity to rethink the delivery of the curriculum to improve teaching and learning. We will be working with external partners and receive funding of £15,000 for the next three years to implement these changes. As yet we are in the planning stages gathering ideas. We have asked the children what changes they would like to see and we would welcome thoughts from parents as well.
So if you have an idea please jot it down and send it into school.
These will be exciting times!

Buzz Club

This club is so much enjoyed by many pupils that Mrs Irons needs more help. The club sessions occur monthly on a Wednesday from 3.00 - 4.00pm. Please do contact either the secretary or Mrs Irons if you are willing to help - thank you.

Changes to INSET days

To enable all staff to revalidate their First Aid certificates we need to take part in a one day course on Friday 13th February.
Therefore the school will be closed on this day and half term will begin on Thursday 12th February.
However by closing on this day it means that the Summer term will now end on Wednesday 22nd July.

Pudsey Extravaganza!!

We all enjoyed raising funds for Pudsey and Children in Need. Class 3 did an excellent job arranging the talent competition and the competitors showed just how talented they are with dancers, singers, musicians and comedians.
Thank you so very much for your generosity sending into school so many delicious cakes. Pupils enjoyed the `cake break` for several days!! Together we raised £130 - wonderful.

Children in Need

The children organised their own talent show which was won by a group of girls from Class 1. Parents generously supplied lots of lovely cakes for break time.

Class 2 collages

Class 2 have been inspired by the paintings of Alan Davie to create their own collages.

Anti bullying

Years three and four enjoyed a workshop on friendship as part of anti-bullying week.

Houses

The whole school has been looking at different sorts of houses and homes.

Walk to School week

Thank you so much to everyone who supported this activity. Class 3 were the winners with 56 green feet.
However we failed to beat our record. Next time!!

Anti Bullying week

17th - 21st November
We work very hard to ensure that all children feel that they are
valued and safe at school. Any bullying incidents are dealt with
swiftly. To help pupils develop strategies for coping with friendship disputes Y3 and Y4 will be taking part in a workshop this week.

Data Collection

It would be greatly appreciated if the outstanding data sheets sent
home earlier could be completed and returned by the end of this week -
thank you.

Swimming Gala

Swimming gala at Wadebridge
On 11th November, a team will be entering this competition with
all the other feeder primary schools in the Wadebridge area. Last year we won the small school cup - so very good luck to the team.

Christmas Dinner

This year we are offering a Christmas buffet for the pupils at lunch
time. The cost will be the same at £1.90. This will lead into party
activities for the afternoon and the children can wear non school
uniform for this occasion.

Pudsey Extravaganza!!

Fun day in school on Friday 14th November to support the Children in
Need Appeal!
The School Council has arranged a `St Mabyn School has talent` competition which will take place in the Village Hall from 12.40pm onwards. They have also requested a non uniform day and cakes for break time! Non uniform can be worn by contributing a £1 but we would ask for sensible wear please. A `cake break` will be greatly enjoyed so any donations of cakes would be greatly appreciated – thank you very much in anticipation of your support.

Bug Busting time!

We are currently suffering a plague of headlice.
With half term around the corner can we all check heads and rid the school of these annoying creatures. The best method is to use hair conditioner on wet hair and comb through with a fine toothed comb.
Headlice are quite persistent so checks need to be made weekly. We would also ask that all girls wear their hair tied back. A pamphlet providing more information accompanies this newsletter for your information.

Autumn Term Diary 2008

November 14th Children in Need

December Wednesday 17th
Christmas Performance-Evening

Thursday 18th
Christmas dinner

Friday 19th
Christingle
End of term

Clubs

There will be some changes to the clubs on offer after half term. High 5 will stop because of light and weather to be replaced by Computer Club for Class 3.
As there are several younger children wishing to play football but as yet do not have sufficient skills to play with the older pupils, for safety reasons .Mrs Powell has offered to run a second football club for pupils in Class 2 and below on a Thursday afternoons.
All clubs are run voluntarily to offer social and learning opportunities to the pupils. So if pupils sign up to a club their attendance on a regular basis is expected. As we encourage politeness it would be very helpful to the club organisers if children notified them if they are unable to attend.

Meet our new School Council.

The council is comprised of a chairperson, Daniel, who is also an assessor for other schools, Rosie and Shauna who are also assessors and an elected representative from each year group - Sophie, Erin, Arran, Olivia, Sean, Wesley and Thomas.
This year the council is aiming to receive their platinum award.

Nine Ashes

Class 2 spent the day finding out about life in the past and what we need to survive. They built mini shelters, identified woodland plants, ate around the camp-fire and listened to stories.

Pete Goss bon voyage

Pupils wishing Pete Goss bon voyage as he prepares to sail the Spirit of the Mystery from Newlyn to Australia taking Mabena bear with him!

Harvest Breakfast

Olympian Annie Vernon visit.

Olympic silver medallist rower Annie Vernon visited the school to tell us about her experiences and to inspire our children..

Building Shelters

Class 2 worked as teams to solve problems and build shelters.

Clubs

After school activity clubs are much enjoyed by the pupils and gives them the opportunity to develop their interests. This term members of staff have been joined by three parents willing to organise clubs to extend the range of activities. The timetable for this half term is as follows:
Monday
Basketball/ High 5 Class 3 - Miss Henchley
Cookery - Mrs Colwill
Computers Class 2 - Mrs Puttock
Tuesday - Board Games - Mrs Waters
Run Fit - Mrs Colwill ( old trainers please, as the ground is very muddy!)
Wednesday - Drama - Mrs Gamon
Buzz Club ( monthly, 2nd Wednesday) Mrs Irons
The first meeting is on 17th September and Mrs Irons would welcome more helpers.
Football - Mrs Powell
Clubs begin at 3.00pm and finish at 3.45pm apart from football.

Career change

Linda Dingle, dinner supervisor and cleaner, will be leaving our school after many years as a pupil and employee to begin a new career on 23rd September.
Therefore there is a vacancy for a Dinner Supervisor at school for five hours a week. If anyone would like to apply for the job please contact the secretary for further details.

School closure

May I remind all parents that the school will be closed on Thursday 25th September for staff training.

School meals

We have been informed that the price of school meals will increase to £1.90 from 6th October

Clubs - changes of session times

Due to external circumstances Football Club and Drama Club will now be on Wednesday.

Harvest Breakfast

Our Harvest Breakfasts have become quite a tradition in our school when pupils, staff, parents and friends meet in the church to say a special `Thank you `for all the food that is so readily available to us.
Everyone is warmly welcomed so do come and join us if you can. There is always a lovely spread of breakfast food to eat generously donated by parents. There is a list of food ideas displayed in the Reception area. We would like to suggest a donation of a £1 each to our chosen charity which this year is `Food Aid`.

Tesco Vouchers

We need to bank our vouchers shortly so if you do have any at home please bring them into school as soon as possible - thank you.

Autumn Term Diary 2008

September Friday 19th Harvest Breakfast
Thursday 25th School Closure
October 27th - 31st Half Term
November Monday 3rd School closure
December Wednesday 17th
Christmas Performance
Friday 19th Christingle End of term

The Emerald Crown

Class 3 performed The Emerald Crown a musical about the rainforest.

Presentation Evening

Make do and mend

Class 2 designed and made presents out of recycled materials. Molly made this doll out of an old sock!

Wartime Cooking

Class 2 harvested the vegetables they had grown and cooked a meal from a WW2 recipe. They thought it was delicious.

Megan's Mermaid

Megan Beare made this beautiful picture of the Mermaid of Zennor at home.

Class 3 visit

Class 3 visited Flash Point and the recycling centre.

Class 3 Orienteering

Class 3 Tie Dyeing

Class 3 building shelters

Class 3 Residential

Class 3 residential photos from April this year.

District Sports Winners

St Mabyn School were the winners of the Small Schools District Sports Shield.

Sports Day

Singing Up

Pupils from six Cornish primary schools have been "Singing Up" as part of an exciting pilot project run by the Cornwall Music Service which culminated in a special concert at the Tremough campus in Penryn over the weekend.
The youngsters from Archbishop Benson Church of England Primary School, Bosvigo Primary School, Mabe Primary School, Constantine Primary School, St Petroc's Church of England VA School and St Mabyn Church of England Primary School were chosen to take part in the Sing UP scheme at the beginning of this year.
Full article in Falmouth Packet

Summer Term Diary 2008

June Tuesday /Wednesday 10th / 11th June
Y6 Business & Enterprise days at W/B School

Tuesday 17th Sports Day

Wednesday 18th Inter School Swimming Gala, Bodmin

Thursday 19th H.S.A. A.G.M.

Saturday 21st Church Fete

Wednesday /Thursday 25th / 26th Parent Reporting

July
Monday 7th District sports

Wednesday 23rd Presentation Evening

Friday 25th End of Year Assembly 1.15pm
School closes at 2.00pm

Summer activities

Summer activities continue at a speedy rate. Y6 are taking part in a six week sailing course at Rock and two Business and Enterprise days at Wadebridge Comprehensive School.
Y5 were represented by Daniel and Neve at the K`Nex challenge day and Harry and Daniel are representing the school at the `Wake and Shake` competition this week.
Class 2 are visiting Wheal Martyn Museum to learn about china Clay production and combining this with a visit to the tropical biome at Eden to learn about the rainforest plants.

Royal Cornwall Show

The weather was good, if a bit windy, and another successful show has ended. Thank you so much to all parents who chose to take pupils to the show on Friday or Saturday instead of Thursday. By collecting data from the children thirty eight pupils visited the show on the Friday.

Church Fete

The Church Fete is always a wonderful summer tradition taking place on the Green. As part of this the school will be demonstrating Maypole dancing so do come along and enjoy a lovely event. Much of the school furniture is used for seating and stalls and it would be greatly appreciated if we could have some volunteers to help return the equipment at the end of the event - thank you in anticipation!

H.S.A.

On Thursday it is the H.S.A. A.G.M. at 7.00pm so please do come along and support a committee that has been very successful this year.

Sports Day

On Tuesday 17th June it is Sports Day and this will begin at 1.15pm. District Sports will be held on Monday 7th July.
This is followed by the inter schools Swimming Gala at Bodmin on Wednesday 18th when we will be entering a good team of swimmers.

Revised school closure dates

The school closure date for the show was obviously very popular which has led us to rethink closure dates for next year.
The closure dates will now be Wednesday 3rd September, Thursday 25th September, Monday 3rd November, Friday 5th June (RCS) and Wednesday 22nd July. Please amend your calendars accordingly.

Class 2 paintings

Deli Farm Run

Well done to all the children who took part in the Deli Farm Run on
Saturday morning. Despite rain & strong competition from several
schools, Congratulations to Jack who came first! Followed by other runners who completed the 2 mile course in good times.

Super runners!

Trethorne Leisure Park

Class 1 thoroughly enjoyed a visit to Trethorne Leisure Park where
they had hands on experience with animals. The children were able to milk the cow, feed the lambs, hold small animals such as rabbits & ducklings followed by a pony ride. As our topic for this half term is living things, the children were able to enhance their learning through this experience.

Feeding the lambs.

In touch with animals!

Chelsea having a pony ride.

INSET days

September 3rd & 25th 2008
July 20th, 21st & 22nd 2009

Summer Term Diary 2008

May Week 12 - 16th
S.A.T.`s for all pupils from Y2 - Y6
Thursday / Friday 22nd / 23rd
School closed
Week 26th - 30th
Half Term
June Friday 6th June
School closure for the Royal Cornwall Show
Tuesday /Wednesday 10th / 11th June
Y6 Business & Enterprise days at W/B School
Tuesday 17th Sports Day
Saturday 21st Church Fete
Wednesday /Thursday 25th / 26th Parent Reporting
July Wednesday 23rd
Presentation Evening Friday 25th
End of Year Assembly 1.15pm
School closes at 2.00pm

School dates 2008—2009

The calendar for the next academic year can be downloaded for your information. Please keep safely for future reference.
May I remind parents that attendance at school should be the priority for all pupils from Monday to Friday. Children should only be absent for medical or family bereavement reasons. Random days off should not be taken.
Unfortunately our attendance data shows that we are still not meeting the targets required so next Tuesday we are being visited by the Educational Welfare Office who will be inspecting the registers.

School Council news

The Council gave a very successful presentation to parents and Parish Councillors last week. They confidently answered a range of questions.
To gain the PADL awards School Councils are assessed by members of another council from another participating school. Daniel and Joseph, as peer assessors, recently visited Nanstallon School to assess them for their Bronze award. We have just heard that our assessment for gold will be on Wednesday 7th May.

Smiley Challenges

The five `Smiley Challenges`
We have introduced a new challenge for pupils in Class 3 to develop skills and knowledge in five different areas - Sporting, Creativity, Citizenship,Life skills and Brainpower! On the completion of three out of four challenges in each area pupils will gain the appropriate coloured `smiley face`. We are confident that all pupils will be able to achieve at least one badge and maybe someone will gain all five to be the complete `all rounder.`

S.A.T. reminder

All pupils in Y2,Y3.Y4.Y5 & Y6 will be taking part in S.A.T. assessments during the week beginning the 12th May. This is the one time in the year when pupils are formally assessed using national tests.

Safari Supper

May 17th 6.30.- 7.00pm at Becoven, village hall, Greenwix Barn and Tregarden tickets £10 from the shop.

St Mabyn Church Guide

Pupils have produced a well-illustrated booklet Guide to the Church as their effort for the Restoration Appeal. The school uses the Church several times a week and the children are very familiar with the building but working on this project has helped them gain new insights and they share this with visitors who have already commented favourably. The modest charge goes to the Appeal - our warmest thanks to all involved for their hard work.

Welcome to the Summer Term

This term is probably the most popular of all when we can look forward to using the Green again and there are so many events to look forward to such as Sports day. Presentation Evening, the Fete and the Y5 & Y6 residential.
First day of the new term and despite weather forecasts of hail and snow the Y5 & Y6 pupils spent three days at the Delaware Outdoor Centre taking part in a range of activities that included abseiling, climbing, ski-ing, mountain biking, archery, canoeing and skating - a trulypacked itinerary which kept us all very busy! The instuctors were challenging but caring and everyone agreed that the cook was excellent.
So despite not much sleep a great time was had by all. Thank you so much to all the parents who supported this activity so generously.

This term is especially busy for the Y6 pupils who will have the opportunity to take part in the K`Nex challenge, Induction and Business and Enterprise days at Wadebridge School and sailing sessions at Rock.
More details about all these activities will follow in due course.
The younger children are being offered a taster `Soccer Tots` session and visits for all are being arranged.

Clubs this term will begin the week commencing April 14th and will cease at the end of the week on Friday 27th June.
The timetable is as
follows;
1st half term 2nd half term
Tuesday -Board Games / Runfit or Cookery
Wednesday - Rounders Kwik Cricket Buzz Club
monthly
Thursday - Drama (£1 per session) Drama
Friday - Football Football

Invitation - The School council would like to invite everyone to a meeting on Friday 25th April at 2.30 to hear about the work of the Council.
The School Council is working hard to achieve its gold PADL ( Promoting Active Democracy Loudly ) Award so please do come along and support them if you can.

Summer Term Diary

May 12th - 16th
S.A.T.`s for all pupils from Y2 - Y6

Thursday 22nd May / Friday 23rd May School closed
May 26th - 30th Half Term
Friday June 6th School closure for the Royal Cornwall show
Tuesday 1oth June /Wednesday 11th June
Y6 Business & Enterprise days at W/B School

Tuesday June 17th Sports Day

Saturday June 21st Church Fete

Wednesday 25th June /Thursday 26th June Parent Reporting

Wednesday July 23rd Presentation Evening
Friday July 25th End of Year Assembly 1.15pm
School closes at 2.00pm

Collage making

Class 1 using various materials to make a collage of our new garden.

Observational drawings

Class 1 children using the garden

Class 1 are learning about Living Things this term, so have been very busy in our new garden identifying plants and doing observational drawings. We also made a plan of the garden using collage materials.

St Tudy Cross country

Children from classes 2 & 3 battled the rain and hail to run in the St
Tudy annual cross country run on Saturday. All children completed the race and ran extremely well. Well done to all of you - Miss Bearns.


Cicely Willis looking rather wet after the run!

Tudor Day

Class 2 dressed up as Tudors and made bread, butter and soup for their Tudor feast.

Tudor day photos

Easter Fun

The Easter holidays are rapidly approaching. There are several opportunities being offered to help children and parents enjoy the break. North Cornwall District Council are offering `activity passes` to a variety of leisure centre. We have just ten passes allocated to our school so if you are interested then please ask Mrs Goldsmith to put your name on the list. The passes will be sent directly to you this time from Janine Plunkett, the local organiser.
On Monday 31st March there will be a free activity day based in the Village Hall. These days are funded by the North Cornwall Activities Network as part of the extended schools agenda. These days are offered to children in the Wadebridgecluster. I am working hard on your behalf to ensure that our children do not miss out! However during the February half term only one pupil from our school attended. So please support the day if you can as if it does not fulfil a need then it will
cease.
Following on from the 9 - 13 meeting last term I have managed to book the North Cornwall mobile skate park for Thursday 27th March. All the safety equipment, course obstacles and instructors will be in the school playground from 10.00am –2.00pm to coach the children. There will be some skate boards available but do bring along your own if you have one. Children attend at their own risk and parents may like to accompany younger children. If it is a success we may be able to repeat the session so feedback will be welcomed.

Busy week ahead

The Wadebridge Music and Public Speaking Festival takes place this week and pupils from our school are taking part playing the clarinet and in verse speaking classes. It is a good opportunity for them to perform to a wider audience. We wish them all the best of luck.
Thursday 6th March is World Book Day. We have invited Trevor Lawrence to come along to share his wonderful tales and involve the pupils in storytelling workshops which will hopefully inspire their own creative writing. Pupils will receive book vouchers which can be used in participating bookshops.
Thursday 6th March is also the District Cross Country event. We have some excellent runners so hopefully the weather will be kind and our school will do well.

Sense of Place Garden

Garden Opening

Bishop Bill officially opened our Sense of Place garden.

Sculpture workshop

Some children helped John to complete the garden sculpture. Tina worked with the rest of the children to make mobiles to decorate the garden.