Charlestown Primary School

Food Bank Reverse Advent Calendar This year, we would like to help spread a little kindness across our local community. We will be taking part in the St Austell Foodbank 'Reverse Advent Calendar'. Throughout November and December, we would welcome any donations from the calendar below. Please drop any donations to the school office. These donations will then be shared with local families in St Austell. Thank you so much in advance.

This week we will be selling a range of items to raise money for the Poppy Appeal. There are lots of lovely things on offer including wristbands, keyrings, snap-bands and much more! If your child would like to buy an item, we are asking for a donation towards the Poppy Appeal in return. Please can children bring their money into school in named envelopes. Don't forget, we have our Remembrance Assembly on Monday 11th November at 10.45am. Children who are part of a group such as cadets, scouts, brownies etc are invited to come into school on the 11th wearing their group's uniform should they wish to (all other children in normal school uniform please).

On behalf of everyone at Charlestown Primary School, we would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who supported us with our 'Grounds Morning' on Saturday 26th October. The support from St Austell Bay Rotary Club, families, friends and staff was absolutely brilliant and we are very grateful for their time and efforts. We are very luck to be a part of such a supportive community. We were able to make a great start at clearing some of our outdoor areas before the winter months. This is just the very start of our journey to making the most of our wonderful outdoor spaces here at Charlestown. Watch this space for future events!

To conclude their topic about real life superheroes in our school community, the children in EYFS came to school dressed up as what they would like to be when they grow up. What a lovely way to finish the half term! Well done EYFS!

Thank you so much to everyone who was able to visit and support the Scholastic Book Fair in the last week before half term. It was fantastic to see the children excitedly exploring new authors and books. We were really pleased to earn just under £300 which will help us towards purchasing new class sets of books for our reading lessons. If you made an order whilst at the book fair, we will be in touch when your order arrives in school. Thank you!

DisGlow The first FOCS event of the new academic year is on Friday 8th November! Get ready for a glowing good time at the upcoming UV DisGlow event! Join us for an afternoon of fun, lights, and laughter while supporting a great cause. Come dressed in your best UV clothing to shine bright under the black lights! More information and the link to purchase tickets can be found on the school newsletter. We're looking forward to seeing your best dance moves!

On Wednesday afternoon we were visited by Kristina from Pengelly Garden Centre. She spent some tme with the Year 2 children teaching them all about plants and compost. The children prepared their own compost by layering leaves and brown paper inside a plastic bottle. We are going to keep these safe and observe how they change over time. The children also planted bulbs which they were able to take home. They had a fabulous time! All our thanks to Kristina and Pengelly Garden Centre!

The Year 2's are designing a model of a Ferris wheel that could be built in Charlestown Harbour. As part of the design process the children carried out a survey with the Year 4s in Carlyon Bay. We'd like to thank all the children in Carlyon Bay for being so kind and helping us with our learning!

Marvellous Maths in Y1! This week, Year 1 have started using their place value knowledge to move onto addition. We have been looking at whole numbers and investigating what parts can make those wholes. We started splitting the numbers using different manipulatives and then began to write the number sentences to match our models, making sure to use the correct symbols.