Godrevy
Welcome to Godrevy
Miss Shaw, Mrs Sicolo, Miss Drelinga and Mr Buckley welcome you to Godrevy Class -Year 3 and 4
Marvellous Mines-How did mining effect Cornish History?
Godrevy class are undertaking the task of researching how mining has effected Cornwall. We will be exploring what life was like for miners and where in Cornwall the different mining took place. We are also going to try and learn a little of the Cornish language. Take a look at the pictures or feel free to come and have a look!
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Godrevy class is an environment where all children are encouraged to learn through exciting topics.
Godrevy class work closely with Camborne school and regularly visit the NEXUS Science centre, here we further our knowledge and understanding of different topics through fun and interactive workshops.
Within class we use White Rose Mastery Math and contributions from the children's ideas to plan our lessons and activities. To find more information on our current topic please have a look at our topic plan.
We have been learning the Cornish Language! Listen to what we have learnt (don't worry we have added subtitles)
We have spent a great day exploring the ruins of Kennall Vale Gunpowder works which provided gunpowder to the local mines. Ask your child to explain some of the history that we have learnt today.
To launch our new topic we have learnt the story 'The Man Engine Remembers' by Will Coleman. Have a look at our story map and see if your child can tell you the story!
We have had the best day at Cornwall 'Farm and Country Day' at the Royal Cornwall Show ground. We have learnt all about where our food comes from and tried lots of different local foods. Take a look!
We all had a great time yesterday making pinhole cameras and processing our photos in a dark room. We explored how people took photos 100 years ago and had a lot of fun taking our own!
We have had a very exciting day today filming our dance on a 360 camera. Come along to our outcome on Friday 29th March to see the final product.
This week we have been learning about St Johns Ambulance, which was originally St Johns Brigade. We have been learning how to do CPR, stop bleeding, support someone who is chocking and putting someone in the recovery position.
We have had a visit today from Albert who is the grandson of Ali Pasha (the tortoise who lived through WW1) we have had a great time reading the story of Ali Pasha to him and completing some autobiography writing with him.
We have had a fabulous time at Cornwall Regimental Museum in Bodmin learning about WW1!
We have had a lovely time on Hans Christian Anderson Day. We have been reading in the Emperor's New Clothes. We have learnt the song from the film adaptation, have a listen!
We have all been inspired by Barbra Hepworth and have made our own clay sculptures. We have also had a go at trying to create a wooden sculpture, although this was harder than we thought.
Godrevy Class have had a brilliant day at the Barbra Hepworth museum and gardens today. Paul, the man who showed us round the museum, told us all about Barbra Hepworth and loved our sketches. We also got a chance to walk down the the peer and draw some abstract sketches inspired by real life objects, just like Barbra Hepworth. Take a look.
We have spent the morning on Gwithian beach doing some very tricky math! We decided to measure out the titanic to scale so we could appreciate its huge size. Some of us even managed to mark out the size of the funnels by using the diameter. Miss Shaw's friend (Gemma Wearing) even came and took a picture with a drone so we could see how big it was. Take a look!
Godrevy class were very lucky yesterday and had a visit from the lovely Elsa and Tony. Tony and Elsa came to share their memories and stories from their parents who lived 100 years ago. We got to ask them questions about life after the war, school, toys and home life. Please ask us about what we have learnt.
Godrevy Class had a great day on Godrevy Beach today. We collected pebbles for different games that children would have played 100 years ago. We had a go at tick tack toe and pebble stacking. We even had time to explore fractions-Miss Shaw was very proud of us!
Godrevy Class have had a great start to the new term and our new topic...100 Years Ago. We've started by looking at the different styles of dancing from the era. We have looked at Black Bottom Dancing and Charleston. Take a sneak peak at our first practice!
Thank you to all the parents, governors and PTFA members who came to celebrate all the hard work we have done this term. A big thank you to Annabelle who let us use her cafe for our banquet and book launch. We sold over 50 copies of our fabulous cookery book but still have some copies available if you would like to purchase one.
Godrevy Class have been getting creative for our enterprise project this week. We have designed and calculated the cost and profit margins of our products and have been busy making. Please come and see our stall at the Christmas Faye on Friday!
Godrevy Class took a trip to Trink Dairy this morning! We had a lovely time learning about where milk comes from and the journey the milk takes from the cow to the bottle. We also got to try some fresh milk!
We have been studying Japan this week. We have looked at how earthquakes and volcanoes are formed and anime art. We have also made our own sushi. Thank you to Nancy and Lewis who came to help us!
We have had great fun this week learning all about Ancient Greece and cooking Greek food! We have made lamb Koftas with a mint (fresh from our herb garden) and yogurt dip, a Greek salad, feta and aubergine fritters and hummus.
We have been foraging for chestnuts with Mr Gardiner this week. We brought them back to school to roast on our new school fire pit with Miss Shaw and Mr Buckley! They were delicious!
It's Italy week! We have made our own pasta from scratch with the help of Clare (Valentino's mum). It was all so delicious that we didn't have any left to share with our parents! Take a look!
It's Russia week this week! Thank you to Mrs D and Mr Bell for helping us cook some strange but wonderful food! We've also been learning about the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship. Take a look
It's Hungarian week this week! We have had a great time learning the language and cooking four traditional dishes: Langos, Zucchini sticks, Paprika potatoes and fried pancake sausage rolls. All the food was very tasty!
This week we have been studying the UK! We have had great fun cooking four dishes from the four countries. We have cooked calcanon, haggis, welsh cakes and scones!
Katie and Caja have been very busy this afternoon planting our very own herb garden. We can't wait to get cooking with our fresh herbs! Thank you to all the parents who donated planets!
Our book for this topic is Fussy Freda by Julia Jarman. As a class we have created a story map and now we all know the story off by heart! Take a listen.
Godrevy class have had great fun on our topic launch today at Trevaskis Farm! We have learnt all about different kinds of fruit and vegetables and farm animals. We even got to do some fruit picking, take a look!
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We have had a fab morning at Gwealan Tops! A great treat day for completing the most steps during Workout Wednesday and Fitness Fridays this term!
Thank you to everyone who cam to our outcome today. We have had a fantastic final term learning all about conservation and everything outdoors. Take a look at our campaign video.
We have all had a fab time at Camp Kernow this week! Take a look at some of the pictures and check out what the children enjoyed most about camp!
There is a video of highlights from camp on the 'camp' section of the school website!
Godrevy class have been on the beach this afternoon learning about plastic pollution. We managed to make some time to have a paddle in the sea!
Today we have been learning about e-safety. Talk to your child about what they have learnt.
Godrevy Class have had a fabulous time on the beach today for 'Hit the Surf'. We have been learning about how to stay safe in the water and had fun catching some waves! Take a look at our awesome surfers!
This week Godrevy class have been working with oil pastels. We have been completing some observational art of natural things found on land and in the sea.
We have been learning about 3D shapes. Try and guess what shapes we are trying to make.
In Design and Technology this week Godrevy class have been exploring wind power. We have made kites and sail boats and went down to Godrevy Beach to test them out.
Godrevy class have had a fabulous day at Loe Bar! We have learnt all about erosion and how the different features of the coast are formed. We also had time to play with sticky weed, monkey bars and stack rocks. I'm sure everyone will get a good nights sleep tonight after our 3 mile walk!
Godrevy class got a little visitor today. He kept us all very calm for guided reading!
Unfortunately our trip to Loe Bar was cancelled this week due to the weather but we haven't let that stop us having fun learning about coastlines and erosion. Take a look at our clay models of the Cornish Coastline!
In science Godrevy class have been learning about conservation. Today we went to the woods to create documentaries to explain the effects of cutting down trees.
We have had a very exciting afternoon learning about mining from a real life Cornish miner. We have been able to dress up and have learnt about children as young as us that were tin miners. Take a look!