Outdoor Adventures

The standards reached by pupils by the time they leave the academy have improved year on year, and are higher than standards found in most schools nationally. Ofsted 2015

Outdoor Adventure

Children in the Reception class settle quickly into school and make good progress. They enjoy well-planned activities in a calm purposeful environment. Ofsted 2015

Outdoor Adventure

Teachers, leaders and governors are ambitious for pupils to achieve well. Ofsted 2015

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Music is a strength of the academy, and in addition to class-based music lessons this small academy also runs an orchestra and handbells club, which has a very enthusiastic membership. Ofsted 2015

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The academy works well with parents, nearly all of whom would recommend this academy to others. Ofsted 2015

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A calm, happy environment has been established where learning can take place. All adults listen carefully to children and encourage them to develop their language skills by giving full answers. Ofsted 2015

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Pupils are confident learners, who are happy to ask for help if they need it. They are taught a range of strategies to use if they get stuck. This helps them to develop an understanding of how to be successful, independent learners. 2015

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Pupils have very good attitudes to learning because teachers plan interesting lessons and have high expectations of their behaviour, and as a result good behaviour in lessons is the norm. 2015

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Good attitudes to work, combined with the high standards they reach in English and mathematics, mean that pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their education. Ofsted 2015

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Children join the Reception class with skills and knowledge typical for their age and experience. They make good progress, and by the time they leave to join Year 1 a higher proportion have made a good level of development than is found in most schools nationally. Ofsted 2015

Class 3

Class 3 is a mixed Year 3 and Year 4 group with 35 children. The class is taught by Sam Watts and teaching assistants Lesley Connell, Sharon Wilde and Jane Carne. Mrs Connell and Mrs Wilde work in Class 3 every morning and Mrs Carne joins us on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Mrs Lane will also be covering for Mr Watts’ PPA on a Wednesday afternoon.

If you ever need to get in touch, please do not hesitate to contact swatts@harrowbarrow.cornwall.sch.uk , head@harrowbarrow.cornwall.sch.uk or ask to speak to Mr Watts via the school reception on 01579 350576.

The PE day is currently a Friday. We ask that all children come into school in their PE kit.

The homework set for Class 3 children is as follows:

Accelerated Reader/Reading for between 30minutes and 1 hour each day. Please find more information below.
We also ask that your child spends at least 30minutes a week practicing their times tables or their numberbonds. They can do that through Numbots, Times Table Rockstar, Topmarks.com or other written methods.
Spellings are tested each Monday and a week is given to learn them. Please see below the spellings for Monday 24th January 2022:

Pink group	Purple group	Yellow group
subordinate	submerge	law
submarine	subheading	saw
subjecting	subtitle	dawn
subscribing	submit	crawl
subterranean	subway	yawn
telepathy	television	sort
television	telegraph	horse
telegram	telephone	short
telephone	telescope	sport
telescope	teleport	snort

Here are some spelling learning techniques that you may choose to use to help you practice: Link here

It is expected that your child is to read for at least 30minutes to 1 hour per day. Accelerated reader quizzes can be accessed at home. Please click on the link below and then enter in your user name and password. https://ukhosted106.renlearn.co.uk/2234772/default.aspx

If your child has forgotten login details: The username is the 1st letter of your child’s first name and the first 4 letters of their second name. Regarding their password, if they have forgotten that, please do email me so that I can confirm.

Ran out of books?

If you are getting to the stage where your child has run out of books. Below, please find links to several E-book libraries:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

https://www.freebooksy.com/read/genre/childrens/

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

https://library.thenational.academy/

Alternatively, there are nearly 500 articles under the ‘Accelerated Reader Articles’ button that your child could choose to read and then take a quiz on.

Note: Once on the Accelerated Reader Articles section, ATOS BL stands for the child’s accelerated reader book level. Please try to ensure that children read articles that are within their school reading levels.

If it ever gets to the stage where E-books or online articles are not enough, please send across an email and we can arrange leaving some physical books for you to collect.

Can I use books from home?

If you are downloading books and want to know if they are on Accelerated Reader, you can search for them using this link:

https://www.arbookfind.co.uk/UserType.aspx?RedirectURL=%2fdefault.aspx