~ This week’s attendance ~

Trevitick YR St Piran Y1

Penhaligon Y2

Boscawen Y3

Trengrouse

Y4 Trelawny

Y5 Davy

Y6

97.3% 93.8% 95.7% 98.1% 95.9% 96.6% 92.7%

The Friends of Perranporth School Messages

Halloween Disco - Friday 21st October:

Calling all Pirates, Ballerinas, Superheroes, Draculas & Witches too... (no scary

clowns please). Our annual Halloween Disco is booked for tonight in the school

hall. Reception & KS1 disco from 6-7 and KS2 from 7.15-8.15. Entrance £2 paya-

ble on the door. Hot dogs on sale at £1 along with cakes and Unlucky Dip at 50p. We are asking par-

ents to bake, bake, bake - cup cakes go down really well. Feel free to get creative with the Spooky

Theme.

Fundraising Christmas Cards

Pupils have now finished their Christmas card designs. Another big thank you very much to the parent volun-

teers for helping with the workshops. A sample Christmas Card together with an order form will be sent

home soon and you will be able to buy packs of cards, gift tags, tea towels and mugs using your child's

design - some great gift ideas! All money raised will go to FOPS.

Shoebox Appeal

A big thank you for all of the donations to the Christmas Shoebox Appeal - we had a wonderful response!

Last Paper Newsletter

A reminder that this is the last newsletter that will be given out in paper form. After half term

we will no longer print newsletters to go home in book bags. We will instead be making an

environmentally friendly change by emailing all newsletters directly to parents. If you haven't

already, please ensure the School Office has an up to date email address for you so that you

can read all of our weekly news and events!

Parent Maths Workshop

A huge thank you to those parents and families that came to our Maths Workshop on Thursday after-

noon. It was great to see parents and children learning all about our new Mastery Maths Curriculum

and the various ways we teach and learn. If you weren’t able to make the meeting, please grab a mo-

ment with our Maths Coordinator Mr. McGowan who will be very happy to explain what maths is all

about at Perranporth. Feel free to catch him at the school gate or make an appointment .

Perran Tennis Club Tesco Appeal

Perranporth Tennis Club is participating in the Tesco Bags of Help scheme in the hope

of attracting funding to bring its grass courts up to Wimbledon standard. If you visit either the East

Street or North Cliff Tesco Express in Newquay between October 31 and November 13 (or know any-

one who might) please vote for Perran Tennis!

KS2 Football News

On Wednesday this week Perranporth entered the Mixed Year 5 and 6

Newquay School Football Tournament at Tretherras. Our team made a fantas-

tic start to the group stages by winning three games and drawing one. This

meant that Perranporth went through to the semi finals as group winners. We

then had to play a nail biting semi final against Cubert which after a 0-0 draw

had to be decided on penalties. Our team scored all 3 of their penalties and

saved all of Cubert’s! Incredible action! Sadly in the final our luck ran out as

we lost to a very strong Goonhavern team. The Perranporth players gave a fine

performance throughout the tournament and came away with a very impres-

sive second place out of the nine school teams! A huge well done to the boys

and girls that played.

What’s coming Up?

Half Term next week

Monday 31st Oct - INSET Day (children come back on Tues 1st Nov)

School Photos will be distributed during the first week back after half term

World Music Day

This week several pupils from Perranporth were invited to participate in the Richard Lander World Music day. This

was a wonderful opportunity for the children to broaden their musical experiences and have a go at playing some

very different instruments. The children took part in Gamelan singing, recorder sessions, steel pan and African

drumming workshops. A wonderful time was had by all and Mrs Laity came back with lots of ideas for music at Per-

ranporth too!

Bikeability

A massive ‘wheel done’ to our Year 6 children for passing their Bikeability assessments this

week. I’m very pleased to say that the entire class managed to show excellent cycling skills

and all thirty children met the standard. So we should now see excellent cycling around the

village with safe manoeuvres and signaling. Congratulations Year 6, now make sure you put the les-

sons into practice and keep safe and sensible out on the roads!

Adult Singing Group

The parent choir is doing really well; having fun and making a lovely sound too! It's not too late to join in. Sunday

evenings, 7.30pm in St Michael's Church. We will meet this Sunday (23rd) but not the following one (30th) resuming

on Sunday 6th Nov. Hope to see you there for Christmas songs!