~ This week’s attendance ~

Trevithick

YR

St Piran Y1

Penhaligon Y2

Boscawen Y3

Trengrouse

Y4 Trelawny

Y5 Davy

Y6

95.4% 99.6% 94.4% 94.4% 97.5% 94.0% 98.1%

Perraners Visit

On Monday this week we were very

lucky to have a visit from the local choir

The Perraners. They came to school to

sing for and with our very own school

choir and Ms MacQuarrie. The Perraners

are helping to teach our choir harmonies

so that they can sing at the Shout it Loud

festival in April. It really was a magical

session in which our children’s voices

and those of the Perraners mixed beautifully. We’re very grateful to the

Perraners for their support and are sure there’s lots of wonderful singing to be developed in their future sessions!

Celebrate St Piran’s Day

This year’s St Piran Parade across the dunes to the oratory and old church, will take place on

Sunday 4th March. Starting at 1.30 for 2pm. St Austell Brewery will be handing out 'samples'.

Leading the way will be St Piran accompanied by his animals..... plus Falmouth Marine Band,

Stamp and The Perraners too.

The Grand Bard will greet you at the oratory with good news

about its future. Afterwards, please join us in Sand Bay bar/restaurant where The

Two Bards will entertain with music and wit. The Cornish Embassy will be present

after the procession outside Surf Bay, Perran Sands to issue and stamp your Cor-

nish passport. The sculptors of the Giant St Piran statue will be there to tell you

about the 'Giants Crossing'. There will be free parking within the car parks at the

holiday park.

St Piran Trust is a not for profit charity working to ensure the future of the Oratory.

Please help us by giving generously to the collection boxes.

The Welcome

Next Friday 2nd March we will be holding our annual Welcome in recognition of St Pi-

ran’s Day. Information letters have already gone home this week with reply slips to be

returned. The performance will take place on the Inner Green from 2pm with children

singing, a maypole dance and of course a visit from St Piran! We will leave school at

1:30pm to walk to the Inner Green where we will meet parents. After the event, children

can be collected from the Inner Green or will return with staff to be collected from

school. Please can children come to school in their costumes. KS1 children will be

asked to wear clothes in Cornish colours of black, white and gold. Children in KS2 will

be dressed as Miners or Bal Maidens. All children will need a warm coat.

Bal Maidens:

Long dark skirt

White or grey apron (optional)

Long sleeved shirt or blouse

Shawl or small blanket

Gooks (provided by school and given out on the day)

Dark shoes suitable for dancing

We’re looking forward to seeing you there! Kernow bys vyken!

Miners:

Dark trousers

Long sleeved shirt (collar tucked in)

Dark waistcoat

Neckerchief

Miners’ hats (provided by school for Y5 and Y6 classes only)

Dark shoes suitable for dancing

FOPS Messages

The next FOPS Meeting will be on Thursday 1st March at 9am after drop off in school. This

is a great chance to come along and find out all about how FOPS support school and

the up coming events. Please come along if you can. If you would like to be involved

but can't attend the meeting please us know via the FOPS Facebook group (or if you want to sign up to join). The

Facebook page will be updated after the meeting with a brief summary of our discussions and to let you know how

you can help us in the year ahead. https://www.facebook.com/groups/fopsmail/

On Wed 7th March all the children in our school will have the opportunity to buy a small Mother’s

Day gift especially for their Mum (or their Nan or Auntie or Stepmum or Carer!)

We will have some lovely gifts for the children to choose from, and they will be making their selec-

tions along with their classmates during the course of the school morning. FOPS volunteers will be

in attendance to help them with their choices and to wrap the presents. This event will cost just

£2.00 per gift, and children may buy as many presents as they wish. Please give your payment

with a completed form to the school office by Friday 2nd March so we can make sure we have

enough gifts for the 11th!

World Book Day Celebrations!

Due to St Piran’s Day and The Welcome taking place next week, we will be celebrating

World Book Day the following week on Friday the 9th March. On this day children can

come to school dressed as a favourite book character! There will be a prize for the best

‘DIY costume’ in each class. The winning costumes will be those that are free or very

cheap to make and created using garments/items already owned or made from recy-

cled materials.

Throughout the day children will be taking part in fun reading ac-

tivities and all things reading! To tie in with our celebrations of

World Book Day we are inviting children to take part in the ‘Perranporth Ex-

treme Reading Challenge’. The idea is for children to have photos taken of

them reading in the most interesting/extreme places. Think about different,

exciting, fun, and safe places you can enjoy a book. All entries to be

emailed to rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk by Thursday 8th March. There will be a

winner from Trevithick class and one from each Key Stage 1 and 2. Let the fun

begin!

We are also running our book review competition again this term. Children are ex-

pected to read a book and then write a review. Entry forms will be handed out by class teachers or are also availa-

ble from Mrs Laity (Year 2). One child from each year group will win a trip to Waterstones in Truro to

choose a book of their choice. All entries to be handed to Mrs Laity (Year 2) by Thursday 8th March.

And if that wasn’t enough book fun for you… we would also like to invite parents of chil-

dren in Reception, Y1 and Y2 classes to come along from 2.30pm on Fri 9th March for a

‘story time’ session in the Hall. This is an informal session in which parents can spend some

time with their child sharing some books from our library. There will be tea and coffee for

parents and squash for children available.

Cross Country News

On Tuesday this week Perranporth entered the final cross country race of the season. In this

race children from Y4 had the opportunity to have a go at the course in preparation for the

races next year. It was another muddy track but the weather was dry and crisp. All of the

children from Perranporth gave excellent performances and achieved some brilliant finishing

places. What’s more, we have now got several children who have achieved enough points

to enter the grand final next Thursday! A big well done to all of the runners and good luck to

next week’s competitors!

Extreme Reading

St Piran’s Day Menu

On Monday 5th March our school meal provider Caterlink have a special menu in celebration of St

Piran’s Day. They are providing children with either a steak or cheese and onion pasty, chips and

beans with a biscuit for dessert. Jacket potatoes can still be ordered as normal if children prefer.