St Ives Junior School

PHASE 1: Year 3 are developing their links with Costa Rica by finding out about their education. On Monday, Kate and Jonny from educatingchildren.org came in to give a presentation on the work of the charity. We learnt about how the charity was set up by Kate’s father, John Hawker who is originally from Cornwall. [...]

Year 3 really had a ‘treat’ on Tuesday when they were entertained by Squashbox Theatre and its show  ‘Skillywidden’. We were all doubling over with laughter as we watched the puppets in action with their silly slapstick, tall tales and fantastic facts. We learnt about the  wildlife and countryside of Cornwall thorugh a  distinctive mix [...]

Monday 18th October As part of our learning on ‘Iron Age Kernow’ Year 3 experienced how we find out about the past by being archaeologists for the day! Everyone dressed up as archaeologists or explorers and we had many ‘Dr Dig’s’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ . The costumes and accessories, such as the tools, were amazingly [...]