Having been successful in her and her partner’s application to adopt a young child, last month MIss Massey began a 12-month adoption leave. In order to provide her class with consistency, we have moved Mr Armstrong into the position of Class 7 teacher full time until March 2020.

Mr Armstrong has therefore moved away from his various classroom commitments across the school and we have covered this in a number of ways. Mrs Vigurs-Berry has moved to full-time in Class 4, whilst Miss Ferguson has taken on the PPA cover in Classes 4 and 7 and Mr Wallis has taken on the PPA cover in Class 11. We are currently seeking to recruit a part-time teacher to cover the remaining cover requirements in Classes 6, 9 and 10 and hope to appoint a person at the beginning of the Summer term.

If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to contact Mr Wallis.

Last week, five children from Key Stage 2 took part in the Cornwall County Cross-Country Finals at Newquay Sports Centre.

Having qualified via the Truro event and then the mid-Cornwall competition, Elsie, Mali, Jasper, Hannah and Cara were all unsure what to expect at the Newquay race, as it was their first time reaching the County stage. All five competed brilliantly, however, and we enjoyed our best finishes ever at this level of competition, with three top 20 and two top 10 finishes.

Well done to all five runners for representing the school so well, both on and off the track.

On Sunday, Pen went to Penair School to take part in the Under-10s County Hockey Championship. Representing Truro Hockey Club, Pen played four matches and his team won all four, making them County champions.

Pen’s team will soon be travelling to Bristol to take part in the regional finals. Well done Pen!

Despite the awful weather, the St Piran’s Day celebrations last week were a great success. The organisers have produced a short video of the activities involving the children and Bosvigo feature several times. You can view the video by clicking on the link below.

St Piran’s Day Truro

This week KS1 started off their Pirate topic with an exciting trip to the Maritime museum. We learnt all about pirate treasure and where it came from. We looked at pirate weapons and (carefully) held a pistol and a cutlass! We also made our own pirate ships and sailed them! It was a great day out and a fabulous stimulus for this term’s work. We have lots more to find out about!

To celebrate the end of our learning about India, KS1 took part in an extremely colourful (and messy!) Holi festival. They threw coloured powder into the air, and then at each other to celebrate friendship, fun and the colours of spring. Thank you to all the parents for providing the spare clothes and doing the extra washing and baths! The children and teachers had a wonderful time and all the mess was well worth it!

On Tuesday, our 12 qualifiers from last week’s Penair cross-country event took part in the Mid-Cornwall finals, held at Pool Academy.

Representing the Penair cluster, Bosvigo runners got off to the best start with Hannah winning the Year 4 girls race ahead of 50-60 other runners. With the top 15 finishers qualifying for the Cornwall finals at Newquay next month, we were delighted to see another four runners book their places in the final competition – well done to Cara, Mali, Jasper and Elsie.

With around 60 children in each race and hundreds of adults cheering the runners on, this was a tough but brilliant experience for all 12 of our qualifiers. Well done to all and thank you our Bosvigo parents for their great support.

Our Netball team played their final match in the league this week at Penair school, against Archbishop Benson. It was a nail-biting game to watch! After a slow start, ABB were in the lead 2-0 after the first quarter. By half time Bosvigo had scored 2 goals to equalise. Both teams were equally matched, defending and attacking well and taking turns to take the lead! ABB pipped us at the post with a 6-5 win at full time. Well done to all the team who played brilliantly- Milly, Elsie, Aurie, Amelia, Iris and Thea.

On Wednesday, some students from Bosvigo School went to the Aviation Centre in Newquay for the Fly to the Line glider-making competition. There were three teams from Bosvigo at the event, representing Classes 9, 10 and 11.

The challenge day involved designing, making and testing a glider made from foam board. At the end of the day, there was a competition to see which gliders could fly the furthest. The room was tense, with each team allowed three flights. The three Bosvigo teams did really well, with the Blue Breeze team coming third overall and qualifying for the national finals in Illchester at the end of March!

It was an extremely fun day and we will remember it forever.

By Sophie, Lily, Seffie and Manu (the Blue Breeze team)