Port Isaac Academy

Thank you, Jude Waters! A huge thank you to Jude Waters for your very kind donation from our book wish list. The children in Seals Class were delighted to receive some exciting book post today and had a lovely time sharing the story of The Rainbow Fish together. Thank you for helping us to grow our library and inspire a love of reading!

18 September 2026

A huge thank you! A very big thank you to Jemima Marsh for your incredibly kind donation from our book wish list! We were delighted to receive Hanna Asks for Help in the post. The children in Seals Class really enjoyed listening to this wonderful story together. It's lovely to see our library growing with such thoughtful donations. Thank you for helping us to inspire a love of reading!

18 September 2026

**Celebration Assembly at Port Isaac Academy!** What a wonderful way to celebrate another week at Port Isaac Academy! We are incredibly proud of the **star learning happening across the school** and the fantastic effort, enthusiasm and positive attitudes shown by our children. A huge well done to our **House Captains**, who confidently led their very first celebration assembly you did a fantastic job! We are so proud of you all. Today we celebrated lots of brilliant achievements, including: Reading certificates Numbots certificates Excellent attendance Star learning Children demonstrating our school values And many other moments of hard work and success! A huge **well done to everyone** keep shining, keep learning and keep being the amazing pupils you are! #PortIsaacAcademy #CelebrationAssembly #StarLearning #SchoolValues #ProudSchool #Reading #Numbots #Attendance

18 September 2026

KS2 Science – Mixtures & Separation Techniques Today, our KS2 scientists have been investigating mixtures and methods of separation, focusing on the question: How can sieving be used to separate a mixture? The children explored the principle that different materials have different-sized particles and that sieving can be used to separate solid materials according to their particle size. They put their scientific knowledge into practice through a 'panning for gold' practical investigation . Working carefully and systematically, the children used sieves to separate materials, making observations and discussing which particles passed through the mesh and which were retained. Throughout the investigation, they developed important Working Scientifically skills, including making observations, identifying patterns, explaining their results and using appropriate scientific vocabulary. A fantastic hands-on investigation that brought the science of mixtures, particles and separation techniques to life! Well done, KS2 scientists!

16 September 2026

Help Us Grow the Port Isaac Academy Library! We're looking to grow our library with lots of new and exciting books for our children to discover, enjoy and treasure. Your generous support could help us fill our shelves with wonderful stories, adventures and new worlds for our pupils to explore. The children will be absolutely delighted and surprised to receive these special gifts! If you're able to help, we would be incredibly grateful. And please share this far and wide so we can reach as many kind-hearted book lovers as possible. Thank you so much for supporting our school and helping us inspire a lifelong love of reading!

15 September 2026

**What a fabulous first week back at Port Isaac Academy!** It has been so lovely to see our children back in school, working exceptionally hard, embracing their learning and, most importantly, seeing so many **smiling faces** around school! We really couldn't have asked for a better start to the new academic year. Today we held our first **Celebration Assembly**, celebrating children who have been showing our school values of **Respect, Resilience, Joy, Aspiration and Community** in all that they do. We also celebrated our **Star Learning** and our very first **Handwriting Heroes** what a fantastic way to recognise all the effort and pride our children are putting into their learning! A huge **well done and congratulations** to our newly appointed **Heads of Houses** and **Ambassadors**. We are incredibly proud of you and know you will be wonderful role models for our school community. What a brilliant first week! **Keep it up, everyone we are so proud of you all!** #PortIsaacAcademy #ProudToBePIA #StarLearning #SchoolValues #CelebrationAssembly #HandwritingHeroes

13 September 2026

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13 September 2026

Seals Class – Our First Beach School of the Year! Today marked our first Beach School session of the year, and what a fantastic start we had! We began our afternoon with the story The Fish That Could Wish. After listening to the story, the children shared their own wishes with a partner, encouraging them to think creatively and listen carefully to one another. We then got moving with our first activity, listening and responding with actions to different sea creature names. As the children demonstrated just how fantastic their memories were, we kept adding more sea creatures and actions to the list. Next came a very important pirate challenge! Some pirates had hidden rare shells amongst the pebbles on the beach, and the children had to carefully search for the shell treasure. We collected our findings and created a pictogram to show the different types of shells we had discovered. The children then used the data to identify which type of shell was the most common and which was the rarest, developing their understanding of how charts can help us find information. Our Maths learning continued with a game of longer or shorter. We thought about the different lengths of sea creatures and used a metre rule to measure and compare them. Miss Waters and Mrs Stark were particularly concerned that they might end up in the sea while attempting to measure the length of the gigantic blue whale! We finished our fantastic first session with a quick game of "There Is a Space on My Right and I Would Like to Invite...", which was a lovely way to bring everyone together before heading home. What a brilliant first Beach School adventure, Seals! We can't wait to see what our next session brings! #lovelearning #portisaac #outdoorlearning

7 September 2026

**A huge welcome back to everyone at Port Isaac Academy!** We hope you have all had a wonderful, restful summer and are feeling refreshed, recharged and ready for an exciting new academic year ahead! What better way to begin the year than with an exciting parcel arriving for our school library! A **BIG thank you and big up to Reading Rocks** for delivering some fantastic new reads for our children to enjoy. There was so much anticipation and excitement as the children opened each bag, full of curiosity and eager to discover what wonderful new books were waiting inside! Their faces said it all as they explored the exciting new additions to our library! We can't wait to get these fantastic books onto the shelves and into the hands of our young readers. Here's to another year of learning, laughter, adventures and, of course, plenty of wonderful reading! #WelcomeBack #NewAcademicYear #PortIsaacAcademy #ReadingRocks #LoveOfReading #SchoolLibrary

4 September 2026