On Tuesday 21st November, Class 4 were invited to join the Exeter ICE team at the Narnia Experience, a highly interactive exhibition which gives children the opportunity to explore Narnia through key scenes of C. S. Lewis’ ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. The children enjoyed experiencing a train journey where they imagined that they…
The children in Class 4 have been learning about light. This week’s lesson was all about the ‘law of reflection’ (i.e. the angle of incidence always equals the angle of reflection) and what better way to demonstrate this than by making periscopes. The children from Class 4 wanted to share their periscopes with the younger…
This term Class 3 had an exciting visit to the Victorian village at Morwellham Quay in Tavistock. The children had the opportunity to immerse themselves completely in this Victorian experience. We tried on Victorian clothing and discovered that not all clothing in Victorian times was equal! Rich Victorians wore brightly coloured garments made from silk…
Pupils from Kenn Church of England Primary School hosted a visit from local MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride on Friday (10/11/23). Organised by Headteacher Joe Baxter as part of UK Parliament Week, Mr Stride spoke to Year 5 and 6 pupils about his roles as an MP and cabinet…
Welcome back everybody; we hope you all had a good half term break. This half term we will be encouraging the children to think about the type of things they celebrate – such as birthdays and Christmas – and importantly, why! Through topic work we will be learning about why Christmas is important to Christians….
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As part of their English work on biographies of Fantastic Women who have changed the World, Class 3 have been learning about Emmeline Pankhurst and her part in the Suffragette movement. We have made rosettes in the colours of the suffragettes and thought of key ideas we would like to improve or action in our…
On Thursday 21st September, Class 4 went to Paignton Zoo. We had very enjoyable day and managed to stay dry (despite a rainy forecast). We went to a giraffe talk, with the keeper, and learned that giraffe tongues are black so that they don’t get sunburnt and that a giraffe can reach their ears and…
We had a delightful time at the zoo yesterday and the weather was on our side in Paignton so all of the animals were out to play! Before lunch time, we had a talk with the zookeeper. We learnt all about their 5 giraffes (although, only 3 came out to say hello) and she also…
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