On Monday 26th June teams from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership arrived at Teignmouth Community School to participate in the KS2 Athletics tournament, organised by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership. The competition consisted of 8 different events, which pupils participated in on a carousel, and then a competitive relay to finish. The events ranged from a team…
Six primary schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership competed in an Athletics festival on the morning of 21st June 2017. The event was organised by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership and held at the beautiful grounds of Stover School. The weather was wall to wall sunshine with temperatures reaching twenty nine degrees! However, despite…
Class 3 walked to the village church to learn more about why the church is important for Christians. We looked for specific objects and images which helped us understand how the building reflects Christian beliefs. Isaac in Year 4 said ‘We had an amazing time at St Andrew’s Church, Kenn. We loved to learn about the…
Class 1 made a start on their Minibeast topic this half term by going on a minibeast hunt. We found snails, slugs, spiders, woodlice and centipedes. We started to look more closely at snails and drew them. We made a book all about snail facts and have done some snail art in the styles of…
The sun shone and the rain stayed away for our Sports Day. The children took part in a carousel of sporting activities to score points for their house team. This year the St David’s team were victorious. The team carousel was followed by running races and novelty races including the sack race, the three legged…
Class 3 had a wonderful day last Friday when they joined the Year 3 and 4 children at Kenton School on a trip to Powderham Castle. We explored the beautiful house and particularly loved finding the hidden doors in many of the rooms.We learnt a lot about the different periods in which the house was…
Four schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership joined together yesterday afternoon for a Tag Rugby Festival. Tag Rugby is a safe, fun and exciting form of non-contact rugby as there are no scrums, line-outs or tackling allowed. On a glorious wednesday afternoon, children from Kenn & Kenton Primary Schools along with Gatehouse ACE Academy and Westcliff Primary Academy met at Westcliff’s…
Tired and happy children returned back to school from their Wildside experience. Their two day adventure included a stroll through beautiful bluebell woods, orienteering, archery and a late night walk through the woods in the pitch black! Many fears were conquered with determination and a smile!
Class 1 found out all about lifeguards, sea side safety and the role of the RNLI when they visited Exmouth Lifeboat Station. They had a behind the scenes guided tour of the station, and got to see the lifeboats and all of the equipment used by the crews.
Class 1 have been stretching their brains by finding ways to make 10 and writing number sentences. We are amazing at this! Did you know that 8+2 makes 10 and so does 2 +8?! We do!