Exeter University students came to Class 1, volunteering their time to support us with our art work. It was all hands on deck making huge safari animals, paper plate jungle angle faces, textured leaves for our display and animal paintings. We are very grateful for their free time and also very proud of our work!
As part of our topic, Magic and Mystery, we read the story of Professor Puffendorf’s Secret Potions. We decided to make our own potions, like the professor. We used milk, honey, oats,oil, washing up liquid, food colouring and salt to name but a few ingredients to make up our fantastic potions. Some of our potions…
Classes 1 and 2 had a fabulous time visiting Exeter Cathedral. They followed a star from place to place inside the Cathedral, finding characters from the Nativity along the way and learnt all about the Christmas story. They also made Christmas decorations which were magically shrunk and hardened in the oven! A lovely day was…
Classes 1 and 2 had their Kenton counterparts visit so that they could perform their own versions of Cinderella or Little Red Riding Hood to each other. The 4 classes took turns to perform what they’d been working on. Class 2 children had re-written their own play-script and version of Cinderella and acted this out…
We have been learning about our sense of sight. Mr Hindle from The West of England School and College for Children with Little or No Sight came to talk to the Foundation Stage and Year 1 children. He helped us begin to understand what it is like to be in the world with little or no…
Autumn term 2014 – first half – All about me! Class 1 have had a busy first half term in school – settling in, getting to know each other and learning lots whilst having fun. Scroll down and have a look at just a few of the things we’ve been up to! We explored our…
As the school year draws to its close we return your child to you, the same child you entrusted to us last autumn; a few inches taller, and months wiser, more responsible and more mature than back then. Even though they would have grown without our help it has been a pleasure and privilege to…
On Monday afternoon Class 1 celebrated their achievements of the past year in front of their families as they graduated with full honouors from the Early Years Foundation Stage. The ceremony was opened by Mr Swait and then the children entertained their guests by singing some of their favourite songs. The children were then presented…
To celebrate the end of our learning on Pirates and Mermaids we had a ‘dress up’ day and class 1 was awash with beautiful mermaids and swashbuckling pirates! Even the cooks in the galley entered into the spirit of our day by wearing pirate costumes and serving up pirate food; fish bites and chips (but…
As part of our learning on Pirates and Mermaids we visited Dawlish Warren where we spent time with a Countryside Ranger from the Nature Reserve and then spent an afternoon on the beach. We learnt about the importance of camouflage and enjoyed some pond dipping and bug hunting and then we went onto the beach…