On Friday, we were joined by Councillor Alan Connett, our PTA and parents for the grand opening of our gym wall. Our wonderful PTA was thanked for their fundraising efforts, as well as Councillor Connett for the Council’s generous contribution. The ribbon was excitedly cut and our gym wall was declared as ‘Officially Open!’ A…
Over the last 12 months, it has been fairly quiet on the Academy front. As you may know, the building and school land at Kenton belong to Kenton Church Land Trustee Board, to which rent is paid. The Lease renewal is still in the process of being resolved and final papers to join Teignmouth Learning…
Classes 1 and 2 enjoyed a brilliantly sunny day out at Living Coasts. We spent lots of time outside, enjoying the sunshine and learning about penguins, seals and otters. The keepers talked to us about each of the different animals and we watched them being fed. A workshop about penguins gave us chance to show…
You cannot beat a Kenn C of E disco! There was a fabulous DJ that ran party games and competitions, as well as spinning records on his turntable for those who just liked to boogie! For the reluctant dancers there was face painting, art and craft, tattooing and refreshments! And not forgetting a magnificent appearance…
Thank you all for providing party food for our Key Stage parties. There was a lot of energetic flossing and other such dance moves! We danced, sang, played party games and feasted!
The Friends of Kenn work all year round to fundraise for our children. Their fundraising events—discos, cake sales, Christmas Card sales, fayres throughout the year, refreshments and raffles—add extra life, variety and fun to our children’s school experience. The money raised then enables school to buy things that school budgets these days struggle to stretch…
Dear Parents and Carers Today we have been informed that Kenn C of E Primary will have an OFSTED inspection starting Tuesday 13th November 2018. The Lead Inspector will be Susan Costello. She will be available for parents and carers to speak to on the gate Tuesday 13th November. Please read the letters below which…
A new Youth Theatre is starting at Dawlish College in January 2019 . Storybook Theatre will hold two sessions a week, one for years 1, 2 & 3 and one for years 4, 5 & 6 with each workshop session costing £5. The sessions are run by Lizzie Hedden who has been teaching Drama for 20 years,…
In collaboration with E.ON, the Power Up Education Theatre Group performed to our children this week. Their objective was to teach the children about saving energy. It was a fun and interactive show, set in the future where earth’s resources were running out. A great time was had by all!
Ex Kenton School pupil, Holly Rawlings and her singing partner Aaron played guitar and performed some well known songs for us all. They talked to the children about how they were inspired from a young age to play and sing and how they were motivated to follow their dreams. Holly talked about how she started…