Today, Class 4 were learning about air resistance. They were split into groups and each group had to make a parachute. Group 1's parachute diameter was 20cm, group 2 was 30cm, group 3 was 40cm, group 4 was 50cm and group 5's was 60cm. They then had 4 strings of 40 cm long to attach to the parachute....

Today in Class 4's science lesson we were learning about gravity. We read some information about Sir Isaac Newton, Ibn al-Haytham and Galileo Galilei. The children were then asked to weigh the mass of certain objects in the classroom (using kitchen scales) and then to measure the force of gravity pulling the objects to earth (in Newtons)....

Class 4 spent an amazing afternoon celebrating their Christmas party. They enjoyed completing a Christmas quiz before joining in with a range of party games including musical statues, musical bumps, Christmas charades as well as wrap the snowman in toilet paper! What a fun afternoon we had full of Christmas festivities and good cheer and everyone enjoyed letting their hair down! Well done class...

Class 4 enjoyed an informative session about fire safety at home with James from the Devon and Somerset Fire Rescue Service. We learnt how everyday household items can potentially cause a fire risk if they are not switched off or stored safely. We also discussed how to keep our homes safe by ensuring that we...

Today we had a visitor from the charity ‘Jay’s Aim.’ Class 4 learned about the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack and took part in a CPR training session with the mannequins. They also learned how to use a defibrillator and learned the acronym ‘Drs ABC’ (Danger- Response- Shout for help -...

Today, we had a special visitor - 'Animals2USouthWest.' Each class saw (and touched/stroked/held) two Madagascan hissing cockroaches, two white tree frogs, a corn snake and two ferrets. Because Class 4's current topic is animal classification, C4 had some extra time to ask our animal experts some questions. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the day as...

Class 4 spent a fantastic day at Dawlish Warren nature reserve and beach on Tuesday 21st May. We began our day with a ranger led workshop on the nature reserve. During this workshop, we learnt all about coastal processes including how the spit at Dawlish Warren is formed and how groynes help to stop the...

On Thursday 8th February, Class 4 did some WW2 baking with Mrs Coles and they made carrot cookies using: margarine, self raising flour, carrots, sugar, vanilla essence.  They tasted delicious and all the children had a great morning baking. Here are the photos.

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...

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...

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...

Dear Parents We hope you are all well and have had a lovely Summer holiday - welcome back. Please see the curriculum map about what Class 4 will be learning this term. Homework - The children will come home with the whole half term’s homework in their homework book. There will be spellings and tables...

Class 3 and Class 4 took part in Internet Safety training as part of their Computing Curriculum. With so many potential dangers and problems Online, this learning is vital for our children to help them grasp an understanding of how to stay safe Online. This session followed up training for Parents and Staff last term. Well...

Class 4 have been learning about electricity all half term. After learning about open & closed circuits; switches;  buzzers; bulbs;  volts; and series & parallel circuits the children were set the challenge to design and make an electrical quiz box. They chose who their audience would be (some chose C1 pupils, some C2, some C3 and...

On Thursday 17th November, 2022 Class 4 had a very exciting trip. We left school at 6am and travelled by coach to London. We went to the Houses of Parliament for a tour and workshop. We went to the viewing gallery of the House of Lords; they were debating the Ukraine War and in the House of...

On Thursday 13th October, Class 4 made rockets. We then tested the rockets outside using water mixed with 1/2 an Alka Seltzer tablet to see if we could produce a chemical reaction to make our rockets launch. The mixing of water and Alka Seltzer produced carbon dioxide and some rockets launched 2.5m high!! We all...

Today we were lucky enough to have an artist visit our class. We started the day by watching a video clip about Simon Ripley (a local printmaker). The children then explored the work of other abstract artists before taking part in the creative process – from finding inspiration in a pattern or photograph, using it to develop an...

On Tuesday 24th May, Class 4 went to Exmouth beach to join 'Ocean Recovery' for a beach clean. In return for joining in with this local project, we will receive a free bench donated by the Ocean Recovery Project & DCW for our school playground. After the beach clean, we had a picnic followed by creating sand sculptures, a...

In the autumn term, Class 4 took part in an art competition to make Peace Posters for the Exeter West Lion's Club. The theme was 'We are all connected.'  The posters were sent off to be judged and we have recently heard that we had an outright winner, three runners up and three special awards for use...

On Thursday 3rd February, 2022. Class 4 went to Paignton Zoo for the day to find out about animal classification (which is their current science topic). We all had a great day, the weather was good,  it wasn't too busy and we all enjoyed listening to the zookeeper talk to us about animal classification and animal habitats....

C4 have had a lovely afternoon with two student midwives from Plymouth University learning how to: handle a newborn baby, change a nappy, dress a newborn, administer CPR to a baby, child or adult put someone into the recovery position. Here are some photographs of the afternoon - which the whole class thoroughly enjoyed.

Class 2 and 4 had a very informative visit from Nick, a fire officer from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, this week. They learnt lots about fire safety and smoke detectors. Jessica is demonstrating STOP DROP ROLL - this is what to do if our clothes catch fire. The children were all given...

Children from Classes 3 and 4 took part in the Dawlish area cross country run today. In very muddy conditions, all of the children ran their hearts out and their scores combined to give the school a third overall for Y5/6, and a second for Y3/4.

Recently, the school had a visit from the Child Assault Prevention Team (CAP). They visited each class to talk through and do role plays that taught the children how to deal with different scenarios. Here is what two of the Year 4 children had to say about their three-day visit: Monday Cap was a brilliant experience....

On Wednesday 27th  November we warmly invite parents and all members of our school community along to our Plastic-Free School launch event. Stall holders will include: Devon County Council Teignbridge District Council Dawlish against Plastic Plastic-free Chudleigh Nourish plastic-free shop Shillingford Organics We are working with Devon’s Waste Education Team and Surfers against Sewage to...

This week, the whole school has taken part in CAP workshops. CAP stands for Child Assault Prevention. The CAP team work with children and staff to help reduce children's vulnerability to abuse. Through role-play and use of puppets, the children are given strategies for how to ensure they stay safe, strong and free.

The whole school were delighted to go the Kenn Centre to see the fabulous Theatre Alibi production of “I believe in unicorns”. All the children were transfixed from start to finish as they watched the story unfold. They asked excellent questions at the end of the performance and enjoyed hearing about the cleverly designed scenery!...

The sun was shining, the teams were in full spirit and Mr Tyrell was raring to go! Friday saw us all compete in a variety of team games for our Sports Day. We jumped, ran and collected team points. Each year group then took part in their own races ranging from running to sack races...

To celebrate World Refugee Day the whole school took part in two separate assemblies, lead by our visitor, Lizi. She talked to the staff and children about what it means to be a refugee including the dangers they face when fleeing their homes. We were shocked to learn how many children are among the number...

Almost the end of term and most classes have now finished their forest school sessions. We have had a really busy time playing, exploring and learning in the woods at Bickham Farm and the Powderham Estate. Cooking over the fire is most definitely a popular activity; bread, pancakes, pine needle tea, nettle crisps and fritters...

To celebrate GRT history month, we received a visit from Charlotte and Lynn who talked to us about the wide variety of travellers that we have in our local community. It opened our eyes to their beliefs and traditions which means that we now understand more about our community and can respect their lifestyles. Did...

Year 5 and 6 have had a varied time at forest school so far with summery-hot days following wild and windy weather all within the course of a fortnight! We couldn't go to the woods due to a bull loose at the farm so we stayed and played lots of games at school before making...

What glorious weather Class 4 had for our residential last week! The children (and adults) thoroughly enjoyed themselves and formed some lovely memories with the Kenton children. The children tackled some incredible challenges during their stay - some of which included making a bed, carrying a suitcase up and down 42 stairs and abseiling down...

A teacher from Dawlish College visited Class 4 this week to discuss his charity work with Jay's AIM and teach the children CPR. It was a fantastic experience and they all excelled in the training. They each received a certificate to take home. Please talk to your child about their new knowledge and allow them...

All of the staff at Kenn C of E would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We have had a beautifully busy and successful 2018 with some super shows, trips, lots of learning and a general feeling of positivity! Such successes are the result of the wonderful teamwork that is evident at...

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!      

As you will know, through the Summer we had solar panels fitted to our school and energy saving alterations were made throughout the building such as new radiators and movement sensor light-ing. This week we had Dan Broadbent from Beco Energy Solutions talk to the whole school about what solar energy was, things in everyday...

Thank you to those of you who have filled Christmas shoeboxes for children in Moldova. They will be collected by Bruce Pell from Dawlish Rotary and will soon be on their way to Moldova as part of the Christian Response to Eastern Europe Shoebox appeal. This year we are sending 23 shoeboxes.      

The money inside all of the ‘Tubes of Kindness’ has been counted. We cannot believe how much money was raised for Child.Org. The children of Kenn C of E Primary School raised an amazing £224.53 for their acts of kindness at home. Thank you to everyone who filled a Tube with money. It will greatly...

Thank you, everyone, for throwing yourselves into our Children in Need fundraising last Friday. The Bring and Buy Sale was a huge success. We had so many lovely items to sell and the children were very keen to buy! Well done Class 4 for sorting and organising the goods so professionally. Our grand total raised,...

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Bonfire themed day, you all looked amazing in your sparkly outfits, even the teachers had been sprinkled with glitter and sparkles. The day kicked off with the Bonfire Bake Off, we had about 20 entries across all four classes, all the bakes were amaz-ing, firework biscuits,...

The food donations collected at Harvest Festival were taken to St Petrock’s over half term. Mrs Tetlow’s car boot and back seats were crammed with boxes and big shopping bags full of groceries. St Petrock’s were hugely grateful. Thank you for your Harvest donations.

Thank you to all who supported our #Hello Yellow day at school Everyone wore yellow to raise awareness of the importance of talking about our mental health and understanding it better. The school was a sea of bright and cheery yellow! We will continue to work at maintaining this awareness as an ongoing part of...

The sun shone for our Sports Day this year! The teams put their all into a carousel of activities and then threw themselves into the individual races. The children took part in running races, egg and spoon, sack races, skipping and the good old three-legged race! The Friends of Kenn kindly provided some most delicious...

Class 4 were introduced to Art Week with the challenge of designing front covers for the programmes required in our summer production. They have been busy researching African images so that they can design their covers to link with the content of the show.  

Class 3 & 4 took a trip to Plymouth Aquarium and experienced four different activities, including a virtual reality session which took us to the deep depths of the ocean, a guided tour of the aquarium through the Great Barrier Reef and Atlantic Ocean exhibits, an exploration of buoyancy, and an interactive talk on why...

This week is British Science week. The children have all have been doing lots of science and discovering how amazing and fun it can be! We have had workshops with Ruth, from Sciencedipity, demonstrating explosions and chemical changes. All children made a potion that erupted and then made some fabulous slime! We also had an...

Our Year 6 pupils were invited to enjoy a Lent Lunch at the Kenn Centre, run by members of St Andrew's Church. They were treated to delicious soup and bread as well as a pudding, which they couldn't say no to!

It might have been a week late, due to the impromptu snow days last week, but everyone at Kenn had a great time dressing as one of their favourite book characters. We had everything from Roald Dahl and David Walliams characters through to fairy tale characters, and we even had to hunt for a Wally...

Thank you for all of your kind donations of wrapped shoeboxes full of goodies for children and families in Moldova. In all we had a  total of 23 boxes. We know this will be greatly appreciated by those children and families who have so little. Our children helped load the shoe boxes and waved them...

Children sang and danced to remind us all about Harvest and to help raise money for CAFOD.  Each Class created art work to represent the hope for unity and sharing around the world. This year £74.70 was raised. Thank you to all of those who were able to join us and contributed to this total....

This was the second High5Netball festival laid on for the Dawlish primary schools by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership. The festival was aimed at year5/6’s both girls and boys. Kenn, Westcliff and Kenton were the schools that bought squads to the event. The festival was meant to be on the astro turf at Dawlish Community...

Class 3 joined Class 4 and the children in Ks2 from Kenton on a trip to 'We are Curious' in Bristol last week.  Here is some of the children's reviews! "It was amazing, because we could explore the scientific world." "There were so many different devices and loads to learn, best trip ever!" "it was...

Year five and six took part in their first Forest School  sessions on Monday and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. They took the minibus to Bickham Farm and enjoyed the (long!) walk across the fields and up into our special woodland site after saying hello to the goats. Both groups took part in games to...

Richard Branson gave each child in Class 4 £5 to use towards setting up their own business. The children organised themselves into teams and made their own exciting products which they have sold this week during playtimes, lunchtimes and after school. They needed to consider their product, do market research, think about how to promote...

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...

As part of Mental Health Week children have been learning about the positive impact singing and dancing can have on our well being.  The whole school learnt about what happens to our brain when involved in song and dance and then put this to the test. They sang and danced and it all ended with...