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…
James Hedge, a local artist, came in to work with Class 3 on an Augmented Reality art project, promoted by Daisi and kindly funded for us by The Helen Foundation. The children experienced making their own stop animation, using images from Ancient Egypt. These were then fed into a program on the computer which was…
Dea Annison, our Forest School leader, applied for a grant towards developing our outdoor learning provision from Learning through Landscapes. She was successful and has secured £500 to help us buy equipment with staff training thrown in to the deal. Well done, Dea!
Students from University of Exeter Medical School visited children in Classes 1 and 2 this week to help them understand the importance of hygiene. The students received a grant from the Royal College of Pathology London, to be used specifically on carrying out presentations and activities in schools during the week starting 6th November—National Pathology…
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….
During Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue’s Stay Safe presentation the children learnt many practical ways to stay safe in the event of a fire emergency. The Fire Fighter got children to demonstrate the stop, drop and roll method if clothing becomes involved in fire. Mrs Martin beautifully modelled the Fire Fighter’s uniform!
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…
The year 1’s set out in the minibus to explore Killerton woods and gardens. We found out lots about the Ice House and Bear House and had fun learning about Autumn, finding lots of different leaves and spotting chestnuts and conkers. We looked around Killerton’s church and had lunch outside on the church steps. It…
The Foundation Stagers went on the minibus to Killerton Woods in search of Autumn and mischief! We found both aplenty! The children collected conkers and cones and all shapes, sizes and colours of leaves. Lunch was high on the agenda and after taking on fuel we set out into the sunshine to search for as…
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…