Classes 1 and 2 were visited by the RNLI, the charity which saves lives at sea, as part of their Ship Ahoy! topic. The children learnt lots about safety at sea and the role of the RNLI. They had great fun looking at videos showing the work of the RNLI , dressing up and learning about flags that could…
Class 2 were invited to join Cherry class from Kenton Primary to attend the 2015 Garden Festival at Powderham Castle and all had a wonderful, if slightly chilly morning! After the walk up to Powderham, the children were invited to be part of the special opening when Lady Devon with Toby Buckland cut the ribbon, we were…
Class 2 become immersed in new texts using many different strategies. We walk through the story using actions. We hot seat the characters imagining ourselves as a character, asking each other questions to develop a greater understanding of how they feel or why they do the things they do. We role play key scenes, imagine…
As part of our learning about Easter, Class 1 enjoyed an end of term Easter egg hunt! We had to look high and low but found what we were looking for!
Class 2 have been on safari at Paignton Zoo! We started the day by going into their Learning Zone where we were allowed to touch some Safari animals skins, bones and an Elephants tusk. Quite a number of children were surprised to hear that some of their favourite animals are endangered. After this session we then went…
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…
As part of the annual nationwide campaign to celebrate & raise awareness of student volunteering and to inspire more students to make a positive impact, Class 2 welcomed eight wonderful Exeter University Students in to work on an art project for the afternoon. As a team we created an amazing Savannah scene in under 2 hours. We…
Many thanks to parents who came to the meeting last year about the New National Curriculum 2014 and the new assessment systems that schools will now be using. If you were unable to attend this meeting please take time to read the documents given out on the evening, which are linked below. It is important…
Class 2 were so excited to have another Shakespeare workshop led by Mr Jinks. First we found out some interesting facts about Shakespeare, where and when he lived and the different types of plays he wrote. Then the children acted out probably one of his most famous plays, Hamlet, again really engaging with the story…