On Wednesday 15th September Cherry Class had a lovely morning learning more about recycling as part of a workshop run by Devon Recycling. We learned all about the things that we have at home that we can recycle and what happens to our recycling after it is collected by the Recycling team. We really enjoyed…
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Willow Class had a fabulous afternoon taking part in a composting workshop run by the Devon Waste Recycling Team. We learnt about where lots of our rubbish goes but specifically we learnt about composting. The children pretended to be minibeasts munching their way through banana peels, apple cores and other compostables and learnt what happened…
Dear Parents, In small teams, year 5/6 have worked extremely hard to create businesses and make products to sell using a £5 loan from Sir Richard Branson. The following link will allow you to watch videos made by each business. Each video explains who the teams are, the products that they are selling and how much…
On Thursday 17th June, Chestnut class went to Exmouth beach as a reward for good behaviour over the year. We started the day with sand sculptures which were judged, followed by a picnic lunch, a paddle in the sea, ice creams and quick cricket. It was a lot of fun and everyone had a good…
Chestnut class had the exciting opportunity to explore some archaeological props from a parent volunteer who used to be an archaeologist. The children were shown a collection of finds comprising five Lower Palaeolithic hand axes (from Broom Pit, Axminster – circa 350,000 to 450,000 BC, made by Homo heidelbergensis), a Mesolithic flake, Neolithic thumbnail scraper, Bronze Age flint…
Chestnut class had a lovely morning making Anglo Saxon thumb pots. They then used tools to decorate them with the same patterns that the Anglo Saxons used.
We have been grateful for the drier weather at forest school and for a burst of sunshine. Year 5 & 6 made their own wooden bubble wands and ‘magic’ mix with some ingredients to make super large bubbles! Our bubbles looked amazing catching the light of the low winter sunshine. We have also been experimenting…
Pupils from Chestnut Class created their own mini sagas as part of the Young Writers’ ‘A Wander In the Woods’ competition. We are thrilled to announce that Daisy (year 6) and Faith (year 5) have each been awarded a merit certificate for their pieces of writing. Faith’s mini saga is called ‘The Hopeful Sailor and…