Our new starters have been with us for a month now. We are delighted with how they have all settled and are starting to get used to school routines and activities. Each new starter has had a Year 5 or 6 buddy to sit with at lunch, and these buddies have been amazing – very…
As part of their topic on Romans, Oak class visited the Roman baths in Bath. After a long but fun journey up, the children walked through the cobbled backstreets of Bath, before arriving at the world famous Roman Baths. The children started with a guided session with a Roman expert. They made mosaics, dressed as…
Today, six schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership gathered together at St Luke’s Science and Sports College in Exeter for the annual DLP Key Stage 2 Athletics tournament. Each school sent along a team of two girls and two boys from each year group in years 3,4 & 5 to take part. The children competed in a number of…
This morning five schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership gathered together at St Luke’s Science and Sports College in Exeter for the annual DLP Key Stage 1 Athletics tournament. Each school sent along a team of two girls and two boys from reception, year 1 and 2 to take part in a variety of activities. After starting…
This week we have themed our learning around the story ‘Supertato’ by Sue Hendra. We received a letter from the Evil pea to say he had kidnapped the carrots and had frozen them in a bowl of water! As a class we had to write a letter to plan their release! We have been designing…
Oak Class joined Class 3 from Kenn Primary School for a day on Dartmoor. Although the weather forecast was bad, the rain held off and everyone had a great day walking up to Bellever Tor. The two wonderful guides from Dartmoor National Park gave everyone a great insight into the rocks and soils on this amazing…
This week Willow Class have been explorers! We have discovered some Dinosaur eggs, Dinosaur footprints and a Dinosaur Dig pit. Our new summer topic is “Let’s Explore” we have asked the children what they would like to explore and we are very excited about the results. Keep posted for more adventures!!
Oak Class visited Haldon Forest for a day, as part of their science work on survival and nutrition. Before they went, children designed ‘healthy’ survival lunches – packed lunches that were well balanced and contained a good range of nutrients. They all had a fabulous day, which included making dens, building a huge camp fire, toasting…
In Willow Class this week we have been measuring in length. We have looked measuring with cubes, we have used language such as longer than, shorter than and we have also started to look at using a ruler. We have also had lots of fun trying to measure the width of our classroom. We counted…
Willow Class have been creating some artwork in the style of the famous artist Wassily Kandinsky. We have been looking at colour mixing and how to create lighter and darker shades of colours. Have a look at our Gallery, we are super proud of our final pieces!