Welcome back to another new term in the woods and a big hello to my new forest school assistant, Sharon, who will be working with Year 3 & 4 this half term. We have already battled with the elements and relished the opportunity to get wet playing with giants pools of water on our shelter…
Chestnut class have had a day of art with a local willow artist making willow and tissue paper lanterns for a theatre show at Powderham castle.
Forest School has been very busy of late with the children showing amazing creativity in their woodland explorations. We have; made new swings, built more dens, crafted sticky weed crowns, mixed up mud pies, experimented with ropes and pulleys, woven God’s Eyes, cooked bread, sparked little fires, got messy with clay and so much more!…
At Forest School, Oak Class have made a scarecrow for the village trail. Meet ‘Mr. Twiggy’, born of hazel sticks, pine needles and some unwanted school uniform! We have been playing lots of games, lighting fires and have plans afoot for a day of Capturing the Flag.
Over the last 12 months, it has been fairly quiet on the Academy front. As you may know, the building and school land at Kenton belong to Kenton Church Land Trustee Board, to which rent is paid. The Lease renewal is still in the process of being resolved and final papers to join Teignmouth Learning…
Cherry class have been busy creating these beautiful cards this half term. They have used the camera to take pictures of spring flowers, learnt a little of how to load them onto the computer and how to insert them into a document. The children have also learnt how to change the font style, colour and…
So after spending the last few weeks finding out about the Mayans, rainforests and plants, there was only one place we could visit – The Eden Project. The children had to complete a Chocology workshop. This involved finishing out about the history of chocolate before entering the rainforest biome to hunt for hidden treasure chests…
Chestnut Class have been enjoying adventurous play and creativity at forest school recently; creating large dens and swings, climbing trees and playing games. Unfortunately our session last week had to be cancelled due to a lack of staff to accompany the group off-site to the woods. We wish Mrs. Daniels a speedy recovery from her…
All week, children from across the school have been taking part in special activities which all have a link to science as part of Science Week. These have included KS1 children having a visitor who helped them to design, build and test Mars rovers out of Lego. KS2 children then watched NASA video animations of…
We had a fab trip to Living Coasts in Torquay. As the children had been learning all about Penguins, it was the perfect place to go and visit. The sky was blue and the penguins were out in all their glory – even the sight of 42 children dressed in green didn’t put them off!…