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…
Kenton Primary School has signed up to reducing our use of single-use plastics. Cherry Class had a Plastic Pirates workshop with Dea from Resource Futures and Chris from the Environment Agency came to tell us how plastics can affect the oceans and wildlife. We now know some of the things we can do to help…
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…
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!…
On Wednesday we celebrated our 200 Year anniversary! Lots of children dressed up, everyone had some cake and fun was had by all. We had a lovely open afternoon for ex-pupils and staff, and fabulous contributions from local people who hold Kenton Primary dear to their hearts. We shared lots of old photos and documents from…
Cherry and Willow class were joined by their peers from Kenn Primary for an inter-school morning of multi-sports activities. The weather stayed dry and spirits were high with children working in teams to tackle each event in the carousel.
At Kenton Primary, we have implemented Chris Quigley’s approach to learning. One element of this is the ‘Secrets of Success’. Chris Quigley believes that there are many elements needed for children to become successful and independent learners. Below is the ethos behind ‘Secrets of Success’: What is success? Success isn’t just about money. It is…
Wow! What an impressive array of costumes were seen on World Book Day at Kenton! We had Horrid Henry, Little Red Riding Hood, The Worst Witch, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Anna and Elsa, Charlie Chaplin…the list goes on! We were all keen to show who we were and started the day with a catwalk, where everyone…
Back in the autumn term, the school applied to the Woodland Trust for a pack of trees. Time rolled on and last week 420 tiny trees arrived at school! Dea, from the Woodland Trust, had already arranged to come into school and help us plant them. She had marked out an area on the school field…