If you are looking for your next read, please visit one of these websites that recommended a wide range of books for children of all ages. If you read something you really enjoy, don’t forget to share it with your class teacher or Mrs Pattison (admin@kentonschool.co.uk) so it can be added to our reading…
For the past few weeks, Oak class have been looking at the book ‘Five Bears’ by Catherine Rayner. We created a class story map to help us to retell the story orally and with actions. We then had a go at creating our own story maps too. We looked at the different skills we might…
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…
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…
Dear All, As you may already be aware, the governing body of The Kenn and Kenton Federation applied to become an academy under the Academies Act 2010 and has now been issued with academy orders by the Secretary of State agreeing to it becoming part of an academy and is proposing to join The Teignmouth…
On Monday 26th June teams from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership arrived at Teignmouth Community School to participate in the KS2 Athletics tournament, organised by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership. The competition consisted of 8 different events, which pupils participated in on a carousel, and then a competitive relay to finish. The events ranged from a team…
Spring has certainly sprung in Willow Class! We enjoyed bringing a splash of sunshine into our classroom with our fabulous daffodil art!
Here are some photos of Chestnut class making and testing parachutes. One group tested how changing the material of the parachute would affect the speed, another how changing the length of the strings would affect the speed and the last group how changing the size of the parachute would affect the speed. We dropped them…