Our fantastic school trip to the National Marine Aquarium to explore evolution and habitats first hand!

Chestnut Class were lucky to have some visitors come into school for their Careers Day! They had a range of people in different careers come in and talk about their job and what type of qualifications you need to get into that line of work. We had a doctor, mental health social worker, midwife and…

Our Year 6 students took part in an art project with the Helen Foundation. They created 4 pieces inspired by our school values using water colours. All of our Year 6’s worked really hard and created some beautiful pieces that will be displayed in school. Well done and a huge thank you to the Helen…

What an incredible opportunity our Year 5 children had this morning. We headed over to Dawlish Football Club to participate in the Chicago Bears Mini Monsters event and had such an amazing time. The children took part in 6 different activities that the Chicago Bears would also do when training for their NFL games. We…

Well done Year 6! With SATS finished, the year 6 children received their 2023 Leavers Hoodies and they all look amazing. You’ve all worked so hard so a huge well done from all the staff.  

On Friday we celebrated the end of year 6 SATS and King Charles lll coronation. All the children in year 6 worked extremely hard with their SATS and made Kenton School very proud! The children have worked together to learn a short dance and performed the song ‘To the sound of the trumpets’ by Out…

KS2 welcomed a visitor into school who taught them about Parliament. They learnt about the House of Commons and the House of Lords as well as how you become an MP. Both Oak and Chestnut were able to answer the questions about Parliament and also ask some really amazing questions. They enjoyed the assembly and…

Children from Year 5/6 have started work with a local Kenton Artist to create a picture of Paddington to celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The children have taken inspiration from the picture below. Our design which will be made with different loose parts to give it a 3d effect.  

Chestnut class have been exploring forces in science this half term.   The children have learnt about Newton’s Law and gravity and have been measuring the force of gravity using newton metres.

Children from years 4/5 have been to visit a local solar farm in Dawlish. The visit helped children familiarise themselves with the technology and understand the impacts of climate change. The programmes aim to inspire a future generation of children that are passionate about renewables and careers in engineering.   https://belltownpower.com/uk/sawmills-solar-farm-belltown-farms-renewable-energy/

Harvest Festival. Well done to all the children for an amazing performance in the church on Monday to celebrate harvest.  The children have worked really hard to learn songs, lines and dance’s.  The children spoke very confidently and they were very proud to show off their amazing art work.  

Chestnut Class have been busy learning a new dance in PE with Mrs Arrowsmith.  The children have been focusing on learning different dance techniques and then putting them together into a sequence.  

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.

Oak Class and some of the children in Chestnut Class enjoyed their last forest sessions of the term this week. We finished making bows and arrows and practiced firing as far as we could. It was easy to spot which children have done archery with Mr. Tyrell in the past! It was a pleasure to…

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.

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…

On Wednesday 23rd January, Chestnut class visited Plymouth University for a ‘SCITECH’ morning. There was a showcase of science and technology – which was very hands on. The children were able to play, program, test and then chat to the experts about a variety of new technologies and everyone enjoyed themselves very much.

Chestnut class enjoyed a fantastic morning with Steve and Theo from a film company called ‘Calling the shots’ who delivered a special effects in film workshop. This workshop was provided after a previous student, Emma Buckland, won a competition to design a film poster through ‘Into Film’ last academic year. The class took on the…

Stuart Raine from the Exeter Synagogue visited Chestnut class on Thursday 22nd November, he brought in artefacts from Exeter synagogue and showed the children how a priest should handle the Torah.  He also explained about Kosher food and also chose some pupils to re-enact a Jewish wedding ceremony.  

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…

Chestnut class spent a fantastic day with artist Iola Weir, making giraffe and zebra headdresses in readiness for their performance of ‘Tuishi Pamoja’. The used corrugated cardboard, masking tape and papier mache to make the headresses. The children worked with determined perseverance to assemble their designs and they added ears, eyes and decoration to make…

Sharing some photos from the recent KS2 trip to Plymouth Aquarium as part of our Science Week activities. The three activities were a VR experience of going to the bottom of the sea in a submarine; making and testing a film case that would sink the slowest. The two classes then competed against each other,…

Children in Oak and Chestnut classes had chemistry workshops this morning with Ruth from Sciencedipity. It began with Ruth demonstrating mixing chemicals to make different coloured liquids, before making ‘elephant’s toothpaste’ with another chemical reaction. Then it was the bit the children had been waiting for… making slime! To finish off, everyone went outside to…

Shortly before the Christmas break, Oak and Chestnut classes received an invitation to visit Ashcombe Solar Mill. During the trip, they split into two groups and took it in turns to find out about what the solar farm does and how it works, while the other group did a biodiversity study, looking for bugs and…

This was the second High5Netball festival laid on for the Dawlish primary schools by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership. The festival was aimed at year5/6’s both girls and boys. Kenn, Westcliff and Kenton were the schools that bought squads to the event. The festival was meant to be on the astro turf at Dawlish Community…

Chestnut and Oak classes at Kenton had a lovely trip to ‘We the curious’ (formerly known as @Bristol) on Thursday 28th September.   The children visited the 3D planetarium and attended a ‘Colourful Chemistry’ workshop (Y5/6) and saw the ‘Light Fantastic’ studio show (Y3/4) before spending some time exploring the two levels of interactive exhibits….

On Friday 26th May, Chestnut class went on the train to Exmouth to visit the Exe Estuary.  We met a lady called Steph who showed us how to search for lug worms.  She also gave us nets and trays to catch and examine shrimps, crabs, fish and molluscs. It was a glorious day – we…

On Friday 17th March, Chestnut class visited to Paignton Zoo as part of our ‘Animals and their lifecycles’ topic. We listened to a talk (at the education centre) about animal habitats and classification and then we walked around the zoo in small groups. The crocodile centre seemed to be very popular & everyone had a…

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…

Yesterday, Warburtons the bakers visited Chestnut class. Nikki and Lee taught Chestnut class all about the fascinating history of the Warburtons company.  The children watched a video demonstrating how flour is obtained from wheat before going through multiple processes to eventually end up as a loaf of bread which we can buy from the shop. …

To kick-start our writing week, the children were visited by a range of animals including a tenrec, barn owl, gecko, giant millipede and several snakes! They learned about where the different animals originally came from and if they were endangered or not. They also discovered that the Lesser Tenrec was more closely related to an…

Chestnut class have been making electrical quiz boards this week. They have had to work out their circuits and do all the wiring so that only the correct answer on the quiz boards will light up. The children then shared their quiz boards with Oak, Cherry and Willow.          

Chestnut class recently enjoyed a very informative session with the fire service. They learnt all about the role of fire fighters in preventing and stopping fires from happening. The children were involved with a role play of an emergency telephone call to 999 which helped to teach them about the vital information that they would…