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

Oak class have been making canopic jars this half term in design and technology.

Oak class took part in a reconstruction relay and had to pretend they were entering Tutankhamun’s tomb for the very first time, just like Howard Carter. The children had to go into the ‘tomb’ and had 10 seconds to look at what they found inside and then had to go back out and draw what…

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…

The children from Year 2 have taken part in an Aesthetics festival that involved activities such as yoga, dance and gymnastics. The children had a wonderful time meeting other children forms he local community as well. KS1 Aesthetics Festival

Children from Oak class have been along to a handball festival organised by our SSCO.  The children played games of handball against other schools and had a fanatics time!       Dawlish Year 34 Handball Tournament

Children in Oak class have been exploring the Romans. As part of their Design Technology learning they have researched,  designed and made roman catapults. The children used a variety of different materials and these are the results!  

Oak class have been exploring the Romans this half term.  As part of their learning they have had a visit from Story teller Steve Manning. https://stevemanningstorytelling.co.uk/ Steve told the children all about the Roman Empire and all of the places they invaded. They looked at the armour, clothing and weapons worn by the soldiers and…

The children in Oak class have had a visit from a Dental Nurse.  They have have talked about the importance of keep our teeth healthy, had a go and brushing and taken a goodie bag of bits home to help with what they had learnt.

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/

Oak class have been on a class trip to Wild Wood at Escot. We had an amazing day today at our trip to Escot Wildwood! We got a coach there and there was a special tent to keep our belongings in and it’s where we ate lunch. We went on a walk around the park…

Oak class have been looking at what 100 is composed of. They have used maths resources to work out how many 20s are in 100.    

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.  

Oak class have been looking at the different parts of our digestion system and the purpose of each feature. They have labelled the organs within the digestive system and then did a practical experiment. They used a plastic bag to represent the stomach. They added crackers and a pear to the bag to represent eating…

Oak Class have been enjoying some outdoor learning in this lovely weather! Number lines can be tricky, but finding half, a quarter and three quarters of 100 and 1000 seemed a breeze! Some children are now keen to learn their 25x tables….

We have enjoyed investigating sound in Oak class!

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…

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.

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…

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…

Dea, from Resource Futures, visited Oak Class to talk to the children about recycling paper. The children shared their knowledge about how paper is made and Dea expanded this by explaining how much energy. is used in the harvesting, transport and manufacture of trees into paper. Following this, the children all got to make their…

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…

Oak Class were visited by Cara from the arts organisation, Daisi, today. The theme was Tudor buildings in response to the fire at the Royal Clarence Hotel two years ago. After looking at some of the older buildings in Exeter, they did some quick sketches in their art books focussing on the basic shapes could…

Oak’s trip to Bath (by Elizabeth, Year 4) On Friday 15th June, Oak class went on a school trip to Bath. We went to the Roman baths in Bath! First all of, Oak went to Kenn Primary to get on the coach (Jeff was our driver)  so we didn’t need to stop on the way….

Oak class joined with Year 3/4 from Kenn and went to visit Charmouth beach. The trip was part of our science topic of Rocks and Fossils and gave the children the opportunity to show our guide, Chris, how much they knew already. They certainly did us proud and could explain all about how fossils formed…

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…

Oak Class have been to Plymouth University for a podiatry workshop! It began with children finding out the names of the bones in their feet and talking about what their feet are for and how to look after them. After looking at models of feet, they then all carried out an investigation about whether taller…

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…

Oak Class have returned from their camping trip with Wildside Experience. The class have been living in tents or tipis, having food cooked on an open fire, and living in a field surrounded by animals. Children did several walks through the woods, enjoying the peace and quiet (and mud), and many of them overcame fears…

As part of our class topic on rainforests and plants, Oak class have been on a trip to the Eden Project in Cornwall. We began our trip by having a workshop called Puzzling Plants. In this, the class got to find out how plants move water from their roots to their leaves – and that…

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…

Linked to our rainforest topic, Oak Class have been doing some amazing artwork. Every child was given a long strip of paper and asked to draw the four different layers that are found in the rainforest: emergent trees, canopy, under canopy and the shrub/forest floor. After being coloured in with a water colour background and oil…

The dentist visited Oak Class this morning to check up the children’s knowledge about oral hygiene. Children were reminded about how to keep teeth clean and shown the consequences of not managing to do so! Everyone also got to use a lovely disclosing tablet to turn their tongues purple. It turns out that everyone is doing…

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…

The children in Oak class have started doing some long exposure photographs. Children looked at lots of examples and learned how to change the exposure time on a camera to allow more light into the camera lens. They also saw examples that had gone wrong so they knew what to try and avoid doing. The aim…

Children in Oak Class have created a dance linked to the book ‘Viking Boy’ by Tony Bradman, which we have been reading in class as part of our topic on Vikings. In the section the dance is created for, Gunnar and his family wake up and find their home is on fire. After a desperate…

  Have a look at some of the work done by Oak class over the last few weeks. Our topic has been the Vikings and the children did some writing based on a poem called ‘How to be a Pirate’, with a slight variation to make it fit our topic! Each child has also been…

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…

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…

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…

The Year 3 children have been learning about fractions and decimals. They have been on an amazing learning journey over the past week. This is the first time most of them have heard of tenths or decimals, but already they are confident at comparing fractions, converting tenths into decimals and ordering fractions and decimals by…

Oak Class visited Kenn Primary School for a day to learn all about the Ancient Egyptians. The History Man came up from Exeter’s RAMM museum. He had a wonderful range of Egyptian artefacts and resources for the children to use. The children had a go at wrapping up a ‘body’ (one of the children!) in…

Children from Oak Class enjoyed a ‘Wildside Experience’ last week.  The overnight camp included teamwork games, nature activities, bat detecting and even a night-time rope walk through the woods!  There was hot chocolate around the campfire before the children climbed into their sleeping bags in shared tents.  We were all woken by gentle violin music…

Recently St John’s Ambulance came in to teach Oak Class more about first aid.  We talked about how to get help from the emergency services as well as learning about putting the patient in the recovery position and bandaging wounds.