Willow Class were joined by some very special visitors today. We had Marie from Animals2U South West come and visit us at Hope Church bringing 4 exciting friends with her. The children were lucky to meet Slips the Giant African land snail, Prince the Royal Python snake, Harvey the Hamster and Faye the Polecat. For…

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

Year one pupils in Willow joined Kenn CofE Primary School students on their trip to Paignton Zoo. The children enjoyed seeing many different animals around the zoo including giraffes, zebras and more. Our year one students were even joined by their class toy, Barnaby Bear!

As part of celebrating Black History Month, Kenton Primary were visited by Tiny Travels. The children took part in workshops throughout the morning to explore identity and heritage as well as learning about African countries and culture.

Our Forest School Leader is working with all the children at school to explore watercolor artwork based on ‘The Crown by Emily Kapaff’.  She is a local author who has written a book about sustainability and our environment. Emily Kapaff has both written and illustrated the book. The children in Willow class have spent some…

Our children in Willow class took a lovely trip to the Donkey Sanctuary. They enjoyed the day walking around and meeting the donkeys. The children especially loved meeting their Willow class donkey, Drizzle! They learnt about how the donkeys are taken care of in the sanctuary and the work they do to keep them all…

Looking good Willow class! Building up to tomorrow’s celebration for the King’s Coronation, the children in Willow have been decorating their own crowns. They all loved sticking on the gems and getting creative, keep up the great work!  

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…

In Willow’s PSHE lesson, they practiced what they would do in an emergency. The children each phoned 999 and learnt to ask for the ambulance service because their patient was not breathing! Willow learnt to clearly say their address and also tell the caller if they are with a responsive adult. Well done Willow for…

In Willow’s PSHE lesson, they practiced what they would do in an emergency. The children each phoned 999 and learnt to ask for the ambulance service because their patient was not breathing! Willow learnt to clearly say their address and also tell the caller if they are with a responsive adult. Well done Willow for…

Willow class worked with Mr Baxter SSCO when he visited Kenton Primary School.  The children worked well together in their teams to develop their sportsmanship skills.  

Willow class have been visited by story teller Steve Manning. He has told the children a variety of different stories about animals.  The children then drew. pictures of some one the characters from the stories they heard. A great afternoon had by all. www.stevemanningstorytelling.co.uk  

Children in Willow class have produced some beautiful art work using rollers and splodgers.  They have explored textures and colours. The children started by choosing objects that would create interesting patterns. Once the base patterns were dry the children discussed what shapes they could see and decided on a dragon, solider and flowers. The children…

The five senses. In science we have been looking at the five senses, we used our sense of smell to identify some food and drink items. The children then looked at adjectives to describe the different items “sweet, zesty, fresh and herby”  

The children in year 1 have been working hard to become independent writers.  The children use word mats to support this. Here is a recent example of some beautiful writing.  

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.  

In Willow Class our topic this half term is called `Wonderful me! We are all wonderful in our class but we wondered what would happen if we didn’t feel very wonderful and had to visit a hospital to get better.  Nicki is a nurse and she came into Willow Class to talk to the children…

The lady from SCARF (Relationships and Health Education) came to talk to us about keeping our bodies healthy. The children learnt about the role of our bones, heart, lungs, stomach , intestines and brain. The children met Harold the Giraffe who talked to the children about the importance of washing our hands, brushing our teeth…

Theatre Alibi visited Kenton Primary. We loved listening to the story telling and enjoyed the beautiful songs and dancing. Willow children commented on how they loved to see beautiful colours and material appear from underneath the actors’ clothes.

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!…

Reception and Year One children enjoyed the marvellous sunshine in the woods this week. We’re hoping that spring has finally sprung – we certainly heard enough bird song to suggest it might be the case! After spending time exploring, climbing, swinging and holding an impromptu mud-based tea party, we all settled down for a snack…

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.    

We had a wonderful trip to Sainsbury’s, as part of our school Science Week. The children were all very excited about catching the school minbus. On arrival, Sainsbury’s took us to a special, behind the scenes room, where we were given an outline of the day. The children then had the chance to make pizza,…

Students from University of Exeter Medical School visited children in Willow and Cherry Class this week to help them understand the importance of hygiene.  The students received a grant from the Royal College of Pathology London, to be used specifically on carrying out presentations and activities in schools during the week starting 6th November National…

Spring has certainly sprung in Willow Class! We enjoyed bringing a splash of sunshine into our classroom with our fabulous daffodil art!    

We had a wonderful day at Buckfast Abbey, learning about Easter and seeing the sights in the amazing Abbey. The children had time to play and explore the beautiful grounds, a workshop which included hearing the Easter story and being given a toy donkey, and time in the Abbey itself, following a trail to discover…

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…

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…

Our Reception children have been learning to write using lots of different resources and inspirations. All the children in the school are learning how to write their letters in a cursive style, which will help children with their joined writing and presentation.  To help the Reception children learn these tricky letter formations, our amazing Year…

In Willow Class, our Foundation children have been doing lots and lots of super maths! In adult led and child initiated learning, the children have been developing their understanding of number using a range of resources, including Numicon, counters, Multilink and other concrete representations of number. We are really pleased with how the children are…

Our new starters have been with us for a month now. We are delighted with how they have all settled and are starting to get used to school routines and activities. Each new starter has had a Year 5 or 6 buddy to sit with at lunch, and these buddies have been amazing – very…

This week we have themed our learning around the story ‘Supertato’ by Sue Hendra. We received a letter from the Evil pea to say he had kidnapped the carrots and had frozen them in a bowl of water! As a class we had to write a letter to plan their release! We have been designing…

This week Willow Class have been explorers! We have discovered some Dinosaur eggs, Dinosaur footprints and a Dinosaur Dig pit. Our new summer topic is “Let’s Explore” we have asked the children what they would like to explore and we are very excited about the results. Keep posted for more adventures!!

In Willow Class this week we have been measuring in length. We have looked measuring with cubes, we have used language such as longer than, shorter than and we have also started to look at using a ruler. We have also had lots of fun trying to measure the width of our classroom. We counted…

Willow Class have been creating some artwork in the style of the famous artist Wassily Kandinsky. We have been looking at colour mixing and how to create lighter and darker shades of colours. Have a look at our Gallery, we are super proud of our final pieces!

This week in Willow Class, we have been investigating which objects float and which objects sink. We predicted what would happen first and then tested them to see if we were correct. Next week we will be using this knowledge of materials to make boats. We are going to see how many marbles they can…

In Willow Class we have been using animals to help us count in 2’s. We have learnt the song ‘The animals went in two by two’. Next week we will be doing our daily count in 2s.      

Willow Class have been very busy with their new topic, Noah’s Ark this term. So far we have made Rainbow promises, built a role play Ark, painted rainbows, learnt about colour mixing and counted animals in twos! The class also performed the song “The animals went in two buy two” with musical instruments (around the school…

This half term we have been doing gymnastics in PE. Mr Tyrrell has been helping us learn to jump, roll and move in many ways. We have also been linking it to our topic, Noah’s Ark. Can you guess what animals we are trying to be? \    

The children in Willow Class have been making the most of the frosty weather this week. In Phonics we have been mark making in the ice! Firstly we went on a Letter hunt to see what letters we could form in the frost, then we challenged ourselves and write tricky words in the ice. Brrrrrrrrrilliant!

We have been working hard at becoming fantastic writers, our weekly finger gym is helping us develop our fine motor control. We have also been looking at ways of developing our Gross Motor skills through sweeping, brushing, painting and ribbon dancing in our handwriting sessions. This has helped us with our letter formation and Miss…

Willow Class had an exciting opportunity to ask questions to a very special character from a Story…. Noah! They have been looking at asking interesting questions to find out more about the character. We have been using the starters, Why? What? When? and How?  

This term in Willow Class we have been working hard at our writing. The finger gym helps us to build strength in fine motor activities, which will help with our writing. Here are some of the activities we have been doing below…

Willow Class have been busy meeting lots of animals for Animal week. They met Tess the tortoise from Powderham Castle, Beeble the dog and lots more animals that live around us. In the next few weeks the children will be busy learning all about Safari animals and the African Savannah whilst also enjoying their new Safari Jeep Roll Play area!…

Reverend Mark from Kenton Parish Church was kind enough to come in to visit Cherry and Willow class. He helped launch our topic “Magic and Mystery”. We were shown lots of illusions and tricks. Miss Coleman even assisted with one of the tricks! Check out our pictures below…. 1,2,3 upsee daisy!  

In Willow class we have been leaning how to perform magic tricks. Check out our new magic trick activity table!      

We have been working on our fine motor skills in Willow. Our New Finger gym activity helps us to develop strong, flexible fingers, hands and arms. It promotes better hand-eye co-ordinations, differentiated movement and manual dexterity. This week’s activity is: Can you match the magic gems to the correct number using the tweezers?

In Literacy we have been reading the book “Professor Puffendorf secret potions” by Robin Tzannes. We have been designing and making our very own potions in our new Potion Laboratory. We will also be learning lots about capacity in numeracy!    

Happy New Year Everyone! We hope you have had a restful break and are looking forward to the New year! This term our topic is Magic and Mystery, here are some of the things that we will be getting up to over the next few weeks!

We have had a fantastic trip to Exeter Cathedral, we went on a hunt to find clues which told the Christmas story. Making decorations was lots of fun too! [easingsliderpro id=”6″]      

Dough disco is fun and active, it helps the brain gain control over the fingers and warm fingers up ready to write by developing fine motor control.  Try it at home!  Just ask your child to guide you through rolling, squeezing, working the thumbs and slapping the dough!!

In Willow Class we have been learning all about Bonfire Night. We have learnt how to keep safe on Bonfire night and why we celebrate it. We really enjoyed creating firework posters using wax crayons and blue ink! We have also been writing Firework acrostic poems in Literacy.

This half term we will be learning all about Traditional Tales, we will be looking at Little Red Riding Hood in lots of detail. Today we found lots of wolf footprints in the playground! I wonder who they belong to? They led the way to our new Wolf’s mud kitchen and Grandma’s cottage! Watch this…

Our topic this half term is Mini beasts. We have had lots of fun designing and creating bug hotels using natural materials. We looked closely at different habitats and carefully selected materials to create 5 different layers. We are very excited to find out who comes to stay in out hotels!  

This half term Cherry and Willow class had an exciting opportunity to visit Plymouth Aquarium. We learnt lots about different habitats under the sea and it was fantastic to see lots of different Sea creatures. Watch this space for lots of literacy work linked to our Aquarium trip!

Much of our work this half term is based around the theme of ‘Under the Sea’ and as part of our topic we looked at some real dead fish, we felt them and picked them up. We thought of some words to describe them.. how they felt and what they smelt like. Then we drew them…

Willow’s topic this half term is all about the Rainforest. Welcome to our Rainforest!     We have been learning lots about the different layers of the Rainforest and the amazing animals that live there.   Would you like to camp out in our Rainforest shelter?!   We have also been doing some beautiful sewing…

Willow Class and everybody getting into the spirit of Christmas with our live natvity and Christmas Open Afternoon.  Our live nativity was very well performed with everyone playing their part well including Harry the Donkey and our guest lambs. We were very pleased that we were able to welcome our new and younger visitors and…

Twelve children from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 took part in an inter-school athletics competition at Dawlish Leisure Centre. The children competed against 6 other primary schools in javelin, shot put, speed bounce, target throwing, sprinting and relay. Kenton came, a really impressive, third place.

We are very pleased that we were able to welcome lots of young visitors and their parents, carers and extended family to our Open Afternoon.  Our visitors were welcomed with singing from our school choir and then dressed up and took part in our Christmas Nativity along with our visiting lambs and donkey, Harry. Whilst…