News Letter – 23rd of September 2021
Please down our latest newsletter. Kenton 23rd September 2021
Willow Class – Recycling Workshop
Willow Class had a fabulous afternoon taking part in a composting workshop run by the Devon Waste Recycling Team. We learnt about where lots of our rubbish goes but specifically we learnt about composting. The children pretended to be minibeasts munching their way through banana peels, apple cores and other compostables and learnt what happened…
Virgin Money Enterprise Project-Chestnut Class
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…
Exmouth Beach Trip
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…
Archaeological Props
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…
Easter at Kenton 2021
We had lovely Easter celebrations in school. All of the children learnt and performed a dance, a class song, and also created some beautiful Easter art. As ever, the standard of this work was incredible, so well done to all involved, especially the stars of the show - the children! We had many technical issues...
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Chestnut Class Y5/6
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.
Forest School Y5/Y6
We have been grateful for the drier weather at forest school and for a burst of sunshine. Year 5 & 6 made their own wooden bubble wands and ‘magic’ mix with some ingredients to make super large bubbles! Our bubbles looked amazing catching the light of the low winter sunshine. We have also been experimenting…
Young Writers
Pupils from Chestnut Class created their own mini sagas as part of the Young Writers’ ‘A Wander In the Woods’ competition. We are thrilled to announce that Daisy (year 6) and Faith (year 5) have each been awarded a merit certificate for their pieces of writing. Faith’s mini saga is called ‘The Hopeful Sailor and…
Forest School
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…