On Friday 13th October an excitable bunch of Year 3 & 4 pupils from Westcliff Primary Academy and Kenton Primary School joined together for an afternoon of High 5 netball. The session was organised and led by Becky Mason from the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership along with five brilliant Year 8 Sports Leaders form 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 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…
Six primary schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership competed in an Athletics festival on the morning of 21st June 2017. The event was organised by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership and held at the beautiful grounds of Stover School. The weather was wall to wall sunshine with temperatures reaching twenty nine degrees! However, despite…
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…
Four schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership joined together yesterday afternoon for a Tag Rugby Festival. Tag Rugby is a safe, fun and exciting form of non-contact rugby as there are no scrums, line-outs or tackling allowed. On a glorious wednesday afternoon, children from Kenn & Kenton Primary Schools along with Gatehouse ACE Academy and Westcliff Primary Academy met at Westcliff’s…
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…
Last night, children from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership took part in the annual DLP Football Tournament. Teams of children from Starcross, Kenn, Kenton, Cockwood and Westcliff Primary Schools took part in a pool of matches with Westcliff claiming the most wins. As well as the trophy and medals being presented to the winning team,…
On Friday 21st April 2017, Ratcliffe School hosted the third annual Boccia Tournament to be held within the Dawlish Learning Partnership. Children from schools across the Partnership came together to play Boccia in a friendly competition. Boccia is an inclusive seated bowling game and involves two teams playing against each other to bowl their balls as close to the ‘jack’ as…
Spring has certainly sprung in Willow Class! We enjoyed bringing a splash of sunshine into our classroom with our fabulous daffodil art!