Dear Family, Please find attached this half-term’s newsletter filled with lots of information about events and activities, as well as important upcoming dates. Spring 2 Newsletter Have a wonderful Easter break. Mrs Pattison

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We are delighted to announce that we have received a “Good” rating in our latest Ofsted inspection. This positive outcome is a testament to the resilience, dedication, and hard work of our entire school community, including our staff, pupils, and parents. It validates our commitment to providing an excellent education for every child at Kenton…

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We were delighted to welcome Fizz Pop Science to Kenton Primary School last term. They ran a fantastic workshop which encouraged our scientists to make connections in their knowledge and ask some brilliant questions.

Oak Class completely wowed us at the Ivy Education Trust concert! They performed a beautiful song which they had written about our remarkable journey this year when our school flooded.  

Last term we had the amazing opportunity to attended an immersive event at Hope Church where the children entered a temple and met with key characters from the Easter story. They tasted banquet foods, had their feet washed, were given money from the money lender and even had a go at putting nails into the…

We had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day and our favourite books this year!  

WELL DONE to our talented gymnasts who showed courage and skill while competing in a local gymnastics competition last half term, we are very proud of you! They had each choreographed and rehearsed routines which they performed independently in front of a judging panel.  

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A huge thank you to Outdoor Wooden Garden Furniture Ltd” for our beautiful new mud kitchen. The children have really enjoyed using it to create some wonderful messy recipes.

Chestnut Class had a wonderful workshop with Steve Manning storytelling. We learnt all about the armour and battle tactics of Greek warfare. We found out about the life of men and women in Ancient Greece. I think we all agreed we would much rather be a boy in Athens but a girl in Sparta. We…

We are so proud of the talented and courageous children at Kenton who dazzled us all in their Christmas performances this week! Footage of our shows can be enjoyed on both the BBC and ITV. https://www.itv.com/…/catch-up-on-itv-west…/9695jfx

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…

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…

Robin Hood Summer Production! Thank you to all the parents/carers for attending this year’s summer production. All the children in Kenton School did an amazing job and we hope you all thoroughly enjoyed it. A massive thank you to all the parents/carers for the hard work you put in to get the set transported and…

We were lucky to have a visitor in from the Tiny Travels Wind Rush Workshops to take all children in school on an educational trip around the world! The children explored different cultures around the world and how they live. They also looked at what they wear, what music they play as well as traditional…

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…

Sports Day! An amazing effort put in from all children across the school in each activity. A massive thank you to Mr T for planning the day, setting up the events and making the day fun for everyone! A big congratulations to the Red Kangaroos who managed to take the win this year. Well done…

We were lucky to have some amazing visitors come into school and show the children different musical instruments. They played pieces from around the world linked to the instruments. All the children enjoyed listening to the music, hearing songs from The Little Mermaid and Harry Potter!

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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…

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

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!  

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.  

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…

Children from different years were able to meet with one of the school governors. They talked about pupil voice as well as how to stay safe in school. They drew around their hands and on each finger wrote an answer to the questions the governor was asking. It was a lovely opportunity for them to…

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…

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…

April 2023

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…

One of our pupils was lucky enough to attend the coronation celebrations in London. Here are some memories of her day. This links so well with our history topic, where we are studying the hidden messages within Tudor portraits, and the theme of monarchy.    

To celebrate the start of science week, Fizz Pop science came into school to explore different science experiments with the children.   We all had a wonderful time!  

The children from year 5/6 joined together as a team to take part in the Dawlish Rotary schools quiz.  The children answered 4 rounds of general knowledge questions and had a great time!  

March 2023

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.  

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.  

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 from across the whole school have enjoyed dance lessons with Kate from Step Up and Dance.  The children have been developing their street dance skills linked to the topics/interests of the children. The children have thoroughly enjoyed lessons with Kate and the video shows a short performance from one of their lessons. https://stepupanddance.co.uk/

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!  

 February 2023

From cyberbullying to social networking to digital identity, each year Safer Internet Day aims to raise awareness of emerging online issues and current concerns.   The theme for this years day was: ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’. The children took part in different activities explain the importance of having…

Young Voices Concert. On Friday 27th January, our Young Voices Choir set off for Birmingham to perform in a concert alongside 6,000 other children from all over the country. We have been rehearsing every week since October and everyone has worked incredibly hard to learn ten different songs. We were all taken aback when we…

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.

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  

Our Author of the month for February is Colin McNaughton. He has written a wide range of picture story books, including OPPS! and Have you Ever Ever! Why not try and find his books in the library and let us know what you think!    

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…

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 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.

Chestnut Class have been on a trip to visit the House of Parliament in London. The children enjoyed a tour around the houses and we were able to go into the Central Hall and Houses of Lords.  The children enjoyed a debating workshop as well. We were lucky to have a visit from Lord Courtney…

The children have enjoyed a visit from local author Clare Helen Walsh. www.clarehelenwelsh.com Clare shared her stories with us in an assembly and then each class enjoyed a wonderful shadow puppet workshop based on her book Scissorella. They all had a wonderful time.

December 2022

The Parcel by Theatre Alibi. A giant parcel arrives at your school. And, as if that isn’t strange enough, it soon becomes clear that there are two people living inside it! They tell the children that this is their way of life – they simply put their finger on a map, choose an address and…

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.    

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.  

Online Safety During October, Jonathan Taylor visited Cockwood, Kenton and Kenn Primary Schools to deliver online safety training to teachers, governors, and parents. Jonathan is a Social Media and Online Safety Consultant with over 23 years’ experience in this field from his time served in the police force. Jonathan covered many interesting areas, including current…

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.  

Exeter Food Bank The children have collected various items of food at our harvest festival and this has been donated to the Exeter Food Bank.  Terry from the food bank came into school to tell use about the work that they do.   Thank you to everyone who donated food at our harvest festival on…

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…

Please see the link below to our October newsletter.   October Newsletter

Kenton Primary started out on the journey to becoming a rights respecting school; this means that: Pupils and adults learn about children’s rights, putting them into practice every day. In Rights Respecting Schools children’s rights are promoted and realised, adults and children work towards this goal together. There are four key areas of impact for children…

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…

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.  

 For the past few weeks, Oak class have been looking at the book ‘Five Bears’ by Catherine Rayner. We created a class story map to help us to retell the story orally and with actions.  We then had a go at creating our own story maps too. We looked at the different skills we might…

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Dear Parent/Carer As you will have probably heard, Monday 19th September will be a national Bank Holiday in respect of the State Funeral for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The Department for Education announcement to Headteachers and school leaders stated the following: The official date of the State Funeral is 19 September 2022. This day…

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Due to the severe weather warning for the South West tomorrow, including Teignbridge being subject to an official amber weather warning, the schools across Osprey learning Trust will be closed tomorrow (Friday 18th February 2022).

Dear Parent/Carer I am writing to inform you that due to the severe weather warning for the South West tomorrow, including Teignbridge being subject to an official amber weather warning, the schools across Osprey learning Trust will be closed tomorrow (Friday 18th February 2022). This is not a decision that we have taken lightly.  An amber…

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….

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We have enjoyed investigating sound in Oak class!

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.

On Wednesday 15th September Cherry Class had a lovely morning learning more about recycling as part of a workshop run by Devon Recycling.  We learned all about the things that we have at home that we can recycle and what happens to our recycling after it is collected by the Recycling team.  We really enjoyed…

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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…

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…

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...

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.

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…

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…

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…

Kenton Primary School has signed up to reducing our use of single-use plastics. Cherry Class had a Plastic Pirates workshop with Dea from Resource Futures and Chris from the Environment Agency came to tell us how plastics can affect the oceans and wildlife.  We now know some of the things we can do to help…

Welcome back to another new term in the woods and a big hello to my new forest school assistant, Sharon, who will be working with Year 3 & 4 this half term. We have already battled with the elements and relished the opportunity to get wet playing with giants pools of water on our shelter…

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.

Forest School has been very busy of late with the children showing amazing creativity in their woodland explorations. We have; made new swings, built more dens, crafted sticky weed crowns, mixed up mud pies, experimented with ropes and pulleys, woven God’s Eyes, cooked bread, sparked little fires, got messy with clay and so much more!…

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.

Over the last 12 months, it has been fairly quiet on the Academy front. As you may know, the building and school land at Kenton belong to Kenton Church Land Trustee Board, to which rent is paid. The Lease renewal is still in the process of being resolved and final papers to join Teignmouth Learning…

Cherry class have been busy creating these beautiful cards this half term. They have used the camera to take pictures of spring flowers, learnt a little of how to load them onto the computer and how to insert them into a document. The children have also learnt how to change the font style, colour and…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

All pupils and community members, past and present are welcome to help us to celebrate the 200th anniversary of schooling in the Kenton School House on Wednesday 21st November, from 2.30-4.30pm at Kenton Primary School Come in at 2.30pm to hear our school choir, see the school at work, children dressed in costumes through the…

A new Youth Theatre is starting at Dawlish College in January 2019 . Storybook Theatre will hold two sessions a week, one for years 1, 2 & 3 and one for years 4, 5 & 6 with each workshop session costing £5. The sessions are run by Lizzie Hedden who has been teaching Drama for 20 years,…

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….

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

In science with Miss Foster, Cherry class have been learning about local habitats and what local wildlife need to survive. On our welly walk we spotted and talked about habitats such as; a river, woodland, fields and long grass. We also were lucky to find some wildlife living in the habitats! All-in-all everyone enjoyed this…

Cherry Class have had a wonderful week which started with storytellers telling the story of The Rabbit who stole fire. We then had a fantastic experience when we were visited by a whole range of animals and found out where and how they live.  We produced our own pictures of these animals. We were very…

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…

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…

Cherry Class and Class 2 from Kenn School, had a super day at Killerton House at the ‘Grimm Tales’ exhibition.   We took part in lots of activities within the house, heard some of the tales told by a storyteller and followed a trail within the grounds. We found out a lot more about the tales written by the Grimm Brothers…

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.          

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…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!!

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…

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?  

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…

Cherry Class from Kenton Primary School and Class 2 from Kenn Primary School had a wonderful day together finding out more about this term’s art topic. In class we have been learning about portraits, using pencils and crayons to sketch carefully what we can see. We were lucky enough to be invited to Powderham castle…

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…

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…

In Cherry Class this term, we have been approaching topic work in a slightly different way. Children have been challenged with ‘Quests’ – a question that they can interpret in their own way, find out the answers to the question and present their work in a format of their choice.  Our first Quest was: ‘Where…

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. 

Cherry Class were invited to walk up to Powderham Castle for the 2015 Garden Festival and all had a wonderful, if slightly chilly morning! After the walk up to Powderham, the children were treated to a fireworks display and even met Lady Devon! Inside the show, they headed straight to the activities tent, especially set up for…

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!    

During the autumn term, Cherry Class enjoyed lots of learning in Maths. We mainly focused on the number system and shape and space.In shape and space, the children learnt all about the properties of 3D shapes. Here are some photographs showing them hard at work!

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!

This term in art we have been looking at the famous artist Andy Goldsworthy. We were set a challenge to create a sculpture in the style of his work using shells, sticks, leaves and stones. Check out our lovely creations! [easingsliderpro id=”5″]

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 term is ‘Planet Earth and Me’. As part of this topic, the children have learnt about our planet and space. They were very keen to learn about rockets – so we made some of our own! The children used plastic bottles, pipes and tubes to create a system to launch paper rockets…

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!  

Cherry class have had lots of fun making potions. We have been learning to measure a liquid to the nearest 100 ml. Can you estimate how much liquid is in this potion?    

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…

We are very busy this term with our topic ‘Under the Sea’. We have been looking at real fish to create detailed pencil drawings and have also been using water colours to create an under water effect.   Have a look at our fabulous fish below.     We even have a ‘Sea Cave’ to explore! In Numeracy…

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…

Cherry Class have all been very busy working on their topics ‘How do you do?’ and ‘Festivals of Light’. Here is a flavour of what we have been doing.                                               

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…