Blog by RSmallshaw

As always, what a huge success World Book Day was at Kingsteignton School! It kicked started with a mini assembly where we were able to share some very exciting prizes! Children across the school were chosen to win a £5 book voucher to spend at their leisure on a brand new book! The winners in…

This week, the children have been very busy creating their 3LP inspired hand puppets. Using their designs, they have cut out the different shapes they needed, used a glue gun, sewed on buttons and used a running stitch to finish their puppet, securing the front and the back together. We cannot…

Over the last couple of weeks, we have been busy working in terms to create our schools for the 3LPs. The children had to use all of their knowledge that they have learnt throughout our Big Question to create a school that was waterproof and could cope with the Big Bad Wolf's huff and puff! The…

What a fantastic day!

This week, on top of Safer Internet Day, we have also been taking part in Children’s Mental Health Week, which, we are sure you will agree, is extremely important. As you know, human beings are intrinsically connected to each other, and these connections are vital for the wellbeing of all…

Yesterday, we had an assembly all around being safe on the internet, in preparation for today, which is Safer Internet Day! The learning main topic of conversation around this has been based around this year's theme ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’.

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When looking at properties of materials, it was clear that the children weren't so secure on their understanding of waterproof, absorbent, transparent and opaque. We decided to set up an experiment that would enable us to test and observe these properties of materials. Within this experiment, we…

Before bird watching, we talked about how many different birds we knew. With over twenty different species I was very impressed! Answers ranged from sparrows, woodpeckers and kingfishers to flamingos, penguins and ostriches! This led to conversations around which types of birds we would be likely…

As part of our new Design and Technology topic, that ties in with our Big Question, we are going to be designing and making hand puppets to retell the story of the 3 Little Pigs. Before we can start designing and making, it is really important that we investigate different styles of puppets and…

Welcoming the children back after the Christmas holidays was a crime scene! The children had to be police detectives and use the clues to figure out what story character had left the clues behind. The clues were revealed one at a time and in between each one, they had to think about a story that…

Has your child grown over the holidays and in need of some new uniform? Second-hand uniform is now looking much nicer and can be found just outside the school office for you to access at any time during school hours! Cash payment will be accepted by our lovely office ladies with all money going to…