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This afternoon the story of Jonah the Groaner was brought to life by 'Open the Book' and a few helpers.  We learnt that the overarching message from of this story is that of compassion which is one of our school values.  We also learnt that Christians believe that even though Jonah had let God…

This afternoon we became adventurers, exploring Planet Earth.

We enjoyed crawling through the tunnel, following the fairy lights into the dome,  where we looked at the night sky and images of planet Earth from space.   We visited the jungle, savannah, desert and found out about deforestation in…

In D&T, we have been making wooden photo frames.

We first created designs to ensure that we were meeting the design criteria. The design criteria specified that our theme should be 'Year 6 Leavers' so that we could remember our classmates when we move on to secondary school. 

The class have…

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…

At Kingsteignton School we want reading to be more than something that the children have to do at school.  We want reading to become something that the children choose to do because they enjoy it!   As Dr Seuss once said, “You can find magic wherever you look.  Sit back and relax, all you need is…

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…

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 

Not only did your toy donations help us to raise lots of money at the Christmas Fayre for our school, but they have now gone on to Riviera Life Church Food Bank to help even more people at Christmas time! What a lovely thing to see! 

Today we really did get into the festive spirit! With our Christmas jumpers and reindeer hats at the ready, we enjoyed a wonderful Christmas lunch cooked by the school kitchen. There was plenty of cracker pulling, joke telling and Christmas brownie eating! It was so lovely to see all of their…

Today we really did get into the festive spirit! With our Christmas jumpers and reindeer hats at the ready, we enjoyed a wonderful Christmas lunch cooked by the school kitchen. There was plenty of cracker pulling, joke telling and Christmas brownie eating! It was so lovely to see all of their…