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As an additional sports session, the children were invited to take part in a Torquay United rounders workshop where they were able to build up their throwing skills so that, by the end, they were able to take part in a rounders match with their peers. This was a very active session and one that…

We were ever so lucky today! The children had some very cute visitors in Primrose class... baby chicks! Every child had the opportunity to hold a baby chick and get up close to them. One was particularly noisy which was quite amusing! The children showed great bravery and had big smiles on their…

Today, for our Open the Book Assembly, we looked at the story of David and Goliath. David was a shepherd boy and Goliath was a fearsome warrior. The Israelites and the Philistines were at war and the Philistine army had a giant of a champion called Goliath. No-one has ever been brave enough to…

This half term Open the book performed the story of David and Goliath.  David was a shepherd boy and Goliath a fearsome warrior.  In this story we learned that the Israelites and the Philistines were at war and the Philistine army had a giant of a champion in Goliath. No-one had ever been brave…

A huge well done to Year 6 for completing 6 SATS tests this week!

The children have worked so incredibly hard and we are so proud of them for what they have achieved this week. 

Today, we marked the end of the last paper with a water fight, a nerf gun fight and a film with…

Friday was such a lovely celebration for the King's Coronation, which will be such a memorable event in history for our children! We had such a busy morning where we created a collaborative Coronation banner that will be displayed in the school for years to come. After lunch, we then came together…

Today, a very special visitor, Clive Pig, came in to school to teach us about Ancient Greek Myths. We learnt lots of myths, a new song and even had a go at bartering! We can't wait to continue learning about Ancient Greece in upcoming weeks!

Today, we had a special visitor at school. Kip came to teach us how to play ukeleles! We learnt how to play TWO songs on the ukelele and performed them beautifully at the end. We can't wait to learn more songs on the ukeleles with Kip next year! 

For our class treat, we had a bikes and scooters day where we set up a track and rode around on our bikes and scooters. Our track included traffic lights, cones to ride around, parking spaces, shops and even zebra crossings! Miss Johns, Mrs Brassington and Mrs Burnham even joined in with a race on…

Today, we had a very special visitor called Rayson. He was born in Kenya and moved to the UK in 2001. Rayson gave us an insight into what is was like living in Kenya and their traditions. This included things like the climate, what they wear, what they eat etc. To truly give us an experience of…

This afternoon, we were treated to a re-telling of the Easter Story by Open the Book.

Through the story we learnt that, to Christian's, Easter is much more than chocolate Easter eggs.  We discovered what happened when Jesus died on the cross and considered how surprised Jesus's friends were…

Today we had a cricket workshop today! This gave us a taster of two key cricket skills, batting and fielding. The children had a wonderful time and I think we will have lots of children who have found a new love in cricket!

These workshops were provided by Devon Cricket Board which is based in…