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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…

After Friday, I think we are all 'Knock Knock' and 'What do you call a...' worn out! Lots of jokes meant lots of laughter coming from Primrose Class which was a joy to hear! The sea of red in assembly too was also pretty impressive! Thanks for all your efforts to help us celebrate Red Nose Day…

WOW! What a gorgeous event for all the lovely ladies who deserve lots of appreciation! From bingo to bouquets… it sure was an afternoon full of love, cake and competitiveness! A big well done to all of our deserved winners!

Monkeys, tortoises and ostriches… oh my!

Monkeys, tortoises and ostriches… oh my! Not to mention cheetahs, zebra, giraffes, multiple breeds of monkeys and all other manners of fascinating creatures!

If these pictures are anything to go by, we had a right giraffe at Paignton Zoo today. Though, we should address the elephant in the…

Once all the schools had been made, it was time to put them to the test! First, we tested how waterproof they were. We started with a droplet of water, then a spoonful and finally, a whole cup of water! All of the schools were pretty waterproof and would definitely have kept the piggies dry! We…

Over the last few weeks we have been learning about Judaism.  Today we recapped our understanding of what Shabbat is and how and why it is celebrated.  We recreated some aspects of Shabbat by making Challah bread and drinking grape juice.  The children worked in groups to follow the recipe,…

Well... after lots and lots of hard work, patience and determination, we have 30 INCREDIBLE hand puppets. The children have used cutting and sewing skills to produce these incredible outcomes and each and every child is SO proud with how they have turned out. We are sure you will agree how amazing…