Last week, Michael from Paddle Boat Theatre Company, came in to school to support Year 3 with their poetry writing.  Based on Vincent Van Gogh ‘Starry Night’, the children spent the first day bringing the painting to life creating soundscapes and acting out what could be happening in the scene.

On the second day, the children used their learning from the previous session to start recording ideas and thoughts for their poems.  They used their senses to describe what was happening and enhanced their writing by including adjectives, similes and metaphors.

Mr Patchett from the School Sports Partnership came in to school this week to hold an impact day.  The children engaged in a variety of cricket activities that supported their development of skills.  They  enjoyed worked with partners and in groups to practise ball skills and team work.

We had an amazing afternoon learning from Patrice Naiambana yesterday. Patrice is part of the Tunnels of Love project (designed by Newton Abbot Community Interest Company) that will see the underpass/subway area around Pen Inn roundabout become a site for art installations and displays. Our children’s learning will end up as part of those displays! We took part in a drumming workshop to help us listen to the patterns within sentences, then we used this learning to write about our lives – games we enjoy playing, our hobbies and any stories we wanted to put onto paper. Thanks for an amazing afternoon, Patrice!

Newton Abbot College PE team visited our school to help us try out some new sports. We tried out yoga and we loved it! We practised some poses on our own then got together with a partner to work on some tricky poses together. It was great fun and we will be practising yoga more in the future.