I wanted to try a new vocabulary activity called 'Shades of Meaning'.  I picked up from the Consortium symposium we all attended on Wednesday in Exeter. To do this, we needed a few synonyms for 'happy' so I asked the children for ideas. The list they produced is...

This might not seem like a big issue but we checked the marbles today and there is not a single one missing. The reason that this is impressive is that for the past two terms, the children have been running their own snack times, using marbles to create new teams each...

A group of children really wanted to find out if heavier cars travelled faster than lighter cars. They used a balance to work out which cars were heavier and which were lighter but that was not good enough for them. They needed to know the mass of each car. We could...

Thursday mornings are such a special time for us. We all walk up to the studio to spend time with our families and friends celebrating those fantastic things we have done that make our school and community so special. Blue certificates are awarded for thoughtfulness,...

It was wonderful to see so many of you able to join your children in creating some fantastic spring craft productions. There were April shower dream catchers, Spring Chicken feather making, daisy designing and daffodil developing and of course, egg painting. These...

Year 2 had a brilliant afternoon with Rev Daniel's at Shaldon Methodist Church, exploring the Christian perspectives around Easter. I hope they told you all about it! The children learned about Springtime as the time when the world around us awakens from its winter...

We brought the children together on Wednesday for a creative challenge based on 'Tell me a Dragon' by Jackie Morris. The children worked in mixed year teams to create their own page that would go together to form their own book. We want to give the year 1s lots of...

We prepared and planted our wheat fields today.  The ground was left over winter with compost and mulch and so removing the weeds was easy today. We tilled and toiled until we were ready to sow our seeds. This wheat should be ready in time for Harvest Festival in...