Welcome back everybody! Just a reminder of three opportunities each week for children to complete home learning tasks at school. Each session is free and there will be a member of staff there to help the children where needed. The sessions are based in the school library at the following times: 

 

Wednesday 8.30am with Miss Jones 

Thursday 3.15-4pm with Miss Haley 

Friday 3.15- 4pm with Mrs Nicholas 

 

Thank you!

A new term and a new sport! Year 3 were the first to play Rocketball or Lacrosse as its sometimes called. Both classes looked at how to correctly pick the ball up from the floor as well as practicing throwing, rolling and catching the ball in pairs and individually. A big hit with all the children.     

Before breaking up for half term it was tag rugby game week and an opportunity for the children to put the skills learnt into practice. Sadly it rained heavily for the year 6 session so we’re restricted to some indoor PE, hopefully we can find time to do it again. Year 5 had fun in their session showing great understanding of the game with some brilliant defending with lots of tags being taken as well as some excellent passing, teamwork and attacking play. Well done both year groups.

Today Year 2 were lucky enough to kick start our new learning about "Towers, Tunnels and Turrets" with a fantastic visit to Powderham Castle in Exteter. 

The children (and adults!) had a brilliant time touring the castle and learning all about the Earl of Devon and the family history. We walked through each room in the castle, taking note of all the paintings, furniture, stair cases and lights. The rooms had "secret doors" which the children were keen to spot. Some were so cleverly disguised that we struggled to find them! 

We took in the view of the back of the castle, some parts being over 400 years old. The deer park was beautiful too. The guides commented on what super questioning skills the children had; some stumped the guides as they did not know all the answers! 

The children really shone today and showcased their enquiring minds. Well done to all. 

Thank you also to the adults who supported our children today.   

The Sprites and the Pixies had lots of fun today for their first P.E. lesson. We have been learning how to be gymnasts by learning some new moves including: tuck, star, pike and straight. 

In Year 3 this morning, we worked collaboratively in pairs to take our writing to our best using our editing ladders. We are becoming much more confident with giving our peers supportive next steps. 

This afternoon, Year 6 had some very special visitors... 

We were joined by some lovely ladies from the Bluebird Care Home. They came in to look at our World War II learning, shared some of their own experiences and also played some games with us. We had a wonderful afternoon; there were smiles on the faces of all! 

Today we have been to Powerdham Castle exploring its towers, tunnels and turrets! We enjoyed listening to our tour guide as she took us around the enchanting castle. We learnt lots of interesting facts! Did you know.... the seventeenth Earl of Devon is currently residing in the castle. After our tour, we used the castle maps to locate ourselves around the grounds. We also found spots to sit around the castle to draw detailed sketches. What a fantastic day we had and what a fantastic way to start our new topic! 

We are looking forward to welcoming you back tomorrow and are very excited about our first P.E. session with Mr Watson in the morning. Just a reminder to please bring P.E. kits tomorrow and every Tuesday morning this half term. We will be posting some pictures of the fun we have tomorrow for you to see. See you in the morning! 

If you go down to the woods today... you will see that we have a new, snazzy entrance to greet you!

 

Many thanks to Mrs Nicholas and Mr Hasler and their families for giving up their valuable time to come and make our school a better, greener place. Lots of sweat, effort and tea to make a big difference.