David Smith – Commonwealth champion
You will never guess who visited our school today?... David Smith. He is a commonwealth champion from Glasgow. He can jump over 7 feet 😮 He is a professional high jumper! He is in our school today working with KS2…
Lila’s Climb – A poem of perseverance
This term, Year 4 have been reading and enjoying The Firework Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman. We are reaching the end of the book now just as our heroine, Lila, is reaching the climax of her journey. But first she…
Y6 Shelters with electric lights
Year six had a creative day today, constructing shelters we have designed. To link with our science and improve the comfort of these bomb shelters, we included electric lighting, complete with handmade switches. We worked really cooperatively with our partners…
Working Together We Can Make the World a Better Place!
Another brilliant effort by Mrs Baker and Year 4. What a message!
Dogs Trust Maths
This afternoon, Year 4 met Anthea from the charity Dog’s Trust. She came to talk to use about how much it actually costs to look after a dog properly. First, we had to write a shopping list for all the…
Year 4 Visit Lapworth Museum
Today, Year 4 visited one of our favourite places - the Lapworth Museum! We met up with Anna, who we first met last year when we went for our Dinosaur visit. This time, we went to consolidate our learning and…
KS2 Lego Club
Key Stage 2 Lego club has been lots of fun so far this half term. We are currently 7th in the national leader board of 79 schools (Tiverton Key Stage 1 are FIRST!) If anyone would like to vote, every…
National Poetry Day
To celebrate National Poetry Day, we explored the famous war poem, In Flanders Fields by John McCrae. This also links to our IPC topic and our class novel, Private Peaceful. We played a game called running dictation to familiarise ourselves…
DT skills – The result? Tasty Leek and Potato Mash for Tea!
Despite a very dry growing season, Year 4 still managed to dig up a bumper crop of produce from the school growing beds this week. They worked hard to uproot and unearth all these tasty leeks and potatoes, ready for…