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Code Club
Children in Key Stage 2 have been thoroughly enjoying their Code Club sessions with Paula Taylor. Our Digital Leaders are being upskilled by Paula, using micro:bits and coding to learn about how these new technologies work. In the Spring term they will be using Raspberry Pis and python coding, and can’t wait to find out…
Class 1 Forest School
This term our Year 6 children and half of Year 5 are attending Forest School on Monday afternoons. This week the children learnt how to do Ancient Nordic weaving, they also had the chance to explore the site and be ‘present’ in the natural environment. After a safety briefing, they were able to use the…
Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize 2022
At Cockwood we are very excited to have been selected to form a judging panel for the Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize 2022. The prize celebrates the very best science books for under-14s and aims to encourage young readers to satisfy their curiosity by immersing themselves in the wonderful world of science. A shortlisting panel…
Computing in Class 3
Our Year 1 children have been working hard this half term, learning how to click and drag and make their own pictures. The focus today was to make a self portrait, using a variation of lines and techniques. The children worked hard to carefully control their mouse and make a super picture. After, we talked…
Music in the Castle- London Myriad Ensemble
This week we were very lucky to be able to take a group of children to the wonderful Powderham Castle for a musical performance from the London Myriad Ensemble. The ensemble included musicians playing the flute, bassoon, clarinet and oboe. The children listened to a range of musical pieces, from The Pink Panther to Gershwin,…
Autumn Reading Challenge
Over half term we set a challenge for pupils to send in a photo of themself reading either somewhere ‘different’ or a photo with an ‘autumnal feel’. We had lots of super entries and we were delighted with the response. Reading is the most important thing you can do to help your child and we…
Class 3 ‘Reader of the Day’
Each day in Class 3 we have a ‘Reader of the Day’, a child brings in a book they love from home to share with their friends. We have already had a wide variety of texts including fiction and non-fiction. This is proving to be very popular and something the children look forward to at…
Class 1 WW2 Assembly
Class 1 delighted everyone with their wonderful assembly last week; they looked amazing and through facts, acting, songs and dance they told the story of the key events in WW2. It is great to see our pupils so confident when stood delivering lines,they made eye contact with the audience and spoke with clarity. Their rendition…
October Newsletter
Please click the link below to view the October Newsletter: October Newsletter