Once again this year we have been extremely grateful to Dartmoor Christmas Tree Farm for their donation of a fabulous tree. This year our theme for decoration was ‘Climate Change’ and each class chose one of the environmental books recently donated to the school by Dawlish Water Rotary Club as their stimulus. As you will…
Year 4 and 5 children have loved spending time and exploring our new Forest School site in the Teign Valley. They whittled sticks to toast marshmallows, made leaf crowns, decorated pebbles and enjoyed the freedom of being in a natural environment. The children built a fire with Gin and helped her to clear the stream…
Staff and pupils thoroughly enjoyed dressing up in their pyjamas for Children in Need day. Across the school children took part in a range of activities and raised an amazing £139.90. Everyone especially loved the Pudsey cookies, which has become a Cockwood tradition. Our younger children made Pudsey masks and in Class 1 and 2…
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We were incredibly proud when one of our Year 6 boys recently represented the Teignbridge constituency at the COP26 Youth Parliament. Leo, who has a keen interest in politics and the environment, was chosen as he always engages well in our weekly debates and discussions based on topical issues. The virtual parliament was opened by…
We were delighted to receive a series of books generouly donated by Dawlish Water Rotary Club. The books are all based on the issue of climate change. They are age-appropriate and explain these key enviornemntal issues in a positive and gentle way. The books are written by a local author from Looe in Cornwall and…
The children had a fantastic time enjoying a super musical workshop with Kip Pratt. Kip came in and spent time with both Class 1 and 2, and taught them some new songs that can be enjoyed in the playground. The children learnt the new songs very quickly, and had a fantastic time adding actions to…
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Class 2 were so disappointed to have to cancel our Dartmoor river trip (again) so we decided to practise some of our geography skills a bit more locally. We looked at the mouth of the River Exe and thought about the direction the water was flowing in. Then we looked at the tributary stream that runs…
Class 1 have really engaged with learning about Black History Month; they were asked to think of someone who inspires them and then research what makes them special. They chose a wide range of influential black people including Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Marcus Rashford and Idris Elba. We will build on this learning over the…