We were delighted when over 200 family, friends, teachers and governors joined us on Thursday 11th June at The Langstone Cliff Hotel at our first ever Poetry Slam! The evening celebrated the beautiful parts of Devon, where we live and learn, through poetry and performance and showcased the amazing talent we have within the schools across the Dawlish Learning…
On Wednesday 10th June Gatehouse ACE Academy entertained Cockwood Primary School in a girls followed by a boys, 5 a side match. The girls game started at a frantic pace with both teams trying to attack at every opportunity. Gatehouse scored half way through the first half with a well taken goal, the score remained…
On Thursday 4th June, Digital Leaders from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership joined together at Dawlish Community College to showcase the exciting technological projects they have been working on back in their schools. Children from Exminster, Kenton, Cockwood, and Westcliff Primary Schools along with students from Dawlish Community College took part. The evening began with a talk…
On Wednesday 20th May 2015, six schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership took part in the annual DLP Swimming Gala, held at Dawlish Leisure Centre. Each school took a team of 12 children from years 4, 5 and 6. Firstly, the children had to compete in individual events, later followed by three relays. The…
On Friday 1st May, Ratcliffe School hosted the first Key Stage 2 Boccia Competition to be held within the Dawlish Learning Partnership. The idea was to invite local schools together to learn how to play Boccia and then to have a friendly competition which would involve teams playing against each other in a knockout competition….
On a beautiful Spring afternoon on the Cockwood Village Green, Cockwood Primary School entertained Gatehouse ACE Academy in an 8 overs per side cricket match. Gatehouse decided to bowl first and all of the bowlers showed good accuracy and control when bowling. Cockwood scored 149 runs during their innings. Gatehouse struggled to despatch the Cockwood bowlers to…
This week children from Cockwood Primary School took part in the 2015 DLP Football Festival. Teams of 9 children from Starcross, Kenn, Kenton, Cockwood and Westcliff Primary Schools took part in a pool of matches at the Sandy Lane Astro Pitch in Dawlish, with the final held between Kenn and Starcross. The games were kindly refereed by students from…
Fairtrade fortnight has started and today we were delighted to have Paul Tiony, a Fairtrade tea producer from Kenya, along with Sue Errington and Alison Derrick from Devon Development Education come in to school and talk to children about Fairtrade. Children from Cockwood and Westcliff Schools as well as students at Dawlish Community College heard all about the…
On Friday 30th January children from Cockwood, Kenn, Kenton and Starcross Primary Schools, led by Mrs Lunn, teacher at Kenn and Kenton and Mr Darren Cooke, woodwind teacher, took part in a woodwind band workshop. The children were given music to learn and practice at home before they all came together at the workshop. An enjoyable afternoon…
This term in physical education the children in Class 1 have been focussing on dance. Whilst everyone has made amazing progress, the video below is the final performance of the group that Mr Keast judged to have made the most progress.