Pupils engaged with our workshops last week exploring inequality by immersing themselves in a range of different cultures. They learnt about the importance of celebrating differences and valuing and respecting every person. The sessions were interactive and they were able to touch authentic crafts, musical instruments and textiles from different countries, some children enjoyed dressing…
We were incredibly lucky to be offered the chance to send 5 Year 4 pupils to Torquay Boys’ Grammar School for a Fibonacci Workshop last week. They took part in a range of activities, in Maths they looked at the magic of numbers within the Fibonacci sequence and through drama they explored patterns in language…
Class 3 have been reading the book, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell. EYFS really enjoyed painting their own owls and constructing a nest for them using a range of materials. This links with their current topic of ‘Creatures Great and Small’.
Today Class 3 had another special visitor- a little lamb from a local farm. Our youngest children in EYFS and Year 1 were so excited to meet the 7 week old lamb and they all had the chance to feed it with a bottle. It has been hand reared by adults so loved all the…
Congratulations to our Year 5/6 pupils who attended the Athletics Festival in Dawlish yesterday. We are very proud to announce that they came 1st and were praised for their sportsmanship,behaviour and manners. They enjoyed taking part in the various events and supported each other with words of encouragement. Fabulous effort Team Cockwood- well done!
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What a busy week we had last week at the Devon County Show! On Thursday, the choir were delighted to be invited to sing on the Radio Exe stage in front of a large crowd. They sang a range of songs including: Yellow by Coldplay, Our Song by Elton John and an Abba medley. Fabulous…
We were delighted to finally see the Cockwood School scarecrow enjoying the sunshine at the Devon County Show. He took pride of place at the front of the Farmwise stand, along with other King Charles ‘look-a-likes’. Well done to Stanley and Sally Stoneman who spent many hours putting him together, luckily lots of the children…
Pupils from across the school, Year 1-6, enjoyed a morning at Dawlish Warren to enhance their geographical knowledge. Year 1 were working on compass skills. They found north and then used the compass to find the direction of key human and physical features of Dawlish Warren from their location. Class 2 were given two different…
Year 6 were incredible last week- they rose to the challenge of SATS and we were very proud of their effort. They approached the tests with a positive attitude and it was lovely to see them come together as a group to support each other. They all enjoyed coming in for SATs breakfast and a…