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…
The whole school family came together on Friday 6th May for a wonderful indoor picnic to celebrate King Charles III’s Coronation. Due to the weather, plans had to be changed last minute so we were very grateful to Hope Church for allowing us to use their auditorium. Staff decorated the room with bunting, sent to…
Following on from a previous post, Nate’s interveiw with Max Woosey was broadcast on Sky News last week in the FYI Coronation special. If you haven’t already seen the interview please follow the link below. Nate’s interview starts at around 8 minutes into the broadcast.
This week Gin, our Forest School Lead, spent some time with EYFS checking and observing their wormery. The children are fascinated watching the wormery develop and we will keep you posted on their progress!
This week we welcomed Tomas Williams, the South West Senior Engagement and Education Officer, to deliver a workshop to Class 1 on ‘democracy’. They explored the role of Parliament in today’s society, learnt about their own constituency and the MP, Anne-Marie Morris. This built on the children’s knowledge they learnt in Parliament Week and will…