We finished the Autumn Term by having a wonderful Christmas dinner on our last day of term; everyone wore their Christmas jumpers which added to the festivities. The whole school sat down together and were served at their table by the staff. Thank you to the PFA for supplying crackers, the children loved sharing the…
The children enjoyed attending the Christingle Service at Cofton Church held by the Reverend Dallas. We had some eager volunteers who came to the front and helped to explain the symbolism and meaning of the Christingle. The children sang a range of Christmas carols and our Head Boy and Girl read out a prayer to…
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We were delighted to perform at The Langstone Cliff Hotel this week our whole school Christmas show- ‘Children of the World’. Every child took part in a variety of songs and dance routines to tell the story of how Christmas is celebrated by different cultures. Our Year 6 children took lead roles and provided the…
Well done to the choir and Miss Buttree who performed at Exeter Cathderal at the Teacher Rock Youth Choir event. They sang in front of an audience of 500 people and delivered an excellent version of ‘Somewhere Only We Know’. It was wonderful to see them join in with choirs from across Devon and perform ‘Running…
Last week Class 3 had a special visitor, a dragon came to see them in the village hall! It was a very special ‘story-telling dragon’ and he invited the children to sit inside his story tent and share books and stories. The children spent the morning doing dragon-related activities to finish off their learning based…
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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…
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…
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…