Really Wild!
Children in Class 3 spent a super afternoon learning about creatures and their habitats with the Really Wild Man from Shaldon Zoo. It was a wonderful learning experience for the children. Take a look at the amazing photos.
DLP’s First Reading Safari
Reading ambassadors from Cockwood School enjoyed meeting pupils from other Dawlish Learning Partnership Schools to discover new books and enjoy an afternoon of drama at our Reading Safari held at Exminster School. 4 pupils from each school took part in a variety of activities during the afternoon including designing their own Small Book for Big Ideas to take…
Christmas House Competition
The children worked in their house teams to make Christmas decorations out of recycled materials. It was a brilliant afternoon, where the children were busy having some fun creating some wonderful pieces! Teams were awarded additional points for great teamwork and good tidying up. Please read more to see the finished decorations. Well done to Cofton and Exe…
Cockwood Pupils get a ‘taste’ of France!
As part of a whole programme of primary outreach across a number of subject areas, a group of our year 5 and 6 pupils are visiting Dawlish Community College for additional French lessons. The children will learn more about the French language and culture through games and songs with Ms Noble, one of the Modern Foreign Language teachers…
Thankyou to Sainsburys and Class 3 news!
A huge thank you goes to Sainsburys in Dawlish and our school PFA. Sainsburys have donated the funds to help purchase two new ipads for the school and we were joined by the manager and other key staff for the presentation. We will put these to good use! Please read more to see how we…
Being innovative with ICT in Class 3
Children in Class 3 have started to use the DB Primary site and are enjoying exploring the different pages, including the Forum, and the Class 3 Homepage. Many of them have already designed their own homepage, and added a picture of their choice! Comments on the site from the children include; “This is good fun.” (Ozzie)…
Class 3 and Year 6 trip to Beer
The children had a wonderful day being creative on the beach at Beer as part of Class 3 studies. The Year 6 pupils joined the younger children to act as really positive role models and to help them through the day. Activities included bracelet making, rock pooling and pebble painting. The children even met Father…
Environment week – Sound Recording and Art Activities
The whole school have spent the week exploring our local area and working with Martin Prothero to produce some sound recordings of the River Exe. These will then feature on an interactive display for Exmoor National Park. The children enjoyed the day completing art work and science based activities on Dawlish Warren beach.
Forest School Experience
Classes 2 and 3 had a super week enjoying a Forest School Experience. They took part in activities which included making fires, investigating bugs and completing some woodland art. Pupils had a super time and we hope to continue to do more in the future!
Key Stage 1 athletics success
Well done to all of our pupils who took part in the inter schools competition in Dawlish. We are very proud – especially as we won the event and took home the plate!