On Tuesday 15th March six schools from across the DLP met at the Dawlish Leisure Centre to take part in the annual DLP Cross Country Run. Runners were split into teams of children from years 3 & 4, who completed one lap of the 1100m course and teams of children from years 5 & 6 ran…
On Wednesday 2nd December 2015, children from four schools across the Dawlish Learning Partnership took part in the annual DLP Swimming Gala, held at Dawlish Leisure Centre. Each school had a team of 12 children from years 4, 5 and 6. Firstly, the children had to compete in individual events, including breaststroke, backstroke and front crawl, later followed by…
With the 2015 Rugby World Cup still in full swing, six schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership joined together for a Tag Rugby Festival. Tag Rugby is a safe, fun and exciting form of non-contact rugby as there are no scrums, line-outs or tackling allowed. On a chilly wednesday afternoon, children from Exminster, Kenton, Cockwood, Starcross &…
The school enjoyed a wonderful sports day afternoon in the sun. The children loved the competitive races and supported their teams. Well done to Powderham House who secured the trophy this year.
The Cockwood School Running Club welcomed Memory Maker Man to their session this week. The children are competing in the Torbay Half Marathon in June and running to support his charity – THNN or Torbay Holiday Helpers Network, who support seriously ill children and their families by providing much needed holidays. They help make memories…
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…
On Wednesday 1st October eight schools from across the DLP met at the Dawlish Leisure Centre to take part in the annual DLP Cross Country Run. Runners were split into teams of children from years 3 & 4, who completed one lap of the 1.29km course and teams of children from years 5 & 6…