Children at Cockwood have spent time thinking about the sacrifices made by so many at this important time of year. They have produced some lovely work which has been displayed around the village and at school to mark Armistice Day and what this day represents. The poppies look beautiful so well done to the children…
The whole school has been busy this week learning about many different aspects of parliament. Class 3 have been finding out, what is parliament? Why do we need it? Who is our current Prime Minister? They have also learnt about Guy Fawkes and his role in the Gunpowder Plot. Class 2 explored Guy Fawkes in…
Pupils and Staff enjoyed an amazing day dressed up in Halloween costumes this week. Pupils carved pumpkins, created spooky paintings and enjoyed some amazing science activities.
Unfortunately due to the current restrictions we held our Harvest celebrations at school. The Reverend Richard Allen visited each class individually to lead a Harvest celebration with the children Our theme this year for Harvest was Empathy with a direct focus on our community and nature. This year we supported the Foodbank set up at…
Everyone enjoyed sharing their love of books for World Book Day last week. The children took part in a range of book-related tasks from designing book covers, creating quizzes and designing their own book-marks. This year the children had a choice to either dress-up , bring in a prop as a clue to a book…
The children at Cockwood experienced a drumming masterclass this week from Allan Kerr at Shumba Arts! Each class spent a session at the village hall, learning how to play the African ‘djembe’ drum through call and response activities and lots of playing! Allan talked to the children about the origin of the African drum, how…
To enhance pupils learning on ‘Sustainability’, Class 1 visited a local solar farm and then took part in practical workshops back in school. There were two sessions for the children to complete during the morning at the solar farm. The first was the Solar Farm Challenge, led by Mary, Education Officer; children had a challenge…
Class 1 are currently looking into ways we can help to save the planet. We are trying to identify the little things we can all do which will have a big impact. As part of our learning, we have been lucky to visit two sites in Exeter working towards a more sustainable future for our…
We are delighted to announce we have been awarded the Gold Standard for our work on Parliament. We welcomed our local MP, Anne Marie Morris to an assembly to celebrate this amazing achievement. The children in Class 1 had prepared some questions for her linked to our work on recycling and sustainability.
Our Digital Leaders have enjoyed sharing their knowledge of coding with their classmates this week. They spent the whole afternoon coding using Microbit. They had been previously trained on how to set up the equipment and how to explore its features. It was a really successful session as the children worked collaboratively and learnt from…