A fresh autumn day at Dawlish Leisure Centre was a great start to a wonderful morning of enthusiastic pupils and staff. Five primary schools attended the first of Dartmoor School Sport Partnership’s series of three young Play Leader conferences of this academic year. On arrival, the children were asked to create a small game with…
We are able to offer some pupils the opportunity to work with Helen Wilson from ‘Open Minds’ to explore the technique of Mindfulness. Mindfulness is an approach available now in many Devon schools, where groups of pupils or even whole classes can learn techniques to help them deal with daily life, school pressures and sometimes…
Thank you to all the parents who attended the Phonics Workshop. We hope you found it useful, and would love to receive any feedback from you about how we could make it even better! As promised, here is the sounds pronunciation video.
The whole school enjoyed a lovely Harvest Festival celebration at St. Mary’s Church, Cofton. Each class made a super contribution with Class 1 delivering some first class readings! It was wonderful to see so many parents and carers there. We also welcomed the Reverend Alan Smith and his dog puppet- Thomas. The theme this year…
Pupils in Class 1 had a brilliant day learning about life in Elizabethan times when they visited Montacute House. The children enjoyed discussing the portraits, how the architecture taught us about the past and how life was very different for rich and poor. The gardens were beautiful and inspired the children to produce some quality…
Great Britain’s Paralympic goalkeeper Dan James visited Cockwood School last week and led the children through a circuit of exercise, teaching them the importance of fitness and persevering to achieve goals. A great afternoon and a fantastic way to exercise! It was amazing to learn about Dan’s achievements at the Paralympics – a real inspiration.
On Thursday the children in Class 3 were visited by an old friend… Sally! She came in to talk to the children about her childhood toys, her time at school and the games she used to play. In Class 3 we are looking at toys from the past, starting with toys from within living memory….
We held our annual show this week. Once again the acts were varied and very entertaining, enjoyed by the judges and the audience alike! The talent was outstanding and the comments from our judges Aisha Flewin and Simon Cruel were very encouraging!
This week the young musicians of Cockwood School displayed their wonderful talents in our annual Music Showcase. Children from across the school came together to perform to a crowd in the Village Hall for both parents and friends, wowing the audience with some super musical pieces. Our current music teachers specialise in keyboard, drums and…
Pupils spent the day looking at road safety. They met with Rob Harvey, a member of the local police and Dave Leggett, a Cockwood resident, to explore how to keep ourselves safe around the school site. The children monitored parking before school and asked lots of very important questions in the assembly.