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…
Pupils enjoyed a super day dressed as their favourite book characters. Activities on this special day included international blogging, shared reading and making movie trailers of famous stories using i-pads. A great day was had by everyone. A super well done to the winners of the best costumes, who all took home a book as…
Fairtrade fortnight has started and today we were delighted to have Paul Tiony, a Fairtrade tea producer from Kenya, along with Sue Errington and Alison Derrick from Devon Development Education come in to school and talk to children about Fairtrade. Children from Cockwood and Westcliff Schools as well as students at Dawlish Community College heard all about the…
On Friday 30th January children from Cockwood, Kenn, Kenton and Starcross Primary Schools, led by Mrs Lunn, teacher at Kenn and Kenton and Mr Darren Cooke, woodwind teacher, took part in a woodwind band workshop. The children were given music to learn and practice at home before they all came together at the workshop. An enjoyable afternoon…
This term in physical education the children in Class 1 have been focussing on dance. Whilst everyone has made amazing progress, the video below is the final performance of the group that Mr Keast judged to have made the most progress.
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…
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…
On Friday 28th November the School Council held their third Fairtrade Cafe of the year.
On Friday 14th November, Exminster Community Primary School hosted a Digital Leaders Showcase for children from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership. Digital Leaders from Cockwood Primary School went along to the afternoon with Mr Harben to share what they have been learning.
We have been focussing on poetry over the last year and wanted to give the children an opportunity to share their wonderful ideas with visitors to the school. Our new tree stands at the entrance to the school and was commissioned by Suzanne Green, an artist from Northamptonshire. The tree will change as the seasons…