Teignmouth Primary School have achieved Centre of Excellence status for Inclusion! The announcement came over half term and we all could not be more proud. The letter read “Please accept our congratulations on your school’s achievement of the Inclusion Quality Mark’s Centre of Excellence status.  Please extend our congratulations to your whole school community in achieving…

In history, year 6 had the chance to become archaeologists and look at some Maya artefacts and explore what they thought they might be, who might have used them, what they were made from and what they thought it told us about the Mayas. They loved having some real artefacts to look at!  

We had a fantastic day here at school with a whole host of wonderful Roald Dahl book characters taking over our classrooms. The children enjoyed some book-related activities and lots of stories and Revolting Rhymes!

Year 3 children at Teignmouth Primary School were treated to a whole day painting workshop, led by the superb artist Cara Roxanne, organised and project-managed by Daisi and funded by The Helen Foundation arts charity. Cara skillfully guided the children through a process of collaborative learning, building on each other’s artistic ideas and creating narratives…

Year 6 spent the week away at Grenville House for their residential. Whilst there, they took part in many adventurous activities such as abseiling, caving, canoeing, raft building, archery, orienteering and indoor climbing. They also had the opportunity to see seals close up, try new foods, some learned to make beds and wash up along…

Elder class had a visit from a physiotherapist to talk about her job and to make links to their science learning from last half term. The children showed great listening skills and joined in with some practical activities related to our heart and breathing rates. Luckily, they all found a pulse and discovered that they…

Year 1 went on an adventure to Torquay Museum. Whilst there, they took part in a Toys from the Past workshop to enhance their learning in their topic ‘Toys Through Time’. They were shown lots of different toys from various time periods and even made their own thaumatrope and cup and ball game. They also…

Our pupils love sharing their talents with the local community. Last summer, the children helped plant and sow sunflower seeds for the Friends of Teignmouth Orangery. Today, some of our Year 6 pupils came along to see the results of their gardening. It’s fair to say that they were impressive! These beautiful sunflowers, planted by…

How gorgeous are these self portraits of our reception children. We absolutely love them!

We’ve all enjoyed getting back to school and doing some outdoor learning in the lovely autumn weather. All classes, from nursery to year 6, have had lots of fun exploring, building dens, hunting for invertebrates, cooking in the bark kitchen, working together to build a dome, sketching and much more. We have all shown our…

Our school was over-run by Matildas, BFG’s, Wonkas, Fantastic Mr Foxes, Oompa Loompas and so many other wonderful characters! We had a phizz-whizzing, swashboggling day in aid of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity.

Year 3 at Teignmouth Primary School have taken part in a whole-day workshop led by Daisi artist Monica-Shanta and funded by The Helen Foundation. The sessions focused on exploring perspective and tone in drawing, using pastels, chalks and charcoal. It nicely complemented recent learning completed by the class on one-point perspective. The children loved the…