If you are a parent of a child currently in year 4, you may be interested in reading this guide published by The Department for Education all about the year 4 Multiplication Check. If you have any further questions, please do speak to your child’s teacher.
This week, Miss Sowden’s class have been learning about the water cycle. We learnt new vocabulary, put the cycle in order, made videos explaining what happened and even made our own water cycle in the classroom!
Please click the link and enter the password, that has been sent out separately, to view the year 6 leavers’ video. We hope that you enjoy it. From the year 6 team and all the staff at Mill Lane. https://teignmouthdevonsch-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/sarah_dudley_teignmouthschool_co_uk/Ecco0u79UzRHpyz3vYmrc4gBQXzwspcpdioJ4ZVsbKHOqA?e=n2H50T
As part of our learning on the topic ‘Peasants, Princes and Pestilence’, we made buboes – one of the main symptoms of the bubonic plague – out of custard and ketchup. We then popped them to recreate this grotesque but interesting phase in the disease. Yuck!
On Wednesday 19th May, the whole school took part in the NSPCC Number Day. Everyone was invited to come in dressed in numbers and every class took part in activities that explored and enjoyed the fun and wonder of number! There were number hunts in the school grounds, number investigations, an escape-room-style challenge, nature numbers…
Number Day! A quick reminder that tomorrow (Friday 7th May) is the NSPCC Number Day. The children are invited to come into school dressed in something with numbers on to celebrate. They will have some lovely number-inspired activities to do as well. The class teacher will provide an activity for those that do not have…
Red Nose Day in year 5/6 was ‘super’! We came in dressed as superheroes, solved some funny riddles, made superhero masks and held a ‘nose n spoon’ race. It was a lot of fun.
The Oak Academy has begun a Virtual School Library. Every week a popular children’s author or illustrator will provide free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads. Having access to a school library is really important for children. School libraries nurture a love of reading that can enrich children’s literacy skills, academic achievements…
On Friday 11th December, we had our Quest day in year 5/6 where we were invited to come in dressed up as a Victorian child. During the day, we experienced some of the things a Victorian child would have during their day at school such as drill, the three Rs, writing on slates and the…
The Devon Summer Games is a big event in the summer term where children from Devon go and compete in a wide range of events against other schools. This year, the competition has been adapted to 6 virtual events so Devon’s schoolchildren will still be able to take part in the popular School Games this…