Dear Family As you may be aware the Child Assault Prevention Project are working with all the children in school this week. CAP’s aim is to reduce children’s vulnerability to assault by decreasing fear around issues of safety and by building children’s confidence in an empowering and fun way. This week we are working…
Year 6 Swimming Dear parents/carers, We’re delighted to tell you that we have been able to book swimming lessons for our Year 6 pupils. Learning to swim is a curriculum requirement and all children are expected to attend the lessons as part of their PE learning; the National Curriculum states that children should be…
Please click on the below link for information – Warn and Inform Warn and inform KAP 21st Jan 2022
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
In the Kingfishers, we have been learning what estimating is and how we can use it! We had a circle time focused around this. The children took it in turns to estimate how many cubes would be needed to balance the scales. We talked about estimating being a ‘sensible guess’ which the children really enjoyed…
Today in the Kingfishers, we have been making Christingles. We talked about why Christingles are used and what each part represents. The candle is ‘the light of God’, the orange reprsents the world, the 4 cocktail sticks are the 4 seasons, the sweets represent the fruits of the earth and the red ribbon…
This week, the Kingfishers have been busy learning all about subtraction and exploring how to solve simple questions. We used buzzing bee’s and counting circles to count out the correct amount for each question. We then worked with our friends to count backwards to find the answer. Some of our friends used dienes as they…
Today, we were visited by Emily Powley – a local nurse. She talked to the children about her role and how she became a nurse. We looked at Emily’s equipment and the children loved trying on the different pieces of uniform available such as masks, hats, gowns and bandages. We then spent some time asking…
In mathematics, we are learning all about measurement. We each took it in turns to draw around our friends and then measured their outline using cm and metres. The children then asked if we could measure the reading buddies too and organise them in height order. They worked brilliantly as a team and were able…
This week we are focusing on firefighters and were lucky enough to be invited to visit our local fire station. We were met by 3 firefighters who took us upstairs and answered lots of questions asked by the children. Firefighter Paul talked to us about their uniform and their roles in our community. Mr Lovering…