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…

Year 5 and 6 made ceramic poppies to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. They then took their poppies to Teignmouth Cemetery and laid them on the Commonwealth War Graves as an act of remembrance of those Teignmouth service personnel who lost their lives during both World Wars. This was particularly poignant for two of…

Nursery went to the woods and used double-sided tape to make journey sticks – a record of their journey through the beautiful summer woods.

Nursery are learning about Pirates this half term. We have been adventuring in our own pirate ship in the classroom, and spotting and counting fish in our outdoor play area, so there was great excitement when we went to see some real fish. There is even a pirate ship on the ‘ocean’ floor! We will…

Look at all of these wonderful fairytale characters that came to school! To celebrate the end of our topic ‘Once Upon a Time,’ the children came dressed up as a fairy tale character. We had a tea party, read fairytale stories and played party games. Which characters can you spot?

Today, we were visited by two local RNLI lifeguards who led an assembly for all our key stage 2 children all about staying safe at the beach. They explained what the different flags that are displayed at the beach mean, what rip currents are and what to do if you get caught in one, how…

Today, to celebrate World Book Day, the children and staff were invited to come in dressed up as a word and they did not disappoint. We had wonderful words such monochromatic, love, archaic, palaeontologist, musical, colourful, despicable, lethal, clumsy, perplexed, discombobulated, shiny, sparkly, royal, Christmas and so many more. Every class enjoyed the beautiful story,…

We were so lucky to be visited again by two talented musicians, Alfie Pugh and Jade Gall. They played a variety of instruments and musical pieces for the children who were in awe throughout. It is such a magical experience to see and hear live music being performed.

Nursery’s theme for the last half term was “How many colours are there in a rainbow?” This theme was used to inspire, create, sing, dance, act and read, all whilst learning through play. The parents were invited this week to a celebration showcasing the creations of their children. The children sang for their parents before…

Nursery took advantage of the clear, cold and calm weather to toast some marshmallows on the fire. The children learned responsibility around the fire; this is one of our Green Behaviours. Mr Ball made sure that they were safe and we all enjoyed the delicious marshmallows.

Did you know that Henry VIII had a pulley to help him get out of bed? In DT this half term, year 5 and 6 have been learning about mechanical systems and in particular, pulleys. They have investigated how they work and have looked at real-life objects that use pulleys. They then created a machine…