Roald Dahl Day
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.
Daisi workshop funded by The Helen Foundation.
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…
D-DAY COMMEMORATION
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…
JOURNEY STICKS
Nursery went to the woods and used double-sided tape to make journey sticks – a record of their journey through the beautiful summer woods.
CONSTRUCTION CLUB
Every Friday throughout May, children in KS1 and Early Years were invited to release their creativity in Construction Club. We had lots of fun building together, completing challenges and sharing our end designs.
NURSERY VISIT OUR NEW FISH TANK
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…
FAIRYTALE PARTY
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?
MEET THE LIFEGUARDS
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…
World Book Day
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,…
VISITING MUSICIANS
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.