Hurray – Our New Canteen is Open!

Mrs Taylor has done a great job and settled into the kitchen, cooking 120 meals on a Tuesday, and then another 250 roast dinners on the Wednesday!  We love our new canteen which is warm and comfortable.

We just need a new name for our building now - if you have any suggestions please mention them to Miss Brooks.

Children in Need

It was great to see everybody adorned with something spotty on Friday November 16th for Children In Need Day today.  After a visit from Pudsey on Wednesday, everyone was really in the mood to join in with this special day so a big thank you to all who helped to raise £245

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Friday was also a ‘Beary’ good day for class 4/1 who put on a great Teddy Bear assembly for their families and school friends.  There were some great bear characters and with accents taught by Mr Burnard, the whole class did a great job. 

Well done everyone!

Harvest Festival

A big thank you to everyone who brought in produce for the Harvest Festival this week, (12th October).

Key Stage One entertained their parents with autumn songs , including their favourite ‘Big Red Combine Harvester’ and everyone enjoyed apple tarts which the children had made themselves.  Key Stage 2 harvest was taken by the Reverend Albrow and all the food collected was taken to the St Petrock’s Centre.

Autumn Garden Day

6^th October 2012

It was great to see so many families on Saturday when we opened up the school for our Autumn Garden Day.  Lots of work was done with beds being weeded and replanted with spring bulbs, but we were especially pleased to get the compost bins re-sited and lots of work was done to the pond area which we hope will be full re-instated by the spring.

A New Year, A New Head & A New Building!

As we ease ourselves into another new year we welcome our new headteacher, Ms Brooks, who has taken over from Mrs Sutton who retired to spend more time with her grand children in July. Ms Brooks was previously the headteacher at another Exeter school - Newtown Primary School and so has plenty of experience dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school, its pupils, parents and staff. We also await the completion of the new building which will house the new canteen and four classrooms. We hope to see the ground floor ready for use after the Autumn half term and the rest of the building should be ready for business before the Christmas break. Mr Browning, our site manager has been documenting the new build photographically, so we shall be publishing the best of the images on the blog in the next few weeks. Keep watching the blog to see the how the building developes as it nears completion and how it will be furnished before the children and staff move in.

Confectionary Folk Tale Inspires Home Building

Hansel and Gretel, a well-known folk tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 has been the focus of Year 3 literacy this term. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a old witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their own lives by outwitting her.

The children were ask to create the confectionary house where the witch lived for a homework project. The creations were amazing and in many cases it seems that the whole family became involved in the design and construction of the sweetie dwellings. The children said they really enjoyed the homework but enjoyed eating it even more.

Have a look at some of the images of the children's work and marvel at the creativity that was employed in making their ideas reality.