27/07/23
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19/11/20Farm School
Mothecombe enjoyed an exciting educational visit to Carswell Farm on Wednesday - they listened to a talk about the origins of farming; went foraging; used their foraged foods to make a soup and salad; collected chicken eggs and played a food web game!Read Full Story
21/09/20Stoke Class
From looking after poorly dolls, working together to make the longest chain, games of hide and seek, cooking up a storm in the kitchen to carefully constructed junk models, the children of Stoke Class embrace every area of learning.Read Full Story
17/09/20Apple explorations!
Stoke class have been exploring apples this week as part of our topic on Autumn. We have cut them, peeled them, printed paint patterns with them and made apple soup in the mud kitchen! Today a new game evolved which they called 'apple cannon!'. The children designed a cannon and spent ages m...Read Full Story
11/09/20Forest School foraging for Stoke class!
Stoke class went on their first Forest school session on Friday morning. We picked and tasted blackberries on the walk down, explored the Forest area and looked for signs of Autumn. When we got back to School we picked some apples and used them with the blackberries to make a fruit cobble...Read Full Story
08/09/20Mothecombe's Trip to Dartmoor Zoo
What an amazing start to our 'Predators!' topic. After a few lessons learning about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores, Mothecombe Class headed to Dartmoor Zoo for our memorable experience this half term.Read Full Story
02/09/20Welcome to our new Foundation unit!
We are so excited to welcome our Pre-School and Foundation children back to Stoke Class tomorrow! We have some new families joining us and are looking forward to getting to know you all. The classroom and outside space is looking beautiful and is ready for you to come and play. As Parents are u...Read Full Story
16/07/20End of term treat!
Year 2 enjoyed toasting marshmallows around the fire and drinking hot chocolate today while we reminisced on the time they have spent in Wonwell class. A lovely way to finish what has certainly been a very different sort of Year!Read Full Story
10/07/20Exploring weight through nature
This week Year 2 have been exploring mass and used terminology such as 'heavier than' and 'lighter than' to compare different objects. Today we took our learning outside and used weighing scales to explore the weight of natural resources around us.Read Full Story
07/07/20Carnival comes to Holbeton!
The Year 1 children have loved finding out about the Rio carnival since being back in school. This week we used our designs and all the techniques we have explored to create our own headdresses! The children paraded around the playground and were very proud of their colourful creation...Read Full Story
03/07/20Summer Music Festival fun!
Devon Music Education Hub are running their annual summer music festival via YouTube today. As luck would have it, one of the sessions was linked to Brazilian dance, which is part of KS1's topic. We followed Ollie from The Beat Goes On in some fantastic stomp style body perc...Read Full Story
02/07/20Welcome back to our Year 2 children!
It was wonderful to see the year 2 children return to School with smiles and enthusiasm galore today! We talked about our carnival topic and went outside into our beautiful grounds to create some natural headdresses.Read Full Story
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