February 2020

Prep 6 Handicraft

29th February 2020

Prep 6 have completed their handicraft challenge – to sew their first name initial in buttons. They can now all thread a needle and successfully sew on a button. A task many of them could not manage at the beginning of the challenge. Well done!

Duckling Eggs

28th February 2020

Prep 5 have been incubating Indian runner duck eggs this term. Today they were checking on their development!

Pancake Day

26th February 2020

Pancake races were postponed yesterday due to the poor weather, but today the children found a few minutes to get outdoors and have their races!  St. David were the overall winners!

‘The Nutcracker’ by Tchaikovsky.

14th February 2020

This half term Prep 2 have been studying ‘The Nutcracker’ by Tchaikovsky. They finished the topic by composing their own ‘battle scene’. What a fabulous end to this half term. Well done Prep 2!

More Fractions…

14th February 2020

Prep 2 have enjoyed a super-fun last maths lesson before half term – we started off by working out different fractions of 9 – the number of cakes in the packet! Then we used cubes to help us find a quarter, half and third of an amount up to 50. What a lovely way to…

Fractions!

13th February 2020

In maths today Prep 2 have been finding fractions of amounts. Mrs Edwards found sharing out her bag of fruity chews a great motivator – and the children definitely understood how to find half, a quarter or a third of the packet!

Lower School Poetry Assembly

10th February 2020

This morning the lower school (Nursery to Prep 2) took to the stage to present their poems on the Olympics. It’s fantastic to see the children reciting their poems so confidently.

Switches

10th February 2020

This afternoon Prep 4 have been learning about electricity in their science lesson. The class spent time learning about switches and testing them.

Devon Schools Table Tennis

5th February 2020

We took a squad of nine players to the Devon schools individual table tennis championships this week. All of the players were able to win some of their matches with a couple just missing out on qualifying from their group. Sacha, Indie Rose and Lottie got through to the knockout stages with the latter two…

Money Money Money!

5th February 2020

In Prep 2 this morning we have been making amounts of money using three coins, speculating whether larger amounts of money can be made in more ways or not. We are hoping to consolidate skills in finding totals using a combination of coins, making and testing predictions and work systematically! Look at the concentration!!