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St Christopher’s Award
This morning Mrs Cottell was delighted to present Tula with the St Christopher’s award, for her positive attitude in all that she does.
Head Boy & Head Girl
This morning was a proud morning for the parents as Mrs Cottell presented the Head Boy and Head Girl badges to Dylan and Isabelle. The house captains and prefects were also all presented with their badges. Prep 6 are looking forward to taking on the added responsibility and helping nurture the younger children in the school.
Buckland Abbey – Prep 6
Today Prep 6 went to the beautiful Buckland Abbey to learn about life as a Tudor, and got the chance to dress up in authentic clothing.
ISA SW Tag Rugby – Under 11s
Six ISA SW schools, making up eight teams in total, competed in the U11 SW ISA Tag Rugby Festival hosted by St Christopher’s. A busy day for all those children involved as each team played seven games. Our ‘A’ team lost one game, to Festival winners ‘Trinity ‘A’. They played fast, free flowing rugby that…
Dartington Gardens – Prep Reception
A delightful morning was enjoyed by Prep Reception at Dartington Gardens, where we explored the change of season. We had a nature treasure hunt and competitions for the biggest and smallest leaf. We looked at identifying trees, flowers and nuts, however it as hard too find lots of nuts as the squirrels were busy collecting…
Poetry Assembly – Nursery, Prep Reception, Prep 1 & Prep 2
This morning was the Lower School Poetry Assembly. The theme was Friends and Family and all the children had learnt their words and delivered them confidently in front of the whole school and their parents. The Assembly finished with a play by Prep Reception and Prep 1 of Handa’s Surprise.
Life Skills – Prep 6
Prep 6 made the short journey to Ivybridge to attend the annual Junior Life Skills event. Eight organisations, including the Police and Fire Service, gave short presentations to the children on various aspects of keeping themselves and others safe and what to do and what not to do, when faced with an emergency situation. The…
First French Lesson – Nursery
This morning the Nursery children has their first French lesson of the term. They loved learning their French through finger rhymes and some lovely new songs. They began to learn about how they would travel to France and how to say “Bonjour” and “Au revoir”.
Occombe Farm – Prep 1 & 2
Prep 1 and 2 visit to Occombe Farm. In school we have been learning about food groups and eating healthily. Today we found out how much fun making healthy food can be. We made focaccia and added rosemary and tomatoes that we picked in the garden. You can see some vigorous kneading! We got our…
Girls Hockey – Prep 2 & 3
Prep 2 and 3 girls had a wonderful afternoon at Exeter university. The children joined with girls from Exeter Cathedral school on the sand pitch for a coaching session. The girls vastly improved their skills and game awareness, learning from the other girls and growing in confidence. Their determination during mini games was impressive! Well done prep…
