Archive for the ‘Arts’ Category
Children from Cockwood Primary School sing at museum opening
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Cockwood Primary School Choir were invited to sing at the re-opening ceremony of the Dawlish Museum.
Despite the chilly breeze, 23 children from Year 2-6 sang a super medley of songs just outside the Museum. The Mayor then re-opened the Museum and we were all invited to have a first look…
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Close-up on Laurel’s Art
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Year 11 art students at Dawlish Community College were pleased to come along on Saturday 9th February to work alongside Laurel, a local and international known potter/painter. The student’s worked from their initial ideas in their sketchbooks based on one of the GCSE exam questions ‘Close-up’. Laurel demonstrated a mixture…
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Can you write a short story?
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Daisi is offering a fantastic chance for the young people to take part in a Short Story Competition, open to children and young people aged 7 to 18.
The Short Story Competition invites young people to use their extreme imagination to submit a 250 word story.
There will be winners from three…
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Liberty’s winning picture
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Liberty Higginson, a year 8 student at Dawlish Community College is celebrating her success after winning first place in the Devon Air Ambulance photo competition. Her photo ‘At Rest’ has been chosen as the March picture on the Devon Air Ambulance Trust 2013 Calendar.
Liberty is very keen on photography and is…
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Cockwood Primary School follow the Yellow Brick Road!
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Cockwood School staff and year 6 pupil’s celebrated the end of the school year by staging a production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’.
The event was held at The Langstone Cliff Hotel to a packed audience of family, friends and pupils. The children all worked hard to learn their lines and…
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“Dawlish” a musical view
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Jon Waterworth and the GCSE music group of 2012 – 2014 were joined on Friday 15th June by members of the Bath Philharmonia Orchestra as well as various Gifted and Talented students from partner primary schools to take part in creating a group performance of music.
The project was led by…
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Raise OUR Game for The Helen Foundation
Friday, June 15th, 2012
To join in the Raise OUR Game celebrations on Thursday 21st June a small group of adults from each DLP school will take part in a run from Cockwood Primary School to the Great Hall concert at Exeter University.
We are also trying to raise funds for The Helen Foundation,…
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Kenn’s success in the ‘Picture This’ competition
Sunday, June 10th, 2012
The children in Class 2 at Kenn C of E Primary were invited to participate in an exciting project that was being run by the University of Exeter who hosted an Olympic inspired photographic competition and exhibition – ‘Picture This’ – as part of their gold accredited ‘Be a Champion’…
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Gifted and Talented ‘Dawlish’
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
We are pleased to announce that funding for a Gifted and Talented music project has been secured by Jon Waterworth, Head of Music at Dawlish Community College. We are very grateful to Dawlish Town Council and a private individual.
This exciting project will provide College pupils with a wonderful …
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TV Cameras come to Cockwood
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Everyone at Cockwood Primary was VERY excited to have two film crews in school last week to help us celebrate our achieving ARTSMARK GOLD AWARD.
The crews were from Westcountry and Watershed PR. They spent the whole afternoon filming art around the school and interviewing staff and children.
Class 1 were…
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