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Cockwood prepare adverts for London tourist attractions
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Class 1 at Cockwood Primary School have been busy writing and creating their own 30 second video adverts to promote an attraction in London.
This is in preparation of their forthcoming residential in June.
The children worked in mixed age and ability groups to meet criteria and had just 4 mornings to organise…
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Cockwood Primary Book Reviews
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Reviews are submitted by children in our DLP Schools.
You can buy books at a 25% discount!
For every £100 spent by our parents we receive a £5 book voucher to buy more books to share between our DLP Schools.
Click here to see our combined DLP schools reading lists and where it says…
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Thrive – Training Programme for Dawlish Learning Partnership
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Nominations for booking onto the Thrive programme in Dawlish Learning Community are now open. All bookings made will remain unconfirmed until the booking deadline of 12pm on 12/06/13. At this point, all bookings will be considered, and places will be confirmed to ensure a fair and equitable spread across the…
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INSET – Thrive Whole School Briefing
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Thrive draws on the latest developments in neuroscience, attachment theory, child development and the role of creativity and play in developing emotional resilience. Schools are strongly encouraged to take up this training opportunity.
The purpose of this session is to give staff who are not attending the full 9 day training programme…
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World Book Day at Cockwood
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Pupils and staff at Cockwood Primary School enjoyed a super day dressed up as favourite book characters. Prizes were awarded for great costumes. The children spent most of the day in their house teams designing and making a children’s book. The results were fantastic and are on display outside the…
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Author David Lawrence Jones visits Cockwood
Friday, May 10th, 2013
The children at Cockwood Primary School enjoyed a wonderful session working with the author David Lawrence-Jones. David wowed the children with his tales and demonstrated how to write an exciting story.
We were then lucky enough to have him open our new school library. We celebrated the success of two of…
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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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3rd and final challenge – Challenging Maths
Monday, March 25th, 2013
Teams of four gifted and talented pupils from each of the Partner Primary schools attended the latest Specialism Event at Dawlish Community College. This time it was the turn of Maths, following on from the Technology and Science events. The seven teams from Exminster, Kenn, Kenton, Cockwood, Starcross, Gatehouse and Westcliff Primary…
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A second challenge for our Primary Pupils…
Monday, March 25th, 2013
On Tuesday 26th February, following on from the success of the Science Challenge, teams of year 5 gifted and talented students from Cockwood, Exminster, Gatehouse, Kenn, Kenton, Starcross and Westcliff Primary Schools competed in a Design and Technology challenge. In a quick succession of timed challenges they made vegetable cartoon…
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What a challenge ….
Monday, March 25th, 2013
On Thursday 14th February, 28 pupils from 7 local primary schools arrived at Dawlish Community College to take part in a forensic science challenge morning. For many of the children, it was their first taste of life at a secondary school and the nerves on their faces were clear to…
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