Trip to Bickham Farm
Classes 1 and 2 visited Bickham Farm as part of their learning about food and where it comes from. Rod Hall kindly showed us all around his farm and told us about his horses, cows and calves and his chickens and bees.
Classes 1 and 2 visited Bickham Farm as part of their learning about food and where it comes from. Rod Hall kindly showed us all around his farm and told us about his horses, cows and calves and his chickens and bees.
KS1 are really enjoying learning about different pets and how to look after them. Tristan told us lots about his gorgeous pony and Fin was very confident answering questions about his chickens. Thank you to their parents for bringing them in!
This week is British Science week. The children have all have been doing lots of science and discovering how amazing and fun it can be! We have had workshops with Ruth, from Sciencedipity, demonstrating explosions and chemical changes. All children made a potion that erupted and then made some fabulous slime! We also had an…
It might have been a week late, due to the impromptu snow days last week, but everyone at Kenn had a great time dressing as one of their favourite book characters. We had everything from Roald Dahl and David Walliams characters through to fairy tale characters, and we even had to hunt for a Wally…
In Maths, classes 1 and 2 have been learning about halves and quarters. We’ve been exploring halves and quarters using play dough, paper shapes, groups of objects and fruit and vegetables. Whilst finding halves and quarters of fruit and veg we also learnt how to use a knife and chop food safely.
Rueben Day was very keen to bring his cat to school and that led the Key Stage 1 teachers to start having a regular time every week for children to bring their pets to school and tell us all about how they care for them. Rueben and Evie K started things off this week and…
Bickley, a golden retriever, and his owner Theresa (from the Blue Cross charity) paid Classes 1 and 2 a visit to help us learn about what animals need to survive. Theresa and Bickley helped the children recognise that the things humans need to stay alive and well are very similar to the needs of animals….
Classes 1 and 2 had a wonderful time in Dartington. We walked to the woods and took part in activities based on the seasons and on food chains, which were great fun. After lunch in a lovely warm building we went on a very muddy walk by the river. We were all exhausted at the…
Thank you for all of your kind donations of wrapped shoeboxes full of goodies for children and families in Moldova. In all we had a total of 23 boxes. We know this will be greatly appreciated by those children and families who have so little. Our children helped load the shoe boxes and waved them…
Students from University of Exeter Medical School visited children in Classes 1 and 2 this week to help them understand the importance of hygiene. The students received a grant from the Royal College of Pathology London, to be used specifically on carrying out presentations and activities in schools during the week starting 6th November—National Pathology…