This morning, Robins attended a huge teddy bear's picnic at Foulston Park, where they had food and games with other foundation classes from around the city along with Pilgrim Pete and Plymouth Argyle coaches.
Video of Teddy Bear's Picnic (Facebook)
Over the past two sessions in DT, Kestrels have been learning how to make pastry for pasties and dough for scones, creating delicious cheese and potato pasties as well as scrumptious cheese scones. Teamwork and resilience were on full display.
Over the past two days, Year 6 have visited the historic Saltram House and its grounds to learn all about conservation, farming and the upkeep of historically significant places.
This morning, Robins class visited the delightful Devonport library, where they chose new books to take home and they also heard a story read to them by the librarian.
Plymouth Argyle came and taught Kestrels class all about their new initiative, Joy of Moving, where the importance of balance in diet and exercise was explained through a range of activities. Local MP, Luke Pollard, also attended to witness our fantastic partnership with Argyle in action.
Today, Magpies were visited by the local police community support officers to talk about good behaviour and anti-social behaviour, as well as the impact these choices have on the local community.
The buzz of reading and the joy of books filled our school today with all the staff and children donning their fancy dress to celebrate World Book Day 2026. Across school, there was a Book Face competition, a book swap event and KS1 were fortunate to have a guest reader to share the latest adventure of Scout in her quest to save bees.
SD Solution kindly donated a bundle of STEM books to school this morning, which were gratefully received by the pupil librarians, Mrs. Allchurch and Mr.Booth. These will go into our ever-growing library stock for all the children to enjoy.
Today, the children were treated to guest readers from other classes, who read them a poem or story. This is part of our reading for pleasure focus across the school as we dive deeper into the National Year of Reading. It was lovely to see the enthusiastic listening from all the children.
Yesterday, the talented local author, Bethany Finnimore, visited Robins, Woodpeckers and Puffins to read her new book, Tank the Toothfairy. The classes were enthusiastic listeners and loved the story.