Our new school football kit made it’s debut with the Year 5/6 boys team playing against Gatehouse in a cup match. They were tough opponents and the man of the match, Rupert, very much earned this badge with the amount of incredible saves he made. Great effort boys, you fought a hard battle on the…
Our Year 5 and 6 pupils had the chance to fulfil one of our ’36 things to do whilst at Starcross Primary School’ – they worked with an artist to produce an incredible sculpture to decorate our new reception area. The Helen Foundation supports Teignbridge schools through funding arts-based workshops, employing a wide range of…
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📝We have enjoyed our history topic this term (Who was Pakal The Great?). We have learnt about Maya healthcare and we made houses to reflect what Maya daily life would be like. We also explored a diary entry written by a Maya woman and then wrote our own as if we were Pakal the Great….
🎻This term in Avocets, we made a strong start with an exciting trip to Powderham Castle to watch a violinist perform. 🚂Our topic explored the impact of the Great Western Railway and how it transformed life in Starcross, developing our understanding of local history. In maths, the children showed great perseverance while tackling a challenging…
What an incredible Autumn 2 Lapwings have had! From exploring Ancient Egypt, spending a week on Dartmoor, sharing poetry on Michael Rosen day, celebrating anti-bulling week with odd socks and spreading Christmas cheer, it’s safe to say we’ve had a jam-packed term with lots of fun! We’ve had such rich and diverse learning across the…
Oystercatchers have had an incredibly busy half term. 🌱From planting seeds in different quantities (to see which grew the best) to creating ancient greek pottery to learning about and building arrays in maths to exploring Dartmoor on their residential and composing a poem all about the adventures they had. 🎶It has all finished with wonderful…
👩⚕️This half term Curlews have been working hard learning about who looked after Britain’s soldiers and different nurses through history. We’ve used the knowledge we’ve learnt to write diaries as Florence Nightingale. ⚪🔶In the past few weeks, Curlews have loved learning about different 2D and 3D shapes. 🥖🫏Our biggest highlight this half term has been…