Cogden Class
Cogden class, named after another beautiful local beach, is the home for Year 3 and Year 4. The class is led by Mrs D Batten, Mrs Patten and on Fridays, Mr Harris. .
The move to Cogden Class and the start of Key Stage 2 is a significant milestone and much work is undertaken in Year 2 to ensure pupils make a smooth transition into this next stage of their school life. As with all classes, pupils enjoy a varied curriculum…and with Mrs Batten also being the Forest School Lead for the school, you can be sure to see Cogden taking their learning outside at any opportunity!
Recent Learning
World Book Day 2023
We had lots of fun dressing up or bringing in a clue or prop linked to our chosen book.
Wonderstruck Science Day
On Friday 27th January 2023, the whole school were treated to a whole day of science. We had opportunities to explore forces and motion and gained a glimpse into the questioning minds of scientists. It began with a show that had us gripped as we discovered:  how we...
Christmas Party 2022
We had a lot of fun on the last day of term. KS2 enjoyed a party together. Pass the Parcel: Each layer had an activity to complete........here's a bit of air guitar!! The hat game was fun too.... [gallery...
Father Christmas at Powerstock
We had a special visitor this afternoon........
Moving Christmas cards
In Cogden Class, we finished the term with a DT project to use levers to create a moving Christmas card.Â
Bridport Christmas Cheer!
On Wednesday 7th December, over half of the school (34 students) joined together in Bucky Doo Square to sing Christmas carols. We sang 3 songs: We 3 Kings - a traditional Christian song; The 12 Days of Christmas - a traditional secular song and Mary's Boy Child - a...
Sports For Champions
Today, Pierre Henry Fontaine a former team GB basketball player visited our school to encourage and inspire us - not just in sport but in our attitudes to the many aspects of life we all experience. He began by sharing some information about his training, diet and...
Children in Need 2022
We all turned up to school in spotty attire as we got involved in Children in Need 2022. The theme was spots and during an assembly we had the opportunity to be 'spotacular' for 1 minute and take the spotlight, sharing our own talents. [gallery...
The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares 3rd October 2022
After an initial think about what books we like reading and why we like reading, we pooled our ideas about what a story needs. Then we began suggesting ideas for characters, their wishes and a challenge that they had. We voted for our favourites before we began some...
Hoodwinked…2
Hoodwinked, 2022!
A little taster of our school production ……. 1 day to go!
Check out our programme designs https://youtu.be/xyV_CG9Yh8o Have a listen to one of the songs https://youtu.be/bi31ZW0ZWWA
KS2 Sports Day July 6th 2022
After a reschedule due to the weather, the KS2 sports day got underway with a series of races. The egg and potato races…. The sack race… Skipping… And the flat race…. All watched by a supportive crowd of parents and other family members. Then came the team games The...
Using Scratch
We had fun presenting our names on Scratch today. We investigated sounds, background, sizing, effects and colour all through coding. Zoom in to read the names!
Quad kids 28.6.22
On a blustery June afternoon children were selected to compete in the athletics competition at Colfox School. 4 boys and 4 girls made up the team. They took part in some running… Some throwing and jumping…… And then we waited for the results. Congratulations, Phoebe!...
School Council
To thank the school council for their work this year (and a respond to a request!), governors brought in some delicious chocolate cake for their last meeting! Thank you governors - it was lovely.
Belle, the ex-police dog
Cogden had a fluffy visitor this week in the form of Belle! She is an ex police dog and belongs to our governor Wendy and is very good at listening to children read! They all had fun reading aloud to a very patient Belle who was interested in everything from Harry...
KS2 trip to Exeter mosque
After our visit to the cathedral, we walked to the other end of the city to visit the mosque. It was a fascinating contrast to the cathedral. Before we entered the building, the girls covered their heads with a headscarf as a mark of respect to the Muslim god, Allah....
KS2 trip to Exeter Cathedral
We spent a wonderful day on Monday 13th June 2022. On a lovely, warm summer’s day we began our visit at the Cathedral. We began with a look at the outside, noticing the statues of kings and saints. We heard about the gruesome story of St Bartholemew and why St Peter...
Art Morning
The class had great fun and improved their art skills in our whole school Art morning.
Whole School Art Morning
We had a whole school Art morning on Thursday. Every class worked on their observational drawing skills. Drawing fruit and vegetables has a long history. The children looked at the works of famous artists such as Caravaggio, Cezanne and Duncanson to inspire them. Huge...
More French…
We began the day with a welcome song https://youtu.be/SlQI2s6IKkw We enjoyed singing some French songs at the end of the day.
Cogden French day
We enjoyed learning new songs, stories and eating lovely French pastries! Merci Madame Mundy! Cogden enjoyed taking part in Aboie Georges, singing some new game songs and using their conversational French to ask for pastries. They enjoyed du pain au chocolate, du pain...
Platinum Jubilee Tea Party May 26th 2022
This year marks a ‘once in a lifetime’ anniversary - the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. She has sat on the throne for 70 years and dedicated her whole life to serving our country. To celebrate such a magnificent milestone, we decided to do a little something for our...
Guide dogs visit
This afternoon, we had a visit from the guide dog charity. We were introduced to 7 dogs and their trainers, as well as Geoff, who is visually impaired and who brought along his own guide dog, Pringle. We heard how important a guide dog is for someone who is unable to...
Inflatable golf!
Having enjoyed a term of golf in the spring, we thought it would be fun to end the work with a bit of inflatable golf! On an unusually sunny afternoon, all of KS2 enjoyed playing the course in groups and as individuals. Various challenges were set and lots of fun was...
Cogden’s Violin Concert 21.3.24
For the last 10 weeks, Cogden Class have been learning how to play the violin with Mrs Ely as part of Dorset Music Service's provision in schools. We had so much fun learning how to hold the violin, the bow, how to bow and pluck. We hope you are impressed with our...
Christmas continues at Powerstock
This morning we enjoyed making Christingles together. We learnt that the idea began in Germany over 300 years ago when the bishop felt that people were forgetting the true meaning of Christmas. If you don't know, ask one of the children! [gallery...
Carol Singing in Bucky Doo Square
Christmas is fast approaching so half the school gathered in Bucky Doo Square to entertain the crowds with some carol singing. And then we were on! Enjoy! And there's nothing quite like a hotdog after...
A visit from the Benedetti Foundation
On the 11th October, KS2 hosted a visit from the Nicola Benedetti Foundation. This gave us all an opportunity to meet people who are so passionate about music, learn some skills from them and listen to their compositions on instruments we had never seen before being...
Goodbye, Mrs Greenham, Goodbye, Mrs Seal!
Today we held our Leavers' assembly for 2 very special ladies - Mrs Greenham and Mrs Seal, who have been a part of our special Powerstock family for 8 and 20 years respectively. Each class had fun contributing in their own individual ways. And of course the personal...
Here are some photos of our dress rehearsal today. The children were all fantastic and everyone is so excited to show you our 2023 play Peter Pan.
Cogden’s ukulele concert 12.7.23
After 10 weeks learning the ukulele, Cogden Class put on a wonderful performance as a class (Green Green Grass) before some children played solos of the Harry Potter Theme, Pirates of the Caribbean and Happy Birthday! ...
KS2 Sports Day 30th June 2023
Despite the beautiful weather we had all June, Sports Day was the wet one!! Amidst occasional mizzle, we set out, determined to be the best that we could be. Individual races began with the 'Potato and Spoon' which proved to be trickier than we thought. [gallery...
