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Cogden Class Travel Brochures Extravaganza
Weeks Beginning: 24th February and 3rd March During our Geography unit, Cogden pupils explored the dynamic changes in their local environment, learning to identify and describe both natural and human-induced changes. They observed and recorded these changes,...
World Book Day 2025
We began this year's World Book Day with a book tournament - The Battle of the Books! Each key stage were read pairs of books. Pupils then voted for their favourite book which then went into round 2. Eventually one book emerged as the winner..... [gallery...
Visit from a printmaker
To round off our art printing unit, the school welcomed Paul Cleden, a local artist. He was able to share his printmaking work with us and explain the process from initial ideas to the finished artwork. Here are some of his prints... [gallery...
Burton: Printing and poetry writing
Burton Class printed using their hands, shells, plasticine and foam boards. The children worked with paint and printing ink and created lots of different prints. We then chose the subject of trees to write poetry. The year groups worked together to draft their poem...
Ekphrastic poetry
Ekphrastic poems are poems inspired by works of art. Here are some examples that we wrote during our monotype unit of work.
Exploring Art and Poetry: A Journey with Monet and Matisse
In their recent Art unit, Cogden pupils have been delving into the vibrant worlds of Monet and Matisse. The pupils explored the unique techniques and styles of these iconic artists, creating their own masterpieces inspired by Monet's impressionistic brushstrokes and...
Monotypes
Seatown have been creating monoprints in art this week. We explored mark making using different media before exploring 4 different ways of creating prints. The first was by placing paper onto an ink bed. This was followed by taking 'ghost prints'...
Diwali
Burton class enjoyed learning all about Diwali. The learnt about Rangoli patterns, the story of Rama and Sita and light defeating darkness. At the end of the week we wrote to Meena, a family friend of one of the children in Burton Class. The children are...
Evolution and Inheritance
Seatown spent a week enjoying studying the science topic of evolution and inheritance. We found out about different theories held by people in the past and present. We discovered how we inherit some characteristics genetically but others are acquired due to...
Seatown: The Buddhist Festival of Vesak
Week Beginning 27th January 2025 This week, our pupils in Seatown have delved into the fascinating world of Buddhism, with a special focus on the festival of Vesak. This cultural exploration has not only enriched...
Cogden: Rosh Hashana Learning Journey
Week Beginning: 27th January 2025 This week, our pupils in Cogden have embarked on an enriching exploration of the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah. Through this cultural journey, they have not only gained a deeper understanding of this significant celebration but...
Forest school-making beads, measuring shadows and making instruments
EYFS & KS1 Sports Day
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Making patterns with Reception Class
The reception children enjoyed making patterns-although it was a little windy for the leaves!
Forest school-tying knots and making Elder beads
Year 2 children had fun this week learning to tie knots and making Elder beads. The children showed great determination and patience in learning to tie the pieces of wool (little worms) that they found to make a long worm. They then worked as a team to tie them all...
Seatown sail on a glorious day!
There was a beautiful mist hanging over the valleys on our journey to Portland but by the time we had arrived and were putting on our wetsuits for a sailing lesson, the sun had broken through making it a perfect day to be on the water. [gallery...
Forest School Challenge
As part of our outside learning over the past 2 weeks, we have been challenged to create a means of collecting and transporting water. We created a shadow, a method of collecting water that is still used today in places like Egypt. [gallery...
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...
PGL, Osmington 2024
On a very cold and windy April day, Seatown Class set off for their long awaited residential trip to PGL at Osmington Bay, Weymouth. Once we'd arrived, we began our activities - fencing and the zip wire. We played the...
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...
