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• Life Skills - Sainsburys Visit

  Fri 13 Oct 2017

  Cooking Skills.

  Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th October

  • We went to our local Sainsbury’s store.

  • First, we were met and taken through the store to a room at the back, we were given pizza bases and we put on the toppings of our choice, Sainsbury’s made sure that everyone was catered for and we had pizzas toppings suitable for meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans.

  • We watched as the pizzas were put into the hot ovens.

  • Next we were able to go to the storage area; we saw the freezers, fridges and learnt why they were used, we looked inside a lorry that had just completed its delivery.

  • Then we went to the bakery, we were told how bread and bread rolls are made, we all had a small piece of dough and we all got to smell the yeast.

  • We moved on to the butchery counter, the butcher told us lots of interesting things about all the meat items on sale. He was also in charge of the fish counter and knew lots about the different fish and where were caught.

  • Finally we collected our cooked pizzas and went back to the room to eat them.

  

• Harvest Donations

  Tue 10 Oct 2017

  We helped St Petrock’s this Harvest Festival

   

  On Monday 2nd October we held our Harvest Assembly.  We collected items for a Homeless Charity in Exeter.

   

  The charity provide a homeless resource centre where people who find themselves homeless can go and have something to eat, a shower and wash their clothes – they do not provide shelter but are able to help put people on the right track with advice and support. To find out more about the charity visit: www.stpetrocks.org.uk

   

  We are very grateful for the very generous donations received.  A small donation from each child has meant help for many. 

  

• Warburtons School Visit

  Mon 09 Oct 2017
  On Thursday 5th and Friday 6th October, Warburtons School Visitor programme came to Westcliff Primary Academy.  They worked with children in years 2 and 6 covering healthy eating, getting ready to cook and a hands-on food activity.  The children all enjoyed the experience and we are extremely grateful to Warburtons for being selected to take part.

  

• Unit 2 Daisi Workshop - supported by The Helen Foundation

  Wed 27 Sep 2017
  During the summer term, Unit 2 welcomed a professional artist to produce a piece of artwork inspired by our topic learning of local geography. The children worked in groups throughout the day to plan, design and create 'relief art' on four large panels. The art day was supported and part funded by The Helen Foundation and Daisi (a registered charity). All children thoroughly enjoyed the experience of working with a professional artist, and working together to create produce some whole school art.

  

• Inspiration Assembly

  Wed 27 Sep 2017
  Dr Marrs visited us for our inspiration assembly this week. She talked to us about jobs in hospitals and why she became a doctor. The children were able to ask lots of questions about the role of a doctor. 

  

• Get into Teaching Open Events

  Wed 13 Sep 2017
  

• KS2 Athletics Festival 2017

  Thu 29 Jun 2017

  On Monday 26^t June teams from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership arrived at Teignmouth Community School to participate in the KS2 Athletics tournament, organised by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership.

  The competition consisted of 8 different events, which pupils participated in on a carousel, and then a competitive relay to finish.

  The events ranged from a team hurdles relay, standing long jump, turbo javelin, 5 strides, speed bounce, 5 minute run , 1 handed push throw and a team relay and were run by year 8 leaders from Teignmouth Community School.

  Going into the final relays there was everything to race for with lots of groups having a few points between them!!

  In the end the results were as follows(see full results below pictures) with Gatehouse being the clear winners, by coming first in 7 of the 9 events, well done!

  Congratulations to all those who took part and a huge thanks to Dartmoor School Sport Partnership and the Yr 8 leaders from TCS for running a fantastic event.

  

• KS1 ATHLETICS FESTIVAL 2017

  Thu 22 Jun 2017

  Six primary schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership competed in an Athletics festival on the morning of 21^st June 2017.

  The event was organised by the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership and held at the beautiful grounds of Stover School.

  The weather was wall to wall sunshine with temperatures reaching twenty nine degrees! However, despite the heat, KS1 pupils participated enthusiastically in the 6 events laid on for them, which included Speed Bounce, Vortex throwing event, team hurdles relay, team standing broad jump, team sprint relay and target throwing. To finish a great morning, all pupils then took part in the grand finale of a Parlauff type relay.

  The key focus of the morning was fun and participation, however there was a competition element throughout to see which school performed the best on each station. The winning schools on each station were:

  Speed Bounce: Kenton Primary School, with Westcliff Primary Academy coming a very close 2nd!

  Vortex throw: Gatehouse ACE Academy, with Kenn Primary School coming a very close 2^nd.

  Team Hurdles relay:Gatehouse ACE Academy

  Standing team long jump: Cockwood Primary School

  Team sprint relay: Exminster Primary School

  Target throwing: Exminster Primary School

  Parlauff Relay:Gatehouse ACE Academy

  A special thanks to the leaders from Coombeshead Community College who led each of the 6 stations. They showed exemplary leadership skills, explaining and demonstrating their events clearly and supporting and encouraging the pupils to perform of their best.

  The next event the Dartmoor School Sport Partnership will be running is the KS2 Dawlish Athletics Tournament on Monday 26^th July 2017 at Teignmouth Community School.

   

  

• Year 6 Residential 2017 - Group 1

  Wed 14 Jun 2017
  

• DLP Tag Rugby Festival

  Fri 26 May 2017

  Four schools from across the Dawlish Learning Partnership joined together for a Tag Rugby Festival. Tag Rugby is a safe, fun and exciting form of non-contact rugby as there are no scrums, line-outs or tackling allowed.

  On a glorious Wednesday afternoon, children from Kenn & Kenton Primary Schools along with Gatehouse ACE Academy and Westcliff Primary Academy met at Westcliff’s playing field to play a number of matches.

  As it was a fun festival event, there was no overall winning team but everyone went away with a certificate for taking part and representing their school.

  Thanks to all the staff and parents who made this event possible, in particular Mr Webb for leading the afternoon.

  A great time was had by all.