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The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the stage of education for children from birth to the end of the Reception year. It is based on the recognition that children learn best through play and active learning.

This is a very important stage as it helps your child get ready for school as well as preparing them for their future learning and successes.

Here at Cockington Primary School, we provide a happy, active, exciting, fun and secure early years experience for our children in their Reception Classes.

If you would like to contact your child's class teacher, you are welcome to talk to them at drop off and pick up times, or contact them at:

Otters: otters@cockintongprimary.org.uk

Turtles: turtles@cockingtonprimary.org.uk

Meet the team

Miss Owens

Miss Owens

Years 2, 1 & EYFS Cover Staff
Mrs Cunliffe

Mrs Cunliffe

LSA and Lunchtime Play Leader
Mrs Morley

Mrs Morley

Teaching Support Staff
Mrs Taylor- Roberts

Mrs Taylor- Roberts

EYFS LSA & Whole School Pastoral Support
Mrs Goad

Mrs Goad

EYFS Teacher
Otters
Miss Penfold

Miss Penfold

Teaching Support Staff
Turtles
Mrs Singleton

Mrs Singleton

EYFS Teaching Support Staff
Turtles
Mrs Slemmings

Mrs Slemmings

EYFS Class Teacher
Turtles

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As part of their current learning topic, our Year 5 pupils have been busy creating some incredible sculptures! Yesterday, a few of our Year 5 children had the special job of hand-delivering their art to Paignton Zoo for their exciting half-term exhibit. Before heading back to school, they were even lucky enough to enjoy a quick tour of the zoo! Be sure to look out for our pupils' amazing artwork if you're visiting the zoo this half term!
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Year 2 were invited to see Year 6's showcase this afternoon and were treated to some spectacular artwork and writing before the Year 6 parents came in to see. Well done Year 6 for all the effort and hard work you have put in! Remember to look at our website to find out more about the amazing opportunities the pupils have during the year! https://www.cockingtonprimary.org.uk/
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Year 4 have worked incredibly hard on their portraits in art this half term, developing and practising a range of important artistic skills. They have explored how to create texture, use value and shading to add depth, and apply perspective to make their artwork more realistic. The children have shown great creativity, care and perseverance, producing some fantastic owl portraits to be proud of!
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Last week, Year 3 visited Torre Abbey to get inspiration for their art work which is inspired by nature! They had an amazing time and gathered such a lot of ideas to bring back to school!
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Congratulations to our values award winners this week!
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Cross Country Success! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ A huge well done to our fantastic runners who represented Cockington Primary School at the Connect Games Cross Country event at Widey Court yesterday! The children showed incredible determination, resilience and sportsmanship throughout the afternoon. We are so proud of their efforts and the way they supported and encouraged one another! A special thank you to Sofia’s mum for the delicious homemade banana bread, which was a very welcome treat for our runners! 🍌💙 Well done, Team Cockington! 🌟
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This morning, our whole school took part in The Literacy Trust’s 'Take 10 to Read' Guinness World Record attempt for the most people reading in 12 hours! Our younger children enjoyed a story and draw-along, while our older children took part in a story and Q&A with author Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It was a fantastic celebration of reading across our school & we are hoping to find out by the end of the month whether the record has been broken!
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Last week, Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic trip to Torquay Museum, exploring what life was like in Roman Britain. We examined Roman armour, discovered fascinating facts about the past and got creative by making our own colourful mosaics and clay oil lamps. It was a brilliant hands-on day bringing our history learning to life & the children behaved impeccably!
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Congratulations to our values award winners this week!
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Our clubs have got off to a great start. Ms Burton and Mrs Turner have begun their Wild for Learning club with an Autumnal feel!
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Please join us for a tour to find out more about our wonderful school if your child is due to start school in September 2027!
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We were so proud and so impressed with how brilliant the Year 6s were when we welcomed Miss Wilson (an ex-teacher of Cockington and part-time professional artist) in to share her artistic processes and talent. They listened intently and asked insightful questions. The children must have been inspired, as they then produced some fantastic, realistic sketches of flowers Torre Abbey flowers in our afternoon art lesson. If this is what they can produce in a practice lesson, we can’t wait to see their final pieces at the end of the half term!
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Today, our year 5 pupils had an incredible hands-on learning experience when local sculptor Allan Poxton paid a special visit to our school. Allan brought in a selection of his artwork to share with the children before giving a live rock-mod demonstration. The children were captivated throughout, asking insightful questions about his techniques, inspiration, and artistic process. It was a wonderful session that left our young artists full of creative ideas and ready to start designing their very own sculptures! A huge thank you to Allan for taking the time to inspire our pupils today.
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Today, Year 5 visited Cockington Court to explore the annual Sculpture Trail and gather inspiration for their own sculptures, which will be displayed at Paignton Zoo during October half-term! The children enjoyed exploring the different artwork and were even lucky enough to see some glass blowing in action. They demonstrated our school values brilliantly throughout the visit and were a credit to Cockington Primary School.
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Year 2 had a fantastic geography field trip trip this morning. They worked hard on spotting human and physical features at Torquay seafront. They also surveyed members of the public by asking them if they were local or tourists. Lots of the tourists were in Torquay for the Agatha Christie festival. The children were amazing and a massive thanks to the grown ups who helped us.
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