Early Years Foundation Stages

Wow! Wow! Wow! Thank you so much to the friends of Torquay Station, parents, children and idverde for making our den building area a mud free zone! We had a delivery of four trailers and between us, we managed to avoid the showers and spread out the wood chippings. We are looking forward to sharing this with the children on the first day back on the 3rd November. Thank you everyone again!

As part of our outcome, year 5 have worked hard to design and make their final clay and wire sculptures. A special thank you to Cockington Court, who have very kindly allowed us to display them. Over the next few weeks, you can visit and admire the childrens' hard work at the Sea Change Studios.

Castle Circus Project We were very excited to see our entries for the 'selfie stations' displayed in the window of some of the shops at the top end of Union Street. Some of our entries have been turned into full size paintings and we're excited to see which ones will be next! Well done to all of our children who entered to reinvigorate this part of Torquay town centre.

Congratulations to our values award winners today!

Please see our tour dates after half term for new parents wishing to visit our school.

🌟 Celebration Assembly Highlights! 🎉 A huge well done to our amazing award winners from Years 4–6! 🏆👏 These smiling faces represent just some of the fantastic achievements celebrated in this week’s assembly — congratulations to all our superstars across the school!

We are having great fun with some new equipment outside for our OPAL play. We have some new soft shapes, some wheelie chairs and parents have donated some cable reels and dressing up clothes recently. Our Cockington PTA have paid for some crates, new bubble machines and some more site down wheelie boards! We are always looking for more items to keep our play fun and creative. If you are able to source any of the following items we would be most grateful! Thank you!

Year 3 have been learning about seed dispersal. We made our own seed spinners, just like sycamore seeds, to have some fun with in the playground!

We are enjoying getting back to clubs this week! Mr Barlow's badminton club. Year 4 are enjoying learning how to play and our Year 5s are doing an amazing job of supporting!

We have enjoyed using our crossing patrol over the last couple of weeks. Please remember to wait on the pavement until you are told it's OK to cross. The crossing patrol will make their way into the road first, stop the traffic, then signal that it's safe for you to cross.

Yesterday, some members of Performing Arts Club had the privilege of performing 4 songs on the stage at the Baton of Hope Torbay event. It was a wonderful afternoon and we loved getting to write on the sound communities graffiti wall of hope #BatonOfHope

Year 6 had a special visitor this morning — Miss Wilson! Many of the children remembered her from their Year 3 days, and it was wonderful to welcome her back to Cockington. She shared her journey as an artist, talking us through her inspirations, techniques, and the creative process behind her work. Her visit has left us full of ideas, and we’ll be using this inspiration in our art sessions over the half term as we look closely at nature and experiment with different ways to capture it — while also exploring and developing our own artistic styles. Safe to say, Year 6 are really branching out with their creativity this term! 🌿 https://www.nwilsonart.com/

This morning was Year 1 Rabbits class turn for our trip to Torre Abbey Sands identifying Human and physical features in our local environment. The children used their maps to help them find the way from school to the beach, on the way we stopped off at Kings Gardens to feed the local ducks 🦆 and swans 🦢 We then walked along the seafront and the tide was really far in so the children loved watching the waves crash up against the wall, trying not to get wet! 💦 We were lucky to find a little bit of beach at the corner of Corbyn Head where the children sketched a human and physical feature. We then had a play on the beach before heading back to school. Lots of fun had by everyone, we were very lucky with the weather again ☀️ Thank you for those parents that were able to come along and help! 😊

Year 3 visited Torre Abbey gardens yesterday as part of our art and science learning experience. The children enjoyed taking photographs and sketching the flowers and leaves that they saw.

We had such a great morning with David Hill! The whole school completed the circuit training and had a great time! We really enjoyed learning about David and how he used independence and perseverance to chase his dream of being an Olympic athlete. Thank you for any donations you have already made, we are truly grateful.

Year 1 Foxes class enjoyed a morning trip to Torre Abbey Sands identifying Human and physical features in their local environment. They used their maps to help them find the way from school to the beach, once at the beach they sketched a human and physical feature of their choice. On our way we also stopped off at Kings Gardens to feed the local ducks 🦆 and seagulls! 😂 Lots of fun had by everyone, we were very lucky with the weather thank you for those parents that were able to come along and help!

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