Year 2

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!

👉 You can support the children by sponsoring them here: 🔗 https://sportal.greatathletes.org/events/114307/promo

Today, Year 5 took a trip to Cockington Court to explore their yearly sculpture trail, somewhere where we will display our finished art sculptures. While they were there, they were lucky enough to take part in a workshop with sculptor Allan Poxton, who gave us a brilliant introduction to making wire sculptures. He showed us some of his amazing work, talked about his creative process, and explained how long each piece can take to bring to life. We cannot wait to show him our finished pieces. The children showed all our school values while at Cockington Court and were an asset to the school.

Year 2 had a slightly soggy fieldwork trip to the seafront today. We were looking for human and physical features and even carried out a survey to see whether we met more tourists or locals (it was about even!). The children behaved beautifully and did some lovely sketches of geographical features they had seen.

Please join us for one of our tours if you would like your child to join our school in EYFS!

Join Us for the Torbay Baton of Hope – Tuesday 30th September 2025 We’re proud to support the Torbay Baton of Hope, a powerful community event promoting mental health awareness and suicide prevention across Torquay, Paignton, and Brixham. On Tuesday 30th September, over 100 Baton Bearers will take part in a symbolic relay walk, with a range of family-friendly wellbeing events happening throughout the day. Highlights include live entertainment, stalls, and activities at the Torquay Hope Hub in Princess Gardens, a children’s takeover from 4–6pm, and the inspiring BIG Show of Hope at the Riviera International Centre in the evening. Families are warmly encouraged to come along, cheer on the Baton Bearers, and take part in this uplifting day of hope and connection. The baton will be visiting Torquay, Paignton and Brixham with wellbeing events along the route and The Big Show of Hope at the Riviera Centre in the evening – a show of comedy, magic and music! Find out more at: torbaybatonofhope.com

Year 4 had an amazing visit to the museum. We learned about the Roman armour and Latin names for parts of the armour. We made shields and learned how they were used in defence and attack. We were lucky with the weather walking to and from the Torquay Museum as we managed to avoid the downpours! Thank you for hosting us!

In Year 2 this week, the children have been investigating how to take portrait and landscape images using a device. This has been part of our computing sessions. All of the children were very respectful and safe whilst using the device and even asked permission to take images of their friends. Some budding photographers in our midst!

Congratulations to our values award winners today! 🎉

The Pine Martens are already scoring goals this term—rounding off their first full week with outdoor PE and building on last year's skills in their first hockey session of the year!

Shear Soccer are advertising football clubs if you are interested. Click on the link below to find out more! https://www.shearsoccer.co.uk/after-school-club

We are glad to be back and enjoying using our outside spaces (when it hasn't been raining!). As an OPAL school, we are enjoying playing with our large parts like pallets, tyres and crates. We can create dens and use our imagination in our play. If you are able to donate any of the following items to help us with our play, please speak to staff on the gate at the beginning or end of the day, or the school office. We are also looking for donations of wood chippings for our den building area, so if you are able to help us with that, that would be fabulous! We have wellies available for children that would like to use them for this area. If you have any spare that you could donate then that would be great too! Thank you!

Rabbits class have had a lovely few days back, all of the children have settled back into school really well and we are so proud of them. ☺️Today we had a jigsaw lesson with Miss Owens and the children really enjoyed circle time, passing Jigsaw Jack around and introducing themselves, we learned a lot about eachother, and where we feel safe. Welcome back everyone! 🧡

🌟 Great Athletes Event – Wednesday 24th September 🌟 We are excited to announce that Paralympian David Hill will be visiting Cockington Primary School! 🏅 Every child will have the chance to take part in a fun, circuit-based fitness session led by David, followed by an inspiring Q&A session where he will share his journey and answer the children’s questions. The fitness circuit will be a sponsored event, with all funds raised going towards new PE equipment to benefit our pupils. 💪⚽🏀 👉 You can support the children by sponsoring them here: 🔗 https://sportal.greatathletes.org/events/114307/promo We can’t wait for this fantastic opportunity to get active, be inspired, and raise money for our school!