Bishopsteignton Primary School

Bishopsteignton Primary School

Cockhaven Close, Bishopsteignton, Devon TQ14 9RJ

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Pioneers/Inventors

  • Inventors and Pioneers had a fantastic, fun-filled day at Paignton Zoo!
  • Pioneers and Inventors are learning about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
  • In Music lessons this half term, Pioneers and Inventors are developing their listening and appraising skills.
  • Inventors and Pioneers have had an amazing time bouncing today to raise money for Forest School!
  • In Computing, Inventors and Pioneers are looking at video production.
  • This half terms PE unit is on health and fitness for Inventors and Pioneers.
  • A big welcome back to all of our Pioneers and Inventors - old and new!
  • This week, Year 6 created some adventurous orienteering activities for Year 5 to complete.
  • This week, we had visitors from Bishopsteignton Heritage in to speak about the history of the village and give us some tips for research.
  • Following a fantastic interactive whole school assembly, Pioneers and Inventors took part in a workshop with Kev Payne.
  • Year 6 have finished their hip-hop unit with Lisa Price.
  • This year, Inventors and Pioneers were a big part of the Summer Fayre!
  • This week, Inventors and Pioneers have been combining their superb photography skills with their own sketches.
  • A massive well done to all the children for taking part in this years' sports day!
  • Inventors and Pioneers had their second swimming lesson this week.
  • Pioneers and Inventors spent an amazing two days at the Village Festival this week.
  • Year 6 had their first Forest School session this week.
  • This week, Year 6 were lucky enough to have the Director of Procurement from Peninsula Purchasing and Supply Alliance in to talk to them about her scientific background.
  • Years 5 and 6 have been taking part in the fiver challenge this week. The Fiver Challenge is a national enterprise programme providing children an interactive and fun way of developing core enterprise and financial education skills.
  • To complete our learning about ‘Materials’, Pioneers and Inventors made gilders.
  • This week, Inventors and Pioneers have been designing and creating their own soft toys as part of our DT project.
  • House Captains from Pioneers and Inventors helped to lead our whole school assembly about teamwork this week.
  • A MASSIVE well done to Y6 on the completion of SAT's this week!
  • This week Y5 started their Art project.
  • In our recent lessons, Pioneers and Inventors have been investigating the properties of materials.
  • In Literacy this week, chidren in Inventors and Pioneers have used a short video as a stimulus for creative writing.
  • Year 5 had their first Forest School session today.
  • Pioneers and Inventors have started their new Science topic this week.
  • This week, Pioneers and Inventors created scientific enquiry experiments for Explorers.
  • Pioneers and Inventors concluded their gymnastic learning this week with a competition between the classes.
  • Inventors and Pioneers Y5 put together an incredible PBones concert this week for family and friends.
  • This week in Literacy the children will be writing letters home in the role of an evacuee.
  • In our lesson this week, Pioneers and Inventors started to create their own computing project.  
  • This week the children have spent time devising historically valid questions and researching/analysing sources sources to explain reasons for significant events.
  • As part of British Science Week, Pioneers and Inventors have been finding out about the role of scientists in Britain today.
  • Pioneers and Inventors have been creating and performing sequences in our gymnastic lessons.
  • This week Inventors and Pioneers had great fun participating in a Dodgeball competition!
  • Today, Year 5 were lucky enough to have a fire safety talk from a member of Torquay's fire department.
  • Our lessons in Pioneers and Inventors this half term are based on our new topic: Pictures of the Past. 
  • Inventors and Pioneers have had a great time dressing up and sharing books today for World Book Day!
  • To develop musical composition, Year 5 have been having weekly PBones lessons.
  • In Literacy this term, Inventors and Pioneers are using the book 'The Mysteries of Harris Burdick' as a stimulus for writing their own narratives.
  • Over this half term we have investigated moving toys (automatons).
  • As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, our Mental Health Ambassadors led assemblies around the school.
  • This week, Inventors and Pioneers took part in 'Safer Internet Day'.
  • Number day is a big thumbs up from Pioneers and Inventors!
  • Using previous design work, and the skills gained following Brian Taylor’s visit last week, Pioneers and Inventors have been busy creating their own artwork.
  • In DT over the next couple of weeks, Pioneers and Inventors are studying mechanisms to create a moving toy (automaton). 
  • This week, we were lucky to have Brian Taylor deliver an art workshop to help us develop our watercolour painting techniques.
  • In our Art topic this term, we have been looking at the work of impressionist artists such as Claude Monet.
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