Bishopsteignton Primary School

News Stories

• Super Steppers!
  After a fantastic half of term of code-creating, Pioneers and Inventors managed to not only create their own code, but download it and use the Micro:bits as step counters!
• Ceilidh Crew!
  Over the course of this half term, Pioneers and Inventors have put on their dancing shoes and learnt the steps to some traditional Ceilidh dances.
• Micro:bit Developers
  Pioneers and Inventors have been incredible at designing their own codes to download onto Micro:bits this half term.
• Safer Internet Day 2026
  This week, the children took part in activities for Safer Internet Day 2026.
• Adaptation Investigation
  Children in Pioneers and Inventors have been looking at the work of Charles Darwin and learning about how animals are adapted and best suited for their environment.
• Life in Ancient Greece
  The children have been working really hard over the last few weeks to find out what life was like in Ancient Greece and to learn how the Ancient Greeks have impacted the Western World.
• Clockwork Hot-Seating
  In Literacy this half term, children in Pioneers and Inventors have been reading the story 'Clockwork' (by Philip Pullman) and putting themselves into the shoes of some of the characters.
• Ceilidh Dancing
  Pioneers and Inventors have been throwing themselves into their Ceilidh dancing this half term!
• Handwriting
  The children in Pioneers and Inventors have been practicing their handwriting over the last few weeks to really try and develop their writing fluency.
• CPR training with the charity 'Jay's Aim'.