Bishopsteignton Primary School

News Stories

• Times Tables Rock Stars
  Have you heard about our KS2 Times Tables Rock Stars competition?
• Poppy knitting
  Last Thursday, 4th October, year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to be visited by the Bishopsteignton knitting group.
• Tommy Guide to the Trenches!
  Today's topic lesson saw Pioneers and Inventors looking at a range of sources to find out more about what life was like for soldiers fighting in the trenches. They have started to create their own guides for soldiers which will be completed tomorrow.
• Living History KS2 Visit
  KS2 were lucky to have Arthur and Zac from The Living History Group visit to share their knowledge about WW1.
• School Council Presentations
  Wow! Some brilliant presentations today from children hoping to be voted the next school council representatives. The children presented their ideas clearly and confidently and it was clear that lots of effort went into their presentations.
• WW1 Newspaper Writing
  One of the first pieces of writing we will be working on are newspaper articles. Historic Newspapers (https://www.historic-newspapers.co.uk/) have provided us with WW1 Newspapers that we hope to be able to share with 5/6. Thank you Historic Newspapers!
• WW1 Scrapbooks
  Our scrapbooks have been started with children enjoying getting stuck in! These will include lots of information including letters, poems, narratives, diary entries and more more wonderful things!
• Welcome to the New Year!
  It has been a great first week in Pioneers and Inventors! All of the new pupils are settling in well. Welcome back to Mrs Dunn and 'hello' to Mr Smith!