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Mar 25, 2026

Robins and Starlings have had a fun-filled week both indoors and out! We’ve been building villages inspired by Handa’s Surprise using our construction toys, practicing our writing on the blackboard and creating beautiful African prints. We’re hoping the sunshine continues so we can make even more use of our outdoor classroom! ☀️

Mar 25, 2026

What a fantastic few weeks of learning across our classrooms: Foxes, Otters and Badgers! 🦊🦦🦡 Our younger learners have been diving deep into the world of whales 🐋, exploring a range of engaging stories before channelling their knowledge into impressive non-fiction reports. Their hard work, curiosity and growing confidence as writers has been wonderful to see! Meanwhile, our older pupils have wrapped up their powerful narrative work inspired by When the Giant Stirred 🌋, producing some truly thoughtful and imaginative writing. They’ve now begun an exciting new journey into historical poetry, exploring The Windrush Child 🌍—a unit already sparking meaningful discussions and creative expression. We’re so proud of the enthusiasm, effort and creativity shining through in every classroom—keep it up everyone! ✨📚

Mar 24, 2026

This week marks our final focus on the theme All Creatures Great and Small, with special attention on ocean animals. We’ve introduced a “Wiggly Jellyfish” who needs help creating repeating patterns, encouraging the children to explore pattern-making in a fun, engaging way. Outdoors, we have set up a water-themed tuff tray where children can explore sea creatures and enjoy sensory water play. We are also continuing to develop fine motor skills. The children will be helping an Easter Bunny by threading beads onto its whiskers, supporting their hand-eye coordination and control.

Mar 20, 2026

Please see attached a free online workshop from the Mental Health Support Team. Do see Mrs Elsworth if you have any questions.

Mar 20, 2026

🦊❌ Bake Sale Cancelled ❌🧁 We’re really sorry to share that Foxes Class will no longer be holding their bake sale today. Unfortunately, due to a lack of cakes to sell, we’re unable to go ahead with the event as planned. Thank you to everyone who was looking forward to supporting us 💛 The good news is there’s still something to look forward to… 🎉 We can’t wait to support Badgers’ Bake Sale next week instead! 🦡🍰 Thank you for your understanding and continued support 🏫✨

Mar 19, 2026

In Art Eagles and Hawks have been experimenting with different media, creating a variety of layers and textures in preparation for their final pieces. Imaginative and innovative children!

Mar 19, 2026

Squirrels and Hedgehogs have enjoyed lots of activities this week. We started a new circus dance in PE - we loved that the sun was shining so we performed our dances outside 🌞 We have read the story 'Paddington at the Palace' and have been learning to write letters to Aunt Lucy in the style of a diary. In RE we have been learning the Christian Easter Story!

Mar 18, 2026

🌟 What a fantastic half term in PE for Badgers, Foxes & Otters! 🦡🦊🦦 Our pupils have been showing off their creativity and confidence through dance 💃🕺—skills that have really shone through while practising for our Production this half term! 🎭✨ We’ve also been busy developing our netball skills 🏐, and it’s been brilliant to get outside in the lovely weather this week ☀️🌿. The children have loved playing matches outdoors! It’s been wonderful to see such great progress in their passing, movement, and teamwork 🤝👏—they are really starting to play as a team and support one another on the court. Well done everyone—we are so proud of your hard work and enthusiasm! 🌈💪

Mar 18, 2026

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Mar 18, 2026

Axminster Community Primary Academy

Mar 18, 2026

Axminster Community Primary Academy

Mar 18, 2026

We have been continuing to develop our play over the last few weeks with our play ambassadors! Have you seen some of our incredible play zones? They include our 3 playgrounds and field, our quadrangle and Y1/2 exploration zone, our Woodland lodge and our new forest area. We are currently replenishing play with our OPAL bingo - thank you to everyone who has donated things. If you have anything on our Bingo card that you don't need, we would love to rehome it!

Mar 18, 2026

This week we are exploring all things dinosaurs! Outside, we have created a dinosaur tuff tray where the children can become explorers and discover different dinosaurs through sensory play and investigation. Inside the classroom, the children will be using several dinosaur skeleton puzzles to match and complete. This encourages problem-solving, fine motor skills, and an understanding of how dinosaurs were structured. For our Reception starters, we are continuing to focus on letter recognition and letter formation. The children will be practising identifying letters and forming them correctly. In maths this week, the children will be creating their own shapes and patterns.

Mar 18, 2026

It’s been a busy and exciting week in Robins and Starlings! We’ve been exploring continents and oceans in geography, sorting and investigating different materials in science and getting creative with foil painting to make our own moons. To top it all off, we blasted off in Baby Bear’s rocket and enjoyed a delicious picnic on the moon!

Mar 15, 2026

🍰🦊 Foxes Class Bake Sale! 🧁🍪 Join us this Friday after school for a delicious bake sale run by our fantastic Foxes Class! There should be plenty of tasty treats to choose from -- perfect for an end-of-week treat! 😋 Bring some change, come along with friends and family, and help us raise money to support our school. Every cake sold makes a difference! ❤️ 📍 After school on Friday 🧁 Lots of homemade goodies 🏫 All proceeds support the school We hope to see lots of you there! 🎉

Mar 15, 2026

We are looking for new play resources. To make this a little more fun, we are introducing class OPAL Bingo. This will be played over the next few weeks until Wednesday 1st April. The class who can gather the most things on the Bingo card will be the winners and win a fun class activity. Thank you so much for all your ongoing support - the things you provide and donate really do make such a difference to our children's play experience.

Mar 13, 2026

Science Week 2026 in Robins and Starlings has been all about turning our curious children into curious scientists. Presented with questions about space really got their brains activated and this led to thoughtful discussions that were full of interesting facts. A mystery moon bag, exciting experiments and rocket making encouraged them to explore the wonders of space further. We definitely have some budding scientists in the making! 🚀🔬

Mar 13, 2026

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Mar 12, 2026

Eagles and Hawks have really got into the swing of British Science Week this year. We've investigated Murphy's Law by seeing if toast really does always land butter side down, we've mapped the blind spots in our optic nerves, we've asked curiosity questions such as 'Why do we have fingernails?' and Year 6 got to spend time with Colyton Grammar, building different electrical circuits. Using the soldering iron seems to have been the highlight!

Mar 12, 2026

Last week we celebrated World Book Day, and the children all looked amazing! We started our week with a little science experiment, trying to create rain from clouds. We talked to the children about how rain is made — how water evaporates, condenses into clouds, and eventually falls back to the ground as rain. The children were so fascinated! We then created a rainbow by adding more colours into our experiment. We have also started our Mother’s Day crafts. The children are very excited to share their cards with their special person.

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