Unit 1;Anning, Faraday and Brunel

Welcome to the Unit 1 webpage 2023/2024

Here you will find copies of our newsletters and information booklets. We also hope you enjoy looking at what the children have been learning about. 

Welcome to the Unit 1 web page 2019/20

Here you will find copies of our newsletters and dates for your diaries! We also hope you enjoy looking at what the children have been learning about. 

Welcome to the Unit 1 web page 2018/19

Here you will find copies of our newsletters and dates for your diaries! We also hope you enjoy looking at what the children have been learning about. 

On Thursday 6th December, Unit 1 went to Plymouth Theatre Royal to watch David Walliams,  Awful Auntie. We all loved the show and the whole theatre experience. Thanks again to FABS who supported this trip as our Christmas treat! 

Unit 1 had a busy time during Multicultural Week! This year we travelled to Australia. The children enjoyed many activities and crafts. This included a didgeridoo workshop, making boomerangs, painting stones with aboriginal dot designs and recreating ‘The Rainbow Bird’ from a traditional Australian story. The children had a fantastic week and learnt many amazing facts about Australia. Please also take a look at our display in the corridor by the entrance to unit one and our fantastic mobile hanging in our unit 1 corridor outside Whittle class.

On Wednesday 2^nd May Unit 1 had a fun filled day at Paignton Zoo. The children had a talk about ‘Remarkable Rainforests’ where they learnt all about the different animals that live there and the various layers that the rainforests are comprised of. We saw lots of different animals and even touched a gorillas skull!

Christmas Craft Morning

On Monday 11^th December unit 1 had their annual Christmas Craft morning. The unit was buzzing with various craft activities accompanied by some festive music! A big thank you to all who were able to attend and for your help with all the craft activities.

Unit 1’s Nativity - ‘Christmas with the Aliens’

On Friday 8^th December unit 1 performed their Nativity to two packed audiences. Christmas with the Aliens is a story about a spaceship that crash lands on earth in a school at Christmas. It is here the alien visitors watch the school's Christmas Nativity and learn all about the first Christmas on earth. The children looked amazing in their costumes and performed brilliantly! An excellent show with a fabulous festive feeling!

Year 1 and 2 Football Tournament

On Thursday 12^th October twelve Year 1 and 2 children took part in a friendly football tournament at Stover. The children participated in four matches against different schools and had the opportunity to play in different positions. All children played extremely well and had a great afternoon.

On Thursday 5^th October Unit 1 performed their Harvest Assembly. They sang their hearts out to classic favourites, and the Unit’s new favourite - ‘Let It Grow’, to the well-known film tune ‘Let It Go’! Thank you to everyone who came to watch and for all your support with costumes and helping the children to learn their lines.

Whittle class performed a Harvest Samba and a poem, Faraday class told the story of ‘How Does Your Garden Grow?’ and Brunel class performed ‘Maximus the Harvest Mouse’. The children had a fantastic time and enjoyed performing to family and friends. We hope you enjoyed the display of fantastic artwork in the hall as well as the performance.

A big thank you to everyone across the school for the generous food donations, which were distributed within the local community by the children from the Ethos committee, and to T.H.A.T foodbank.

Unit 1 2016/2017

Summer Term - Hunter Gatherers 

Spring Term - Food and Farming

Warburton’s came to visit Whittle and Faraday classes to talk about where our food comes from and to give children the opportunity to try a range of different foods. As you can see the children had a fantastic time and learnt a lot about their food, Year 2 children look forward to their talk in the Summer term.

Fowlescombe Farm

This term all classes in Unit 1 have had the opportunity to go to Fowlescombe Farm, the children learnt about the routines on a typical farm and were able to see lots of different animals. A big thank you to Fowlescombe farm and to all our parent helpers that kindly came with us.

On Thursday 23^rd March Blackpool Primary school hosted the Year 1 sharing festival, schools from the loca area came together to perform a dance inspired by their topic. Whittle and Faraday did a brilliant job performing in front of a large audience, thank you to South Dartmoor for organising a great morning.

Home Farm wrote a letter to the children of Unit 1 asking for ‘Farm to Fork’ themed pieces of art work as part of a competition. The children produced high quality pieces and thoroughly enjoyed taking part, a big thank you to Home Farm for the certificates and winners prizes.

On Thursday 2^nd March the whole school dressed up as their favourite book character in celebration of World Book Day. Across the school classes came together to share a love of reading, all the costumes were amazing and the children had a fantastic day.

Medium term planning and Spring Newsletter

Autumn Term - Roald Dahl

On Friday 9^th December children in Unit 1 performed this year’s Nativity of Children of the World to their families; they put on two performances and did a fantastic job. Thank you for the time and effort put into the children’s costumes as well as a to our team of LSA’s who helped with refreshments and props. 

On Friday 2^nd December Unit 1 invited parents to come in to join in with some Christmas Craft activities, the morning was a huge success. A big thank you to all adults who were able to attend and for your help with all the art work. 

On Monday 21st November Ruth from the Devon Air Ambulance came in to talk to Unit 1 about the work they do in the South West. The children learnt about the equipment they use, ways to fundraise and how to stay safe when outside- a big thank you to the Air Ambulance service for coming to chat to us and for teaching us lots of interesting facts.  

Year 2 went to Farmwise at Westpoint in Exeter, looking at different aspects of food and farming. 

This year Unit 1 performed their Bumper Harvest, thank you to everyone that came to watch and for all your support with costumes and props. Whittle class performed a Harvest Poem with musical instruments, Faraday class told the story of the Little Red Hen, Bell class performed the Enormous Turnip and Brunel class performed The Gingerbread Man – the children had a fantastic time and enjoyed learning the songs and words in their classes. We hope you enjoyed the display of fantastic artwork in the hall as well as the performance … and of course the children’s homemade gingerbread men!

A big thank you to everyone across the school for the generous food donations that were distributed within the local community and to T.H.A.T foodbank.

A big thank you to all who helped create the children's fantastic Roald Dahl Day costumes, we hope they enjoyed dressing up and taking part in lots of creative Roald Dahl activities.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Unit 1 parent welcome meeting, please find attached the minutes to this meeting including parent questions that were asked. A copy of the meeting minutes will also be placed in the unit corridor on our notice board, if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact your child's class teacher or unit leader.

Medium Term Planning and Newsletters

Year One had a fantastic trip to Stover Country Park, where we learnt about habitats, food chains and local wildlife. Luckily for us the weather held off and we enjoyed a lovely walk around the lake where our guide Rob taught us about the flora and fauna along the trail. We played food chain and web games where we learnt how important each level of the food chain is to the next.

On Tuesday 22nd March 2016 children in Unit 1 took part in an Astronaut Training Day. The children had the opportunity to carry out activities aimed to improve their team building, perseverance, fine motor, gross motor and hand-eye coordination skills. Thank you for all the time and effort put into the children's costumes, they all looked fantastic and contributed to the wonderful day we had. The children's behaviour and effort was brilliant throughout the day and as a result all children gained their Astronaut Passport ... well done Unit 1! 

Year One Dance Festival 2016

This year, the Year One children went to Buckfastleigh Primary School to take part in a Dance Festival with other local schools. Both Whittle Class and Faraday Class learnt and performed their own dances to an audience with big smiles on their faces. The children did enormously well and thoroughly enjoyed their morning of dance.

Thank you to everyone in Unit 1 for the effort that was put into the World Book Day costumes, we were so impressed with the range of characters we had and how excited children were to explain the book they were from.  

DSFRS Fire Safety Talk

On Thursday 7th January children from Year 2 were visited by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service to deliver a Staying Safe session. The fire safety session was delivered by an Education Advocate who focused on fire prevention work. The children were taught about fire awareness, the role of a smoke alarm, what to do in case of a fire as well as the Stop, Drop and Roll procedure.  The fire safety visit was fun, educational and interactive; the talk finished with an opportunity for some of the children to try on fire fighters equipment which the children particularly enjoyed! The Rescue Service sent home a ‘Fire Safety for Families Booklet’ as part of the talk, the booklet has been newly designed to support the key fire safety messages the children have learned within the project. The children in Year 2 would like to say a big thank you to the rescue service for coming to talk to us today.

On Friday 11th December Unit 1 performed 'Behind the Stable Door' to an audience of parents, carers, grandparents and friends. A huge well done to all the children who took part, you spoke clearly, sang beautifully and told the Nativity story brilliantly. A special thank you to parents for providing costumes for the show and for coming to watch us!

Aladdin performance at the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter

On Monday 7th December children in Unit 1 went to the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter to watch a performance of the pantomime Aladdin. This term we have been looking at different fairy tales in detail, the children were keen to join in with the pantomime and enjoyed a popcorn snack whilst watching! Thank you to all parent helpers that came with us on the trip and to Barnfield Theatre for putting on such a brilliant performance.

On Wednesday 2nd December parents were invited into Unit 1 classes to help children to complete a range of Christmas Craft activities. With the support of parents children were able  to make 3D stars, singing penguins, clay Christmas tree decorations, pom poms and home made wrapping paper. Thank you all for your help and continuous support.

Year One children in Whittle Class recently made some fantastic dinosaur hand puppets. With the help of a buddy from Bronte Class, they learnt how to sew their puppet together using running stitch. Whittle Class worked brilliantly with their older buddies, listening carefully to their instructions and guidance. Well done to both classes!