Christmas in Kenwyn
Over the last week or so, we have enjoyed a fabulous array of festive fun including:
- Decorating the classroom and our Christmas tree
- Solving the mystery of Who Stole Santa’s Candy Cane
- A virtual Christingle assembly followed by making our own in class
- Christmas card opening in our classroom with carols
- Creating Christmas hats to wear during our festive celebrations
- Enjoying Exeter university’s Science of Christmas
- Raising money by completing a Santa fun run
- Several Christmas jumper days
- Watching the Cousin Jack production of The Mousehole Cat via you tube
- Enjoying a delicious Christmas lunch in our classroom
- Festive film Friday cinema style, complete with popcorn!
- Celebrating the end of term with a fabulous class party
Ocean art project
Kenwyn used a mixed media approach to create a fabulous collaborative piece which is now on display in school. They began using collage techniques to create backgrounds, then they explored drawing techniques before using mono printing to create a range of sea creatures. Awesome results Kenwyn!
Compass points
Kenwyn have been exploring how compasses work and using them to navigate around the playground.
Kenwyn research, design and make money holders
This term, the children had a DT brief to design and make a functional money holder. During this process they learned a range of skills including:
▪️how to research safely and effectively online
▪️ how to draw templates and make paper prototypes
▪️ how to select suitable materials and tools
▪️ how to sew using simple stitching techniques
▪️ how to evaluate their work
Delaware camp 2020
Here a couple of pictures from the archery we did during the recent Y3/4 camp. We were so busy we didn’t have time to take many pictures! What a fabulous few days ☺️
Science: The digestive process

This week in science we are learning about the digestive system.
We simulated the digestive process by using a red bowl for the mouth and using a cutlery knife (incisor) and spoon (molar) to ‘chew’ the food.
The food then continued its journey down the oesophagus and into the stomach (sandwich bag) where it mixed with the digestive juices (orange juice) before entering the intestines!
The children were able to see the ‘nutrients’ being absorbed through the intestine wall before the waste was excreted. Children had great fun using their hands to simulate the muscles of the stomach and to move the food along the small and large intestines.
Knitting club
The children are lucky enough to have some experts giving up their time to support knitting club. There are some budding knitters in the group, keep it up!
Spring term curriculum letter and enrichment grid
Kenwyn Spring 2020 Curriculum & enrichment grid