We are honoured to be the head teachers of this amazing Church of England Primary School. Combe Down prides itself on being a happy school where children and adults are encouraged to have a caring, considerate and respectful attitude towards...
Year 2 have enjoyed using their @voice21oracy talk tactics to discuss rights and responsibilities during PSHE! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/PhxRElmT2M
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September 20th 2024
Year 5 enjoyed leaf cutting, printing and tyre transportation during forest school this week! We were briefly interrupted by some thunder and lightning which led to lively discussions about what a lightning conductor is! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/eu9OS6Jm7r
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September 20th 2024
Year 5 and 6 have put their code to the test today by sharing their board games with year 4 pupils! Overall, our coding was mostly bug-free as the year 4s were able to understand and enjoy our games! @PalladianTrust#NationalCodingWeek pic.twitter.com/5sYZzeHPPz
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September 20th 2024
Year 5 have been working scientifically and completing comparative tests to test the hardness, transparency and magnetism of a range of solids this week. We made predictions, recorded our results and reached conclusions. We are scientists! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/Hp5XNPPkQM
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September 19th 2024
During SLT, one of our inspiring Assistant Heads talked passionately about teaching climate change #curriculumdrivers@PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/fYcA6U6tpk
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September 18th 2024
An incredibly inspiring PDM looking at our next steps with @voice21oracy and how we can build on our oracy foundations to elevate learning through talk! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/FEcMlnHfkJ
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September 17th 2024
Year 5’s #nationalcodingweek challenge was to write the sequence, conditions and properties for their own twist on a Snakes and Ladders game! We will identify bugs in our code when we test it with year 4! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/uhn3csehbi
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September 17th 2024
Year 4 explored which electrical components make a working circuit in Science today! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/E2dCYQctvB
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September 16th 2024
Our EYFS children had lots of opportunities to practise the sound ‘s’ today after their first phonics lesson. We are so proud of them! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/03Gw6ToHmB
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September 16th 2024
Our computing lead Mr O’Neill has launched national coding week during assembly today! The children can’t wait to get stuck into their coding challenges and share them with other classes later in the week! #nationalcodingweek@PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/eAq6Qrdunc
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September 15th 2024
The Year 3s have been busy in Forest School celebrating the autumn equinox, leaf cutting and using the cut leaf patterns for hapa zome. They made some really beautiful creative work and enjoyed a bit of autumnal sunshine! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/tiZGg6Jc7a
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September 13th 2024
Year 1 have been busy with activities inspired by our Lost in the Toy Museum book! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/utV1LlkyOA
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September 13th 2024
Today was House Captain Election Day! Our courageous candidates delivered some amazing speeches, proving that we have many inspirational young leaders here at Combe Down. The KS2 electorate embodied our value of respect and individual liberty wonderfully! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/ZUQEu4pOIu
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September 13th 2024
At the start of our Celebration Assemblies, we learn about the music periods as well as the composer! The children love learning about the knowledge behind the music they are listening to. #wearemusicians@PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/LlUxCBEBan
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September 12th 2024
We have been looking for signs of autumn this week in Reception. Our art activities have been inspired by all the beautiful autumn colours we’ve seen! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/kq4L2axJNJ
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September 12th 2024
The EYFS children had so much fun exploring the water play area this week! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/jIEZb2CXm4
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September 12th 2024
Inspiring day
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September 12th 2024
Mrs Bird gave our Year 6 House Captain candidates some of her top tips for public speaking to help them with their speeches during tomorrow's school election! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/wQtXRt1ajL
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September 12th 2024
As a school we love incorporating @voice21oracy resources into our lessons to promote high quality talk, support children’s opinions and uncover misconceptions! Here is one that helped year 5 recap exactly what British values are! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/xePNSIrhLQ
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September 11th 2024
Our British Value of Democracy is in full swing at Combe Down this week! Our fantastic year 6 pupils are campaigning to be elected as house captains. On Friday they will deliver a speech to their entire house team before voting commences! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/dT9BXL35dT