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The Battle of Marathon, March 26

Posted on March 15, 2026 | By jrichardsonvsp

Alminstone and Ashmansworthy joined forces to re-enact the events that led to the gruelling marathon being part of the Olympic Games. After a battle between the Greeks and the Persians on the Plain of Marathon, Pheidippides, the fastest runner in Ancient Greece, was sent to Athens to tell the news of victory. He was so […]

Posted on February 6, 2026 | By cdaviesvsp

A huge well done to our Year 3/4 girls football team who played in a competition at Kingsley this morning. This was the first time that the girls had played together and without a practise. Despite the rain, the girls were positive throughout the competition scoring four goals – Three for Abbie and one for […]

Posted on January 8, 2026 | By forestschoolleader

We packed in so much in our first trip to the coast. The class had a great time learning about tide time tables and how to read them. They discussed the lunar cycle and how this changes the tides. We then discussed how tides especially spring tides cause coastal erosion. They then had a challenge […]

Posted on June 24, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

We took two teams to play Hartland away this afternoon. The boys played their game first and started really well with goals from Tommy and Alfie. Hartland pulled one back before half time. Jack was desperately unlucky not to score, hitting the cross bar twice! Logan and Jenson took turns in goal, with both producing […]

Posted on June 17, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

A huge well done to all of our amazing swimmers today at the swimming gala. Children from years 4, 5 and 6 from across the partnership took part at Torridge pool against other local schools. Children took part in front crawl and back stroke races varying in length from 25m to 100m. They were in […]

Posted on May 21, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

This afternoon, all the Year 5s from our three schools attended a cricket festival at Shebbear College. Joining other primary schools from the local area they were coached and led by some of the senior pupils and staff from Shebbear. The children took part in a range of activities and games to help develop their […]

Posted on May 21, 2025 | By forestschoolleader

We had so much fun at Burford Woods this week. Alminstone were amazing and loved all the Stoneage tasks and food. We had spear making with pine pitch glue, hunter gathering games to get get our food. We had cave den building, and cooking on a stone.

Posted on May 2, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

This morning, we took children from each of our schools to try out a new sport, Judo. Kingsley hosted a workshop for the children to learn about the sport. After learning the rules and how to score points, we played a range of games to understand how to do some of the moves […]

Posted on March 10, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

After school, we enjoyed a friendly Y4/5 match with Woolsery against Buckland Brewer and Parkham. It was a thrilling match that went end to end throughout with great passing, shooting and saves from the goalkeepers. A huge well done to all the players for some of whom this was their first match for the school. […]

Posted on February 26, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

Yesterday, Alminstone and Stroxworthy joined 120 other pupils from local schools to take part in different sporting activities. They were split into seven groups mixing with the other schools and played a range of games including handball, ultimate frisbee, tag, 5 bats cricket, hockey, dodgeball and an agility challenge. They had great fun attacking, defending, […]

Posted on February 5, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

This morning our Year 4 girls took part in a football tournament at Kingsley School. This was the first time they had all played together as a team and they did really well. They scored seven goals and picked up points winning two games and drawing one, which meant they finished third overall. Well done […]

Posted on January 31, 2025 | By forestschoolleader

We had a great day at Clovelly this week. We did a beach clean and was amazed at what we found. Someone even found a green net from pur own kit that got lost a few weeks ago!!! Well done Alminstone great conservation work.

Posted on January 28, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

Today we sent four children from each school to take part in a tennis festival at ARC. They learnt how to play a forehand, backhand, volley and how to serve. Using these skills they played a range of games having great fun. The staff at ARC commented that their behaviour was incredible and their […]

Posted on January 22, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

Today in science we explored how we could separate objects (reversible changes). We discussed using sieves to separate two solids of different sizes with the smaller solid passing through the sieve leaving the larger solid in the sieve. Next we investigated how we could separate a solid and a liquid using funnels and filter paper. […]

Posted on January 17, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp

Our topic this half term is properties and their materials. This week we investigated which materials were soluble in water and which were insoluble. We learnt that when something dissolves it doesn’t disappear, it is broken down into tiny pieces that are too small to see.

Posted on January 13, 2025 | By jrichardsonvsp

We had a great time exploring the properties of water in preparation for our new geography topic of Our Blue Planet.

Posted on January 8, 2025 | By forestschoolleader

This week the first group from Alminstone were lucky to be able to visit the RNLI station at Clovelly. They were given a tour and had a great discussion about how to stay safe in the water. They were amazing at asking really interesting questions. We then had some free time to explore the little […]

Posted on December 20, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp

This term we have tried to dodge the weather and develop our personal and social skills improving our ability to work with and communicate with others along with setting ourselves personal goals. In addition, we have learnt different techniques in dribbling, passing and shooting as well as how to defend and attack in a game […]

Posted on December 19, 2024 | By cparkhousevsp

We’ve been having a great week doing all things Christmassy! On Tuesday, we had our Christmas party and had a lot of fun and treats, then yesterday we enjoyed a wonderful Christmas meal together. We’re looking forward to Carols Around the Tree tomorrow and finishing off with Home Alone and hot chocolate. Have a wonderful […]

Posted on October 23, 2024 | By forestschoolleader

We had great fun in the woods, making dens, gadgets and creating art with leaves. We also had fire lighting, campfire chilli and s’mores.

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